On the Heights: May 2025
Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.
Epidemiology
Amid climate extremes, Ugandan communities help shape the future of climate and health research
University of Michigan researchers are conducting surveys to understand how climate shocks like flooding, drought, and extreme heat affect health and well-being among communities in low- and middle-income countries.
Pioneering social epidemiology: CSEPH marks 25 years of transformative research
A quarter century of breaking boundaries in public health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health recently celebrated a remarkable milestone—25 years of groundbreaking research that has fundamentally changed how we understand the social determinants of health.
Scientists: Excluding transgender individuals from HIV research hurts everyone
In an urgent commentary published in the journal Lancet HIV, University of Michigan researchers joined scientists from Emory and Yale universities to urge the scientific community and the public to resist the "erasure" of trans people from HIV research.
Michigan Public Health celebrates 450 graduates
Class of 2025 graduates’ impactful work often will be ‘invisible,’ yet essential
Kristen J. Sarri, MPH ’97, addressed the University of Michigan School of Public Health graduating Class of 2025 during commencement May 1 at historic Hill Auditorium with a reminder of what lies ahead: “Public health isn't glamorous work.”
On the Heights: April 2025
Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.