Policy

Restriction vs. incentives: The complex reality of SNAP food policies

U-M expert: SNAP food restrictions don't improve health outcomes, while incentive programs show promise

Several states are considering restricting SNAP benefit purchases for soda and certain products like chips and candy. Michigan Public Health professor and researcher Kate Bauer explains why such restrictions fail to improve health outcomes while increasing stigma, and offers evidence-based alternatives that preserve dignity for recipients.

April Zeoli receives 2024 presidential award for public engagement

Zeoli, associate professor of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health, received the President’s Award for Public Impact. She is the nation’s leading expert on policy interventions for firearm use in intimate partner violence.

On the Heights: March 2025

Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.

Global Public Health faculty pilot projects receive seed funding

Five researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health have been awarded seed funding to prepare international research projects on a range of global health challenges, including gene therapy ethics, childhood nutrition, national food policy, cholera vaccine allocation, and occupational safety.

US leaving World Health Organization: Now what?

Q&A with Scott Greer

Learn how the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization impacts global health and safety in a post-pandemic world.

Mosquitos carrying the Dengue virus don't care about governmental categorizations of 'urban' versus 'rural'

Curbing mosquito-borne disease transmission requires giving less weight to the perspectives of distant bureaucrats and center mosquitoes and the people exposed to them in public health response.