Rooted in a Family History of Health Work
Clara Schriemer
Clara Schriemer discusses a path to global epidemiology sparked by her physician parents and piqued by public health professionals and field experience.
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Liquid Gold: Supporting Healthy Lactation
Brittany McQueer, Shadi Larson, and Meghan Watkins
Master's students Brittany McQueer, Shadi Larson, and Meghan Watkins interned at Liquid Gold Concepts, a company founded by School of Public Health alumni, whose mission is to create hands-on tools for breast health and lactation education.
Outside the Exam Room: Looking across Professions to Improve Health Outcomes
Rylee Doucette, MPH '19
Public health master’s student Rylee Doucette has her sights on medical school. With her cross-professional training at Michigan Public Health, she hopes to help medicine pivot toward a greater emphasis on prevention.
From Syria to Michigan: A Long Journey to Public Health
Lilah Khoja
Lilah Khoja’s path to public health wasn’t a straight one. After completing a degree in international development, she worked in a variety of industries, trying to find the right fit. In her work with Syrian refugees in Turkey, she realized public health was her calling.
Data Analysis and Population Health
Madeline Levasseur, MPH '19
While earning an MPH in Epidemiology, Madeline Levasseur did a summer internship at the Kent County Health Department, working on multiple data analysis projects to help identify health factors at play in the community.
Prevention in Action: The Bigger Picture around Individual Infections
Laura Power, MPH ’15
Preventive medicine mitigates the spread of disease by linking clinical practice and population health. The regular teamwork and the chance to learn a variety of skills—from statistics to social sciences—drew alum Laura Power into this exciting field.