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Nicolle Marinec built a career spanning peer health education, international telehealth projects, and VA research after earning her MPH degree in Health Behavior and Health Education. Now pursuing an MBA, she’s developing digital health tools and launching her own venture in reproductive and women’s health.
The James and Barbara Martin Scholarship did more than help Paige Jewell earn her Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Promotion and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. It inspired her to make the most of every opportunity. Now a Michigan Public Health graduate, Jewell is putting her degree to work as a standards specialist at NSF in Ann Arbor.
Farhia Ahmed Mohamed, an MPH student in Nutritional Sciences, landed a highly selective internship at the United Nations, supporting global evaluation work. From Kuwait to Ann Arbor, her path spans clinical nutrition, cross-border research, AI policy and health equity. Her work is focused on systems change, prevention and evidence-based public health impact.
Michigan Public Health researcher Abas Shkembi, a PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, has found that occupational heat deaths may be hundreds of times higher than official records show—between 3,000 and 17,000 annually versus the reported 30 to 60. His research also reveals that low-income workers, minorities and immigrants bear the greatest burden.
Lady Pérez, once denied admission across Florida because of a criminal record, found a path forward at the University of Michigan. Now graduating from the Online MPH in Population and Health Sciences from the School of Public Health, she turns lived experience into public health advocacy—advancing trauma-informed mental health, reentry support and equity.
University of Michigan School of Public Health senior Siena Ellis, BS ’26, is turning her Public Health Sciences degree into a career in construction safety. After graduation, she will join Clark Construction Group as a safety coordinator in Washington, DC, applying occupational health training to protect workers.