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GRADUATIONUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OF THE 75TH CLASS

HILL AUDITORIUM | APRIL 28, 2016

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Salute TO THE Class of 2016

CON

TEN

TS 1 Salute to the Class of 2016 2 Order of Exercises 4 School of Public Health Senior Leadership 5 2016 Graduation Speaker: Shamsia Ramadhan

Peace Practitioner

7 Doctoral Degrees10 Master of Public Health Degrees22 Master of Health Informatics Degrees23 Master of Health Services Administration Degrees27 Master of Science Degrees

29 Profile of the 2016 Graduating Class30 History of Caps, Gowns, and Hoods32 The Flag of the School of Public Health34 University of Michigan School of Public Health:

A Brief History39 The Public Health Pledge40 International Declaration of Health Rights42 Welcome to the School of Public Health

Alumni Community44 Thank You

Heartiest congratulations to the Class of 2016! I also extend my congratulations and

gratitude to the family members and friends who have encouraged and supported your efforts.

Graduates, you have the honor of being the 75th class to earn your public health degrees from our school (yes, there was a graduating class in our first official year, 1941). While there

is much to celebrate from our history and our legacy, the most important focus of our celebration is that we continue to educate and inspire new leaders, including yourselves, who will go forward and advance the great work that has been underway for 75 official years at U-M SPH, and for more than 135 total years of public health-related education at this great university.

Today, you join the more than 15,000 alumni who are part of the University of Michigan School of Public Health family. Your energy, commitment, intelligence, and compassion are needed to achieve health and ensure a healthful environment for all, especially those whose need and distress are the greatest.

I know you are ready to take your place as leaders, to find your own paths to success, and to make a difference.

Best wishes and all good luck.

Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Dean, School of Public Health

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Order OF EXERCISES

PreludePièce d’orgue, Johann Sebastian BachJames Kibbie, DMA, MMUniversity Organist, Professor and Chair, Department of Organ U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance

ProcessionalGuests, please remain seated during the processional.Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah ClarkeJames Kibbie, DMA, MM

University of Michigan Men’s Glee ClubCantate Domino, Hans Leo Hassler

WelcomeMartin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSCDean, School of Public Health

Remarks on Behalf of the StudentsMunmun A. Khan, MPH Health Behavior & Health EducationGrace Ann Noppert, PhDEpidemiologic Science

Presentation of Excellence in Teaching AwardMartin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSCHonoree: Ananda Sen, PhDResearch Professor, Biostatistics Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Presentation of Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor AwardMartin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSCHonoree: Elizabeth Ann Mosley, MPH Doctoral Candidate, Health Behavior & Health Education

Address to the Graduating Class and GuestsShamsia RamadhanPeace Practitioner, Kenya

Hooding and Presentation of Doctor of Public Health and Doctor of Philosophy Graduates

John D. Meeker, ScD, MS

Presentation of Master of Public Health GraduatesSharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MA; and Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN

Presentation of Master of Health Informatics GraduatesPhyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN

Presentation of Master of Health Services Administration GraduatesMatthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH

Presentation of Master of Science GraduatesMatthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH

Welcome to the School of Public Health Alumni CommunityMarianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA Director, Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Chair, School of Public Health Dean’s Advisory Board

Closing RemarksMartin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC

University of Michigan Men’s Glee ClubThe University (the Michigan Song), Bilik and Schumacher

RecessionalGuests, please remain seated during the recessional.Toccata from Symphony V, Charles-Marie WidorJames Kibbie, DMA, MM

ReceptionAll are invited to a reception on Ingalls Mall, the outdoor gathering area directly outside the building, between Hill Auditorium and the Michigan League, immediately following the ceremony.

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Shamsia Ramadhan is a peace practitioner

from Kenya who works with communities in

conflict to promote peace and social cohesion.

She is a program manager for Catholic Relief Services

(CRS), currently undertaking a peacebuilding project

in east, west, and north Africa. Before joining CRS, she

worked with the Life & Peace Institute (LPI), a Nairobi-

based Swedish organization engaging in peacebuilding

activities in Kenya and Somalia. She was the program advisor on policy and

advocacy for Kenya and Somalia, and was editor of the Institute’s Horn of Africa Bulletin, an online journal that analyzes conflict in the Horn of Africa

region.

Shamsia was born in Nairobi. She attended Kimathi Primary School in Nairobi

and completed her secondary education at Materi Girls’ Center in Meru.

She earned her undergraduate degree in social ministry from Tangaza

College at Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and her master’s degree in

international peace studies from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

She is also an alumna of the Australia Leadership Awards Fellowship,

Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

She began her career in peacebuilding when she moved from the private

sector to civil society. While working with civil society organizations, she held

various positions including training new trainers in active non-violence. This

opportunity was her introduction to peacebuilding and policy advocacy for

inclusion of women in decision-making processes and leadership. She was

also the coordinator of Citizens Assembly, a national platform that engaged

2016 GRADUATION SPEAKER

Shamsia RamadhanSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Senior Leadership

Dean Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSCProfessor of Toxicology

Senior Associate Dean for Administration Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MAProfessor of Epidemiology

Associate Dean for Research John D. Meeker, ScD, MSAssociate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jane C. Banaszak-Holl, PhD, MAAssociate Professor of Health Management & Policy

Associate Dean for Practice Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSNClinical Professor of Health Management & Policy

Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPHProfessor of Epidemiology, Health Management & Policy, Preventive Medicine, and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Director, Innovation and Social EntrepreneurshipVictor J. Strecher, PhD, MPHProfessor of Health Behavior & Health Education

Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration Ellen Crissey

Chair, Department of Biostatistics Goncalo R. Abecasis, DPhilFelix E. Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics

NSF International Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Craig Harris, PhD, MSProfessor of Toxicology

John G. Searle Chair, Department of Epidemiology Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, PhD, MPHProfessor of Epidemiology

Chair, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education Cathleen M Connell, PhD, MSProfessor of Health Behavior & Health Education

Chair, Department of Health Management & Policy Kyle L. Grazier, DrPH, MPH, MSRichard Carl Jelinek Professor of Health Services Management & Policy;Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences Karen E. Peterson, DScProfessor, Nutritional SciencesResearch Professor, Center on Human Growth and Development

Interim Director, Health Informatics Program Paul Resnick, PhDMichael D. Cohen Collegiate Professor of InformationAssociate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, U-M School of Information

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S H A M S I A R A M A D H A N

DOCTORAL DEGREES

citizens and legislators in policy conversations. She engaged directly in

research on public and social policy.

Ramadhan joined the peacebuilding fraternity in Kenya in 2000, becoming

involved in peacebuilding initiatives in inter-community and inter-religious

activities and interventions. After the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya,

she led a team of trainers under the Emergency Volunteer Scheme in

community peacebuilding and reconciliation in regional hotspots. In an effort

to prevent violence in the 2012 Kenya general elections, Ramadhan trained

Kenyan journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting. She is the chairperson of

the Capacity-Building Subcommittee (CBS) and is a member of the Conflict

Analysis Group (CAG), both of which are under the Peacebuilding and Conflict

Management Directorate within the Ministry of Interior and Coordination

of National Government in Kenya. She is a steering committee member

of Building Resilience against Violent Extremism (BRAVE), a movement of

Kenyans to counter violent extremism.

Currently, Ramadhan is working extensively in inter-religious peacebuilding.

Under the Capacity for Inter-Religious Community Action (CIRCA) project for

Catholic Relief Services, she is building the capacity of faith-based efforts

toward enhanced resilience in the face of violent conflict and extremism.

The project operates in six countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Egypt,

Nigeria, and Niger. Ramadhan is also a Global Advisory Council member

with Alliance for Peacebuilding—a team that is developing a guide on

how to evaluate inter-religious peacebuilding projects. Ramadhan lives in

Nairobi, Kenya and travels extensively for peacebuilding work in Africa and

internationally.

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D O C T O R A L D E G R E E S D O C T O R A L D E G R E E S

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Grace Ann NoppertEpidemiologic ScienceChanging the Paradigm: Using an Integrative Approach to Improve Understanding of TB Control in Michigan

Angy Patricia Perez MartinezEpidemiologic ScienceTrends and Surveillance of Adult Pneumococcal Diseases in Arkansas State, 2000 to 2013

Joshua Glenn PetrieEpidemiologic ScienceVaccine Induced Protection Against Influenza: Persistence of Serum Antibodies, Vaccine Efficacy as a Function of Time, and Use of Transmission Models to Estimate Vaccine Effectiveness in Household Cohort Studies

Lindsay Regina PoolEpidemiologic ScienceThe Health Consequences of Negative Wealth Shock During Late Middle Age

Sara RashkinBiostatisticsMethods for Sequence Based Studies of Complex Traits

Donald SextonHealth Services Organization & Policy (Sociology and Organizational Studies)Implementation of Evidence-based Practice Within a Physician-led Quality Improvement Collaborative: A Multimethod Analysis of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation

Hai ShuBiostatisticsHigh Dimensional Dependent Data Analysis for Neuroimaging

Xu ShuBiostatisticsSemiparametric Methods for Contrasting Times Between Successive Events

Zhichao SunBiostatisticsEfficient Designs for Early-Phase Clinical Trials and Exposure Enriched Outcome Trajectory Dependent Sampling for Longitudinal Studies of Gene-Environment Interaction

Rebecca TutinoToxicologyMethylmercury and Measures of Attention Deficits in the ELEMENT Cohort

Rong XiaBiostatisticsStatistical Issues in the Analysis of Correlated Data

Emily Jean YouattHealth Behavior & Health EducationExploring Sexual Orientation Disclosure to Health Care Providers among Sexual Minority Women

Zhenzhen ZhangBiostatisticsUsing P-Splines to Estimate Nonlinear Covariate Effects in Latent Factor Models

Yan ZhouBiostatisticsStatistical Methods for High-Dimensional Networked Data Analysis

Doctor of Public HealthEarl Todd Ray

Health PolicyAssessment of Hospital Risk Management Activities in Michigan

Doctor of PhilosophyNatalia Blanco Herrera

Epidemiologic ScienceIn vivo pathogenicity and sporulation patterns of Clostridium difficile

Jonathan Bryant-GenevierEnvironmental Health SciencesA Gas Chromatographic Microsystem for Volatile Organic Compounds: Critical Components, Chemometric Algorithms, and a Laboratory Prototype for Workplace Exposure Monitoring

Miatta A. BuxtonEpidemiologic ScienceInflammation During Pregnancy and Its Association with Preterm Birth in Mexico City

Ritabrata DasBiostatisticsEfficient Inferential Methods in Regression Models with Change Points or High Dimensional Covariates

Brian Michael DavisEpidemiologic ScienceImplications of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Mitigating Influenza in Schools and the Role of Co-Infection in the University Setting

Matthew FlickingerBiostatisticsDetecting and Correcting Contamination in Genetic Data

Christine Kay GreeneEnvironmental Health SciencesCharacterization of A. baumannii Environmental Survival and Biofilm Formation and the Impact on Environmental Transmission

Annie HarmonHealth Behavior & Health EducationExpectations and Planning for Future Transportation-Related Mobility in Adults 55-84

Erica Christine JansenEpidemiologic ScienceEarly life determinants of the age at menarche

Patricia KomanEnvironmental Health SciencesAir Pollution Exposures and Cardiopulmonary Health: Does Excess Weight Enhance Risk?

Sara Ketchen LipsonHealth Services Organization & PolicyUnderstanding and Addressing Unmet Need for Mental Health Services in College Populations

Yancy LoBiostatisticsStatistical Methods, Analyses and Applications for Next-Generation Sequencing Studies

Rebecca Jill MandellIntersections of Environmental and Reproductive Justice: Examining Social Movement Efforts to Protect Vulnerable Communities from Toxic Exposures Harmful to Reproductive Health

Leslee McKnightHealth Services Organization & PolicyImprisoning Communities through Collateral Health Consequences of Mass Incarceration: The Case of HIV

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Master of Public HealthRebecca Marie Addison

Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Grace Portia AdofoliHealth Behavior & Health Education

Yousuf Ali AhmadEnvironmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

Tahiya AlamNutritional Sciences

Suzanna Al-BachaNutritional Sciences

Laura Catherine AlexanderHealth Behavior & Health Education

Bailey AndersonOccupational & Environmental Epidemiology

Jack AndrzejewskiHealth Behavior & Health Education

Ilona ArgirionEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Max AungEnvironmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology)

Ankita BadhwarEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Preeti Bansal KshirsagarEnvironmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition)

Sarah S. BassiouniHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Samantha Jean BatdorfEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Daniel BatorEnvironmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health)

Ashley BaumohlNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Lisa BeacherEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Erin Reilly BeathardHealth Behavior & Health Education

Ashleigh Brooke BemisHealth Behavior & Health Education

Bhumi BhaktaHealth Behavior & Health Education

Archana Dhatreecharan BharadwajHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kartik Vikram BhattGlobal Health Epidemiology

Kelley BortonNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Erin BrennanHealth Management & Policy

Julie Ann BrickelEnvironmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

MASTER’S DEGREES

“I am more inspired now than ever.

The passion I have seen in my colleagues

gives me hope for a better world.”Maria Teresa Tran, MPH,

Health Behavior & Health Education

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M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T HM A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T H

Sarah Anne BuranskasHealth Behavior & Health Education

Eve Rachel BursteinHealth Management & Policy

Amy CallearHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Julee Anne CampbellEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Pianpian CaoEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Kylie CarpenterEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Rachel CatyNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Paige Alexandra CedernaHealth Behavior & Health Education

Peter Joseph Drummond CeglarekHealth Behavior & Health Education

Allison ChanHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Susanna Belinda ChanHealth Management & Policy

Navasuja ChandrasekaranEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Anum ChaudhryHealth Behavior & Health Education

Khalil Jimmy ChedidHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Jessica Ann CheeHealth Behavior & Health Education

Shaila ChhibbaHealth Management & Policy

Lyle ChrzaszczEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Marissa CloutierHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Adrienne CocciHealth Behavior & Health Education

Patrick CoitHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Courtney ColemanHealth Behavior & Health Education

Daniel ConnochieHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jesse ContrerasGlobal Health Epidemiology

Christine Michelle ConveryEpidemiology Methods & Applications

MavaMarie Monahan CooperHealth Behavior & Health Education

Mari CouasnonGlobal Health Epidemiology

Erica Rose DancikHealth Behavior & Health Education

Anjuli DasikaHealth Behavior & Health Education

Courtney DavisHealth Management & Policy

Nicole Frances DearGlobal Health Epidemiology

Courtney McAlear DewartHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Ning DingEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Karin DoveOccupational & Environmental Epidemiology

Margaret DowlingHealth Behavior & Health Education

Ian Patrick DumontHealth Management & Policy

Leah DunkelHealth Behavior & Health Education

Mercedez Deanna DunnHealth Behavior & Health Education

Andrew Richard DyerEnvironmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Megan Christina EdmondsHealth Behavior & Health Education

Adam Bruce EickmeyerHealth Behavior & Health Education

Farah Jassim ErzoukiEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Katrina EspirituEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Caroline Grace EwasyshynHealth Behavior & Health Education

Dustin FarrHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Nicolette Gabriella FataNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Carmen FernandezEpidemiology Methods & Applications

SPH students, faculty, staff, family, and friends enjoyed the archery challenge and other activities during the 2015 Fall Fest at Gallup Park.

“Individually, we SPH students

chose public health. Together, we can

change the world.”

Sarah Bassiouni, MPH, Epidemiology

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M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T HM A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T H

Matthew FillareHealth Behavior & Health Education

Caitlin FinanEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Gregory John FoakesGlobal Health Epidemiology

Rachel Marie ForcheEnvironmental Health Sciences

Michael FortunatoGlobal Health Management & Policy

Elizabeth FrameEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Dan FrechtlingEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Aparna GhoshGlobal Health Epidemiology

Sarah GilletteEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Hannah Eve White GordonHealth Behavior & Health Education

Anna Pollack GottschlichGlobal Health Epidemiology

Nicholas Michael GouldHealth Management & Policy

Cole GrabowEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Samantha Elizabeth GreenbergHealth Behavior & Health Education

Michelle GroheHealth Behavior & Health Education

Michelle HaanHealth Management & Policy

Rachel HackettHealth Behavior & Health Education

Amaal HaimoutHealth Behavior & Health Education

Julie HanHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kristin Jane HardenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Phoebe HarpainterNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Alyssa HartsellEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Nicole HaugHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Charity HaynesNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Rebecca Greenberg HazanEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Sarah Anne HirschHealth Management & Policy

Megan Anoush HogikyanHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kristin HosfeldEnvironmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Ellen Deborah HuefnerNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Amanda Wright IzquierdoNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Kristine Ellen JacobsenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Sona Haresh JaniHealth Behavior & Health Education

Alison JensenHealth Management & Policy

Megan Elizabeth JensenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Laura JohnsonEpidemiology Methods & Applications, Preventive Medicine Residency

Shelly JonesHealth Management & Policy

Anna JosephHealth Behavior & Health Education

Christine JudayHealth Management & Policy

Osama KashlanEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Nancy KasvosveHealth Management & Policy

Courtland KeteyianEpidemiology Methods & Applications, Preventive Medicine Residency

Munmun A. KhanHealth Behavior & Health Education

Christina KobrossiHealth Behavior & Health Education

Diane Renee KoellerHealth Behavior & Health Education

“I will seek to make improvements at the complex intersections

between the environment and

human health.”Liz Timoszyk, MPH,

Environmental Health Sciences Students take part in the annual Practice Plunge, a public-health-in-action service day. Here, they help out at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

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M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T HM A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T H

Amanda KogowskiEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Peggy KorpelaHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kathleen Marie KoviakHealth Behavior & Health Education

Lauren KuenstnerHealth Management & Policy

Ujwala KulkarniNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Marie Therese KumerowHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jennifer Lynn LaBarreNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Jessica Sophia LaiHealth Behavior & Health Education

John Philip LeeEnvironmental Health Sciences

Mindy LeeNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Jennifer LeroseHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Chengwei LiEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Fengyao LiEnvironmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health)

Jessica LinHealth Management & Policy

Nan LinEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Michael Aaron LourieEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Karla LuketicEnvironmental Health Sciences

Silver LumsdaineHealth Behavior & Health Education

Molly MacdonaldNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Erin MacDougalEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Marissa MafteiuNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Jyothi ManoharHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Guangmei MaoBiostatistics

Elise Suzanne MaraEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Stacey Cara MatlenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kristin MaurerGlobal Health Management & Policy

Ruth Elizabeth McDonaldHealth Management & Policy

Claire McMenamyEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Matthew MellonHealth Behavior & Health Education

Anne MesserEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Pooja MiddhaGlobal Health Epidemiology

Ashley MillerEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Matt MillerHealth Management & Policy

Christopher MillsEnvironmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Selamawit Nurri MisganoHealth Behavior & Health Education

Emily MooreHealth Management & Policy

Rebecca Lynn MuellerHealth Behavior & Health Education

Haley Marguerite MullinsNutritional Sciences

Emma MurrayHealth Behavior & Health Education

Cara Marie NordbergGlobal Health Epidemiology

Jill PaladinoHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kenneth PassHealth Behavior & Health Education

Tejasi PatelGlobal Health Management & Policy

Talya Rose PeltzmanGlobal Health Epidemiology

Monica PetersenNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

“I have met some of the smartest and

most amazing people. I am honored to have worked side

by side with them to diminish health

inequities wherever we may find them.”

Peggy Korpela, MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education

Student research: Epidemiology student Sarah Bassiouni works at the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) Molecular and Genomics Core Lab in Blantyre, Malawi. She is conducting a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium falciparum.

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M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T HM A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T H

Siri Helene PetersonEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Andrea PiconesHealth Behavior & Health Education

Yiqing QianGlobal Health Epidemiology

Surabhi RajaramHealth Behavior & Health Education

Thilo RattayGlobal Health Management & Policy

Deepti Guduru ReddyEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Steven Carl RichardsHealth Behavior & Health Education

Claire RoessNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Laney RuppHealth Behavior & Health Education

Kristin Marie RyderHealth Behavior & Health Education

Lizelle SalazarHealth Behavior & Health Education

Ariel Judith SaullesEnvironmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health)

Matthew SavidgeEnvironmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

Abigail SchachterHealth Behavior & Health Education

James SchetterNutritional Sciences

Amanda SchulteHealth Management & Policy

Erin Renee SchultenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Victoria SeffrenHealth Behavior & Health Education

Emma Sell-GoodhandGlobal Health Epidemiology

Alana SharpGlobal Health Management & Policy

Sarah ShawHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jillian Lee ShotwellNutritional Sciences

Dana SimmsHealth Behavior & Health Education

Julia SlesinskiNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Megan SloweyGlobal Health Epidemiology

Alyssa Nicole SmithHealth Behavior & Health Education

Ila SrutiEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Rena Marie SteigerEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Jana Elizabeth StewartHealth Behavior & Health Education

Anna Rebecca StrongHealth Behavior & Health Education

Anthony SuEnvironmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

Kathryn SutcliffeHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Vivianne Marie SwartNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Kaitlyn Justine SykesEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Zsuzsanna SzaboEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Lindsay TerhaarHealth Behavior & Health Education

Sophia Tenaye TessemaHealth Behavior & Health Education

Carly ThanhouserHealth Behavior & Health Education

Abigail ThomasGlobal Health Epidemiology

Elizabeth Catherine TimoszykEnvironmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition)

Maria Teresa TranHealth Behavior & Health Education

Elizabeth TumaEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Kayla TuteurHealth Management & Policy

“Now is the fun part: it is time to

use our knowledge to help those around

us to build healthier communities and a

healthier world.”Elizabeth Scarola, MHSA,

Health Management & PolicyU-M SPH has research and teaching collaborations in 70 countries. Here, SPH Professor Yi Li (center) and West China School of Medicine Professor Ping Fu gather in Chengdu with faculty and students from both schools.

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M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T HM A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A L T H

Jaspreet UppalEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Aaron Andrew VanderboeghHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Amit VahiaEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Jennifer VichichHealth Behavior & Health Education

Gloria Mirella Villalpando ZamoraHealth Behavior & Health Education

Bei WangHealth Behavior & Health Education

Dongqing WangEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Xi WangEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Xin WangEpidemiology Methods & Applications

William WeichselEnvironmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Arielle Shoshana WeissGlobal Health Epidemiology

Ebony Marie WhiteHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Stephanie Ann WilliamsNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Clara WilleHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jane WongHealth Behavior & Health Education

Allison Renee WrageNutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Jhordan Olexandria WynneHealth Behavior & Health Education

Erzhan XuHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jing XuHealth Management & Policy

Catherine Jane YaoHealth Management & Policy

Kalyn YasutakeEpidemiology Methods & Applications

Hee-Won YoonHospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Emily ZafiroffHealth Behavior & Health Education

Jifang ZhouGlobal Health Management & Policy

Marc ZughaibEpidemiology Methods & Applications

In just four days, the SPH Prevention Research Center collected 11,000 bottles and 250 jugs of water for the residents of Flint, Michigan. Faculty, staff, and students helped move and load the water, and Belle Tire donated a truck and driver to deliver the water to Flint.

“From the excitement of carving my own

path in global health epidemiology, to the

love/hate relationship with biostatistics,

discovering a passion for policy, and the

realization that a career in global public

health is around the corner, I am so

thankful for the opportunity!”

Aparna Ghosh, MPH, Epidemiology

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M A S T E R O F H E A L T H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R A T I O NM A S T E R O F H E A L T H I N F O R M A T I C S

Master of Health InformaticsRachel Erin Atwood

Health Informatics

Jessica Elaine BeneHealth Informatics

Pritika DasguptaHealth Informatics

Sean William DoolanHealth Informatics

Jacqueline Marie FontaineHealth Informatics

Justin Paul GilliamHealth Informatics

Joseph P. GodlewHealth Informatics

Nancy K. HammondHealth Informatics

Naomi Rachel HernandezHealth Informatics

Yin Yu LamHealth Informatics

Lucia LeeHealth Informatics

Yang LiHealth Informatics

Ronald Henry LiuHealth Informatics

Molly MaherHealth Informatics

Kathleen Eleanor MarinanHealth Informatics

Anna Victoria MyersHealth Informatics

Djordje PetrovicHealth Informatics

Shruthi Sanjeevi ReddyHealth Informatics

Steven Scott TalsmaHealth Informatics

Abir Samad ViqarHealth Informatics

Melissa WuHealth Informatics

Hanwenbo YangHealth Informatics

Master of Health Services AdministrationYingda Bi

Health Management & Policy

Avery CaldwellHealth Management & Policy

Amy ChildersHealth Management & Policy

Jeffrey Bryant ChinHealth Management & Policy

Jennifer Nicole DingleHealth Management & Policy

Pauline Vivian DoHealth Management & Policy

Kathleen Teresa ElleroHealth Management & Policy

Linda EndresHealth Management & Policy

Stephen FischerHealth Management & Policy

Jennifer L. FrostHealth Management & Policy

Clare GargaroHealth Management & Policy

U-M students Samantha Madson (SPH, HBHE) and Aric Adams (Ross School of Business) participate in the kick-off Innovation in Action competition workshop, a crash course on Design Thinking.

“I hope to continue the dialogue to make our healthcare system a safer and more inclusive place, because all people deserve access

to high quality health care.”Adam Eickmeyer, MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education

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M A S T E R O F H E A L T H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R A T I O NM A S T E R O F S C I E N C E

Jake Trent GolmanHealth Management & Policy

Vahe GrigoryanHealth Management & Policy

Mouhanad HammamiHealth Management & Policy

Brianne HanlonHealth Management & Policy

Christina HauptHealth Management & Policy

Christina Ann HuangHealth Management & Policy

Maxwell Holden JonesHealth Management & Policy

Elizabeth Anne KunkleHealth Management & Policy

Rory William LandisHealth Management & Policy

Christopher LeeHealth Management & Policy

Xinyue LiuHealth Management & Policy

Veronica MarsichHealth Management & Policy

Blake NordlundHealth Management & Policy

Glenn OgletreeHealth Management & Policy

Snigdha Vennela ParuchuriHealth Management & Policy

Priya PatelHealth Management & Policy

John Mason PruttingHealth Management & Policy

Bright RaveendranHealth Management & Policy

Michelle RizorHealth Management & Policy

Elizabeth Ann ScarolaHealth Management & Policy

Andrew ScottHealth Management & Policy

Amanda Carey SeltzerHealth Management & Policy

Rebecca Jean ShannonHealth Management & Policy

Shekinah Hawkins SingleteryHealth Management & Policy

Carolyn Grace SmithHealth Management & Policy

“It has been rewarding to work with fellow

students who are intelligent and

passionate, and who also genuinely care

about each other’s success.”

Anjuli Dasika, MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education

Environmental Health Sciences Professor Rita Loch-Caruso, left, talks to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha of Hurley Children’s Hospital prior to Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s presentation to more than 500 people at U-M SPH regarding the Flint water crisis, February 3.

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M A S T E R O F S C I E N C EM A S T E R O F H E A L T H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

Master of ScienceYoussef Mahmoud Ajami

Biostatistics

Jonathan AworiClinical Research

Michael Steven BazydloBiostatistics

Andrew Thomas BeckBiostatistics

Ya-Wen ChangNutritional Sciences

Nathan Joseph CohenBiostatistics

Irina DegtiarBiostatistics

Linda Yuemiao DingBiostatistics

Patrick DrakeBiostatistics

Michelle Jeanne EarleyBiostatistics, Epidemiologic Science

Richard Ryan EvansBiostatistics

Weichen FengBiostatistics

Zhe GuanClinical Research

Weixuan HeBiostatistics

Emily Charlotte HectorBiostatistics

Evan Michael HillToxicology

Michelle Marie HoodBiostatistics

Adam Dean JacobBiostatistics

Michelle Rae KlecknerBiostatistics

Bryan KunklerClinical Research

Pin LiBiostatistics

Gang LiuBiostatistics

Yiwen LuBiostatistics

Silver LumsdaineNutritional Sciences

Lan LuoBiostatistics

Carly McCabeNutritional Sciences

Marshall Chandler McLeodBiostatistics

Ryan James StillionHealth Management & Policy

Sarah Marie SzollarHealth Management & Policy

Tanya Maureen Taveras AlcantaraGlobal Health Management & Policy

Niranjan ThambythuraiHealth Management & Policy

Erika VijhHealth Management & Policy

Jonathan Evan-Branford WallerHealth Management & Policy

Angela WanHealth Management & Policy

Gregory Michael WnukHealth Management & Policy

Louisa Marie WolcottHealth Management & Policy

Alex WoodHealth Management & Policy

Ye ZhangHealth Management & Policy

U-M SPH staffers Shelagh Saenz, Jane Banaszak-Holl, Adam Ancira-Corrigan, Tara Allendorfer, and Kiran Szekeres join in the Supervillain vs. Superhero Open House.

“The school taught me to look at the

big picture. A change in one policy, or spreading one piece of critical information,

can benefit a huge number of people.”

Jessica Yue Wu, MS, Nutritional Sciences

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M A S T E R O F S C I E N C E

Jose Carlos Monzon FuentesEpidemiologic Science

Lauren Anne OpsasnickBiostatistics

Anita PanditBiostatistics

Stephen George PhilipClinical Research

Michael J PientaClinical Research

Rose PutlerBiostatistics

Stephanie Kay SaylerEnvironmental Health Sciences

Ariana TangBiostatistics

Ming TangBiostatistics

Rekar Karwan TaymourHealth Services Research

Vassily Vladimirovich TrubetskoyBiostatistics

Gan WangEnvironmental Health Sciences

Lili WangBiostatistics

Jessica Yue WuNutritional Sciences

Xiao XieBiostatistics

Jingshu XuBiostatistics

Yuan YangBiostatistics

Zezhi Zac ZhangBiostatistics

In its third year of existence, the “Innovation in Action: Solutions to Public Health Challenges” competition drew teams of students from across the university to create real-world public health solutions. The first-place team, FreshFridge, won $11,000 to implement its innovation. More info: innovationinaction.umich.edu

28AVERAGE AGE

112UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED

PROFILE of the 2016 GRADUATING CLASS

BY THE NUMBERS

RESIDENCY

DEGREES GRANTED

MPH 66%

MS 11%

MHSA 10%

Burma, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe.

FEMALE

74%(271)

MALE

26%(96)

PhD 6%

MHI 6%

DrPH <1%

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

GRADUATES 367

IN-STATE 41%(151)

OUT-OF- STATE 59%(216)

INT’L13%

(49)

U.S./PERMANENT

87%(318)

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One of the most colorful features of an academic procession is the appearance of the graduates and faculty in full academic attire. These caps,

gowns, and hoods have long histories, and their patterns and colors have special significance.

The gown recalls the time when students in centers of higher learning were members of the clergy and therefore wore garments the church considered proper for them.

The custom of wearing a cap comes from the Roman usage of conferring upon slaves the right to wear a cap when they were granted their freedom. The oxford or mortarboard cap worn today is thought to be a combination of the close-fitting cap worn indoors by the scholars of the Middle Ages and the soft square biretta worn out-of-doors. The tuft on the early cap has been replaced by a tassel.

In modern universities, the distinctive mark of a degree is the hood, which in its earliest form was simply an article of clothing. Since churches and lecture halls of European universities were cold and drafty, scholars wore their hoods as head coverings. American institutions, unlike those of England and Europe, have adopted a standard code of academic costume. The design of the gown, the color of the tassel on the cap, and the pattern, length, and colors of the hood all have special significance.

Both the associate and bachelor’s gowns are closed at the throat and have long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist, tapering at the back in a square cut which ends in an arc cutaway. The doctor’s gown is faced with velvet and has bell-shaped sleeves. Each sleeve carries three bars of velvet or chevrons.

The most colorful part of the costumes is the hood. The color of the velvet trim indicates the department that granted the degree, and the width of the trim corresponds to the level of degree. The lining, or area inside the velvet, denotes the college or university awarding the degree.

During the doctoral degree recognition, doctoral degree recipients carry their hoods as they walk toward the stage and present them to marshals. After being draped with the hood, they walk across the stage for individual recognition by the dean of the School of Public Health and members of the faculty.

HISTORY OF Caps, Gowns, and Hoods

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The Flag OF THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The University of Michigan School of Public Health flag depicts the major

facets of the objective, meaning, and role of public health in modern life. The “union” of the flag, next to the staff, is in the university colors of maize and blue. The “field” is in the academic salmon of public health. The “device” in the center of the field consists of a shield which expresses protection for

the public by those working in public health. The shield is in the academic black of public administration to indicate the various governmental and public agencies that carry out public health activities.

Superimposed on the shield is a white square which refers to the basic education of those in public health; the academic white is for the general liberal arts education necessary in a field which combines natural sciences and social sciences. In the square is a square cross associated with health because of the Red Cross, itself derived from the Swiss White Cross, and in this flag symbolizing public rather than individual personal health.

The colors of the square cross indicate some of the technical and specialized background of groups of students in the school. The horizontal cross arms are in the academic orange of engineering and the vertical arms in the academic apricot of nursing. The latter represents not only public health nurses, but more generally the devoted service of all those in public health.

The “crest” of the shield is a highly stylized modern version of the ancient caduceus (staff with entwined snakes and wings) which evolved from the tree of life, the snakes of which have been eliminated as pertaining specifically to the medical arts of healing. The center vertical element of the caduceus is the staff of Aesculapius, and the wings are those of Mercury, messenger of the gods. They are rendered in non academic blue—indicative of flight—and in this flag symbolize the broad and high ideals of the public health profession.

Walter J. Gores Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design April 16, 1962

The School of Public Health flag is displayed on a flagpole positioned in the center of the Hill Auditorium stage during the annual graduation ceremony.

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The teaching of public health at the University of Michigan

dates back to 1881, when sanitary science first became a part of the

university’s curriculum. The university awarded its first Master of Science in

public health in 1915 and a year later issued its first Doctor of Public Health

degree. The School of Public Health was formally chartered in 1941 and has

been at the forefront of public health education and research ever since.

We are consistently ranked one of the top schools of public health in the

United States.

The school’s mission is to create and disseminate knowledge with the aim of

preventing disease and promoting the health of populations worldwide.

We are especially concerned with health equity and thus have a special focus

on disadvantaged populations who suffer disproportionately from illness and

disability. We serve as a diverse and inclusive crossroads of knowledge and

practice, with the goal of solving current and future public health problems.

Among health science schools, we are unique in that we place a strong

emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion, rather than on the

treatment of existing illness. The school employs integrated approaches

to solving public health problems, and teaches and promotes the ethical

practice of public health.

Courses of study are organized around six departments: Biostatistics,

Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior & Health

Education, Health Management & Policy, and Nutritional Sciences. Degrees

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH:

A Brief History

1944The National Sanitation Foundation is founded at SPH and later becomes NSF International, an independent nonprofit organization that certifies products and develops global standards for food, water, air, and consumer goods.

1945 SPH researchers contribute to groundbreaking water fluoridation studies in Grand Rapids.

1941After 50 years of the teaching of disease prevention and health promotion at the university, U-M regents establish the School of Public Health.

1955 Professor Thomas Francis Jr. concludes the two-year national field trials of the Salk polio vaccine, and on April 12 announces to the world that the vaccine developed by his former student Jonas Salk is “safe, effective, and potent.”

1956 SPH and U-M faculty launch one of the most important public health studies in the world, the landmark Tecumseh (Michigan) Community Health Study, which transforms our understanding of chronic disease and how to prevent it.

1992 With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, SPH establishes a program in community-based public health (CBPH); SPH becomes a national leader in CBPH, which fosters the creation and principles of equal partnerships between community-based organizations, academic institutions, and health agencies to address community health challenges.

2003 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves FluMist, developed at SPH by Professor Hunein “John” Maassab. The world’s only nasal-spray flu vaccine, FluMist is shown to be more effective at protecting children than injections.

2004 Research by Professor Robert Wolfe leads to a new and non-biased system for determining matches between kidney donors and transplant candidates.

2005 SPH launches the U-M Center for Managing Chronic Disease, which helps people and communities around the world control the pain, discomfort, disruption, and costs of chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.

2010 Comprehensive health care reform is enacted, incorporating research from the U-M–based Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) that provides the conceptual foundation and data to allow health plans nationwide to remove barriers for high-value preventive diagnostic and therapeutic medical services.

2015U-M SPH adds Department of Nutritional Sciences to respond to the demand for professionals in this growing field.

Today, SPH graduates hold leadership positions in governmental public health, health care sys-tems, and private-sector companies in every state in the United States and in 85 countries around the world.

1881 Victor Clarence Vaughan, later known for his work with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal, begins teaching sanitary science at the University of Michigan.

1939 U-M’s Nathan Sinai develops a voluntary health insurance plan with the Michigan State Medical Society, which later becomes a prototype for Blue Shield.

1915 U-M grants its first MS degrees in public health; the first doctor of public health degrees follow in 1916, and the first BS in public health nursing degrees in 1918.

1985 Congressional testimony by Professor Kenneth Warner helps solidify federal taxation as a smoking disincentive.

1993 Professor Arnold Monto conducts a major

study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the elderly, findings from

which help convince Medicare policymakers to make flu

vaccine a covered benefit.

2003In the wake of the Human Genome Project, researchers in the U-M Center for Statistical Genetics develop revolutionary new tools and techniques for identifying and cataloging genetic variants associated with such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, age-related macular degeneration, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder—work that will underpin the development of personalized medicine.

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A B R I E F H I S T O R Y A B R I E F H I S T O R Y

offered include the Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Health

Services Administration (MHSA). The Master of Health Informatics (MHI)

degree is offered through a joint program of the School of Public Health and

the School of Information. The Master of Science (MS) degree is awarded

by the Rackham Graduate School. Doctoral degrees (PhD) are offered in

every department. The DrPH degree has been offered by the departments

of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Health Management

& Policy. Certificate programs include Global Health, Health Care Infection

Prevention and Control, Health Informatics, Injury Science, Public Health

Genetics, and Risk Science and Human Health. Executive master’s programs

(one weekend or less a month), plus online learning, are offered in Health

Management & Policy as well as Clinical Research and Statistical Analysis.

Dual-degree programs are offered with other schools and colleges across

the university, including the schools of Business, Social Work, Medicine,

Public Policy, Engineering, Nursing, and Law. The School of Public Health also

houses one of the nation’s oldest Preventive Medicine Residency programs,

dating back to 1969.

As part of a vast research university known worldwide for its multidisciplinary

scholarship and teaching, the University of Michigan School of Public Health

is uniquely prepared to confront the complex health challenges of our age.

1944The National Sanitation Foundation is founded at SPH and later becomes NSF International, an independent nonprofit organization that certifies products and develops global standards for food, water, air, and consumer goods.

1945 SPH researchers contribute to groundbreaking water fluoridation studies in Grand Rapids.

1941After 50 years of the teaching of disease prevention and health promotion at the university, U-M regents establish the School of Public Health.

1955 Professor Thomas Francis Jr. concludes the two-year national field trials of the Salk polio vaccine, and on April 12 announces to the world that the vaccine developed by his former student Jonas Salk is “safe, effective, and potent.”

1956 SPH and U-M faculty launch one of the most important public health studies in the world, the landmark Tecumseh (Michigan) Community Health Study, which transforms our understanding of chronic disease and how to prevent it.

1992 With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, SPH establishes a program in community-based public health (CBPH); SPH becomes a national leader in CBPH, which fosters the creation and principles of equal partnerships between community-based organizations, academic institutions, and health agencies to address community health challenges.

2003 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves FluMist, developed at SPH by Professor Hunein “John” Maassab. The world’s only nasal-spray flu vaccine, FluMist is shown to be more effective at protecting children than injections.

2004 Research by Professor Robert Wolfe leads to a new and non-biased system for determining matches between kidney donors and transplant candidates.

2005 SPH launches the U-M Center for Managing Chronic Disease, which helps people and communities around the world control the pain, discomfort, disruption, and costs of chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.

2010 Comprehensive health care reform is enacted, incorporating research from the U-M–based Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) that provides the conceptual foundation and data to allow health plans nationwide to remove barriers for high-value preventive diagnostic and therapeutic medical services.

2015U-M SPH adds Department of Nutritional Sciences to respond to the demand for professionals in this growing field.

Today, SPH graduates hold leadership positions in governmental public health, health care sys-tems, and private-sector companies in every state in the United States and in 85 countries around the world.

1881 Victor Clarence Vaughan, later known for his work with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal, begins teaching sanitary science at the University of Michigan.

1939 U-M’s Nathan Sinai develops a voluntary health insurance plan with the Michigan State Medical Society, which later becomes a prototype for Blue Shield.

1915 U-M grants its first MS degrees in public health; the first doctor of public health degrees follow in 1916, and the first BS in public health nursing degrees in 1918.

1985 Congressional testimony by Professor Kenneth Warner helps solidify federal taxation as a smoking disincentive.

1993 Professor Arnold Monto conducts a major

study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the elderly, findings from

which help convince Medicare policymakers to make flu

vaccine a covered benefit.

2003In the wake of the Human Genome Project, researchers in the U-M Center for Statistical Genetics develop revolutionary new tools and techniques for identifying and cataloging genetic variants associated with such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, age-related macular degeneration, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder—work that will underpin the development of personalized medicine.

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A B R I E F H I S T O R Y

The 140+ members of our faculty are internationally recognized experts

in their fields and routinely share their knowledge with governments,

communities, and nongovernmental organizations. Our more than 15,000

graduates serve major roles, at home and abroad, in the global effort to

create a safer, healthier world.

The School of Public Health’s world-class facilities include state-of-the-art

classrooms, conference rooms, laboratories, a videoconferencing center, and

multiple common spaces designed to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration

within the university and with academic and community partners around the

world. Located centrally on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus,

the school serves as a crossroads for the biological, physical, social, and

managerial sciences.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLEDGE

I pledge to do all within my power to safeguard human and environmental health through prevention, protection, promotion,

and educational efforts. I will accept the responsibility to use my talents, training,

and professional experience to instill public trust in all my public health endeavors.

It is my personal commitment to serve my community with integrity and pride.

1944The National Sanitation Foundation is founded at SPH and later becomes NSF International, an independent nonprofit organization that certifies products and develops global standards for food, water, air, and consumer goods.

1945 SPH researchers contribute to groundbreaking water fluoridation studies in Grand Rapids.

1941After 50 years of the teaching of disease prevention and health promotion at the university, U-M regents establish the School of Public Health.

1955 Professor Thomas Francis Jr. concludes the two-year national field trials of the Salk polio vaccine, and on April 12 announces to the world that the vaccine developed by his former student Jonas Salk is “safe, effective, and potent.”

1956 SPH and U-M faculty launch one of the most important public health studies in the world, the landmark Tecumseh (Michigan) Community Health Study, which transforms our understanding of chronic disease and how to prevent it.

1992 With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, SPH establishes a program in community-based public health (CBPH); SPH becomes a national leader in CBPH, which fosters the creation and principles of equal partnerships between community-based organizations, academic institutions, and health agencies to address community health challenges.

2003 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves FluMist, developed at SPH by Professor Hunein “John” Maassab. The world’s only nasal-spray flu vaccine, FluMist is shown to be more effective at protecting children than injections.

2004 Research by Professor Robert Wolfe leads to a new and non-biased system for determining matches between kidney donors and transplant candidates.

2005 SPH launches the U-M Center for Managing Chronic Disease, which helps people and communities around the world control the pain, discomfort, disruption, and costs of chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.

2010 Comprehensive health care reform is enacted, using research from the U-M–based Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) that provides the conceptual foundation and data to allow health plans to remove barriers for high-value preventive diagnostic and therapeutic medical services.

2015U-M SPH adds Department of Nutritional Sciences to respond to the demand for professionals in this growing field.

2016U-M SPH celebrates a 75-year legacy of Doing a World of Good.

Today, SPH graduates hold leadership posi-tions in governmental public health, health care systems, and private-sector compa-nies in every state in the United States and in 85 countries around the world.

1881 Victor Clarence Vaughan, later known for his work with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal, begins teaching sanitary science at the University of Michigan.

1939 U-M’s Nathan Sinai develops a voluntary health insurance plan with the Michigan State Medical Society, which later becomes a prototype for Blue Shield.

1915 U-M grants its first MS degrees in public health; the first doctor of public health degrees follow in 1916, and the first BS in public health nursing degrees in 1918.

1985 Congressional testimony by Professor Kenneth Warner helps solidify federal taxation as a smoking disincentive.

1993 Professor Arnold Monto conducts a major

study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the elderly, findings from

which help convince Medicare policymakers to make flu

vaccine a covered benefit.

2003In the wake of the Human Genome Project, researchers in the U-M Center for Statistical Genetics develop revolutionary new tools and techniques for identifying and cataloging genetic variants associated with such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, age-related macular degeneration, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder—work that will underpin the development of personalized medicine.

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We, as people concerned about health improvement in the world, do hereby commit ourselves to advocacy and action to promote the

health rights of all human beings.

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being. It is not a privilege reserved for those with power, money, or social standing.

Health is more than the absence of disease, but includes prevention of illness, development of individual potential, a positive sense of physical, mental, and social well-being.

Health care should be based on dialogue and collaboration between citizens, professionals, communities, and policymakers. Health services should be affordable, accessible, effective, efficient, and convenient.

Health begins with healthy development of the child and a positive family environment. Health must be sustained by the active role of men and women in health development. The role of men and women, and their welfare, must be recognized and addressed.

Health care for the elderly should preserve dignity, respect, and concern for quality of life and not merely extend life.

Health requires a sustainable environment with balanced human population growth and preservation of cultural diversity.

Health depends on the availability to all people of basic essentials: food, safe water, housing, education, productive employment, protection from pollution, and prevention of social alienation.

Health depends on protection from exploitation without distinction of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, political belief, and economic or social condition.

Health requires peaceful and equitable development and collaboration of all peoples.

INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF HEALTH RIGHTS

Phot

o: S

heila

Kris

hnan

, MPH

’08

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Dear Class of 2016,

On behalf of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, it is my pleasure to congratulate and welcome you to the SPH alumni community!

We encourage you to stay connected with SPH and our more than 15,000 distinguished alumni. Our Alumni Engagement events and opportunities provide

great resources to connect with fellow SPH alums, share memories and maintain connections to the school.

The Office of Development and Alumni Engagement can facilitate a variety of opportunities to connect through:

• Career Networking • Alumni Directory

• Regional Events • Student Mentoring

• Reunion Programs • Advisory Opportunities

We would like to thank you and your family for the hard work, dedication and support you have invested in the School of Public Health. We could not be more proud of you, and wish you all the best in your post-graduation endeavors. And, as always, GO BLUE!

Sincerely,

Katie Fraumann Executive Director, Office of Development and Alumni Engagement University of Michigan School of Public Health

sph.umich.edu/giving

Welcome TO THE SPH ALUMNI COMMUNITY

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The School of Public Health extends its gratitude

to the following individuals, groups, and businesses for

their participation in this year’s graduation:

Chelsea Flower Shop

Delux Tents and Events, LLC

Graduation Foto

Hill Auditorium Staff

InPrint, Inc.

InterVision Webcasting

Dr. James Kibbie

Michigan Union Bookstore

The Moveable Feast Catering

Peter Smith Photography

Print-Tech, Inc.

Steppe Solutions, LLC

U-M Office of Ceremonial and Presidential Events

U-M Men’s Glee Club

U-M Plant Operations

U-M Rackham Graduate School

U-M Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

U-M SPH Faculty

U-M SPH Office of Academic Affairs

U-M SPH Office of Development and Alumni Engagement

U-M SPH Office of Marketing and Communications

U-M SPH Departmental Program Coordinators

Regents of the University of Michigan

Michael J. Behm, Grand BlancMark J. Bernstein, Ann ArborLaurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield HillsShauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse PointeDenise Ilitch, Bingham FarmsAndrea Fischer Newman, Ann ArborAndrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe ParkKatherine E. White, Ann ArborMark S. Schlissel (ex officio)

© 2016 Regents of the University of Michigan.

THANK YOUCONGRATULATIONS,

GRADUATES!

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sph.umich.edu

DOING A WORLD OF GOOD

75 years of