FINDING HEALTH EQUITY SOLUTIONS

Michigan State is addressing the social determinants of health alongside the Flint community in the areas of health disparities, chronic disease, and behavioral health. Below are highlights of the expertise in action of our public health leaders featured in this digital booklet:

• Flint water crisis response and resources

• Public health education and workforce development

• Culturally appropriate family health history tools

• Racism as a public health crisis

• Depression and suicide risk reduction

• Violence prevention and support

• Maternal and child health

• Breastfeeding

• Mental health

• Vaccine promotion

• Global public health

• Infectious disease

• And more TOGETHER, WE STAND FOR HEALTH JUSTICE.

LEADING GROWTH IN PUBLIC HEALTH

THROUGH MPH ACCREDITATION AND DEPARTMENTAL STATUS

WAYNE McCULLOUGH, PhD

INTERIM CHAIR OF THE CHARLES STEWART MOTT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Director Of The Master Of Public Health Program

Over the past seven years, MSU has brought in more than $115M in federal research funding. On December 16, 2022, the Board of Trustees approved the creation of MSU’s first fully philanthropically named department - the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health.

To reduce the barrier to graduate education, he created the first full-tuition MSU Master of Public Health Flint Scholarship and is working to provide more scholarship opportunities.

Dr. McCullough has been instrumental in leading MSU’s growth in public health and achieving departmental status. As director of the Master of Public Health Program, he increases the acumen of all students as expert users of public health information to improve health as future Spartans in Public Health. With an alumni base of more than 700, he has successfully led the accreditation process of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Having met all 35 criteria, the independent accrediting agency for U.S. schools and public health programs acted to approve the Michigan State University Online Master of Public Health Program for accreditation at the CEPH Board of Councilors meeting on June 1 – 3, 2022.

McCullough is focused on addressing the social determinants of health, reducing health disparities, and advancing policies and interventions that eliminate structural racism in health care. His research interests include how communications can help advance under-served communities.

• On the Man Up Man Down project, he worked to increase life expectancy of Black men with a diabetes self-care and social support intervention.

• As a Co-PI, he is a mentor in the federally funded Research to Reduce Disparities Program to create a trans-disciplinary bridge between medicine and public health. The program aims to create physician/ research scientists to address the role of race, ethnicity, gender, and implicit/explicit bias in medicine.

• He directed three annual dental health screening events for Flint in collaboration with community partners.