U-M SPH 2016 Graduation Program

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

GRADUATION O F T H E 75 T H C L A S S

HILL AUDITORIUM | APRIL 28, 2016

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Salute to the Class of 2016 Order of Exercises School of Public Health Senior Leadership 2016 Graduation Speaker: Shamsia Ramadhan Peace Practitioner

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Doctoral Degrees Master of Public Health Degrees Master of Health Informatics Degrees Master of Health Services Administration Degrees Master of Science Degrees

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Profile of the 2016 Graduating Class History of Caps, Gowns, and Hoods The Flag of the School of Public Health University of Michigan School of Public Health: A Brief History 39 The Public Health Pledge 40 International Declaration of Health Rights 42 Welcome to the School of Public Health Alumni Community 44 Thank You

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Salute TO THE Class of 2016 H

eartiest 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 1

Order OF EXERCISES Prelude Pièce d’orgue, Johann Sebastian Bach James Kibbie, DMA, MM University Organist, Professor and Chair, Department of Organ U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance Processional Guests, please remain seated during the processional.

Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke James Kibbie, DMA, MM University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club Cantate Domino, Hans Leo Hassler Welcome Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Dean, School of Public Health Remarks on Behalf of the Students Munmun A. Khan, MPH Health Behavior & Health Education Grace Ann Noppert, PhD Epidemiologic Science Presentation of Excellence in Teaching Award Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Honoree: Ananda Sen, PhD Research Professor, Biostatistics Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine Presentation of Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Honoree: Elizabeth Ann Mosley, MPH Doctoral Candidate, Health Behavior & Health Education Address to the Graduating Class and Guests Shamsia Ramadhan Peace Practitioner, Kenya Hooding and Presentation of Doctor of Public Health and Doctor of Philosophy Graduates John D. Meeker, ScD, MS 2

Presentation of Master of Public Health Graduates Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MA; and Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Presentation of Master of Health Informatics Graduates Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Presentation of Master of Health Services Administration Graduates Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Presentation of Master of Science Graduates Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Welcome to the School of Public Health Alumni Community Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA Director, Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Chair, School of Public Health Dean’s Advisory Board Closing Remarks Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club The University (the Michigan Song), Bilik and Schumacher Recessional Guests, please remain seated during the recessional.

Toccata from Symphony V, Charles-Marie Widor James Kibbie, DMA, MM Reception All 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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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Senior Leadership Dean Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Professor of Toxicology Senior Associate Dean for Administration Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MA Professor of Epidemiology Associate Dean for Research John D. Meeker, ScD, MS Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jane C. Banaszak-Holl, PhD, MA Associate Professor of Health Management & Policy Associate Dean for Practice Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Clinical Professor of Health Management & Policy Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Professor of Epidemiology, Health Management & Policy, Preventive Medicine, and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration Ellen Crissey 4

Chair, Department of Biostatistics Goncalo R. Abecasis, DPhil Felix E. Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics NSF International Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Craig Harris, PhD, MS Professor of Toxicology John G. Searle Chair, Department of Epidemiology Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, PhD, MPH Professor of Epidemiology Chair, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education Cathleen M Connell, PhD, MS Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Chair, Department of Health Management & Policy Kyle L. Grazier, DrPH, MPH, MS Richard Carl Jelinek Professor of Health Services Management & Policy; Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences Karen E. Peterson, DSc Professor, Nutritional Sciences Research Professor, Center on Human Growth and Development Interim Director, Health Informatics Program Paul Resnick, PhD Michael D. Cohen Collegiate Professor of Information Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, U-M School of Information

2016 GRADUATION SPEAKER

Shamsia Ramadhan

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hamsia 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 Nairobibased 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 5

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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 TO R A L D EG R E E S

DOCTORAL DEGREES

Doctor of Public Health Earl Todd Ray Health Policy Assessment of Hospital Risk Management Activities in Michigan

Doctor of Philosophy Natalia Blanco Herrera Epidemiologic Science In vivo pathogenicity and sporulation patterns of Clostridium difficile Jonathan Bryant-Genevier Environmental Health Sciences A Gas Chromatographic Microsystem for Volatile Organic Compounds: Critical Components, Chemometric Algorithms, and a Laboratory Prototype for Workplace Exposure Monitoring Miatta A. Buxton Epidemiologic Science Inflammation During Pregnancy and Its Association with Preterm Birth in Mexico City Ritabrata Das Biostatistics Efficient Inferential Methods in Regression Models with Change Points or High Dimensional Covariates Brian Michael Davis Epidemiologic Science Implications of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Mitigating Influenza in Schools and the Role of Co-Infection in the University Setting Matthew Flickinger Biostatistics Detecting and Correcting Contamination in Genetic Data 8

Christine Kay Greene Environmental Health Sciences Characterization of A. baumannii Environmental Survival and Biofilm Formation and the Impact on Environmental Transmission Annie Harmon Health Behavior & Health Education Expectations and Planning for Future Transportation-Related Mobility in Adults 55-84 Erica Christine Jansen Epidemiologic Science Early life determinants of the age at menarche Patricia Koman Environmental Health Sciences Air Pollution Exposures and Cardiopulmonary Health: Does Excess Weight Enhance Risk?

Sara Ketchen Lipson Health Services Organization & Policy Understanding and Addressing Unmet Need for Mental Health Services in College Populations Yancy Lo Biostatistics Statistical Methods, Analyses and Applications for Next-Generation Sequencing Studies Rebecca Jill Mandell Intersections of Environmental and Reproductive Justice: Examining Social Movement Efforts to Protect Vulnerable Communities from Toxic Exposures Harmful to Reproductive Health Leslee McKnight Health Services Organization & Policy Imprisoning Communities through Collateral Health Consequences of Mass Incarceration: The Case of HIV

DOCTORAL DEGREES

Grace Ann Noppert Epidemiologic Science Changing the Paradigm: Using an Integrative Approach to Improve Understanding of TB Control in Michigan Angy Patricia Perez Martinez Epidemiologic Science Trends and Surveillance of Adult Pneumococcal Diseases in Arkansas State, 2000 to 2013 Joshua Glenn Petrie Epidemiologic Science Vaccine 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 Pool Epidemiologic Science The Health Consequences of Negative Wealth Shock During Late Middle Age Sara Rashkin Biostatistics Methods for Sequence Based Studies of Complex Traits Donald Sexton Health 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

Zhichao Sun Biostatistics Efficient Designs for Early-Phase Clinical Trials and Exposure Enriched Outcome Trajectory Dependent Sampling for Longitudinal Studies of Gene-Environment Interaction Rebecca Tutino Toxicology Methylmercury and Measures of Attention Deficits in the ELEMENT Cohort Rong Xia Biostatistics Statistical Issues in the Analysis of Correlated Data Emily Jean Youatt Health Behavior & Health Education Exploring Sexual Orientation Disclosure to Health Care Providers among Sexual Minority Women Zhenzhen Zhang Biostatistics Using P-Splines to Estimate Nonlinear Covariate Effects in Latent Factor Models Yan Zhou Biostatistics Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Networked Data Analysis

Hai Shu Biostatistics High Dimensional Dependent Data Analysis for Neuroimaging Xu Shu Biostatistics Semiparametric Methods for Contrasting Times Between Successive Events

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M A S T E R ’ S D EG R E E S

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

Master of Public Health Rebecca Marie Addison Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Grace Portia Adofoli Health Behavior & Health Education Yousuf Ali Ahmad Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Tahiya Alam Nutritional Sciences Suzanna Al-Bacha Nutritional Sciences Laura Catherine Alexander Health Behavior & Health Education Bailey Anderson Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Jack Andrzejewski Health Behavior & Health Education Ilona Argirion Epidemiology Methods & Applications Max Aung Environmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Ankita Badhwar Epidemiology Methods & Applications Preeti Bansal Kshirsagar Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition) Sarah S. Bassiouni Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Samantha Jean Batdorf Epidemiology Methods & Applications

“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

Daniel Bator Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health) Ashley Baumohl Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Lisa Beacher Epidemiology Methods & Applications Erin Reilly Beathard Health Behavior & Health Education Ashleigh Brooke Bemis Health Behavior & Health Education Bhumi Bhakta Health Behavior & Health Education Archana Dhatreecharan Bharadwaj Health Behavior & Health Education Kartik Vikram Bhatt Global Health Epidemiology Kelley Borton Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Erin Brennan Health Management & Policy Julie Ann Brickel Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) 11

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

Sarah Anne Buranskas Health Behavior & Health Education

Anum Chaudhry Health Behavior & Health Education

Eve Rachel Burstein Health Management & Policy

Khalil Jimmy Chedid Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Amy Callear Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Jessica Ann Chee Health Behavior & Health Education

“Individually, we SPH students chose public health.

Together, we can

change the world.�

Sarah Bassiouni, MPH, Epidemiology

Julee Anne Campbell Epidemiology Methods & Applications Pianpian Cao Epidemiology Methods & Applications Kylie Carpenter Epidemiology Methods & Applications Rachel Caty Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Shaila Chhibba Health Management & Policy Lyle Chrzaszcz Epidemiology Methods & Applications Marissa Cloutier Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Adrienne Cocci Health Behavior & Health Education Patrick Coit Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Courtney Coleman Health Behavior & Health Education Daniel Connochie Health Behavior & Health Education Jesse Contreras Global Health Epidemiology Christine Michelle Convery Epidemiology Methods & Applications MavaMarie Monahan Cooper Health Behavior & Health Education

Paige Alexandra Cederna Health Behavior & Health Education

Mari Couasnon Global Health Epidemiology

Peter Joseph Drummond Ceglarek Health Behavior & Health Education

Erica Rose Dancik Health Behavior & Health Education

Allison Chan Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Anjuli Dasika Health Behavior & Health Education

Susanna Belinda Chan Health Management & Policy

Courtney Davis Health Management & Policy

Navasuja Chandrasekaran Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Nicole Frances Dear Global Health Epidemiology

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

Courtney McAlear Dewart Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Megan Christina Edmonds Health Behavior & Health Education

Ning Ding Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Adam Bruce Eickmeyer Health Behavior & Health Education

Karin Dove Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology

Farah Jassim Erzouki Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Margaret Dowling Health Behavior & Health Education Ian Patrick Dumont Health Management & Policy Leah Dunkel Health Behavior & Health Education Mercedez Deanna Dunn Health Behavior & Health Education Andrew Richard Dyer Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Katrina Espiritu Epidemiology Methods & Applications Caroline Grace Ewasyshyn Health Behavior & Health Education Dustin Farr Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Nicolette Gabriella Fata Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Carmen Fernandez Epidemiology Methods & Applications

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

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

Matthew Fillare Health Behavior & Health Education

Nicholas Michael Gould Health Management & Policy

Caitlin Finan Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Cole Grabow Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Gregory John Foakes Global Health Epidemiology

Samantha Elizabeth Greenberg Health Behavior & Health Education

Rachel Marie Forche Environmental Health Sciences

Michelle Grohe Health Behavior & Health Education

“I will seek to make improvements at the complex

intersections

Michelle Haan Health Management & Policy Rachel Hackett Health Behavior & Health Education Amaal Haimout Health Behavior & Health Education

between the environment and human health.�

Julie Han Health Behavior & Health Education

Liz Timoszyk, MPH, Environmental Health Sciences

Phoebe Harpainter Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Kristin Jane Harden Health Behavior & Health Education

Michael Fortunato Global Health Management & Policy

Alyssa Hartsell Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Elizabeth Frame Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Nicole Haug Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Dan Frechtling Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Charity Haynes Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Aparna Ghosh Global Health Epidemiology Sarah Gillette Epidemiology Methods & Applications Hannah Eve White Gordon Health Behavior & Health Education Anna Pollack Gottschlich Global Health Epidemiology

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Rebecca Greenberg Hazan Epidemiology Methods & Applications Sarah Anne Hirsch Health Management & Policy Megan Anoush Hogikyan Health Behavior & Health Education Kristin Hosfeld Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

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

Ellen Deborah Huefner Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Amanda Wright Izquierdo Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Kristine Ellen Jacobsen Health Behavior & Health Education Sona Haresh Jani Health Behavior & Health Education Alison Jensen Health Management & Policy Megan Elizabeth Jensen Health Behavior & Health Education Laura Johnson Epidemiology Methods & Applications, Preventive Medicine Residency Shelly Jones Health Management & Policy

Anna Joseph Health Behavior & Health Education Christine Juday Health Management & Policy Osama Kashlan Epidemiology Methods & Applications Nancy Kasvosve Health Management & Policy Courtland Keteyian Epidemiology Methods & Applications, Preventive Medicine Residency Munmun A. Khan Health Behavior & Health Education Christina Kobrossi Health Behavior & Health Education Diane Renee Koeller Health Behavior & Health Education

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 LT H

Amanda Kogowski Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Jennifer Lerose Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

Peggy Korpela Health Behavior & Health Education

Chengwei Li Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Kathleen Marie Koviak Health Behavior & Health Education

Fengyao Li Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health)

Lauren Kuenstner Health Management & Policy Ujwala Kulkarni Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Jessica Lin Health Management & Policy Nan Lin Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Marie Therese Kumerow Health Behavior & Health Education

Michael Aaron Lourie Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Jennifer Lynn LaBarre Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Karla Luketic Environmental Health Sciences

Jessica Sophia Lai Health Behavior & Health Education John Philip Lee Environmental Health Sciences Mindy Lee Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

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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Silver Lumsdaine Health Behavior & Health Education

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

Molly Macdonald Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Erin MacDougal Epidemiology Methods & Applications Marissa Mafteiu Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Jyothi Manohar Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Guangmei Mao Biostatistics Elise Suzanne Mara Epidemiology Methods & Applications Stacey Cara Matlen Health Behavior & Health Education Kristin Maurer Global Health Management & Policy Ruth Elizabeth McDonald Health Management & Policy

Emily Moore Health Management & Policy Rebecca Lynn Mueller Health Behavior & Health Education Haley Marguerite Mullins Nutritional Sciences

“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

Claire McMenamy Epidemiology Methods & Applications Matthew Mellon Health Behavior & Health Education Anne Messer Epidemiology Methods & Applications Pooja Middha Global Health Epidemiology Ashley Miller Epidemiology Methods & Applications Matt Miller Health Management & Policy Christopher Mills Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Selamawit Nurri Misgano Health Behavior & Health Education

Emma Murray Health Behavior & Health Education Cara Marie Nordberg Global Health Epidemiology Jill Paladino Health Behavior & Health Education Kenneth Pass Health Behavior & Health Education Tejasi Patel Global Health Management & Policy Talya Rose Peltzman Global Health Epidemiology Monica Petersen Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) 17

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

Siri Helene Peterson Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Victoria Seffren Health Behavior & Health Education

Andrea Picones Health Behavior & Health Education

Emma Sell-Goodhand Global Health Epidemiology

Yiqing Qian Global Health Epidemiology

Alana Sharp Global Health Management & Policy

Surabhi Rajaram Health Behavior & Health Education Thilo Rattay Global Health Management & Policy Deepti Guduru Reddy Epidemiology Methods & Applications Steven Carl Richards Health Behavior & Health Education Claire Roess Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Laney Rupp Health Behavior & Health Education Kristin Marie Ryder Health Behavior & Health Education Lizelle Salazar Health Behavior & Health Education Ariel Judith Saulles Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health)

“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 & Policy Sarah Shaw Health Behavior & Health Education Jillian Lee Shotwell Nutritional Sciences Dana Simms Health Behavior & Health Education Julia Slesinski Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics)

Matthew Savidge Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

Megan Slowey Global Health Epidemiology

Abigail Schachter Health Behavior & Health Education

Alyssa Nicole Smith Health Behavior & Health Education

James Schetter Nutritional Sciences

Ila Sruti Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Amanda Schulte Health Management & Policy

Rena Marie Steiger Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Erin Renee Schulten Health Behavior & Health Education

Jana Elizabeth Stewart 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 LT H

Anna Rebecca Strong Health Behavior & Health Education

Sophia Tenaye Tessema Health Behavior & Health Education

Anthony Su Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology)

Carly Thanhouser Health Behavior & Health Education

Kathryn Sutcliffe Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Vivianne Marie Swart Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Kaitlyn Justine Sykes Epidemiology Methods & Applications Zsuzsanna Szabo Epidemiology Methods & Applications Lindsay Terhaar Health Behavior & Health Education

Abigail Thomas Global Health Epidemiology Elizabeth Catherine Timoszyk Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition) Maria Teresa Tran Health Behavior & Health Education Elizabeth Tuma Epidemiology Methods & Applications Kayla Tuteur Health Management & Policy

U-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 LT H

Jaspreet Uppal Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Xin Wang Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Aaron Andrew Vanderboegh Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology

William Weichsel Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)

Amit Vahia Epidemiology Methods & Applications Jennifer Vichich Health Behavior & Health Education Gloria Mirella Villalpando Zamora Health Behavior & Health Education Bei Wang Health Behavior & Health Education Dongqing Wang Epidemiology Methods & Applications Xi Wang Epidemiology Methods & Applications

Arielle Shoshana Weiss Global Health Epidemiology Ebony Marie White Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Stephanie Ann Williams Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Clara Wille Health Behavior & Health Education Jane Wong Health Behavior & Health Education

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.

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

Allison Renee Wrage Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) Jhordan Olexandria Wynne Health Behavior & Health Education Erzhan Xu Health Behavior & Health Education Jing Xu Health Management & Policy Catherine Jane Yao Health Management & Policy Kalyn Yasutake Epidemiology Methods & Applications Hee-Won Yoon Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Emily Zafiroff Health Behavior & Health Education Jifang Zhou Global Health Management & Policy

“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

Marc Zughaib Epidemiology Methods & Applications

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M A S T E R O F H E A LT H I N FO R M AT I C S

“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

Master of Health Informatics

Lucia Lee Health Informatics

Rachel Erin Atwood Health Informatics

Ronald Henry Liu Health Informatics

Jessica Elaine Bene Health Informatics

Molly Maher Health Informatics

Pritika Dasgupta Health Informatics

Kathleen Eleanor Marinan Health Informatics

Sean William Doolan Health Informatics

Anna Victoria Myers Health Informatics

Jacqueline Marie Fontaine Health Informatics

Djordje Petrovic Health Informatics

Justin Paul Gilliam Health Informatics

Shruthi Sanjeevi Reddy Health Informatics

Joseph P. Godlew Health Informatics

Steven Scott Talsma Health Informatics

Nancy K. Hammond Health Informatics

Abir Samad Viqar Health Informatics

Naomi Rachel Hernandez Health Informatics

Melissa Wu Health Informatics

Yin Yu Lam Health Informatics

Hanwenbo Yang Health Informatics

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Yang Li Health Informatics

M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

Master of Health Services Administration Yingda Bi Health Management & Policy Avery Caldwell Health Management & Policy Amy Childers Health Management & Policy Jeffrey Bryant Chin Health Management & Policy

Jennifer Nicole Dingle Health Management & Policy Pauline Vivian Do Health Management & Policy Kathleen Teresa Ellero Health Management & Policy Linda Endres Health Management & Policy Stephen Fischer Health Management & Policy Jennifer L. Frost Health Management & Policy Clare Gargaro Health 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.

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MASTER OF SCIENCE

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M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

Jake Trent Golman Health Management & Policy

Snigdha Vennela Paruchuri Health Management & Policy

Vahe Grigoryan Health Management & Policy

Priya Patel Health Management & Policy

Mouhanad Hammami Health Management & Policy

John Mason Prutting Health Management & Policy

Brianne Hanlon Health Management & Policy

Bright Raveendran Health Management & Policy

Christina Haupt Health Management & Policy Christina Ann Huang Health Management & Policy Maxwell Holden Jones Health Management & Policy Elizabeth Anne Kunkle Health Management & Policy Rory William Landis Health Management & Policy Christopher Lee Health Management & Policy Xinyue Liu Health Management & Policy Veronica Marsich Health Management & Policy Blake Nordlund Health Management & Policy Glenn Ogletree Health 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

Michelle Rizor Health Management & Policy Elizabeth Ann Scarola Health Management & Policy Andrew Scott Health Management & Policy Amanda Carey Seltzer Health Management & Policy Rebecca Jean Shannon Health Management & Policy

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.

Shekinah Hawkins Singletery Health Management & Policy Carolyn Grace Smith Health Management & Policy 25

M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

Ryan James Stillion Health Management & Policy

Gregory Michael Wnuk Health Management & Policy

Sarah Marie Szollar Health Management & Policy

Louisa Marie Wolcott Health Management & Policy

Tanya Maureen Taveras Alcantara Global Health Management & Policy

Alex Wood Health Management & Policy

Niranjan Thambythurai Health Management & Policy

Ye Zhang Health Management & Policy

Erika Vijh Health Management & Policy Jonathan Evan-Branford Waller Health Management & Policy Angela Wan Health 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.

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MASTER OF SCIENCE

Master of Science Youssef Mahmoud Ajami Biostatistics Jonathan Awori Clinical Research Michael Steven Bazydlo Biostatistics Andrew Thomas Beck Biostatistics

“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.�

Ya-Wen Chang Nutritional Sciences Nathan Joseph Cohen Biostatistics Irina Degtiar Biostatistics Linda Yuemiao Ding Biostatistics Patrick Drake Biostatistics Michelle Jeanne Earley Biostatistics, Epidemiologic Science Richard Ryan Evans Biostatistics Weichen Feng Biostatistics Zhe Guan Clinical Research Weixuan He Biostatistics Emily Charlotte Hector Biostatistics Evan Michael Hill Toxicology

Jessica Yue Wu, MS, Nutritional Sciences

Michelle Marie Hood Biostatistics Adam Dean Jacob Biostatistics Michelle Rae Kleckner Biostatistics Bryan Kunkler Clinical Research Pin Li Biostatistics Gang Liu Biostatistics Yiwen Lu Biostatistics Silver Lumsdaine Nutritional Sciences Lan Luo Biostatistics Carly McCabe Nutritional Sciences Marshall Chandler McLeod Biostatistics 27

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Jose Carlos Monzon Fuentes Epidemiologic Science

Rekar Karwan Taymour Health Services Research

Lauren Anne Opsasnick Biostatistics

Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy Biostatistics

Anita Pandit Biostatistics

Gan Wang Environmental Health Sciences

Stephen George Philip Clinical Research

Lili Wang Biostatistics

Michael J Pienta Clinical Research

Jessica Yue Wu Nutritional Sciences

Rose Putler Biostatistics

Xiao Xie Biostatistics

Stephanie Kay Sayler Environmental Health Sciences

Jingshu Xu Biostatistics

Ariana Tang Biostatistics

Yuan Yang Biostatistics

Ming Tang Biostatistics

Zezhi Zac Zhang Biostatistics

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

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PROFILE of the 2016 GRADUATING CLASS

BY THE NUMBERS

AVERAGE AGE

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UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED

112

GRADUATES

367

MALE

26% (96)

FEMALE

74% (271)

DEGREES GRANTED

MPH 66% PhD 6% MS 11% MHI 6% MHSA 10% DrPH <1% RESIDENCY

INT’L

13%

(49)

U.S./PERMANENT

87% (318)

OUT-OFSTATE

59% (216)

IN-STATE

41% (151)

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

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

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HISTORY OF

Caps, Gowns, and Hoods O

ne 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 bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gowns are closed at the throat and have long, pointed sleeves. The masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gown has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist, tapering at the back in a square cut which ends in an arc cutaway. The doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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 Flag

OF THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

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he 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 non­academic blue—indicative of flight—and in this flag symbolize the broad and high ideals of the public health profession.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH:

A Brief History

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he 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

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.

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.

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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.

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

1941

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

1944

The 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.

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;safe, effective, and potent.â&#x20AC;?

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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 masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs

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.

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1985

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

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.

A BRIEF HISTORY

(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.

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.

2003

In 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, agerelated macular degeneration, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder—work that will underpin the development of personalized medicine.

2003

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves FluMist, developed at SPH

by Professor Hunein “John” Maassab. The world’s only nasalspray flu vaccine, FluMist is shown to be more effective at protecting children than injections.

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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 Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

2004

Research by Professor Robert Wolfe leads to a new and nonbiased 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 Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

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2010

Comprehensive health care reform is enacted, using research from the U-Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;based Center for ValueBased 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.

2015

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

2016

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

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

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.

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Photo: Sheila Krishnan, MPH ’08

I N T E R N AT I O N A L D EC L A R AT I O N OF HEALTH RIGHTS

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e, 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.

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Welcome

TO THE SPH ALUMNI COMMUNITY

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 43

THANK YOU 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 44

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!

Regents of the University of Michigan Michael J. Behm, Grand Blanc Mark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor Mark S. Schlissel (ex officio) Š 2016 Regents of the University of Michigan.

75 years of

DOING A WORLD OF GOOD

sph.umich.edu