The University of Michigan School of Public Health is pursuing a healthier, more equitable world through education, research and action.
#GoBlue
@UMich
The
@UMich
School of Public Health has been ranked
#5
in the
@usnews
list of Best Public Health Schools. We are honored to receive this recognition from our peers across the country for the high quality research, training and engaged learning offered at
@umichsph
.
What is Public Health? 🤔
Though sometimes misunderstood, the field plays a critical role in the promotion of health, prevention of disease, and empowerment of people. In this new series, discover how different facets of
#publichealth
work together to drive lasting change.
Congratulations to
@DrTedros
,
@WHO
director general, who has been a leader in global health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He will be awarded the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health from
@UMich
—one of the university’s highest honors.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
@WHO
director general and the first African and first non-physician to lead the global public health organization, will be awarded the Thomas Francis, Jr. Medal in Global Public Health — one of the university’s highest honors.
“Health is not made in hospitals and clinics, it’s made in our homes, our schools, our super markets,” says
@DrTedros
, Director General of the
@WHO
, at the
@UMichSPH
Pressing Issues in Global Public Health panel.
Watch here:
Congratulations to Bhramar Mukherjee (
@BhramarBioStat
), professor and chair of Biostatistics, who is the recipient of the 20th annual Janet L. Norwood Award!
The
@uabSOPH
award recognizes outstanding achievement by a woman in statistical sciences.
Read:
What are Social Determinants of Health?
In part two of our 'What is Public Health?' series, learn how the conditions in which you live, work, grow, play, and learn impact your health and the health of your friends, family, colleagues and neighbors.
The next dean of
@umichsph
will be Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, a distinguished researcher whose scholarship focuses on improving mental health and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and depression.
MORE: 📝
New research evaluated more than 5,800 foods and their impact on human health & the environment.
An astonishing finding? Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, & eating a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes.
READ:
Today we're excited to announce that
@AbdulElSayed
will speak at the 2019
@umichsph
Graduation, May 3rd! 🎓🎉
Dr. El-Sayed is a
@UMich
alumnus, physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist.
Learn more about Dr. El-Sayed: 📑
“Safe, effective and potent.”
#OnThisDay
in 1955,
@umichsph
’s Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. and Jonas Salk took the stage at
@UMich
’s Rackham Auditorium to announce that the Salk polio
#vaccine
was effective in preventing polio.
MORE: 〽️
It was an honor to welcome
@DrTedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (
@WHO
), to the University of Michigan School of Public Health today, where he met with our students and talked about their global public health work.
Over the weekend, thousands of people in cities across the country protested against law enforcement over the death of George Floyd.
@umichsph
's
@rianaelyse
explains
#publichealth
's role in addressing
#PoliceViolence
and supporting the health and well-being of Black Americans.
On
#InternationalWomensDay
we recognize all women who are fighting to create a healthier, more equitable world for all. For the first time in our school's history, all of our six academic departments are chaired by women, and their leadership propels us forward every day.
So what is
#publichealth
, anyway? 🌎
#NPHW
As we join our colleagues and community in kicking-off
#NationalPublicHealthWeek
, let's take a quick video tour of the field, its impact, and the ways in which it unites many across the globe in the service of a healthier world.
Today, the
@umich
Board of Regents approved Detroit native & two-time
@umichsph
graduate Darrell Hudson, MPH ‘05, PhD ‘09, as the next chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.
Congratulations and welcome (back),
@DrDHud
!
Starting today, we're eliminating the GRE requirement for all applicants to
@umichsph
master- and doctoral-level programs. This change will help us reduce barriers that have prevented access for students of color and other underrepresented groups.
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Many thanks to Dr. Fauci for spending some time this morning with
@umichsph
faculty and students! We're looking forward to hearing you speak at
@umich
Comeback Commencement today!
'Will we rise to the occasion?"
@umichsph
Prof.
@DrNeblett
explains what the
#publichealth
field and our communities must do, in a collective effort, to truly eliminate anti-Black racism and promote health equity in the United States.
Congratulations to Bhramar Mukherjee, Named Chair of Biostatistics at
@umichsph
!
“It is her commitment and enthusiasm to training the next generation of biostatistics leaders that makes her an exceptional choice for chair.”
READ: 📝
🆕
@BhramarBiostat
,
@UMichSPH
John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor & chair of Biostatistics, has been named Distinguished University Professor,
@UMich
's highest professorship for exceptional senior faculty & their contributions to academic excellence ➡️
Having served patients in his community for nearly two decades,
@DrRobDavidson
has now become a vocal advocate for state and national health care policies. He talks battling COVID-19 on the frontlines while pursuing an MPH at
@UMichSPH
.
READ ➡️
On Saturday night,
@umichsph
Dean F. DuBois Bowman was honored by his alma mater Morehouse College (
@Morehouse
) with a Bennie Trailblazer Award during the college's 'Candle in the Dark' Gala and Inaugural Ball in Atlanta.
Congratulations,
@FDuBoisBowman
! 🎉
Congratulations to
@UMichSPH
prof
@BhramarBioStat
on being named
@UMich
Assistant Vice President for Research - Research Data Services. She lead a university-wide strategy designed to support and enhance research data services.
Read more ➡️➡️
Today, join us in welcoming F. DuBois Bowman to
@umichsph
as the New Dean of Michigan Public Health! 👏
Get to know Dean Bowman, his pursuit, and his vision to improve health for populations, communities, and individuals across the globe.
READ: 📑
Congratulations to
@UMichSPH
biostatistics faculty
@BhramarBioStat
and Jeremy Taylor, who are recipients of American Statistical Association (
@AmstatNews
) awards for their contributions and advancements in statistical science.
Read more:
Over the past two decades,
@drsanjaygupta
has become synonymous with health communications as
@CNN
's Chief Medical Correspondent. The two-time
@UMich
graduate ('90, MD '93) will join Dean
@FDuBoisBowman
for a conversation on leadership, comms, and trust ➡️
NEWS — Belinda Needham, associate professor of Epidemiology, has been named chair of the Department of Epidemiology at
@umichsph
! Her appointment, effective July 1, 2021, was approved by the University of Michigan Board of Regents yesterday.
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With states reopening, you might be wondering how to protect yourself and others from
#COVID19
while you're returning to public spaces, seeing friends and family, and enjoying the summer weather.
A favorite of epidemiologists, the 'Swiss Cheese' metaphor can help explain how...
Picture Perfect 📸 //
#MGoGrad
Congratulations to all our 2019
@umichsph
graduates! We’re so grateful to have celebrated your accomplishments with you today!
And thank you, once again, to
@UMich
alumnus
@AbdulElSayed
for joining us in Ann Arbor and inspiring our grads!
#GoBlue
The University of Michigan welcomes our fourth recipient of the Thomas Francis, Jr. Medal in Global Public Health,
@DrTedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Join us virtually for the award ceremony and keynote address on Monday, March 13, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.
@UMich
How do
#vaccines
work and why are they important? 💉
Find out in episode 1 of our new podcast 'Population Healthy' (out now!), feat.
@umichsph
,
@umsi
,
@umichmedicine
experts.
Apple: ⬅️
Spotify: ⬅️
Web: ⬅️
Through her generous gift to
@UMichSPH
, Cleo Caldwell, professor emerita, is making sure that her legacy of putting students first will last well beyond her lifetime. By creating the Caldwell Health Equity Fellowship Fund, she will make attending Michigan Public Health more
Congratulations to Emily Toth Martin (
@MartinEpi
), associate professor of Epidemiology at
@umichsph
, who is set to receive the
@UMich
President’s Award for National and State Leadership for her contributions to the COVID-19 response in 2020.
MORE: ⬅️
🚨 UPCOMING EVENT 🚨
@DrTedros
, Director-General of
@WHO
, will join Michigan Public Health dean DuBois Bowman for an hour-long conversation on Wednesday, October 20 at noon ET.
@fordschool
Register:
“Far too many adults who want to quit smoking are unable to do so,” says
@UMichSPH
's Ken Warner. “E-cigarettes constitute the first new tool to help them in decades. Yet relatively appreciate their potential value.”
Read more ➡️➡️
@UMTobResNetwork
HAIL to the Hand-Washers! 〽️💙
#GoBlue
Washing your hands is one of the easiest ways to help stop the spread of
#coronavirus
, but are you doing it right (and with soap)? Here's a handy (pun intended)
#publichealth
guide to a few areas that are commonly missed.
Tomorrow we're excited to welcome
@AbdulElSayed
to Ann Arbor to speak at the 2019
@umichsph
Graduation Ceremony! 🎓
Dr. El-Sayed is a
@UMich
alumnus, physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, + progressive activist.
Learn more about Dr. El-Sayed:
Congratulations to our amazing faculty members approved for promotion today during the
@UMich
Board of Regents meeting! 🎉
We're glad to have each and every one of you and look forward to how you'll continue to make the world a healthier, more equitable place for all.
Veera Baladandayuthapani (
@veerab
) named chair of the Department of Biostatistics at
@UMichSPH
. He has been a professor of Biostatistics at
@UMichSPH
since 2018, and serves as Director of the Cancer Data Science Shared Resource at the
@UMich
@UMRogelCancer
New Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Alert! From
@FlemingPaulJ
,
@MelissaSCreary
&
@lopez_wd
, discover the root causes of racial health disparities and gain the tools to be part of solutions through advocacy and action. Learn more about the course ⬇️⬇️
If you've had
#COVID19
or been exposed to it before, can you get it again? And if you can get it again, what does that infection look like?
A new
@UMich
study led by
@umichsph
's
@AubreeGordonPhD
and
@umichmedicine
's Riccardo Valdez looks to find out: ⬅️
The
@UMich
School of Public Health has been ranked
#5
in the
@usnews
list of Best Public Health Schools. We are honored that our peers across the country continue to recognize the high quality research, training and engaged learning offered at
@umichsph
.
On Thursday, the
@UMich
Board of Regents approved recommendations for promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks and faculty on clinical or research tracks.
Congratulations to all our newly-promoted and newly-tenured faculty at
@umichsph
!! 〽️💙
#GoBlue
The University of Michigan School of Public Health (
@umichsph
) is honored to have been ranked the fourth Best Public Health School in the country by U.S. News & World Report (
@usnews
).
#GoBlue
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Today, at
@umich
,
@GovWhitmer
signed a bill repealing taxes on feminine hygiene products. Members of the Michigan Public Health community responded to the news.
Read more:
Here in
#Michigan
,
@GovWhitmer
extended the stay at home order to keep us safe.
@umichsph
faculty know that preventing the spread of
#coronavirus
AND returning to work are good for
#publichealth
.
In this video, they highlight safety measures we need to take as we return to work.
Studies show e-cigarettes are smokers' most frequently used aids to try to stop smoking, and a new tax could push users to cheaper, deadlier cigarettes, says
@umichsph
Ken Warner.
Warner writes the dangers this poses to public health in
@washingtonpost
➡️
Congratulations to
@RichardHirth
, professor of Health Management and Policy, who has been named the S.J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy at
@umichsph
!
Learn more about Prof. Hirth, his career, and his work: ⬅️
What is Environmental Health Science? 🔬
In a brand-new installment of our ongoing "What Is
#PublicHealth
?" video series, learn how the
#environment
around you influences your
#health
, and how public health professionals work to address the impacts to improve health for all.
Happy
#WorldKindnessDay
! Stop by
@umichsph
1 and 2 for free coffee, hot chocolate, hats, and some upbeat tunes from our special Michigan Public Health Spotify playlist:
By working together, addressing our own biases, dismantling structural barriers, and taking an unwavering stance on the side of racial justice and equality, we can create a healthier, more equitable world for all.
More from
@umichsph
on
#JUNETEENTH2020
:
Hoping to do something about a water crisis in
#Pakistan
,
@umichsph
alum Omar and
@UMich
friends started fundraising to build a well. 2 years later, they had completed construction on their 750th water well w/ their nonprofit,
@PaaniProject
.
Omar's story:
The current focus on preventing youth vaping could hinder adults' efforts to stop smoking cigarettes, according to a new
@AMJPublicHealth
article featuring
@umichsph
prof. Kenneth Warner.
Read the Q&A on what promoted the group to write the article ➡️
Pursuing for a healthier, more equitable world for all means addressing health disparities faced by LBGTQ people, fighting injustice, promoting mental and physical well-being, and celebrating a community filled with resilience, love, and
#Pride
.
Happy
#PrideMonth
!
On
#WorldMentalHealthDay
we join global leaders, policymakers, and populations worldwide to talk about
#mentalhealth
, combat stigma, drive advocacy, and explore what needs to be done to improve mental health care.
Learn more via
@WMHDay
: 🧠
Congratulations to
@umichsph
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Cleopatra Caldwell, recognized for her record of excellence mentoring graduate students with the
@umichgradschool
'Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award.'
We're pleased to announce the winners of this year's Faculty Mentoring Awards, celebrating faculty with records of excellence in mentoring master's and doctoral students across
@UMich
.
After being diagnosed with spina bifida, a neural tube defect that can result in damage to the spine,
@UMichSPH
alum Spencer Heslop was encouraged by his parents to try wheelchair basketball. Now he aims to play at the Paralympics 🏀
Read:
@umichmedicine
NEW: Edward Norton (
@healtheconnort1
) was named UnitedHealthcare Professor of Health Care Management at
@UMichSPH
, an endowed professorship that supports a tenured faculty member who shares
@UHC
's commitment to a value-based healthcare system. Read more:
.
@DrNeblett
: I am honored to recognize the recipient of this year's faculty Eugene Feingold Award, Dr. Cleopatra Howard Caldwell. Dr. Caldwell is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, where she has been a faculty member for ~25 years.
For the latest information on
#COVID19
from
@umichsph
experts, we've created a continuously-updated resource page w/ up-to-date news stories, an FAQ, and more.
VISIT HERE: ⬅️
"Public health research is clear that access to abortion is part of a full suite of reproductive health care," says Health Behavior and Health Education professor William Lopez.
@UMichSPH
experts comment on today's
#SCOTUS
decision that overturns Roe v. Wade ⬇️
Congratulations to Amy Schulz,
@umichsph
professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, who was among four
@UMich
faculty members to be awarded a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorship!
MORE: ⬅️
.
@DrNeblett
: I'd like to recognize the recipient of this year's student Feingold Award, Brandon Bond. Brandon is an MPH student studying Health Behavior and Health Education, and serving in critical roles that promote DEI both in the school and elsewhere at the university.
Congratulations to
@umichsph
's
@MelissaSCreary
+
@FlemingPaulJ
, and their student collaborators - 2018 Recipients of Grants to Support Research and Scholarship for Change from the National Center for Institutional Diversity at
@UMich
!
Story: 🗒️
A new
@umichsph
center in partnership with
@michiganHHS
received funding from
@cdcgov
's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics to support the establishment of the first national network for outbreak response and disease forecasting. Read more:
"This project brings something new to the table." 💻
.
@umichsph
's Minal Patel has received a five-year, $3.3M grant from
@NIDDKgov
to study new
#eHealth
tools that help people with uncontrolled
#diabetes
manage unmet social needs.
READ: 📑
"As a public health professor who studies the factors that shape Latino health, I couldn’t help but think of all the health research
@EncantoMovie
was beautifully putting to song," says
@UMichSPH
prof
@lopez_wd
.
Read his article on
@latinorebels
⬇️
Congrats to
@FDuBoisBowman
on reappointment as Dean of
@UMichSPH
by the
@UMich
Board of Regents.
"Dean Bowman has distinguished himself as a brilliant leader who is uniquely poised to navigate the complexity of public health,” said Provost McCauley.
📰
Following the mass shooting in
#Buffalo
that targeted Black people in a predominantly Black community, people throughout the US—especially minorities—have difficult thoughts and feelings to grapple with.
@rianaelyse
discusses mental health on
@Local4News