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At Michigan Public Health, more than 200 professors and research scientists teach tomorrow’s public health leaders and conduct cutting-edge research to help advance the field of public health. Many faculty members are leading experts who consult with governments, communities, and nongovernmental organizations.
From class notes to mentoring opportunities to keeping in touch with old friends and current students, here are the latest updates and stories from the school and from our 17,000+ alumni around the world.
A new paper looks at patient experiences of discrimination in the US health system, finding that the types of discrimination a person can encounter in a health care setting varies, with 21% of non-institutionalized, English-speaking US adults experiencing discrimination while seeking medical care.
We might take for granted our knowledge that the earth is round or how electricity works. But these were once debated subjects, and we’re still learning new things about even the foundational aspects of science, things we might take for granted. At its best, science changes because the world changes.
A new study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of California, Davis found that placing warning labels on beverage dispensers helped reduce consumption by nearly 15% among college students.
It can take a long time to develop new policy, and some advocacy roads lead to dead ends. But good advocacy work always makes a difference. As racism, policing, and police reform were becoming the national public health story of the summer, student leaders led a remote advocacy initiative to continue bringing public health insights to the discourse.