Class Notes: Fall 2025
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70s
DAVID REYNOLDS, MPH ’72, PhD ’99, Medical Care Administration and Health Policy, respectively, recently retired after a career of expanding healthcare access. He founded the first Community Health Center network in Vermont in 1976, providing medical, dental, pharmacy, and home health and hospice services throughout rural northeastern Vermont. Reynolds also served five years as Sen. Bernie Sanders’ first senior health policy advisor and negotiated key provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
90s
F. DUBOIS BOWMAN (pictured above), MS ’95, Biostatistics, former dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, became the president of Morehouse College on July 15.
This appointment represents a homecoming for Bowman, who earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Morehouse. This transition mirrors his 2018 return to Michigan Public Health—where he completed his master’s degree in Biostatistics—to serve as dean.
“I am deeply honored to be selected to lead Morehouse, an institution that has played such a formative role in my life,” Bowman said. “This opportunity evokes the same sense of gratitude I felt returning to Michigan as dean—reconnecting with an institution that shaped my academic foundation. Leading the School of Public Health has been the highlight of my career thus far, allowing me to advance an institution with extraordinary education, research and public health practice.”
“Dr. Bowman’s record of visionary leadership, his deep commitment to academic excellence, and his lifelong dedication to Morehouse make him the ideal choice to lead the college into its next era,” said Willie Woods, chairman of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. “He brings an extraordinary blend of intellectual rigor, strategic thinking and values-driven leadership.”
During his seven-year tenure as dean, Bowman guided the School of Public Health through periods of unprecedented challenge and remarkable growth.
Under his leadership, the school enhanced its educational programs—now training more than 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students annually—and was ranked #2 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Public Health Schools list.
“Dean Bowman has also been an extraordinary partner and leader across the University of Michigan campus,” University of Michigan Provost Laurie McCauley said. “He has been a driving force in initiatives that align with the university’s long-term goals. His dedication to innovation, inclusivity and academic excellence have propelled the School of Public Health into a place of national prominence. I have no doubt he will serve and inspire the Morehouse College community with great distinction.”
KD FRICK, PhD ’96, Economics and Health Services Organization and Policy, professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, was chosen to receive a Faculty Service and Mentoring Award.
CHRISTINA WONG, MHSA ’96, Health Management and Policy, obtained her Doctor of Health Science from the College of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in fall 2024.
PAULA SONG, MHSA ’98, PhD ’06, Health Management and Policy and Health Service Organization and Policy, respectively, was appointed dean of the Ohio State University College of Public Health on July 9. Previously, Song served as the Richard M. Bracken Chair of the Department of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she also was a professor.
00s
LEON McDOUGLE, MPH ’01, Health Management and Policy, received the 2025 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award during the AAMC Presidential Awards on October 22. McDougle, professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, has advised and mentored more than 200 medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
PORTIA PRESTON, MPH ’04, Health Behavior and Health Education, public health professor at California State University, Fullerton, published the book “Hustle, Flow or Let It Go? A Guide to Shame-Free Wellness That Honors Your Reality and Gives You Life” (Revell, 2025) in August.
10s
ELANA HABIB, MPH ’12, Health Behavior and Health Education, is the state opioid treatment authority and Alaska substance use disorder treatment coordinator. “Not a day goes by that I don’t draw on what I learned at Michigan Public Health. I’m deeply grateful to everyone there who contributed to my education and growth.”
JODI-ANN BUREY, MPH ’14, Health Behavior and Health Education, published her book “Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work” (Flatiron Books, 2025) on September 30.
HALIMAT OLANIYAN, BS ’19, Public Health Sciences, is in her final year of pathology residency at Indiana University and will be going on to complete her fellowship at the University of Illinois Chicago in transfusion medicine and blood banking. This fall, she was selected for the ASCP 40 under Forty, which recognizes members younger than 40 for their achievements and leadership qualities that are making an impact on pathology and laboratory medicine.
20s
VIRGINIA LEFEVER, MPH ’20, Health Management and Policy, graduated in May from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, earning her Doctor of Law.
SARAH GELLMAN, BA ’24, Community and Global Public Health, recently was hired as a legislative assistant in the healthcare portfolio at Thorn Run Partners, a government affairs firm in Washington, DC.
SAHANA RAJA, BS ’25, Public Health Sciences, serves as a health educator at Erie Family Health Centers in Chicago, a federally qualified health center, where she empowers patients with chronic health conditions to gain a deeper understanding of their health.
