Michigan Results

IPE Townhall

The Interprofessional Team: Training the Next Generation of Collaborative Health Professionals

Olivia S. Anderson, MPH ’09, PhD ’13

Interprofessional collaboration, teamwork, communication, and intercultural intelligence are vital skills for a public health practitioner. As IPE is integrated into public health education, learners will interact and learn with peers in other health professions regularly and can bring their insights with them into their professional work life.

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What Are PFAS and How Do They Affect Your Health?

Jarrod Eaton

Currently, 36 municipal drinking water sites in Michigan have been identified as having high levels of PFAS, a group of synthetic chemical pollutants used in a variety of consumer products. What are the known health effects of PFAS water contamination and what is the state doing to protect Michigan residents?

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Engaging the Communities We Inhabit

Spencer Walz

Despite advances in the field of mental health, uncertainty is still felt throughout many public mental health systems. Volunteering in the community has taught Spencer Walz that healing exists on a continuum.

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Working in Everyone's Backyard: Statistics in the Community

Stephen Salerno

Statistics in the Community is a community outreach organization offering the expertise of statistics graduate students—free of charge—to nonprofit organizations. They design studies, develop better data collection instruments, and analyze data for public good.