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Edward Arenas' lifelong dream has been to become a doctor. To deepen his understanding of health, he began taking courses in public health during his undergraduate studies. His first year at Michigan Public Health has only enhanced his belief that his education here will make him a better physician.
After 9 years of active duty in the US military, Isa Kujawski switched gears to pursue her passion for health and wellness and explore the connections between nutrition and mental health.
The search for her career passion took Mica Blauw from South Africa to a lab in western Michigan and then Ford Motor Company. She finally found what she was looking for in her studies at Michigan Public Health.
“As an epidemiologist, these traditional tools for collecting, organizing, and interpreting data are our bread and butter—What diseases are out there? Who is getting them? Why are they getting sick?” Prevots says. “Public health is all about data in action, and we want to do research that ultimately has an impact on clinical practice and policy.”
In this edition of Field Notes, Nutritional Sciences student Cody Cousineau details his summer 2017 internship with the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Department, along with how his work in the lab deepens his understanding of nutrition and health.
Shannon Hamilton has always loved the outdoors. That’s part of what drew her to pursue a master’s degree in environmental health sciences from Michigan Public Health. “I’m very interested in how environmental exposures during our lifetime influence our health,” she said.