a PDF of the complete graduation program
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a PDF of the complete graduation program
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATION O F T H E 73 R D C L A S S HILL AUDITORIUM | MAY 1, 2014 CONTENT 1 2 4 5 Salute to the Class of 2014 Order of Exercises School of Public Health Senior Leadership 2014 Graduation Speaker: Richard Besser, MD Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News 7 12 21 22 25 Doctoral Degrees Master of Public Health Degrees Master of Health Informatics Degrees Master of Health Services Administration Degrees Master of Science Degrees 27 28 30 32 Profile of the 2014 Graduating Class History of Caps, Gowns, and Hoods The Flag of the School of Public Health University of Michigan School of Public Health: A Brief History 37 The Public Health Pledge 38 International Declaration of Health Rights 40 Thank You 2 Salute TO THE Class of 2014 H eartiest congratulations to the Class of 2014! I also extend my congratulations to the family members and friends who have encouraged and supported your efforts. Today you join the more than 13,000 alumni who are part of the University of Michigan School of Public Health family. Your energy, commitment, intelligence, and compassion are needed to achieve health and ensure a healthful environment for all, especially those whose need and distress are the greatest. I know you are ready to take your place as leaders, to find your own paths to success, and to make a difference. Best wishes and all good luck. Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Dean, School of Public Health 1 Order OF EXERCISES Prelude Pièce d’orgue, Johann Sebastian Bach James Kibbie, DMA, MM Professor of Organ, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance Processional Guests, please remain seated during the processional. Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke James Kibbie, DMA, MM Professor of Organ, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club Duh Tvoy Blagiy, Pavel Chesnokov Welcome Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Dean, School of Public Health Remarks on Behalf of the Students Cameron Glenn, MHSA/MBA Health Management & Policy Shama Virani, PhD Environmental Health Sciences Presentation of Eugene Feingold Diversity Award Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Honoree: Lynda J. Fuerstnau Administrative Assistant, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Presentation of Excellence in Teaching Award Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Honoree: Sara Dubowsky Adar, ScD, MHS John Searle Assistant Professor of Public Health Presentation of Excellence in Research Award Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Honoree: Richard A. Hirth, PhD, MA Professor and Associate Chair, Health Management & Policy Address to the Graduating Class and Guests Richard Besser, MD Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News 2 Hooding and Presentation of Doctor of Public Health and Doctor of Philosophy Graduates John D. Meeker, ScD, MS Presentation of Master of Public Health Graduates Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MA; and Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Presentation of Master of Health Informatics Graduates Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Presentation of Master of Health Services Administration Graduates Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Presentation of Master of Science Graduates Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Closing Remarks Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club The University (Michigan Song) Recessional Guests, please remain seated during the recessional. Toccata from Symphony V, Charles-Marie Wider James Kibbie, DMA, MM Professor of Organ, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance Reception All are invited to a reception on Ingalls Mall, the outdoor gathering area directly outside the building, between Hill Auditorium and the Michigan League, immediately following the ceremony. 3 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Senior Leadership Dean Martin A. Philbert, PhD, FRSC Professor of Toxicology Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration Michael R. Kalasinski, Jr. Senior Associate Dean for Administration Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD, MA Professor of Epidemiology Chair, Department of Biostatistics Trivellore E. Raghunathan, PhD, MSc, MS Professor of Biostatistics Associate Dean for Research John D. Meeker, ScD, MS Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Andrew D. Maynard, PhD Professor and NSF International Chair, Environmental Health Sciences Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Nancy K. Janz, PhD, MS Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Associate Dean for Practice Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN Clinical Professor of Health Management & Policy Associate Dean for Global Public Health Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Professor of Epidemiology, Health Management & Policy, Preventive Medicine, and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education 4 Interim Chair, Department of Epidemiology Lynda D. Lisabeth, PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology Chair, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education Cathleen M Connell, PhD, MS Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Chair, Department of Health Management & Policy Kyle L. Grazier, DrPH, MPH, MS Richard Carl Jelinek Professor of Health Services Management & Policy; Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Director, Health Informatics Program Charles P. Friedman, PhD, MS Professor of Health Management & Policy and School of Information 2014 GRADUATION SPEAKER: Richard Besser, MD R ichard Besser, MD, is ABC News’ Chief Health and Medical Editor. In this role, he provides medical analysis and commentary for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including “World News with Diane Sawyer,” “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline.” In 2011, he led ABC’s global health coverage, “Be the Change: Save a Life,” reporting on health issues from seven different countries. Dr. Besser came to ABC News in 2009 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he served as Acting Director for the CDC from January to June 2009, during which time he led the CDC’s response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic. He also served as director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response. In that role, he was responsible for all of the CDC’s public health emergency preparedness and emergency response activities. Dr. Besser began his career at the CDC in 1991 in the Epidemic Intelligence Service working on the epidemiology of food-borne diseases. Following this, beginning in 1993, he served for five years on the faculty of the University of California, San Diego, as the pediatric residency director. While in San Diego he worked for the county health department on the control of pediatric tuberculosis. He returned to the CDC in 1998, where he served in various capacities, including as epidemiology section chief in the Respiratory Diseases Branch; acting chief of the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch in the National Center for Infectious Disease; and as the medical director of “Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work,” the CDC’s national campaign to promote appropriate antibiotic use in the community. 5 RICHARD BESSER, MD Dr. Besser volunteers as a Pediatrician with the Children’s Aid Society in New York City. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. The author and coauthor of hundreds of presentations, abstracts, chapters, editorials and publications, Dr. Besser has received many awards for his work in public health and volunteer service. He received the Surgeon General’s Medallion for his leadership during the H1N1 response, and in 2011 he accepted the Dean’s Medal for his contributions to public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His investigative reporting into umbilical cord blood banking was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2011. In 2012 he received an Overseas Press Club award as part of ABC’s coverage of global maternal health issues and two Peabody Awards as part of ABC News’ coverage of Hurricane Sandy and Robin Roberts’ health journey. Dr. Besser’s first book, Tell Me the Truth, Doctor: Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions, was published by Hyperion in April 2013. Dr. Besser received his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Williams College and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a residency and chief residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He met his wife, Jeanne, a food writer, while on his first outbreak investigation in 1991. They have two sons, Alex and Jack. 6 Order of Exercises D O C TO R A L D EG R E E S DOCTORAL DEGREES Doctor of Public Health Pamela Pugh Smith Environmental Health Sciences Hazard Rating Scales for Predicting Housing and Neighborhood-Related Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. Doctor of Philosophy Jonggyu Baek Biostatistics Statistical Models to Assess Associations between the Built Environment and Health: Examining Food Environment Contributions to the Childhood Obesity Epidemic. Elizabeth Anne Becker Health Behavior & Health Education Misspecification of Behavioral Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Screening Research: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners and Policymakers. Erica Jean Boldenow Toxicology Group B Streptococcus Infection in the Human Extraplacental Membranes. Denise Cassandra Carty Health Behavior and Health Education Racism and Birth Outcomes in U.S.- and Foreign-Born Black Women: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis. Yeh-Hsin Chen Environmental Health Sciences Analysis of Air Pollution, Hypertension and Neighborhood Walkability. Anna Sadie Chernin Conlon Biostatistics Intermediate Markers: Surrogacy Assessment Using Principal Stratification and Multi-state Models. 8 Justin Colacino Toxicology Application of Genomic and Epigenomic Methods to Understand Environmental and Dietary Factors in Carcinogenesis. Ludi Fan Biostatistics Semi-Parametric Methods for Competing Risks Data with Applications in Organ Transplantation. Kelly Kay Ferguson Environmental Health Sciences Environmental Phthalate Exposure, Oxidative Stress, and Preterm Birth. Laura Levette Fernandes Biostatistics Adaptive Phase I and II Clinical Trial Designs in Oncology with Repeated Measures using Markov Models for the Conditional Probability of Toxicity. Todd Allen Festerling Toxicology The MRN Complex: A Master Guardian of the Genome. Kanika Alake Harris Fluellen Health Behavior & Health Education Who Will Care For Me? Retention in Care for HIV Positive Mothers of Color. Jared Foster Biostatistics Subgroup Identification and Variable Selection from Randomized Clinical Trial Data. Jennifer Alva Xyna Hartfield Health Behavior & Health Education Neighborhood Racial Composition and Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control: An Examination of Direct Mediating and Moderating Effects of Economic and Social Factors. Iman Hassan Toxicology Effects of Trichloroethylene Exposure on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. DOCTORAL DEGREES Jana Ariel Hirsch Epidemiological Science Change in the Built Environment and its Association with Change in Walking and Obesity in Middle Age and Older Adults. Cassandra Sue Korte Toxicology Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide Stimulates Parturition-Associated Pathways in a Human Placental Cell Line. Lei Huang Environmental Health Sciences Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Nitro-PAHs and Petroleum Biomarkers in Lake Michigan. Laura Lynn Kubik Toxicology Role of Age in Mitochondrial Susceptibility to 1,3-Dinitrobenzene-Induced Neurotoxicity. Sheng-Hsiu Huang Health Service Organization & Policy Three Essays on Finance and Health Care Organizations. Bei Jiang Biostatistics Bayesian Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Trajectories and Health Outcome: A Broad Evaluation of Mean and Variation Features in Risk Profiles and Model Assessments. Yamini Kesavan Epidemiological Science Methodological Approaches to Account for Residential Self-Selection and Time-Varying Confounding in the Association Between the Neighborhood Environment and Cardiovascular Disease. BoRin Kim Health Service Organization & Policy Health and Living Arrangements among Older Adults in Diverse Social and Cultural Contexts. Jennifer Kirsten Knapp Epidemiological Science Surveillance and Epidemiology of the Pertussis Resurgence in the United States, 1990-2010. Shengchun Kong Biostatistics New Statistical Issues for Censored Survival Data: High-Dimensionality and Censored Covariate. Jamila L. Kwarteng Health Behavior & Health Education The Contribution of the Social Environment to Central Adiposity: Results from Etiologic and Intervention Studies. Aisha Tene Langford Health Behavior & Health Education Rethinking Minority Participation in Clinical Trials: More than Mistrust. Dingsheng Li Environmental Health Sciences A Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model Study of the Biological Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanoparticles. Shi Li Biostatistics Bayesian Modeling for Environmental Association and Gene-Environment Interaction Under Complex Epidemiologic Study Designs. Erin Lynn Linnenbringer Health Behavior & Health Education Social Constructions, Biological Implications: Examining Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Subtype through the Lens of the Neighborhood Social Environment. Diego Ivan Lucumi Cuesta Health Behavior & Health Education Disparities in Hypertension in Colombia: A Mixed-Method Study. Massy Mutumba Health Behavior & Health Education Psychological Distress and Adherence to Anti-Retro Viral Treatment Among HIVInfected Adolescents in Uganda. 9 DOCTORAL DEGREES Muna Samsun Nahar Toxicology Human Bisphenol A Biomonitoring and Biotransformation Programming in the Developing Fetus. Deena Bouma Thomas Environmental Health Sciences Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Neurobehavior in 1-3 year old Children in Mexico City, Mexico. Sayeh Sander Nikpay Health Service Organization & Policy Three Essays in Health Economics. Shama Virani Toxicology Environmental Influence on Cancer: Characterization of Rising Incidence and Discovery of Novel Biomarkers of Exposure and Disease. Lauretta Ovadje Environmental Health Sciences Adherence to the Use of InsecticideTreated Nets among Nigerian Children. Hae-Ryung Park Toxicology Brominated Diphenyl Ether-47-Mediated Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Pathways in Human Placental Cells and Tissues. Donna Ray Toxicology Oxidative Damage and Transmethylation Micronutrient Effects on the T Cell Epigenome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Sarah Erin Leasure Reeves Epidemiological Science Opportunities to Improve Transcranial Doppler Screening Among Children With Sickle Cell Disease. Mikiko Senga Epidemiological Science Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Individuals. Melissa Monét Smarr Environmental Health Sciences Air Pollution and Repeated Ultrasound Measures of Fetal Growth in Mexico City. Nabihah Tayob Biostatistics Restricted Mean Analysis Across Multiple Follow-up Intervals. 10 Lori Robbin Wallace Health Behavior & Health Education Risk of Trauma Exposure and Post traumatic Stress Disorder: An Examination of the Separate and Combined Effects of Race, Gender, and Social Context. Xuejing Wang Biostatistics Regularized Functional Regression Models with Applications to Brain Imaging. Erin Bakshis Ware Epidemiological Science Genes, the Environment, and Depressive Symptom Score. Caren Weinhouse Environmental Health Sciences Identification of Epigenetic Biomarkers of Adult Hepatic Tumors Following Perinatal BPA Exposure. Terri Denice Wright Health Behavior & Health Education School-Based Health Care and Adolescent Sexual-Risk Behaviors. Tiffany Cherng-Shiuan Yang Nutritional Sciences Individual and Environmental Predictors of Adolescent Obesity. Xiaowei Zhan Biostatistics Statistical Methods and Analysis in Next Generation Sequencing. M A S T E R ’ S D EG R E E S M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Master of Public Health Jessica Lynn Bell Health Management & Policy Khadija Aidarus Abbas Epidemiology Brittany Christina Bostic Health Behavior & Health Education Adenike Olumayowa Abimbola Health Management & Policy Danielle do Pico Brace Health Behavior & Health Education Victoria Adams Health Behavior & Health Education Mary Margaret Braun Epidemiology Richa Adhikari Epidemiology (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Christine Elizabeth Brichta Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Olivia T. Alford Health Management & Policy Steffanie J. Bristol Health Management & Policy Business Jessica Wilcox Alper Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Amelia Bucek Health Behavior & Health Education Mohammad Raza Anees Health Management & Policy Rawan Hanna Araj Environmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Neha Arora Health Behavior & Health Education Joshua Bogus Health Management & Policy Caitlin Buechley Health Behavior & Health Education Jacob Bundy Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Brooke Allan Burgess Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Zaina Awad Health Behavior & Health Education Matthew Philip Bursley Environmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Prince Baawuah Health Management & Policy Alanna Butler Health Behavior & Health Education Basel Mossa Basha Health Management & Policy Paul Cheh Health Behavior & Health Education Meredith Baumgartner Health Management & Policy Adrienne An Chuin Cheng Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Evan Michael Beckett Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) 12 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Alex Choo Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Holly Yafan Chung Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Andrew Cieslinski Health Behavior & Health Education Leah Andrews Comment Epidemiology Jody Lynn Cook Health Behavior & Health Education Brittany Lauren Cornwell Epidemiology (International Health) Elizabeth Marie Cotter Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Hannah Meara Curtis Health Behavior & Health Education Margaret Grace Czerwienski Health Behavior & Health Education Lia Hope Daniels Health Management & Policy Pritika Dasgupta Epidemiology Evan Hunter Davis Health Behavior & Health Education Kelsey DeMull Health Behavior & Health Education Renee Despres Health Management & Policy Vanessa Dickerman Epidemiology Ella Lee Dolan Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Jennifer Marie Dolan Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Carolyn Rae Dombecki Epidemiology (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Sheela Doraiswamy Health Behavior & Health Education SPH students help promote awareness of public health through the “This Is Public Health” campaign, sponsored by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). 13 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Abigail Doucette Epidemiology (International Health) Minh Cam Duong Epidemiology Sophia Duong Health Management & Policy Amanda Madelynn Eccleston Epidemiology “SPH opened my eyes to many possibilities.” Yue Jiang, MPH Environmental Health Sciences Rachel Fox Health Behavior & Health Education Natalie Kimiko Friess Health Management & Policy Alyssa Kahn Gale Health Behavior & Health Education Amanda C. Gallaher Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Poorva Gaur Health Management & Policy Kristen Elizabeth Gibson Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Mary Jane M. Giesey Health Management & Policy Carol Catherine Burns Gray Health Behavior & Health Education Utibe Effiong Environmental Health Sciences Patrick Griffin Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Lauren Anne Ferin Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Elizabeth Caroline Grim Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Kelsey J. Feucht Health Management & Policy Law Kya Nicole Grooms Epidemiology Brenna Finley Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Jonathan Fischer Health Management & Policy Kathryn Mary Fischer Health Management & Policy Arielle Fleisher Health Behavior & Health Education Matthew Foley Epidemiology 14 Merrybelle M. Guo Health Behavior & Health Education Sravanthi Gutta Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Mary Hall Environmental Health Sciences Katherine Gisele Hamaoui Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Kaitlyn Hanisko Health Behavior & Health Education M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Chelsea Mara Harmell Health Behavior & Health Education Rachel Lauren Jantz Epidemiology Vivienne M. Hazzard Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Briana Marie Jefferson Health Behavior & Health Education Kathleen Rose Harris Higgins Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Chani Jo Hodonsky Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Denise W. Holman Health Behavior & Health Education Amanda Horcher Epidemiology Tiffany J. Huang Health Management & Policy Mark David Huizenga Health Management & Policy Bradley Edward Iott Epidemiology DeeDee Ismail Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Erica Jansen Epidemiology Andrew Jensen Epidemiology Andrew Steven Jessmore Health Management & Policy Yue Jiang Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Karla Monique Johnson Health Behavior & Health Education Law Chava Kahn Epidemiology Hannah Katcoff Epidemiology Emma O’Shea Kaufman Health Behavior & Health Education Manpreet Kaur Epidemiology Many SPH students rely on scholarships to help fund their graduate education. An annual reception honors their accomplishments, along with the donors who help make their studies possible. 15 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Hilary Katherine Keno Health Behavior & Health Education Sara Christine Lazaroff Health Behavior & Health Education Allison Vera Keshishian Epidemiology Maximilian Samuel Lee Health Management & Policy Alex Kiefer Health Behavior & Health Education Caryn Eva Lentz Health Behavior & Health Education Paul Sungbae Kim Health Management & Policy Sarah Liao Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Joseph John Kochmanski Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Sarah Louise Lindenauer Health Behavior & Health Education Sarah Michelle Koltun Health Behavior & Health Education Heather Lipkovich Epidemiology Caroline Alexander Kritzalis Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Xiaolin Liu Epidemiology Nicole Kubinec Epidemiology Claire Kwiatkowski Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health) Paige Elizabeth Kyle Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Michael Laframboise Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Katrina S. Lanahan Health Behavior & Health Education Thomas August Latchney Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health) HL Tracy Lau Epidemiology Rachael Lazar Epidemiology 16 Nicole Marie Lockwood Health Behavior & Health Education Ann Elizabeth Lokuta Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Kathryn Danica Lypen Health Behavior & Health Education Chamisa MacKenzie Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Cami Mandell Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition) Mirele Adena Mann Environmental Health Sciences Arielle Sofia Markel Health Behavior & Health Education Rebecca Anne Martin Health Behavior & Health Education Yasmin Mazloomdoost Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Kelly P. McCarthy Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Meredith Nichols Epidemiology Casey McFeely Health Behavior & Health Education Erica Jaiyeola Odukoya Health Behavior & Health Education Amelia McKitterick Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Heather Alexis Olden Epidemiology (International Health) Clare Elizabeth Meernik Epidemiology (International Health) Ali Omar Health Behavior & Health Education Michael James Michutka Health Management & Policy Stephanie Ostrenga Health Behavior & Health Education Lindsay M. Miller Health Behavior & Health Education Yi Ou Environmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Susanna D. Mitro Epidemiology Meghan Christine Monson Health Behavior & Health Education Elana Mosesova Health Behavior & Health Education Sarah Mott Health Management & Policy Alyssa Marie Mouton Health Behavior & Health Education Public Policy Meghan Frances Moynihan Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Sarah Park Epidemiology “Pursuing your dreams is not always easy, and when you receive help, you don’t forget where it came from.” Megan Rao, MPH Health Behavior & Health Education Alicia Nicole Mullis Epidemiology Qing Peng Epidemiology Matan Naamani Health Behavior & Health Education Marisa Pinchas Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Steven Allan Nelson Epidemiology Sreelatha Ponnaluri Epidemiology Loan Ai Nguyen Health Behavior & Health Education Ashley Marie Porter Health Behavior & Health Education Stephanie Thuy Nguyen Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Olga Prushinskaya Health Behavior & Health Education 17 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Wendy M. Qi Epidemiology (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) James Rampton Health Behavior & Health Education Jessica Christine Rampton Health Behavior & Health Education Naomi Ranz-Schleifer Health Behavior & Health Education Megan Katikaneni Rao Health Behavior & Health Education Elizabeth Reed Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Sarah Louise Reinhardt Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Katie Marie Rentschler Environmental Health Sciences (Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology) Cristina Rodriguez Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Sarah Caitlin Rogal Epidemiology “I felt tremendous support from both my department and the university as a whole.” Mikiko Senga, PhD, Epidemiology Dayana Rojas Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Deborah Rosenstein Health Behavior & Health Education Rachel Sara Ruderman Health Behavior & Health Education Lauren Retzloff Epidemiology Shakina Marie Russell-Cannon Health Behavior & Health Education Katherine Reyes Epidemiology Stacy Ruszkowski Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Sheylyn Ridky Health Management & Policy Ellen Riehle Epidemiology Maha Salah-Ud-Din Health Management & Policy Ileisha Lenae Sanders-Mercado Health Behavior & Health Education Benjamin Roberts Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Cara Santillo Health Management & Policy Paul Robert Robichaux Health Management & Policy Business Erin Scarlett Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Jessica L. Roch Health Behavior & Health Education Dana Schlegel Health Behavior & Health Education Genetic Counseling 18 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H Carissa Schmidt Health Behavior & Health Education Nana Sefa Health Management & Policy Firas Luay Shalabi Health Behavior & Health Education Shreya Mahesh Sharman Health Behavior & Health Education James Parker Sharp Health Management & Policy Law Matthew Paul Shearer Epidemiology Emily Shoemaker Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Yaying Tian Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Emily Rose Torell Health Behavior & Health Education Erika Lei Trumble Epidemiology Melyssa Li-Lan Ayame Tsai Epidemiology Stephanie Marie Turcios Health Behavior & Health Education Faith Iberi Umoh Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Jennifer Vahora Epidemiology Elan Nicole Shoulders Health Behavior & Health Education Claudia Valenzuela Epidemiology Daniella Simon Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Angel F. Valladares Health Behavior & Health Education Lauren Victoria Smith Environmental Health Sciences (Environmental Quality & Health) Stephanie Lauren Soliz Health Behavior & Health Education Emma Rose Steppe Health Behavior & Health Education Sana Saleem Syal Health Management & Policy Lixing Tan Epidemiology Jay Paul Thaker Health Management & Policy Kory Jo Thomas Health Behavior & Health Education Kathryn Thompson Environmental Health Sciences Wouter van der Pluijm Epidemiology Swathi Varahabhatla Health Management & Policy Jessica Varney Health Behavior & Health Education Elizabeth Renèe Vickers Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Andrew Vidikan Health Management & Policy Megan Villwock Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Rayva Arun Virginkar Health Management & Policy Robert Walker Epidemiology (International Health) 19 M A S T E R O F P U B L I C H E A LT H “I’m at Michigan for big reasons.” Ali Omar, MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education Nicole Alyce Waller Health Behavior & Health Education Annie Wang Epidemiology Weiye Wang Epidemiology Xukun Wang Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Julia Bennett Ward Epidemiology (International Health) Rachael Alexandria Ward Epidemiology Julia Winfield Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) Public Policy Kari Lynn Woloszyk Health Behavior & Health Education Anna Wong Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Fei Wu Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Lynette Victoria Wynn Health Behavior & Health Education Melissa M. Watts Health Behavior & Health Education Nicholas Ryan Yankey Health Behavior & Health Education Social Work Shawn Whitefield Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Colin Thomas Yee Health Management & Policy Dana Whitehouse Health Behavior & Health Education Emily Aunly Yu Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene) Alexandria Ford Williams Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Stefanie J. Yuen Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology Angelica Nicole Willis Epidemiology Sonia Zhang Health Management & Policy Julie Ann Wilson Health Behavior & Health Education Wenfei Zhang Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition/Dietetics) Isabelle Winer Epidemiology 20 Junyi Zhu Environmental Health Sciences (Human Nutrition) M A S T E R O F H E A LT H I N FO R M AT I C S Master of Health Informatics Thomas J Mott Health Informatics Katherine Mary Donaldson Health Informatics April Lea Sage Health Informatics Anthony Dale Eccleston Health Informatics Sarah Pisey Samreth Health Informatics Funmi Giwa Health Informatics Breanne Santone Health Informatics Kyle Michael Heckaman Health Informatics Anh Van Truong Health Informatics Connie Jeng Health Informatics Lindsay Marie Virost Health Informatics Chris Yang Liu Health Informatics Shan Xiang Zhang Health Informatics Daniel Edward Mayer Health Informatics Dean Martin Philbert joins firstyear SPH students at the annual Practice Plunge, which introduces them to public health in action. Ikponmwosa O. Olomu Health Informatics “I needed to be a part of this in care.” revolution Lindsay Virost, MHI, Health Informatics 21 M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Master of Health Services Administration Leslie E. Anderson Health Management & Policy Katherine Suzanne Autin Health Management & Policy Brittany Lee Bogan Health Management & Policy Marika Rose Bonacorsi Health Management & Policy Lisa Kristine Branding Health Management & Policy Jason David Buxbaum Health Management & Policy Meredith Ann Chapekis Health Management & Policy David A. Cruz Health Management & Policy Lawrence D’Amico Health Management & Policy Andrea Elizabeth Dash Health Management & Policy Sarah Falkof Health Management & Policy Robert J. Gajarski Health Management & Policy Cameron J. Glenn Health Management & Policy Sandra Habib Health Management & Policy Dania Hannan Health Management & Policy Lincoln Matthew Haycock Health Management & Policy Bradley David Hoath Health Management & Policy Mi-Kyung Hong Health Management & Policy “The faculty here are simply amazing. It’s the personal relationships that count for so much.” Jason Buxbaum, MHSA Health Management & Policy Jennifer Marie Dolan Health Management & Policy Brian William Donahue Health Management & Policy Donna Jill Dugan-Miller Health Management & Policy Rachel Marie Durst Health Management & Policy Joseph East Health Management & Policy 22 Jeana Louise Houseman Health Management & Policy Michelle Sondra Jablons Health Management & Policy Jill Lynn Jakubus Health Management & Policy James David Keller Health Management & Policy M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Shanna Erin Kirshenblatt Health Management & Policy Patricia Isabel Mencia Health Management & Policy Rachel Simone Kleinman Health Management & Policy Kate Meyer Health Management & Policy Stephen Krutko Health Management & Policy Garth G. Miller Health Management & Policy Sanjeev Kumar Health Management & Policy Justin L. Mitchell Health Management & Policy Natalie Ju Lin Health Management & Policy Elana Mosesova Health Management & Policy Eve Daniele Losman Health Management & Policy Andrew Murphy Health Management & Policy Soumya R. Mamidala Health Management & Policy Andrew Gregory Mychkovsky Health Management & Policy Shrikanth Marri Health Management & Policy Meredith Nicole Neff Health Management & Policy Laura Megan McDonough Health Management & Policy Danielle Elise Nelson Health Management & Policy Patrick McEachern Health Management & Policy Lukasz Aleksander Orzelski Health Management & Policy Michael Richard McKellar Health Management & Policy Jennifer Pardo Health Management & Policy Jeffery J. Meden Health Management & Policy While a student at the School of Public Health, Noam Kimelman launched Fresh Corner Café, which brings healthy foods to small-scale retailers throughout Detroit. 23 M A S T E R O F H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Megan Leigh Passman Health Management & Policy Ranjan Kumar Thakur Health Management & Policy Laura Dorothy Petersen Health Management & Policy Jessie Tsai Health Management & Policy Rebecca Plesser Health Management & Policy Peter Joseph Vogelsberg Health Management & Policy Jacqueline Collett Rau Health Management & Policy Despina Zefiras Walsworth Health Management & Policy Allana Rohrscheib Health Management & Policy Xinran Wang Health Management & Policy Shakina Marie Russell-Cannon Health Management & Policy Jeffrey Robert Wesolowski Health Management & Policy Akhil Deepak Shah Health Management & Policy Jessica Williams Health Management & Policy Bijal B. Shah Health Management & Policy Ying Xiao Health Management & Policy Cydni Alma Smith Health Management & Policy Connie Yau Health Management & Policy Kurtis Allen Smitko Health Management & Policy Vivian Martha Yu Health Management & Policy Annie Sy Health Management & Policy Dan Zhang Health Management & Policy U-M SPH students create handmade Valentines for patients in U-M’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. 24 MASTER OF SCIENCE Master of Science Jessica L. Lehrich Biostatistics Sarah Rathnam Akkina Clinical Research Qixing Liang Biostatistics Tanima Banerjee Biostatistics Madeleine Ma Biostatistics Yanyun Cao Biostatistics Ariane Sylvaine Neyou Clinical Research Design & Statistical Analysis, OJOC Leah Andrews Comment Biostatistics Sai Dharmarajan Biostatistics Ashley Dunfee Clinical Research Zhe Fei Biostatistics Jerry Benjamin Orlowski Biostatistics Catherine Corinne Robertson Biostatistics Aimee Rolston Clinical Research Brian Matthew Salata Clinical Research Allyson Green Environmental Health Sciences Chelsea Grindle Biostatistics Jordan S. Jahnke Biostatistics Ying Jia Biostatistics “I can collaborate with people in different fields... I can get both classroom and practical knowledge.” Yunshu Jiang Biostatistics Joseph Lionel Jilek Toxicology Jared Kabara Biostatistics Nathan Kopydlowski Clinical Research Matthew Lau Clinical Research Michelle Tai Lee Biostatistics Zhe Fei, MS, Biostatistics James A. Shaffer Biostatistics Muazzum Mohammad Shah Clinical Research Amit Pal Singh Clinical Research Design & Statistical Analysis, OJOC Mary Smiley Health Services Research 25 MASTER OF SCIENCE Andrei Stefanescu Biostatistics Zihan Zhou Biostatistics Ming Teng Biostatistics Nicole Marie Zimmerman Biostatistics Meng Xia Biostatistics Narendra Babu Veerapaneni Clinical Research Design & Statistical Analysis, OJOC Ishwarya Venkata Narayanan Environmental Health Sciences Wen Wang Biostatistics Sijiu Wang Health Services Research “I have never felt so uplifted, inspired, or engaged with a group of people as I have in this community.” Carol Gray, MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education Omar Yasin Clinical Research At the first-ever School of Public Health Etiquette Dinner, students learn tips to prepare them for job interviews and other professional settings. 26 PROFILE of the 2014 GRADUATING CLASS BY THE NUMBERS AVERAGE AGE 27 UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES REPRESENTED GRADUATES 401 MALE 24% (97) 268 FEMALE 76% (304) DEGREES GRANTED MPH 238 59% MS 33 8% MHSA 71 18% MHI 15 4% PhD 43 11% DrPH 1 <1% RESIDENCY NATIONALITY INT’L 19% (64) U.S. RESIDENT 81% (337) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED Australia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Ghana, India, Japan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam. 27 28 HISTORY OF Caps, Gowns, and Hoods O ne of the most colorful features of an academic procession is the appearance of the graduates and faculty in full academic attire. These caps, gowns, and hoods have long histories, and their patterns and colors have special significance. The gown recalls the time when students in centers of higher learning were members of the clergy and therefore wore garments the church considered proper for them. The custom of wearing a cap comes from the Roman usage of conferring upon slaves the right to wear a cap when they were granted their freedom. The oxford or mortarboard cap worn today is thought to be a combination of the close-fitting cap worn indoors by the scholars of the Middle Ages and the soft square biretta worn out-of-doors. The tuft on the early cap has been replaced by a tassel. In modern universities, the distinctive mark of a degree is the hood, which in its earliest form was simply an article of clothing. Since churches and lecture halls of European universities were cold and drafty, scholars wore their hoods as head coverings. American institutions, unlike those of England and Europe, have adopted a standard code of academic costume. The design of the gown, the color of the tassel on the cap, and the pattern, length, and colors of the hood all have special significance. Both the associate and bachelor’s gowns are closed at the throat and have long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist, tapering at the back in a square cut which ends in an arc cutaway. The doctor’s gown is faced with velvet and has bell-shaped sleeves. Each sleeve carries three bars of velvet or chevrons. The most colorful part of the costumes is the hood. The color of the velvet trim indicates the department that granted the degree, and the width of the trim corresponds to the level of degree. The lining, or area inside the velvet, denotes the college or university awarding the degree. During the doctoral degree recognition, doctoral degree recipients carry their hoods as they walk toward the stage and present them to marshals. After being draped with the hood, they walk across the stage for individual recognition by the dean of the School of Public Health and members of the faculty. 29 The School of Public Health flag is displayed on a flagpole positioned in the center of the Hill Auditorium stage during the annual graduation ceremony. 30 The Flag OF THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH T he University of Michigan School of Public Health flag depicts the major facets of the objective, meaning, and role of public health in modern life. The “union” of the flag, next to the staff, is in the university colors of maize and blue. The “field” is in the academic salmon of public health. The “device” in the center of the field consists of a shield which expresses protection for the public by those working in public health. The shield is in the academic black of public administration to indicate the various governmental and public agencies that carry out public health activities. Superimposed on the shield is a white square which refers to the basic education of those in public health; the academic white is for the general liberal arts education necessary in a field which combines natural sciences and social sciences. In the square is a square cross associated with health because of the Red Cross, itself derived from the Swiss White Cross, and in this flag symbolizing public rather than individual personal health. The colors of the square cross indicate some of the technical and specialized background of groups of students in the school. The horizontal cross arms are in the academic orange of engineering and the vertical arms in the academic apricot of nursing. The latter represents not only public health nurses, but more generally the devoted service of all those in public health. The “crest” of the shield is a highly stylized modern version of the ancient caduceus (staff with entwined snakes and wings) which evolved from the tree of life, the snakes of which have been eliminated as pertaining specifically to the medical arts of healing. The center vertical element of the caduceus is the staff of Aesculapius, and the wings are those of Mercury, messenger of the gods. They are rendered in nonacademic blue—indicative of flight—and in this flag symbolize the broad and high ideals of the public health profession. Walter J. Gores Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design April 16, 1962 31 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH: A Brief History T he teaching of public health at the University of Michigan dates back to 1881, when sanitary science first became a part of the university’s curriculum. The university awarded its first Master of Science in public health in 1915 and a year later issued its first Doctor of Public Health degree. The School of Public Health was formally chartered in 1941 and has been at the forefront of public health education and research ever since. We are consistently ranked one of the top schools of public health in the United States. The school’s mission is to create and disseminate knowledge with the aim of preventing disease and promoting the health of populations worldwide. We are especially concerned with health equity and thus have a special focus 1915 U-M grants its first MS degrees in public health; the first doctor of public health degrees follow in 1916, and the first BS in public health nursing degrees in 1918. 1881 Victor Clarence Vaughan, later known for his work with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal, begins teaching sanitary science at the University of Michigan. 32 1939 U-M’s Nathan Sinai develops a voluntary health insurance plan with the Michigan State Medical Society, which later becomes a prototype for Blue Shield. on disadvantaged populations who suffer disproportionately from illness and disability. We serve as a diverse and inclusive crossroads of knowledge and practice, with the goal of solving current and future public health problems. Among health science schools, we are unique in that we place a strong emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion, rather than on the treatment of existing illness. The school employs integrated approaches to solving public health problems, and teaches and promotes the ethical practice of public health. Courses of study are organized around five departments: Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior & Health Education, and Health Management & Policy. Degrees offered include the 1941 After 50 years of the teaching of disease prevention and health promotion at the university, U-M regents establish the School of Public Health. 1944 The National Sanitation Foundation is founded at SPH and later becomes NSF International, an independent nonprofit organization that certifies products and develops global standards for food, water, air, and consumer goods. 1945 SPH researchers contribute to groundbreaking water fluoridation studies in Grand Rapids. 1955 Professor Thomas Francis Jr. concludes the two-year national field trials of the Salk polio vaccine, and on April 12 announces to the world that the vaccine developed by his former student Jonas Salk is “safe, effective, and potent.” 33 A BRIEF HISTORY Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA). The Master of Health Informatics (MHI) degree is offered through a joint program of the School of Public Health and the School of Information. The Master of Science (MS) degree is awarded by the Rackham Graduate School. Doctoral degrees (PhD) are offered in every department. The DrPH degree has been offered by the departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Health Management & Policy. Certificate programs include Global Health, Health Care Infection Prevention and Control, Health Informatics, Public Health Genetics, and Risk Science and Human Health. Executive master’s programs (one weekend or less a month) 1956 SPH and U-M faculty launch one of the most important public health studies in the world, the landmark Tecumseh (Michigan) Community Health Study, which transforms our understanding of chronic disease and how to prevent it. 34 1985 Congressional testimony by Professor Kenneth Warner helps solidify federal taxation as a smoking disincentive. 1992 With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, SPH establishes a program in community-based public health (CBPH); SPH becomes a national leader in CBPH, which fosters the creation and principles of equal partnerships between community-based organizations, academic institutions, and health agencies to address community health challenges. A BRIEF HISTORY are offered in Health Management & Policy as well as Clinical Research and Statistical Analysis. Also offered is a 16-credit-hour distance-learning Certificate in the Foundations of Public Health, designed for working professionals, lifelong learners, and others. Dual-degree programs are offered with other schools and colleges across the university, including the schools of Business, Social Work, Medicine, Public Policy, Engineering, Nursing, and Law. The School of Public Health also houses one of the nation’s oldest Preventive Medicine Residency programs, dating back to 1969. As part of a vast research university known worldwide for its multidisciplinary scholarship and teaching, the University of Michigan School of Public Health is uniquely prepared to confront the complex health challenges of our age. 1993 Professor Arnold Monto conducts a major study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the elderly, findings from which help convince Medicare policymakers to make flu vaccine a covered benefit. 2003 In the wake of the Human Genome Project, researchers in the U-M Center for Statistical Genetics develop revolutionary new tools and techniques for identifying and cataloging genetic variants associated with such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, agerelated macular degeneration, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder—work that will underpin the development of personalized medicine. 2003 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves FluMist, developed at SPH by Professor Hunein “John” Maassab. The world’s only nasalspray flu vaccine, FluMist is shown to be more effective at protecting children than injections. 35 A BRIEF HISTORY The 140+ members of our faculty are internationally recognized experts in their fields and routinely share their knowledge with governments, communities, and nongovernmental organizations. Our more than 13,000 graduates serve major roles, at home and abroad, in the global effort to create a safer, healthier world. The School of Public Health’s world-class facilities include state-of-the-art classrooms, conference rooms, laboratories, a videoconferencing center, and multiple common spaces designed to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration within the university and with academic and community partners around the world. Located centrally on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus, the school serves as a crossroads for the biological, physical, social, and managerial sciences. 2004 Research by Professor Robert Wolfe leads to a new and nonbiased system for determining matches between kidney donors and transplant candidates. 2005 SPH launches the U-M Center for Managing Chronic Disease, which helps people and communities around the world control the pain, discomfort, disruption, and costs of chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s. 36 2010 Comprehensive health care reform is enacted, incorporating research from the U-M–based Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) that provides the conceptual foundation and data to allow health plans nationwide to remove barriers for high-value preventive diagnostic and therapeutic medical services. Now SPH graduates hold leadership positions in governmental public health, health care systems, and privatesector companies in every state in the United States and in 85 countries around the world. THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLEDGE I pledge to do all within my power to safeguard human and environmental health through prevention, protection, promotion, and educational efforts. I will accept the responsibility to use my talents, training, and professional experience to instill public trust in all my public health endeavors. It is my personal commitment to serve my community with integrity and pride. 37 Photo: Sheila Krishnan I N T E R N AT I O N A L D EC L A R AT I O N OF HEALTH RIGHTS 38 W e, as people concerned about health improvement in the world, do hereby commit ourselves to advocacy and action to promote the health rights of all human beings. The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being. It is not a privilege reserved for those with power, money, or social standing. Health is more than the absence of disease, but includes prevention of illness, development of individual potential, a positive sense of physical, mental and social well-being. Health care should be based on dialogue and collaboration between citizens, professionals, communities, and policymakers. Health services should be affordable, accessible, effective, efficient, and convenient. Health begins with healthy development of the child and a positive family environment. Health must be sustained by the active role of men and women in health development. The role of men and women, and their welfare, must be recognized and addressed. Health care for the elderly should preserve dignity, respect, and concern for quality of life and not merely extend life. Health requires a sustainable environment with balanced human population growth and preservation of cultural diversity. Health depends on the availability to all people of basic essentials: food, safe water, housing, education, productive employment, protection from pollution, and prevention of social alienation. Health depends on protection from exploitation without distinction of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, political belief, and economic or social condition. Health requires peaceful and equitable development and collaboration of all peoples. 39 THANK YOU The School of Public Health extends its gratitude to the following individuals, groups, and businesses for their participation in this year’s graduation: Delux Tents and Events, LLC Graduation Foto Hill Auditorium staff InPrint, Inc. InterVision Webcasting Dr. James Kibbie Michigan Union Bookstore The Moveable Feast Catering Peter Smith Photography Print-Tech, Inc. Steppe Solutions, LLC U-M Office of Ceremonial and Presidential Events U-M Men’s Glee Club U-M Plant Operations U-M Rackham Graduate School U-M Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students U-M SPH Faculty U-M SPH Office of Academic Affairs U-M SPH Office of Marketing and Communications U-M SPH Student Services staff 40 CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! Regents of the University of Michigan Mark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio) © 2014 Regents of the University of Michigan. CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! sph.umich.edu