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Now, the Good News:
> A Letter from the Dean
Accolades & Awards:
> UM SPH Alumna Wins Peace Award; NSF International Chair; Scholarships
Michigan Calling:
> Michigan Telefund
Global Experience:
> The President's New Donor Challenge
Investment Minded:
> Donor Profile: Steven Bloom
Connect :
> SPH Career Connection
It's Just That Simple:
> Lawren H. Daltroy Memorial
The Longer View:
> Planned Giving
The Path Taken:
> James Martin, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Campaign:
> Michigan Difference Finale
> UM SPH Giving Opportunities |
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Spring 2009
A Letter from the Dean
 Now, the Good News
Looking on the bright side may be a tall order given our recent national and international state of affairs. However, as alumni and friends of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, you should be reassured by our students’ activities, faculty research, and community projects. They represent positive beacons now and for the future.
UM SPH faculty and students are engaging health care issues that concern all of us. The school recently hosted a panel discussion on Health Care Reform in the 111th Congress (archived webcast). Over 300 people attended the event at which Congressman John Dingell (U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 15th District), alumna Marianne Udow-Phillips (Director, Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation), and Christopher Jennings (former White House Senior Health Care Advisor to President Clinton) discussed universal health care.
Another way the school is striving to break new ground in public health discoveries is through the inauguration of the Maassab Prize for Innovative Research, named in honor of Professor Emeritus Hussein “John” Maassab. The prize will provide support for a truly creative, high-risk, high-reward research project led by a UM SPH faculty member. Finally, Associate Professor of Biostatistics Goncalo Abecasis was recently noted by U.S. News & World Report, January 27, 2009, for yet another breakthrough in his ongoing study of genetic variants and human disease regarding how gene insights may improve psoriasis care. Dr. Abecasis is part of a team of scientists whose other findings include genetic markers for cholesterol levels, obesity, asthma, type 2 diabetes, and sudden cardiac death.
UM SPH continues to improve lives around the world.
I encourage you to be part of our success and remember that, while some aspects of our society may be struggling, there are always pockets of great strength and creativity to be found. This issue of Net:Works features alumni stories, innovative public health projects, and numerous events that emanate from this hub of inspirational and collaborative work. UM SPH may just be the silver lining you have been looking for…
Kenneth E. Warner, Dean, Avedis Donabedian University Distinguished Professor of Public Health
P.S. Let us know if you have your own good news to share by e-mailing Sarah Tyran at sph.alumni@umich.edu
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