By Vincent Dolgikh, MPH candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Healthcare and public health professionals will agree that pursuing a career in these fields goes hand in hand with lifelong learning. While many people pursue graduate and...
By Magale Avitia, MPH, CHES, Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics What is your job? I provide vaccine education to pediatric healthcare providers and Illinois community members. Sometimes the education can look like a webinar, putting together...
By Vincent Dolgikh, MPH candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Public Health Prepared Today’s sheer quantity of epidemiological data can be overwhelming for the public to discern. It is more important than ever that scientists...
By Cindra M. James, MPA, Former Washtenaw County Health Department Emergency Preparedness Administrator What is your job? I’m an Emergency Preparedness Professional. I retired from Washtenaw County Health Department in 2022, and I’ve stayed connected to this...
Author: Andrew F. Brouwer, PhD, MS, MA, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats and Pandemic Preparedness (MCIDT) Faculty Affiliate The standard surveillance for respiratory viruses comes from people...
Author: Tiffany Henderson, MPH, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Unbeknownst to me in 2004, as a junior at the University of Michigan just starting to understand public health, a team of epidemiologists at the Michigan Health Department was working on...
Author: Dr. Kahler Stone, MPH, Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University We’ve already established that each public health surveillance system is unique in structure and purpose. Three simple and meaningful questions can be asked to understand the...
Author: Dr. Kahler Stone, MPH, Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University What is public health surveillance? When we hear the word surveillance, we might think of spies gathering intelligence or police officers conducting a stakeout, waiting and...
Author: Zara Hashmi, Research Assistant, Public Health Prepared Overview Emergency response and pandemic preparedness have both been on the forefront for multiple sectors within the field of public health, with many practitioners facing challenges they have not...
With this inaugural blog post, we are happy to announce the launch of our new program, Public Health Prepared (PHP). PHP is the workforce development and public health practice branch of the broader Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats & Pandemic...
