Summer Semester of 2023 Graduates

Future Plans: Ms. Al-Ismaeel will be looking for a job within substance misuse. She is currently a pharmacist and she believes this would help her in her current field.

Future Plans: As she completes her MPH degree, Ms. Braun will continue her current role as a resource coordinator at Sparrow Health System/UofM Health. In this position, she works with the healthcare team to connect patients experiencing barriers to social determinants of health with valuable community resources. Soon, she will be completing coursework to become a community health worker to advance her knowledge in this field. She looks forward to continuing this work to advocate for health equity and access for all populations.

Future Plans: After graduation, Ms. Ireland will continue her work as a continuous improvement consultant for Intermountain Health. She feels the health care system, as we know it, is broken and this was exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Completing her MPH has given her a better overall understanding of the issues health care workers face moving forward and how best to address from a public health, not just business operations, perspective. She believes having a strong knowledge of Public Health fundamentals will be key to driving improvement in quality and costs of care moving forward. 

Future Plans: Following graduation, Ms. Koelsch will be completing a volunteer position with the Peace Corps. Upon her return, she is considering pursuing an MBA in order to apply to leadership positions at public health or healthcare institutions. 

Future Plans: Ms. Stackley is planning on pursuing a nursing degree with the goal of joining the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Currently, she works for the largest public health department in Minnesota as a community health worker. Her team addresses infectious disease outbreaks in the community, specifically those impacting marginalized populations such as LGBTQ, those experiencing homelessness, and people who use drugs. They test and treat STIs, perform outreach care coordination, and administer vaccines while also supporting other public health programs as "boots on the ground", when needed. She has been able to grow into this new position using what she learned in MSU's MPH program.

 Future Plans: Following graduation, Mr. Van Howe's employment status will change from "Provisional Medical Director" to "Medical Director." He will not be pursuing any further education and plans on researching and publishing anything of interest that pops up in his region, such as outbreaks and geographic shifts in illness. He noted he felt that "the leadership course was one of the best courses as it brings everything together."