Tamara Jordan, Online Master of Public Health Michigan State University

Tamara Jordan, DO, MLS (ASCP), has overcome numerous adversities in her life to get to the point where she is today in her career. But her path was anything but straightforward. Jordan and her two siblings grew up in a single-parent home in Flint, Mich. During her senior year in high school, she was a victim of a gunshot wound to the abdomen—an experience that would eventually lead her to pursue a career in the medical field. During her freshman year at Michigan State University, she became pregnant; as a single parent, she attended school full-time while holding a full-time job.

Michigan State Public Health COVID-19 SeroNet Team in Action

A team of MSU researchers seeks answers to understand the barriers to COVID-19 antibody testing and vaccinations in Flint. A research team collects data to understand which public health communication strategies are most effective. Volunteers from the Flint Registry drive up to a “Root beer stand-style” testing station; MSU will compare antibody status to COVID-19 exposure and vaccination rates among Flint residents using a salivary testing tool.

Virtual Information Webinars

The Master of Public Health virtual information webinar gives prospective students the opportunity to learn more about MSU's online program. Prospective students can explore the benefits of joining over 670 Spartans in public health and the importance of becoming a part of public health in action. Upcoming sessions:

Research to Reduce Disparities in Disease Student Scholars

Research to Reduce Disparities in Disease Program (R2D2) is seeking first-year College of Human Medicine student scholars. Opportunity to earn $10,000 and satisfy the College of Human Medicine’s 3rd-year research requirement. Scholars will create a strong transdisciplinary bridge between medicine and public health while investigating the role of race, ethnicity, gender, and implicit/explicit bias in medicine.

APPLY BY DECEMBER 12, 2021.

Dr. Wayne McCullough

As part of the accreditation process, the Michigan State Master of Public Health (MPH) program has been engaged in a self-study of the program’s strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement related to the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation criteria. Our site visit with the accreditors concluded on November 12, 2021. Having met all 35 criteria, we will receive the written site visit report in 6 - 8 weeks and expect the report to go to the council for a decision at their June 2022 meeting.

Flint Spartan Master of Public Health Scholarship

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Flint Spartan Master of Public Health Scholarship to support the public health workforce in the Flint community. Thanks to support from the MSU Division of Public Health, one scholarship will be awarded for a second year. Prospective students who live or work in the Greater Flint community, including Mt. Morris and Burton are eligible. 

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2022. APPLY NOW. 

Sarah Egan

Staff Spotlight with Sarah Egan
Meet dietitian and public health professional Sarah Egan, MPH, RD. She is the Project Coordinator for the Michigan State University-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative (PPHI), Nutrition team.

She talks about finding her dream job, Flint Kids Cook, overcoming challenges at work during COVID-19, and how transitioning to a virtual class helped reach more kids and brought families together.

Dr. Robey B. Champine

Robey B. Champine, PhD, MS, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Health Program, where she teaches courses on social and behavioral aspects of public health and program evaluation. Her research involves partnering with communities to design, implement, and evaluate programs for children exposed to potentially traumatic events.

Dr. Rodlescia Sneed

RODLESCIA SNEED: 
FACULTY VOICE
As an undergraduate, I was always interested in doing work related to health disparities and increasing health equity. After completing my Bachelor’s degree, I decided to take a few years off before going to graduate school. During this time, I took a position with a social service organization, and that work cemented my interest in public health.

Sara Loughrige

You’re six months pregnant, and you get the news that the father of your unborn child has been shot and killed while visiting his family in a town two hours away. It could be your undoing, or you could work through your grief and eventually move on with your life to do something positive in spite of the tragedy.

That’s what happened to Sara Loughrige in February 2005.

“All you can do is try to keep going,” Loughrige said. “The immediate feeling is that you don’t want to do anything—you get frozen in grief.”

Accepting Alice Hamilton Scholars applicants

Alice Hamilton Scholars complete public health training, mentored research, and clinical care with the Michigan State University - Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative (PPHI). The two-year scholar program is named in honor of Alice Hamilton (1869–1970), an American physician, research scientist, author, humanitarian, and social justice pioneer. Dr. Hamilton is considered the mother of the field of occupational health and spent her life protecting vulnerable populations from toxic exposures.

Dr. Debra Furr-Holden

Closing the racial gap in health outcomes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in Michigan as well as other states is the aim of Michigan State University researchers funded through a $6 million, one-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC grant is for the National Network to Innovate for COVID-19 and Adult Vaccine Equity, or NNICE project.