University of Michigan School of Public Health

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Type	Public
Established	1941
Parent institution	University of Michigan
Dean	Lynda Lisabeth (Interim)
Students	1,307 (2024)
Location	Ann Arbor , Michigan , US
Campus	Suburban
Website	sph.umich.edu

The University of Michigan School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Michigan. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, UM SPH is one of the oldest schools of public health in the country and is considered one of the top schools focusing on health in the United States. Founded in 1941, the School of Public Health grew out of the University of Michigan's degree programs in public health, some of which date back to the 19th century.

Notable faculty

• Thomas Francis Jr., mentor of Jonas Salk; ran field trials of oral polio vaccine that deemed it safe and effective ^[1]
• Rebecca Hasson, kinesiologist ^[2]
• Sharon Kardia is the Millicent W. Higgins Collegiate Professor of Epidemiology ^[3]
• Neal Krause, health behavior and health education expert ^[4]
• Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine ^[5]

Notable alumni

• Larry Brilliant, physician, epidemiologist, technologist, author, and the former director of Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org ^{[6] [7]}
• Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health in Mexico, former dean of Harvard School of Public Health ^[8]
• David Michael Green, MacArthur Foundation Fellow ^[9]
• Mary Hawn, chair of surgery at Stanford University and member of the National Academy of Medicine ^[10]
• Albert H. Wheeler, first African-American Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan ^{[11] [12]}
• Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician who was a key whistleblower revealing the Flint Water Crisis which exposed children to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan ^[13]

References

1. Jali, Priyanka; Deshpande, Manjusha S.; Khopkar-Kale, Priyanka; Tripathy, Srikanth (2024-11-25). "Dr. Thomas Francis Jr.: A Legacy of Vaccine Innovation and Public Health Advancement". Cureus. 16 (11). doi: 10.7759/cureus.74451 . ISSN   2168-8184. PMC   11669739 . PMID   39726515.
2. "Rebecca Hasson, PhD | Detroit Urban Research Center". www.detroiturc.org. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
3. Slootmaker, Estelle (2024-11-19). "Public health and AI: Great potential and a need for ethical policies". Flintside. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
4. "Interview with Dr. Neal Krause [A019] – Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network" . Retrieved 2025-07-02.
5. Shampo, Marc A.; Kyle, Robert A. (1998-12-01). "Jonas E. Salk—Discoverer of a Vaccine Against Poliomyelitis". Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 73 (12): 1176. doi:10.4065/73.12.1176. ISSN   0025-6196. PMID   9868416.
6. Hafner, Katie (2006-09-14). "Philanthropy Google's Way: Not the Usual". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-06-06.
7. Candid. "Google.org Head Steps Down". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
8. "Julio Frenk". Results for Development. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
9. "David Green". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
10. "Drs. Hawn, Pugh Elected to NAM". Surgery. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
11. "Relentless Warrior: Al Wheeler - Ann Arbor's First Black Mayor | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
12. Stanton, Ryan (2021-02-28). "The story of Albert Wheeler, Ann Arbor's first and only Black mayor". mlive. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
13. "First Person: Mona Hanna-Attisha". American Scientist. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06.

External links

• University of Michigan School of Public Health

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