by Kyah Dubay | Feb 21, 2022 | Alumni Spotlights, Barbour Scholars
A former engineer and Barbour Scholar alumna Preeti Bansal Kshirsagar (M.P.H. ‘15) has created space for herself in the healthcare field. Now a dietitian-nutritionist with extensive training in integrative and functional medicine, Preeti runs a successful wellness practice focused on research-based holistic health. She shares how her experience at Rackham and the support of her community helped with the transition.
by Kyah Dubay | Aug 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Rackham alum S. Craig Watkins explores young people’s engagement with media and technology, including how young creatives are using tech and social ingenuity to build a new innovation economy
by Kyah Dubay | May 13, 2019 | Alumni Spotlights
Alumna Kerry Ard researches environmental inequality from its political causes to its ultimate consequences of disparities in human health.
by Kyah Dubay | Apr 9, 2019 | Alumni Spotlights
As CEO of Odyssey Space Research, Brian Rishikof applies his Rackham engineering degree to innovation and safety in human spaceflight.
by Kyah Dubay | Mar 13, 2019 | Alumni Spotlights, News
Diversity in STEM fields has been a challenge for decades. To better understand the dynamics involved, one Rackham alum looks at the experiences of those entering and engaged in STEM study.
by Kyah Dubay | Jan 21, 2019 | News, Student Spotlights
Epidemiology Ph.D. candidate Hannah Segaloff is aiming to develop a better understanding of predictors for influenza and to assess the effectiveness of vaccines.
by Kyah Dubay | Dec 20, 2018 | Alumni Spotlights
Forty-two years passed between the first and second Black men to earn a Ph.D. in physics. Edward Bouchet became the first, completing his doctoral degree at Yale University in 1876. The second was the University of Michigan’s own Elmer Imes in 1918. Now, 100 years...
by Kyah Dubay | Dec 10, 2018 | Student Spotlights
Andrew Nelson uses a translational approach to connect science with the human side of research. In Nelson’s case, this means learning more about the underlying causes of psychiatric diseases.
by Kyah Dubay | Nov 21, 2018 | Alumni Spotlights
“I couldn’t have written the script for the path I travelled.” For Rackham alum George Hoey, grad school wasn’t in the original plan. Then again, neither was playing in the NFL. If you ask him, he’ll tell you the plan didn’t really...
by Kyah Dubay | Jul 28, 2018 | Student Spotlights
For many people, drones are the things of sci-fi movies and top-secret operations. For Mia Stevens, they are part of her daily routine. Mia’s research focuses primarily on the boundaries that keep unmanned aerial systems (drones) where they are supposed to be and away...