The University of Michigan School of Public Health is one of the professional

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s of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. Located in Ann Arbor,

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, UM SPH is one of the oldest schools of public health in the country and is also 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. According to ''U.S. News & World Report''s report on graduate programs, the University of Michigan School of Public Health was ranked as the #4 School of Public Health in the country and also had the #1 Healthcare Management program in the country in 2011.''U.S. News & World Report'' - Breaking News, World News, Business News, and America's Best Colleges - USNews.com
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Notable faculty

* Thomas Francis Jr., mentor of Jonas Salk; ran field trials of oral polio vaccine that deemed it safe and effective * John R. Griffith, Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy; co-author of ''The Well-Managed Health Care Organization'' * Rebecca Hasson, kinesiologist * Sharon Kardia is the Millicent W. Higgins Collegiate Professor of Epidemiology * Neal Krause, health behavior and health education expert *

Jonas Salk Jonas Edward Salk (; born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New ...

, developer of the polio vaccine

Notable alumni

Larry Brilliant Lawrence Brilliant (born May 5, 1944) is an American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author, who worked with the World Health Organization from 1973–1976 helping to successfully eradicate smallpox. Brilliant, a technology pate ...

, physician, epidemiologist, technologist, author and the former director of Google's philanthropic arm Google.org * Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health in Mexico; former dean of Harvard School of Public Health * David Michael Green, MacArthur Foundation Fellow * Albert H. Wheeler, first African-American Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan *

Mona Hanna-Attisha Mona Hanna-Attisha is a Pediatrics, pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis. She is the author of the 2018 book ''What the Eyes Don't See'', which ''The New York Times'' named as one of t ...

, pediatrician who was a key whistleblower revealing the Flint Water Crisis which exposed children to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan.

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University of Michigan School of Public Health
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Medical and health organizations based in Michigan Schools of public health in the United States Educational institutions established in 1941 1941 establishments in Michigan University of Michigan campus