MCHP graduates contribute to improving the health of women, children, and families through a wide variety of careers in research and public health practice.
Study Administrator/Communications Coordinator: Kendall Ziegler, MPH, Class of 2010
Upon graduating from the MCH program, Ms. Ziegler accepted the position of Study Administrator/ Communications Coordinator for the Michigan Alliance for the National Children’s Study, centrally housed at Michigan State University. The National Children’s Study is the largest long-term study of children’s health ever conducted in the United States and will ultimately collect information on over 100,000 children in over 100 counties across the United States. Ms. Ziegler is responsible for organizing and tailoring information from the partnering federal agencies (DHHS, NICHD, NIEHS, NIH, CDC, EPA) to Michigan communities. She maintains contractual budget efforts of the study, and also participates in determining population-specific recruitment strategies and community engagement efforts.
Community Health Specialist: Emily Hutter, MPH, Class of 2009
Upon graduating from the MCH program, Ms. Hutter pursued one of her public health passions- tobacco control and prevention. Ms. Hutter is a Community Health Specialist for Tobacco Free Lake County (Lake County Health Department). There, Ms. Hutter works to prevent initiation among youth by providing teacher trainings and she promotes quitting among adults and youth by facilitating smoking cessation groups. Emily also works on policy development and implementation to increase cessation in vulnerable populations such as Mental and Behavioral Health clients, and Substance Abuse clients. Tobacco Free Lake County also works to eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke by developing policies that support tobacco-free parks and tobacco-free multi-unit housing.
MCH Epidemiologist: Deborah Kane, PhD, Class of 2003
Upon graduating from our program, Dr. Kane was hired by the State of Mississippi as an MCH Epidemiology ORISE Fellow. In that position she used the National Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) dataset to describe access to health and dental care of Mississippi CSHCN and their families and to explore factors that facilitate access or create barriers to health and dental care. Dr. Kane later transferred to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health where she now serves as the CDC Assignee/MCH Epidemiologist.
Public Health Analyst: Josephine Ansah, MPH, Class of 2001
Ms. Ansah works as a Public Health Analyst for the DHHS Health Resources and Service Administration and is a founding member (along with eight other women) of an emerging non-profit organization called Voices International. Founded in spring 2005, Voices International is dedicated to promoting and sustaining the economic and social well-being of people of color through education, cultural awareness and advocacy. The organization is committed to enhancing the quality of life for youth and families in local and global communities to achieve long term, sustainable outcomes.
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