2007 MPHI Annual Report

 

The end of an old year and the start of a new one is a time for each of us to reflect back on what we’ve accomplished and where we’re headed. What successes and challenges have the past year brought? What dreams do we hope to bring into reality in the upcoming twelve months? And underlying all of these questions is the bigger one of who we are and what we stand for. It’s no different for MPHI.

It’s been almost two decades since the seeds for MPHI were planted by forward-thinking staff members of the state health department, state legislators, and leaders from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University. What they envisioned was not merely the state’s first public health institute but a public trust: an institute committed to identifying gaps in public health and working collaboratively to find solutions. [more]