Unionville native s vaccine PSA garners attention
Shares how it felt to get the COVID vaccine
Ashley Schafer, Ashley.Schafer@hearstnp.com
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Third-year Michigan State University medical student and Unionville native, Allison Hoppe, shared a PSA video about the COVID-19 vaccine to help spread accurate information. In just two days, her video received hundreds of engagements from her online community. (Screen photo/Facebook)
MIDLAND With so much misinformation and skepticism surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine, a third-year medical student with ties to the Thumb wanted to share her knowledge to help educate the community.
She created a short, impromptu PSA video about the vaccine and shared it to her personal Facebook page. In just two days, her video received more than 110 shares, more than 150 likes and more than 170 views on YouTube.
Debra Furr-Holden is the Associate Dean for Public Health Integration and Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD; #U54MD011227). She also serves as the MSU Co-Director of the Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center. She is an epidemiologist and classically-trained public health professional with expertise in drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science. She attended Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (BA Natural Sciences and Public Health, 1996) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (PhD, 1999).
In 2005, she initiated the Drug Investigations, Violence, and Environmental Studies Laboratory (The DIVE Studies Lab) at The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. In 2007, the group moved to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In January 2016, she moved back to Flint and became
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Courtesy Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman PLLC
Grand Rapids-based Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman PLLC named Thomas Worsfold and Laura Danielson partners of the firm, joining five other partners.
As partners, Worsfold and Danielson will continue working with clients, but they will focus on the business development at the firm.
The firm currently has nine attorneys, including Worsfold and Danielson, and 12 staff members. Both new partners’ focus is on personal injury litigation.
Worsfold has been a practicing attorney since 2013 and he has been with Gruel Mills since 2015. He specializes in personal injury litigation involving automobile no-fault law, real estate law and appeals.
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Governor appoints Elizabeth Rohl to Pierce County court I am committed to upholding a judicial system that is fair and unbiased and will strive to make a positive impact on our community.”
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By RiverTown Newsroom | 9:26 am, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday announced he would appoint Elizabeth Rohl of River Falls to the Pierce County Circuit Court, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Joseph Boles.
“Elizabeth Rohl will be a tremendous asset to Pierce County on the bench. She brings a wide range of experience with her and, having grown up in River Falls, she knows the community well,” Evers said.