10 Within 10 Recognition

Class of 2016, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 

As an epidemiology coordinator focused on health disparities at the Michigan Public Health Institute, Jasmine Hall, ’16, has built a career rooted in service, research and a commitment to the community she calls home. A Flint native, Jasmine left the state to earn her graduate degree from Harvard — and then came back, deliberately, to give back. 

The scope of what she's taken on since returning is significant. Working in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Jasmine coordinates work across lifecourse epidemiology and MI TEaCH, providing health equity data that helps communities detect gaps in health outcomes and the upstream factors behind them. She also created more inclusive race and ethnicity data-collection standards for the state of Michigan, strengthening public health systems' ability to understand and address disparities. She has earned national recognition for her work at the intersection of advocacy and public health, including the Harvard Public Health Student Recognition Award and the Harvard Titus and Venus Legacy Award in 2019, and the 40 Under 40: Young Gifted and Green for Environmental Justice designation in 2022. 

That choice to return reflects something that has defined Jasmine's path since her time at CMU: a belief that education is most meaningful when it comes back around. As a student, she served as a CMU ambassador for GEAR UP Summer Camps and College Days, working with Flint and Harrison students navigating the same question she once had — whether college was possible for someone like them. She was named GEAR UP Mentor of the Year in 2016. Today she mentors youth through the Flint Public Health Youth Academy, serves as health and environmental justice chair for the NAACP and as social action chair for the Flint Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Through We Are Healthy and Well, LLC — her wellness company — she provides mindfulness and community programming to adults and youth in underserved communities, including free yoga during and beyond the pandemic. 

At CMU, Jasmine was a first-generation college student who found her footing through Pathways, MAC Scholars, the Honors Program and study abroad. A semester in Singapore was transformative — made richer because she sought out genuine friendships with Singaporeans rather than staying within familiar circles. The Honors Program’s Personal Development Plan gave her a mantra she still carries: Aim higher and achieve more, meaningfully. 

“You may be the person who holds the key to that opportunity for the next student,” she said. Being a CMU Chippewa, for Jasmine, means servant leadership, rigorous thinking and the belief that you can — and should — put your stamp on the world. 

Jasmine holds a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from CMU’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and a Master of Science in neuro-psychiatric epidemiology, public health leadership and population mental health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.