April 16, 2019
Meet the Residency Class of 2022
The Department is pleased to announce the incoming group of residents.
Latest News
April 5, 2019
Harper leads study that shows promising effects of experimental HPV immunotherapy
In a new clinical trial, the Tipapkinogen Sovacivec (TS) vaccine completely clears HPV in one-third of cervical precancers.
March 29, 2019
New study: Early hearing loss may mean higher risk of drug and alcohol issues
Dr. McKee led a national study showing a link between early hearing loss and prescription opioid use disorder.
March 27, 2019
Presentations and Awards at the 2019 STFM Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) will be held in Toronto this Spring. The U-M Department of Family Medicine will be well represented, with poster and educational sessions, as well as several professional leadership recognition awards.
March 21, 2019
Raising Tobacco Sale Age To 21 Would Prevent Thousands Of Premature Deaths In Michigan
A team of health policy researchers from the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation (IHPI), including Tammy Chang, finds new potential impacts of a "Tobacco 21" law in Michigan
March 12, 2019
U-M among the top three family medicine programs in the nation
U.S. News and World Report released their 2020 rankings of graduate programs.
March 7, 2019
New Research: Pathways to Family Medicine in China
In a new paper, Michael D. Fetters and his colleagues at the Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing illustrates how aspiring general practitioners are trained across China.
March 4, 2019
Diane Harper named Senior Associate Director of MICHR
Harper joins the leadership team of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
March 1, 2019
New Paper: Rethinking technical standards for the future of doctors with disabilities
Philip Zazove joined a team of experts that convened to reassess U.S. medical school technical standards. Their findings are published in Academic Medicine.
February 21, 2019
U-M family medicine at the 2019 Society of Behavioral Medicine conference
Faculty members will lead session at the Society of Behavioral Medicine conference held in March 2019 in Washington D.C.
February 15, 2019
New Research: Social media analysis of adolescent women reveals the realities of substance use during pregnancy
Analysis of young women’s social media posts during their prenatal period offers real-world insights into how young moms grapple with drug, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy.
January 29, 2019
All-in-one mobile app aims to help vulnerable population manage hypertension
Lorraine Buis is principal investigator of a one-year randomized controlled trial that aims to address uncontrolled hypertension with a multi-component mobile application called MI-BP, paired with home blood pressure cuff.
January 17, 2019
New Research: Acupressure may relieve more than fatigue in breast cancer survivors' self-reported depression, anxiety and pain
The study, led by Suzanna Zick, found that self-reported depressive symptoms, anxiety, and pain were reduced among breast cancer survivors who were trained in self-administered acupressure.
January 10, 2019
Zick explains a new evaluation of popular diets for cancer patients and survivors
Surveys have shown that as many as 48 percent of cancer patients turn to diet change during the course of their treatment and remission. A new paper in Oncology evaluates the alignment of popular diets with American Cancer Society and American Institute for Cancer Research’s dietary guidelines.
January 3, 2019
New Research: Why do at-risk young women smoke pot? New analysis shows the social and psychological factors associated with marijuana use
In the long term, lead author Golfo Tzilos Wernette is designing behavior change interventions that address the unique situations of pregnant adolescents who engage in risky behaviors like marijuana use.
December 23, 2018
Article co-authored by John Creswell is the Most Downloaded of all papers from the American Psychological Association in 2018
The APA recently announced the Top 10 articles published in its collection of 89 journals in 2018. At the top of their list is a groundbreaking methodological review, co-authored by John Creswell, on journal article reporting standards for qualitative research in psychology.
December 13, 2018
Harper interviewed on recent changes to cervical cancer screening recommendations
As a former member of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, Dr. Harper played a key role in recent updates to their cervical cancer screening recommendations. She was interviewed by the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation (IHPI) at the University of Michigan on the landscape of research and clinical recommendations for human
December 10, 2018
New Research: Michigan’s Medicaid expansion shows promising improvements to health
In a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , co-author Tammy Chang and fellow health services researchers report initial health impacts of the Healthy Michigan Plan.
December 7, 2018
U-M Heads to the 2018 Conference on Practice Improvement
Department faculty are descending on Tampa, Fla. this week for the annual Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Practice Improvement.
November 29, 2018
Evidence-Based Medicine in Residency Education
Dr. Heidelbaugh and colleagues find that residency programs should develop and implement interventions in order to inspire a positive culture surrounding evidence-based medicine.