November 15, 2020
Harper Appointed as New Deputy Editor of eLife Journal
Diane Harper and Mone Zaidi will join the leadership team overseeing eLife’s efforts to drive change in scientific and medical publishing.
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November 10, 2020
Michigan medical student learns about disability health and medicine with inaugural elective course
New Disability Health Elective teaches third and fourth-year medical students about best clinical practices in disability health, as well as disability theory, law, and culture, and the implications for disability policy in healthcare.
November 10, 2020
Saul B. Lederer Adaptive Tennis Head Coach Award Established
The Adaptive Sports and Fitness program , led by Dr. Okanlami, is proud to mark this notable milestone in its mission to create equitable opportunities for student-athletes with physical disabilities to compete in intercollegiate-athletics.
October 30, 2020
In Election 2020 season, youth share views on health care and political participation
Pandemic and health issues are top of mind for the election, and changes to reproductive health funding are unpopular among people ages 14-24 participating in MyVoice, a national poll of youth led by Tammy Chang.
October 15, 2020
Editors of 10 Medical Journals Commit to Racial Equity and Justice in Primary Care Research
Caroline Richardson, Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Family Medicine , joined nine other editors in releasing a statement on systemic racism, health disparities, and family medicine's call to action.
October 14, 2020
Research finds mobile app system promoting at-home and clinical monitoring of hypertension can be effective at reducing patients’ blood pressure
BPTrack, a pharmacist-led, app-based intervention that allows patients with uncontrolled hypertension to monitor their own blood pressure and remotely share that data with the pharmacist, could serve as a feasible option in controlling a costly chronic disease that affects more than 116 million people in America and is a leading contributor to
October 1, 2020
Zora Djuric and Dean Brenner Receives Major Funding Award To Form A Consortium of Cancer Prevention Trials
With a new $7.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute , Djuric along with fellow University of Michigan researchers and their national collaborators will test whether blocking inflammatory processes could protect cells and potentially prevent some cancers.
October 1, 2020
Leaders of MDisability Program honored with Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
Drs. Mike McKee, Lisa Meeks and Oluwaferanmi Okanlami are honored for their commitment to diversity by the Office of the Provost at the University of Michigan.
September 21, 2020
New study suggests vaginal microbiome may play a role in high-risk HPV, cervical cancer
The results of a vaginal microbiome study conducted by University of Michigan, Penn State, and Ohio State researchers led by Kim McKee could help identify women with high-risk HPV, which is strongly associated with the development and progression of cervical cancer.
September 10, 2020
Google.org to support telehealth equity research through AI for Social Good COVID-19 Fund
Google.org announced that a team of University of Michigan researchers, including Lorraine Buis and Anna Laurie, has been selected to receive funding as part of the company’s efforts to support projects using innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to help understand COVID-19 and address its impacts.
September 1, 2020
Michigan NPR Interviews Chang on Youth and COVID Tracing
As COVID cases rise among teens and young adults, a national public health response must quickly adapt. Speaking to NPR, Tammy Chang shared findings from the MyVoice national poll of youth.
September 1, 2020
Building a Pipeline for Disability Leadership in Medicine: Our 2020 MDisability Interns
Four students—Michael Casden, Sam Grewe, Kaila Helm, and Zoie Sheets—recently completed an nine-week intensive internship in disability health and medicine with the MDisability Program.
August 31, 2020
A New Tool to Measure the Impact of COVID-19 on the Lives of People With Disabilities
A team of U-M disability researchers have developed a survey that will help others quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of people with disabilities.
August 27, 2020
MDisability introduces new two-week Disability Health Elective for third- and fourth-year medical students
Medical students will learn about best practices for communication and caring for patients with disabilities and provide meaningful experiences through rotations among clinics specializing in disability-based care for specific populations.
August 18, 2020
Telehealth visits have skyrocketed for older adults but concerns, barriers remain
New data on telemedicine use by adults over 50 shows changes since previous poll in 2019, including reduced worries about privacy and virtual interaction. Lorraine Buis led the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging survey.
August 17, 2020
MyVoice study identifies barriers young people face in accessing adequate and respectful health care
A recent national survey of adolescents describes challenges and possible solutions to youth accessing primary care and identifies the need to create more patient-centered care that aligns with young people’s values and experiences.
August 11, 2020
Lorraine Buis appointed editor-in-chief of JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Dr. Buis has been involved with the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) for 20 years and steps up as the editor of JMIR's journal focused on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics.
August 6, 2020
A focus on systems instead of individuals makes quality conferences more relevant to resident physicians and faculty
Three U-M Family Medicine faculty have published a new article in Family Medicine reporting on improvements to quality conferences.
August 5, 2020
New Fellowship Program
A new fellowship in reproductive health care and advocacy began this summer. The program joins the Department's extensive list of fellowships .
