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
U.S. News and World Report released their 2020 rankings of graduate programs.
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.
Harper joins the leadership team of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
Philip Zazove joined a team of experts that convened to reassess U.S. medical school technical standards. Their findings are published in Academic Medicine.
Faculty members will lead session at the Society of Behavioral Medicine conference held in March 2019 in Washington D.C.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Department faculty are descending on Tampa, Fla. this week for the annual Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Practice Improvement.
Dr. Heidelbaugh and colleagues find that residency programs should develop and implement interventions in order to inspire a positive culture surrounding evidence-based medicine.
Cotinine testing to screen for smoking is not standard clinical practice. But could it be a gateway to quitting? Or could it alienate vulnerable patients--like low income pregnant women--and risk damaging doctor-patient communication? Answers emerge from interview and focus group research, led by Katherine Gold.
A new paper, from Lisa M. Meeks Ph.D., M.A., clinical lecturer, provides one of the first case studies of how deaf and hard of hearing medical students navigate rotations in subspecialties.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month ( NDEAM ). Marking this month, several U-M Family Medicine faculty members will be leading online and in-person discussions on disability access in the health sciences and medical professions.
