Professor Michael D. Fetters, co-founder of the program, will stay on as a core member, while Assistant Professor Tim Guetterman will continue as associate director.
With funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Dr. Michael McKee and Dr. Steve Erickson aim to reduce medication-related problems among adult patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Youth expressed concerns about competitive fairness among athletes, while also considering the well-being of transgender athletes.
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s Conference on Medical Student Education drew family medicine educators and learners from across the country. A large number of faculty, fellows, residents and medical students from the University of Medicine participated in the inspiring conference in New Orleans.
The honor acknowledges his efforts to improve the health of Michigan’s Japanese community through direct patient care and medical education.
The newly launched Quantitative Training, Research and Analysis Core (QTRAC) will support faculty-led research projects.
Updated DataDirect database allows users to select patient population data based on language, which includes information on patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as those who use ASL or CART services.
Family medicine faculty presented on best practices for research, sexual health, substance abuse and intimate partner violence, and newborn drug testing
Associate Professor and MDisability Director Mike McKee, Associate Professor Lauren Oshman and medical colleagues answer the call for special clinical care for individuals with disabilities.
Members of the Department of Family Medicine, including Assistant Professor Melissa DeJonckheere, Professors Mike Fetters and Jim Aikens, and Professor Emerita Caroline Richardson, have contributed to the study.
Zick and her co-investigators will study the impact that a nutritionally rich diet has on the associated symptoms of persistent fatigue, as well as the potential cellular mechanisms that come into play with the challenging symptom.
Associate Professor Elham Mahmoudi of Family Medicine and colleagues from across the University of Michigan have published their results in the Annals of Family Medicine
Topics covered included gaps in mandated accessibility resources for deaf patients; increasing rates of burnout in U.S. medical students; and training physicians with disabilities.
Students Dana Chung, Sydney Kessler, and Sanjana Ratakonda learn about conducting disability health research; interact with family medicine departmental faculty; and work on special projects aimed at providing resources for people with disabilities.
Djuric joins a national team studying the effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine H2 receptor antagonists (H2-blockers) and their effects on the risk of breast, colorectal and endometrial cancers in women.
Leading postpartum health challenges were distinct compared to other postpartum women
Post-doctoral research fellow Tyler G. James is lead author on the paper, published in a special edition of Health Affairs focusing on disability and health.
Funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) will support Family Medicine researchers, who will contribute significant efforts to the initiative.
Aikens views his role as an opportunity to serve and support all family medicine researchers, clinicians and educators; expand existing research cores; facilitate the success of incoming faculty members; and serve the entire department’s research needs.
New skill set will allow James to take on more leadership and service responsibilities in health care while keeping his research focused on individual and community health.
