An invitation from the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion to rent for free, the movie "Just Mercy": www.justmercyfilm.com
Start watching the film at 5 pm and
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, will give us a detailed and scientific overview of the development of COVID-19 in South Africa. Since the first case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020, the epidemic grew exponentially with a doubling time of 2 days for the first 3 weeks until the effects of state-initiated interventions impacted reducing the doubling time to
As part of the University’s COVID-19 response, the Biosciences Initiative has
established a new Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats (MCIDT),
dedicated to improving local and global health through research on infectious
disease threats and building capacity to respond to novel threats as they emerge.
BSI and
Join AADL staff and other community members for a discussion of So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo.
This event will occur on Zoom or via Telephone.
Eric Vivier provides a longitudinal analysis of immune responses, including immune cell phenotyping and assessments of the soluble factors present in the blood and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of patients at various stages of COVID-19 severity: paucisymptomatic, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
He reports
Dear Michigan Faculty, Staff, Learners, Patients and Families,
Please join us outside on Friday, June 19th at 1 pm. We will kneel at 1:15 pm for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
Attached is a #BlackLivesMatter PDF sign, you are welcome to print and hold during kneeling.
Here’s some information you may not know about
The Black Medical Association and the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion present:
Conversations on Being Black in America: Policing Systems and Brutality
The Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) is hosting a staff town hall via Zoom in honor of the Juneteenth holiday from 10 am – 1 pm on Friday, June 19. This event is open to all staff members and is in partnership with
Dear Colleagues:
I hope this correspondence finds you well and in good health during these challenging times.
Please be reminded that RSG, SCOR, and GRIN will be hosting a Campus & Climate Town Hall meeting for graduate students on Tuesday, June 16, from 3:00-4:00 pm.
The town hall will address supporting the Black
Great Lakes Room, Palmer Commons, 100 Washtenaw Avenue
Join us for the 19th annual Immunology Program Retreat
SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) is the causative agent of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Alongside investigations into the virology of SARS-CoV-2, understanding the fundamental physiological and immunological processes underlying the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is vital for the
Michigan Medicine leaders will be hosting a Virtual Town Hall on Friday, June 12 to discuss moving forward after COVID-19 and extreme demonstrations of racism, learnings from COVID-19 that will help shape future operations, and a progress update on the economic recovery plan.
LEAD, Leading Equity and Diversity, is a “series of conversations where attendees have the opportunity to hear from a diverse group of guests who lead DEI initiatives. This LEAD conversation will address how faculty, staff and
This forum will include a Q&A session with Michigan Medicine leadership. In preparation for this discussion, we welcome you to submit any questions you may have in advance via:
Donna Farber will discuss the development of lung-localized immune responses and the role of tissue resident memory T cells in protective immunity to respiratory viruses, in mouse models of influenza infection and in human lungs, including recent findings on the impact of age on human lung immunity. These concepts will be discussed in the
In light of the pain, anger and sadness that many in the Michigan Medicine community are feeling due to the racial discrimination and social unrest in our country, a Virtual Town Hall has been scheduled to discuss the current climate.
To join, click here:
Combating racism through daily activities, relationships, and challenging conversations will be the focus of a virtual town hall meeting Friday.
The town hall is a show of solidarity and an effort to provide a platform for our community to discuss race, protest, and law enforcement, through the lens of education and scholarship. The aim
With respect to all that is going on, the Black Medical Association (BMA) will be holding a peaceful virtual protest open to YOU, our Leaders, Victors, and Best; our Michigan family, to join us, show your support, and advocate for change. We must commemorate the lives lost: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade and so
