July 29, 2019
Diabetic Wound Care: New Discovery Points Toward Possible Treatment for Non-Healing Wounds
A multidisciplinary team of U-M researchers identify an enzyme critical for normal wound healing.
July 2019 News
July 26, 2019
Patient and Physician Hygiene Go Hand in Hand
Lona Mody, MD, MSc talks about her recent study that examined patients' hands and high-touch environment surfaces in their hospital rooms.
July 25, 2019
Health Insurance Rule Change Could Help Millions of Chronic Disease Sufferers
A. Mark Fendrick, MD and colleagues at the U-M Center for Value-Based Insurance Design influenced this change with extensive research and over a decade of health policy engagement.
July 24, 2019
U-M Mourns the Loss of Dr. Lena M. Chen
Lena M. Chen, MD, MS, talented physician-scientist and adviser on health policy, passed away on July 21 at the age of 49.
July 23, 2019
Taking Opioids for Chronic Pain May Make It Harder to Find Primary Care
Pooja Lagisetty, MD, MSc finds that 40 percent of primary care clinics will not accept a new patient who takes opioids on an ongoing basis.
July 22, 2019
Partnering Up to Increase Patient Capacity
Rafina Khateeb, MD, MBA discusses the 10 East Medicine Unit at St. Joe's, results, challenges, and next steps.
July 19, 2019
Two Internal Medicine Faculty Members Named Distinguished University Professors
John Ayanian, MD, MPP and Anna Lok, MD named Distinguished University Professors, one of the University of Michigan's highest honors.
July 18, 2019
Reducing Health Care-Associated Infections Through Predictive Modeling
A. Krishna Rao, MD, MS discusses his research on health care-associated infections and how predictive modeling can provide earlier and better treatment.
July 17, 2019
U-M Leverages Artificial Intelligence to Speed Drug Discovery
Daniel Lawrence, PhD receives an Artificial Intelligence Molecular Screen (AIMS) Award from Atomwise.
July 15, 2019
Spotlight: Medical, Public Health Professor Encourages Thinking Before Knowledge
Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD discusses the importance of cross-disciplinary areas of research and not limiting oneself to established boundaries.
July 12, 2019
Pneumonia Patients Get Too Many Antibiotics, Especially As They Leave the Hospital
Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc finds that more focus needs to be placed on antimicrobial stewardship when discharging pneumonia patients.
July 12, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Cem Akin!
Cem Akin, MD, PhD selected to serve as President of the Michigan Allergy & Asthma Society (MAAS).
July 11, 2019
Many Thyroid Cancer Patients Say They Had No Choice About Radioactive Iodine
Lauren Wallner, PhD, MPH and Megan Haymart, MD discuss how better shared decision-making could help patients feel more empowered, avoid treatment side-effects, and reduce overtreatment.
July 10, 2019
Dr. Caroline Vitale Appointed Associate Director for Education and Evaluation
Caroline Vitale, MD, is named the Associate Director for Education and Evaluation at the Ann Arbor VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).
July 9, 2019
Minimally-Invasive, Innovative Therapy Used for Treating Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Allison Schulman, MD, MPH discusses an upcoming clinical trial involving a new non-invasive, endoscopic weight-loss procedure.
July 9, 2019
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD receives the PECASE, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government to outstanding scientists and engineers.
July 8, 2019
U-M Startup Helps Identify Patients at Risk for Hereditary Cancers
The cancer risk evaluation program was created by Michigan Medicine faculty and staff including Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD and Kara Milliron, MS, CGC, from the Department of Internal Medicine.
July 3, 2019
Many Grandparents’ Medicines Aren’t Secure Enough Around Grandchildren
Findings from the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest that grandparents need more education about safe medication storage when they’re around children and teens.
July 2, 2019
Efforts to Improve Health Care Value Should Focus on Doing the Right Thing
U-M researchers, led by Jennifer Maratt, MD, MS, find that more focus needs to be placed on assessing unintended consequences and clinically meaningful outcomes in low-value care reduction efforts.
July 2, 2019
MICHR Recognizes Outstanding Faculty Mentors
Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc; Matthias Kretzler, MD; and Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc are honored with the 2019 Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award.
