May 06, 2020
Education
May 05, 2020
COVID-19 response: During pandemic, medical students volunteering to ensure that No One Dies Alone
A bedside program that brings comfort to patients who find themselves alone at the end of their lives has been adapted and reintroduced
April 30, 2020
Kathleen L. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., appointed director of the Medical Scientist Training Program
She is a professor of microbiology and immunology and internal medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases
April 30, 2020
Teaching a passion for Class of 2020 student speaker, multiple award recipient
Josh Kurtz will share his experiences when he delivers remarks during the Medical School’s virtual commencement ceremony on May 15
April 27, 2020
Seven faculty, staff receive 2020 Graduate Medical Education awards
All recipients will be honored May 13, either in the University Hospital Towsley Dining Rooms, or during a virtual reception
April 26, 2020
Michigan Today: M-Response Corps faces down crisis
From sorting donated personal protective equipment to delivering groceries to vulnerable populations, members of the M-Response Corps have worked tirelessly to meet an endless stream of pandemic-related needs
April 13, 2020
COVID response: Student volunteers launch services for vulnerable seniors
From regular check-in calls to a newly launched grocery delivery service, members of the M-Response Corps are making sure home-bound senior citizens feel supported
April 07, 2020
COVID-19 response: Medical students helping to manage, inventory donated PPE items
Out of their clinical rotations and physical classrooms, students have been supporting the health system’s COVID-19 response in any way they can
March 20, 2020
‘A whirlwind few days’ — COVID-19 finds students home early from international rotations
As the novel coronavirus spreads, a University of Michigan moratorium on travel is causing students to change or cut short their global health plans
March 20, 2020
Senior medical students reveal their residency destinations — in a different way
After years of hard work, our graduating students learn what’s ahead through a virtual Match Day
March 19, 2020
COVID-19: Out of classrooms and clinical rotations, medical students eager to serve the community
An internal Google doc circulating among students shows an extensive list of student-driven community projects including blood donation drives, free babysitting services for frontline care providers, and much more
March 17, 2020
Medical School strong in 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate School rankings
UMMS is the No. 5 institution for primary care training and No. 15 nationally among research medical schools; both rankings are up one spot from last year
March 12, 2020
Medical School partners with Michigan Medicine, campus to share information on COVID-19
Click for a list of campus and Michigan Medicine websites and resources available to learn more about how we are responding to the pandemic
March 09, 2020
Leaders and Best: Milestones in the history of women in medicine at Michigan
From the first women admitted alongside men at a major medical school, to the training ground for the first female Surgeon General
March 06, 2020
UMMS assistant dean for admissions, first-year student featured in AAMC article, “Med school after 40”
Older medical students arrive with different motivations, advantages, and challenges than their younger classmates; they reflect on why and how they took on those challenges
February 18, 2020
Student project aims to bolster first responder services in Africa
LFR International has trained thousands of motorcycle taxi operators basic first-responder skills across parts of Uganda, Chad, Guatemala, and Sierra Leone
February 13, 2020
Pioneers and pathbreakers: Black History milestones at Michigan Medicine
William Henry Fitzbutler, M.D. (top left), the first African-American man to graduate from the Medical School, is among those featured
October 15, 2019
Bridging across difference: OHEI hosts sixth diversity, equity, and inclusion symposium
This year’s DEI Gratitude Symposium explored how to further diversify thought and communicate across differences at Michigan Medicine
October 07, 2019
Extra, Extra: Medical student selected for prestigious journalism program
M4 Gina Yu is recipient of Stanford’s unique Global Health Media Fellowship, which teaches physicians-in-training to leverage the media in order to advocate and inform on global health issues
August 29, 2019
Listen to Assistant Dean for Admissions Steven E. Gay, M.D., on “All Access” podcast
“All Access: Med School Admissions” provides a unique view into the medical school admissions world through a series of revealing interviews with key admissions figures from around the country
August 29, 2019
From the pages of Medicine at Michigan magazine: Music to Medical Students’ Ears
The Humanities Path of Excellence encourages students to connect medicine to the humanities, and helps them develop empathy, awareness of social context, and comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty — human capacities crucial to patient care
August 28, 2019
Medical School Administration to host Diversity Week events Sept. 9-13
Programming will include an array of events, workshops and discussions that will raise awareness, stimulate engaging conversations, create thought-provoking experiences, and inspire dedication to promoting an inclusive and more diverse workplace
August 12, 2019
New course to help students communicate with Spanish-speaking patients
Program is a partnership between student leaders in the Latin American and Native American Medical Association and longtime Professor of Internal Medicine Manuel Valdivieso
August 08, 2019
Multi-unit partnership makes Medical School experience seamless for M1 student
Several teams rose to the occasion to ensure Jacob Lowy has received everything he needs to be successful in his quest to become a doctor
August 01, 2019