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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

May 01, 2020
Hail to the crafters & makers: U-M adds cloth masks & 3-D printed mask adjusters to list of COVID-19 response needs
Protective gear, meals and funds to support front-line teams, and food and toiletries for local residents, still needed

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 29, 2020
Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., and Janet L. Smith, Ph.D., inducted into National Academy of Sciences
Medical School faculty members are among four University of Michigan professors to receive one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States

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 27, 2020
Dawn O. Kleindorfer, M.D., appointed chair of Department of Neurology
The provost approved her appointment in April, and the Board of Regents will be asked to confirm approval in May

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 23, 2020
Michigan Medicine community can text ‘UMICH’ to 741741 for free support to reduce stress
Responders are there for support, and to help you sort through your feelings by asking questions, empathizing, and actively listening

April 13, 2020
Explore health and well-being resources at new COVID-19 Well-Being Help Center
A wealth of health and well-being resources is available on the new Michigan Medicine Wellness Office website

April 13, 2020
U-M asks for public’s help: Fight COVID-19 by supporting health care workers, researchers & people in need
From protective gear and food, to money and online messages of thanks, there’s something everyone can do to help

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 09, 2020
#HailtotheFrontLine: Community reaches out to offer support
From first responders to local and global businesses, from patients to Ann Arbor residents, individuals and companies have reached out to say “thank you” in many different ways
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

April 06, 2020
U-M researchers launch a wide range of efforts to study and address coronavirus pandemic
Rapid university-wide effort now under way to identify and support opportunities to understand and stem the effects of the global COVID-19 health crisis

April 01, 2020
Thank You: Michigan Medicine Protective Gear Donation Drive (VIDEO)
This video, taken as that first week ended, ends with an indoor drone shot of staff and U-M medical students sorting and packaging the donated supplies in the huge dining hall at the North Campus Research Complex

March 31, 2020
Michigan Medicine projections show aggressive social distancing will dramatically reduce the peak number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Aggressive approach could reduce number of U-M hospitalized patients in early May by as much as 65 percent

March 30, 2020
U-M drive-up donation site will collect food for community members in addition to protective gear for health workers
Michigan Medicine partnership with Food Gatherers will help many affected financially by COVID-19 during an unprecedented time of demand

March 30, 2020
‘Our experience will be helpful’: Colleagues in China share their COVID-19 advice with Michigan Medicine leaders
Physicians in China have seen firsthand America’s coronavirus future, and some of them recently reached out to Michigan Medicine leaders to help

March 26, 2020
Christopher K. Bichakjian, M.D., appointed chair of Department of Dermatology
A professor of dermatology with a special interest in Merkel cell carcinoma, he has served as interim chair since November 2018

March 25, 2020
Feeling helpless because of coronavirus? Here are 11 things you can do
Ways to help yourself and others in your community who may be hit hardest by COVID-19 and cancellations

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 20, 2020
150 years of medicine at Michigan — Stopping contagion with science: A look back
Even before scientists understood what caused them, or developed drugs or vaccines for them, U-M offered advanced care for infectious diseases

March 20, 2020