In the News

  1. April 2, 2018

    “In some situations we run the risk of patients misinterpreting that there is no problem when there is one, or assuming there’s a problem when there isn’t. What we need to be focusing on is giving patients context,” said Brian Zikmund-Fisher, associate professor of health behavior and health education, on the confusion often caused by medical results released online.

    The Washington Post
  2. April 1, 2018

    Comments by Preeti Malani, professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases, were featured in an article about the great disparities in the deaths of Americans from infectious diseases, despite an overall decline, nationally.

    UPI
  3. April 1, 2018

    Even as the college-attendance gap between rich and poor has shrunk, the gap in the number of rich and poor college graduates has grown, according to research by Fabian Pfeffer, assistant professor of sociology and research assistant professor at the Institute for Social Research.

    The New York Times
  4. April 1, 2018

    “As far as repair shops go, we will still need people to fix brakes and suspensions and do body work, but there will probably be fewer people involved in diagnosis. Those who are will need a higher level of computer training,” said Bruce Belzowski, managing director of the Automotive Futures group at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.

    Car and Driver
  5. March 29, 2018

    “Children are not always able to detect what is an advertisement versus what is not. Parents can explain, in simple terms, to their children that the athlete is paid by the company to promote the products, and what the marketers are trying to do, namely make money,” said Megan Pesch, clinical lecturer in pediatrics and communicable diseases, on the prevalence of junk food ads featured during televised sporting events or on sports websites and the use of athletes as company spokespeople.

    Reuters
  6. March 29, 2018

    David Moran, clinical professor of law and director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, was interviewed for a story about the release of a prisoner wrongfully convicted of a fatal shooting 45 years ago — a case that the Michigan Innocence Clinic has worked on since 2014.

    WDIV-TV (Detroit)
  7. March 29, 2018

    “It’s something that has been engineered so that it is fattier and saltier and more novel to the point where our body, brain and pleasure centers react to it more strongly than if we were eating, say, a handful of nuts,” said Ashley Gearhardt, assistant professor of psychology, commenting on the addictive quality of highly processed foods like Cheetos.

    Medical Daily
  8. March 28, 2018

    “Kahn is striking for the fact that he’s so low-key and his immense talents were hidden behind a quite conventional persona. I think that’s true of the buildings as well,” said Claire Zimmerman, associate professor of history of art and architecture, on the architectural legacy of Albert Kahn, “the architect of Detroit” who also designed many iconic buildings on the U-M campus.

    The New York Times
  9. March 28, 2018

    Jason De León, associate professor of anthropology, discussed the genesis of U-M’s Undocumented Migration Project, a long-term anthropological study of undocumented migration between Mexico and the United States.

    WNYC RadioLab (begins at 1 minute mark)
  10. March 28, 2018

    Comments by Andrew Jones, assistant professor nutritional sciences and research professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development, were featured in a story about the health benefits of eating foods rich in iron.

    National Public Radio