May 6, 2013
More online View more information about MHealthy. MHealthy recently announced the winners of its April 15 MHealthy Rewards Grand Prize Drawing. Randomly selected to win a $500 gift card were: • Andrea Chumley, UMH Interpreters Program. • Dave Gerstler, Procurement Services. • Crystal Hein, UMH General Surgery. • Kelly Kowatch, School of Information. • Mary…
May 6, 2013
More online Read more about StaffWorks. StaffWorks is accepting submissions for poster and speaker sessions for its Best Practices and Technology conference to take place in the fall. StaffWorks is a showcase for U-M staff to share insights, innovations, experience and expertise in the use of technology and best practices to support the services and…
May 6, 2013
Our work environments play a bigger role than previously thought when it comes to reporting unethical behavior, according to a U-M researcher. “Our findings contradict conventional wisdom that the personal characteristics of an employee drive his or her decision to speak up,” said David Mayer, assistant professor of management and organizations at the Stephen M.…
May 6, 2013
More online Learn more about the Clinical Research Management certificate program and how to register. The School of Nursing is offering a four-course online program to prepare college graduates of any age to become research study managers in both academic and industry settings. This focus on academic research distinguishes the nursing school’s Clinical Research Management…
May 6, 2013
The Michigan Society of Fellows has selected eight new fellows out of 896 applications to serve three-year appointments as postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors, beginning this fall. A ninth fellow, Chelsea Wood, will join the society in September 2014. The fellows were chosen for the importance and quality of their scholarship and for their interest…
May 6, 2013
John Megahan’s office in the Museum of Zoology is indicative of the man who works there. Filing cabinets full of fish illustrations share space with bookshelves lined with biology textbooks, and his work desk is covered in kneaded erasers, paint brushes and microscopes. As the scientific illustrator and artist for the Department of Ecology and…
May 6, 2013
The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study. After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that the quality of a person’s relationships with a spouse, family and friends predicted the likelihood of major depression…
May 6, 2013
Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists at U-M have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain cancer cells into overdrive and can cause tumors to metastasize throughout the body. Researchers have long known that tumors recruit healing cells, which is a major…
May 6, 2013
Air pollution linked to hardening of the arteries Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries,” according to a U-M public health researcher and colleagues from across the U.S. Sara Adar, the John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the School…
