Medical School

  1. October 21, 2024

    Four from U-M elected to National Academy of Medicine

    Kenneth M. Langa, Erica E. Marsh, Santa J. Ono and Marc A. Zimmerman have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in medical research.

  2. October 21, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — Long line of genetics

    The U-M Department of Genetics officially opened in 1956, the first department in the U.S. dedicated to human genetics.

  3. October 17, 2024

    $25 million gift builds U-M’s leadership in health care AI

    A $25 million gift has been made by Gilbert S. Omenn and his wife, Martha A. Darling, to the Medical School’s Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, which will be renamed for Omenn.

  4. October 9, 2024

    Three Medical School faculty receive prestigious NIH awards

    Three U-M investigators have been acknowledged by the National Institutes of Health’s prestigious High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.

  5. October 7, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — ‘New era for dental students’

    In 1875, Gov. John J. Bagley signed a bill enabling the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a dental school in connection with the Medical School.

  6. October 1, 2024

    M-PACT announces five new faculty scholars

    The Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation has announced the appointment of five new tenure-track assistant professors with wide-ranging research expertise.

  7. September 19, 2024

    David Miller to become EVP for medical affairs, Michigan Medicine CEO

    David C. Miller will become U-M’s executive vice president for medical affairs and chief executive officer of Michigan Medicine, effective July 1, 2025, succeeding Marschall Runge, who is retiring from his leadership positions.

  8. September 10, 2024

    Kevin Ward named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year

    For his contributions to U-M’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in critical care and intensive care, Kevin Ward has been awarded this year’s Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award.

  9. August 26, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — The first university hospital

    Shortly after U-M’s Medical School opened in 1850, students started clamoring for the hands-on clinical instruction they lacked in their lectures.

  10. August 14, 2024

    U-M places in top 10 rankings among graduate programs

    The U.S. News & World Report has finalized its 2024 Graduate School rankings for medicine, law and engineering following an earlier release of the 2024 rankings.