Medical School
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October 14, 2015
U-M researchers leading $6.7M project to improve dialysis care
Helping kidney dialysis patients have healthier treatment sessions and longer lives is the goal of a new $6.7 million project at U-M.
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October 6, 2015
U-M receives NIH grant to develop tools to reduce disease risk
U-M researchers have been awarded $2.4 million through the National Institutes of Health to lead a team that hopes to advance the field of epigenetics.
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September 28, 2015
University given $9.5 million to advance research on child health
The university will receive $9.5 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the impact of the environment on children’s health.
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May 15, 2015
Medical School continues unique graduate certificate tradition
When members of the Medical School’s 165th graduating class accept their diplomas, they will be receiving a document created in a unique, decades-old tradition.
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February 8, 2015
Better communication essential in science, health care, Alda says
Doctors and scientists labor under a “curse of knowledge” that they must actively fight in order to effectively connect with patients and the public, actor and science communicator Alan Alda said Friday.
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September 29, 2014
U-M part of effort to study genetics of two mental health disorders
The School of Public Health and Medical School will be part of the largest whole genome sequencing study funded to date, seeking to better understand bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
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July 17, 2014
Medical School expands research, initiatives for learning at all levels
The Medical School is expanding and refocusing its department that studies learning as an emerging academic field, and has a new chairperson to lead it.
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June 6, 2014
Drug choice to treat blindness could save Medicare billions
If all eye doctors prescribed the less expensive of two drugs to treat two common eye diseases of older adults, taxpayer-funded Medicare plans could save $18 billion over a 10-year period, say researchers at the University of Michigan.
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May 8, 2014
Student-built website will create national index of safety-net clinics
Medical School students and colleagues from U-M health and information technology schools have created a website to make it easy to find nearby free or sliding-scale clinics.
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May 6, 2014
Woolliscroft tells Congress medical research needs reliable funding
Medical School Dean Dr. James O. Woolliscroft told a U.S. House roundtable Tuesday that medical research needs reliable federal funding levels.
