Medical School

  1. March 11, 2024

    Americans’ trust in science survived polarization, Trump attacks

    Americans’ basic confidence in science and scientific expertise was unshaken by the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific expertise, and has remained high during the last six decades.

  2. March 11, 2024

    U-M researchers open new leads in anti-HIV drug development

    A team of U-M researchers has successfully modified a naturally occurring chemical compound in the lab, resulting in advanced lead compounds with anti-HIV activity.

  3. March 11, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — Dr. Death comes to campus

    Nicknamed “Dr. Death” early in his medical career because of his strong support of euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian was a 1952 graduate of the Medical School.

  4. January 29, 2024

    Medical School analyst finds peace in tai chi

    Lauren McCarthy, senior applications analyst for the Department of Learning Health Science at the Medical School, and her wife opened Tai Chi Love more than five years ago.

  5. January 23, 2024

    Five mid-career researchers receive Biosciences Initiative award

    U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has selected five accomplished scientists as the 2024 recipients of the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award.

  6. December 21, 2023

    Two U-M faculty members elected to National Academy of Inventors

    U-M faculty members Lynn Conway and Kevin Ward have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

  7. December 14, 2023

    Genetic depression ‘protection’ no match for pandemic stress

    Living through a historic pandemic while handling the stress of the first year of college sent one-third of students in a new U-M study into clinical depression.

  8. November 20, 2023

    Accolades — November 2023

    Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.

  9. November 17, 2023

    Expanded new multidisciplinary program welcomes 13 fellows

    U-M has welcomed 13 postdoctoral researchers as new Michigan Pioneer Fellows for a postdoctoral program that recruits and prepares early-career scientists for independent careers.

  10. October 23, 2023

    Tool founded by U-M faculty expands anatomical science access

    Founded by two Medical School lecturers, BlueLink is a multimedia-based educational resource that is free to use and focuses on human anatomy.