Michigan Medicine

  1. March 24, 2025

    Center for Global Health Equity names new director

    Akbar K. Waljee has been appointed the Leslie D. Yamada and Tachi Yamada M.D. Director of the Center for Global Health Equity at U-M, replacing inaugural center director Joseph C. Kolars.

  2. March 17, 2025

    U-M lecturer, staffer win Grammy with reed quintet

    Akropolis, a reed quintet, traces its roots to when its five members were undergraduate students at U-M. Sixteen years later, a piece the quintet recorded won a Grammy.

  3. February 28, 2025

    Michigan Medicine researcher breaks down weight-loss drugs

    Randy Seeley, director of the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center, fields a barrage of inquiries from looking for his perspective on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.

  4. February 27, 2025

    Use of greener anesthesia protects patients, environment

    A Michigan Medicine study reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful health care-related carbon emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.

  5. February 17, 2025

    Pharmacy, Michigan Medicine staffers win Candace Johnson Awards

    Holly Jablonski from the College of Pharmacy and Janet Santos from Michigan Medicine have been named recipients of the 2024 Candace J. Johnson Award for Staff Excellence.

  6. February 17, 2025

    Breaking into song moves this Michigan Medicine staffer

    Christina Fields has a retirement plan. She wants to be a lounge singer. With retirement still years away, however, Fields satisfies her yen for singing with weekly choir practices and semi-annual choral concerts.

  7. February 10, 2025

    Michigan Medicine staffer spins the ‘Wheel of Fortune’

    Jennifer Hawkins, division administrator for Infectious Diseases at Michigan Medicine, recently had the thrill of a lifetime: being a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune.”

  8. February 3, 2025

    Fluoride Q&A: How it helps kids, its unique history in Michigan

    Many kids in this country get fluoride from their drinking water, their toothpaste and the occasional treatment in the dentist’s office. But what is it, and why does it support healthy teeth?

  9. January 23, 2025

    Two faculty members and advocacy group to be honored

    Two U-M faculty members and an advocacy group will be honored next month with the Sarah Goddard Power Award and Carol Hollenshead Inspire Awards for their efforts to support women, diversity and equity.

  10. January 22, 2025

    CRIME ALERT: Felonious assault, 01-22-25

    Approximately 7:15 a.m., Jan. 22; Michigan Medicine Pavilion construction site, 1315 E. Ann St.