Michigan Medicine

  1. May 1, 2023

    Communicator adds charm to mailboxes, birdhouses

    Tamara Havermahl has designed and created dozens of mailboxes and birdhouses, a pursuit that has invigorated a longtime love of art and pulled her from the depths of depression.

  2. April 24, 2023

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  3. April 10, 2023

    $71M NIH grant to advance clinical, translational science

    The National Center for Advancing Translational Science has awarded the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research a new seven-year, $71 million Clinical and Translational Science Award.

  4. April 3, 2023

    U-M Health, Sparrow officially join to deliver health care

    Sparrow Health System has officially joined U-M Health, effective April 1, having received the necessary regulatory approvals to partner after announcing their plans in December to create the statewide care system.

  5. March 27, 2023

    Johnson Award honors Jenette Whitener’s passion for service

    Jenette Whitener, a patient-care technical associate with Michigan Medicine, has been named the winner of the 2022 Candace J. Johnson Award for Staff Excellence.

  6. March 20, 2023

    MC3 is a ‘game changer’ for mental health in Michigan

    When primary care providers across Michigan have trouble finding local mental health therapists and support services, they often turn to a service called MC3, based at U-M’s Department of Psychiatry.

  7. March 13, 2023

    Loneliness, isolation down but still high among older adults

    After three years of pandemic living, loneliness, isolation and lack of social contact have finally started to decline among older adults, U-M’s National Poll on Healthy Aging shows.

  8. February 16, 2023

    Michigan Medicine names new chief financial officer

    Eric Strucko was approved as the new chief financial officer for Michigan Medicine by the Board of Regents on Feb. 16. He will begin in the role April 1.

  9. February 3, 2023

    Brain health, concussions, sports: A long-term connection?

    The Michigan Alumni Brain Health Study will examine whether sport participation and concussions are associated with later-life brain health in former U-M athletes and nonathletes.

  10. February 1, 2023

    Occupational therapist adds custom touch to patients’ hand splints

    Augusta Simmons, a board-certified hand therapist, has been fitting patients with splints for over 25 years, the past six at the Northville Health Center.