School of Public Health
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February 22, 2017
Study suggests need for new approach to unintended pregnancy
Contrary to prevailing thought, first-time mothers who receive more educational advantages at an early age are more likely to have their first birth result from an unintended pregnancy, a new U-M study found.
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January 30, 2017
Support sought for study of how xenophobia, racism affect students
U-M researchers are turning to crowdfunding to find out quickly how reports of hate crimes against persons of color and incidents reflecting a fear of immigrants affect college students of color.
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January 19, 2017
Scorecard shows public health goals could suffer under Trump
Researchers at U-M and two other institutions have helped draft a scorecard to measure the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration on public health goals.
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January 12, 2017
Professorships recognize 14 faculty members for global health work
Fourteen faculty members who work across the world to improve public health are the first to be named U-M Professors of Global Public Health.
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November 4, 2016
U-M, MSU, Flint partners to help students explore risk factors for diabetes
U-M will join Michigan State University and community partners in Flint to help young people and their families understand what factors put them at risk for type 2 diabetes.
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September 28, 2016
NIH grant addresses environmental influences on child health
U-M is part of a new research initiative to investigate how exposure to a range of environmental factors in early development influences the health of children and adolescents.
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May 21, 2016
Incentives paid to improve health care have little impact in U.K.
The world’s largest primary pay-for-performance program designed to improve patient health care and outcomes has failed to save additional lives, a U-M researcher says.
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May 19, 2016
Childhood obesity research among U-M projects in West Michigan
Research into childhood obesity among Head Start preschoolers is one of several projects U-M faculty and staff are engaged with in western Michigan.
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May 13, 2016
Fear of violence leads to weight problems for some young women
Young African-American women who live in fear of the violence in their neighborhoods are more likely to become obese when they reach their 20s and 30s, new research from U-M shows.
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May 10, 2016
U-M to work on ways to share rare-disease treatment evidence
A $900,000 funding award to the School of Public Health will allow researchers to develop methods to analyze treatment evidence for rare diseases.
