School of Public Health

  1. March 11, 2015

    Students compete to find innovative solutions to public health challenges

    Thirteen multidisciplinary student teams will showcase their high-, low- and no-tech solutions for various public health problems at the Innovation in Action competition.

  2. January 15, 2015

    U-M pilot program confirms need to support student-athlete mental health

    A pilot program designed to raise awareness and encourage discussion about mental health issues among student-athletes at U-M has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response, a U-M team told the NCAA.

  3. December 15, 2014

    Internship to research chronic arsenic poisoning yields great lessons

    School of Public Health master’s student Kate Helmick spent the summer gathering toenail and saliva samples in Ronphibun, Thailand, as part of a project to check for signs of chronic arsenic poisoning.

  4. November 20, 2014

    School of Public Health adds nutrition department

    The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a School of Public Health request to establish a new Department of Nutritional Sciences.

  5. October 31, 2014

    Mental health promotion featuring former U-M athletes hits home

    A partnership between academics and athletics at U-M features former student-athletes in videos that encourage students to seek mental health help if needed.

  6. 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.

  7. July 28, 2014

    Event explores participatory design to tackle health care needs

    Modeled after the Maker Faire movement that is increasing in popularity, the idea behind the upcoming We Make Health Fest is to bring together those who have an idea for how to use technology to advance health care with the people who know the nuts and bolts of how to create it.

  8. July 16, 2014

    University receives grant to support student-athlete mental health

    U-M Athletics, the Depression Center and School of Public Health are partners on an NCAA grant to develop a program for supporting mental health initiatives for student-athletes.

  9. June 12, 2014

    Report: Lead abatement a wise economic, public health investment

    A statewide remediation program to eliminate the source of most lead poisoning in Michigan would pay for itself in three years, according to a new report.

  10. May 16, 2014

    Obesity higher in neighborhoods with more fast food

    A new study zeroes in on the effect that fast-food restaurants have on obesity and nutritional health in specific neighborhoods.