School of Public Health

  1. February 18, 2014

    School of Public Health, Detroit partners aim to improve city’s air quality

    The School of Public Health, in partnership with several community groups in Detroit, received a new five-year, $2.8 million grant to combat air pollution and related health risks.

  2. February 7, 2014

    How states can encourage Web-based health care in hospitals

    In the first national look at how broadly Web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of “telehealth” approach.

  3. February 7, 2014

    Vitamin A deficiency associated with more frequent childhood illness

    School-age children with vitamin A deficiencies are more likely to get gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses, a new study shows.

  4. February 6, 2014

    Women’s equality is good for men’s health, research shows

    In societies where women are equal to men, males stand a better chance of living longer, according to a new study led by a researcher from the School of Public Health.

  5. February 3, 2014

    Liver tumors found in mice exposed to BPA

    In one of the first studies to show a significant association between BPA and cancer development, University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have found liver tumors in mice exposed to the chemical via their mothers during gestation and nursing.  

  6. January 31, 2014

    Florida health care project delivers cost savings, insights for emerging reform models

    A Medicaid demonstration program analysis, to measure cost savings of provider service networks in Florida, could give a glimpse into the likely success of Affordable Care Act programs that aim to reduce health care expenditures, according to research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the University of Florida.

  7. January 8, 2014

    Millions of lives saved since surgeon general’s 1964 tobacco warning

    An estimated 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of smoking measures that began 50 years ago this month, according to a Yale-led study co-authored by three U-M School of Public Health researchers.

  8. January 8, 2014

    Public health leaders call for renewed push against tobacco use

    Public health leaders from several organizations, including U-M’s School of Public Health, are calling for “bold goals” in the next phase of the fight against tobacco use.

    • Millions of lives saved since surgeon general’s 1964 tobacco warning

  9. December 5, 2013

    U-M researchers highlight hazards of noise pollution

    As the nation continues to focus on health care prevention through reform, one cause of serious illness and even death gets ignored — environmental noise pollution.

  10. November 22, 2013

    Phthalate exposure linked to preterm birth

    The odds of preterm birth for women exposed to a commonly used class of chemicals known as phthalates are increased significantly, according to a new study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.