School of Public Health
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June 1, 2021
IRWG receives $1.2M grant for undergraduate mentoring program
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research Program.
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May 5, 2021
COVID-19: Understanding herd immunity, vaccine hesitancy
Even with more than 100 million Americans receiving at least one COVID-19 vaccination, achieving the goal of herd immunity is not a certainty. Messaging and accessibility will be critical to addressing hesitancy.
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April 15, 2021
ER visits for suicidal behavior down in pandemic’s early months
A U-M study suggests the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and state-of-emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak.
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March 22, 2021
Anti-racism faculty hiring moves forward
Eight new U-M faculty positions have been selected for funding in the first round of the Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative, a three-year effort that will add at least 20 new tenured or tenure-track faculty members.
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March 15, 2021
Obituary — Michael Anthony (Tony) Schork
Michael Anthony (Tony) Schork died peacefully in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Feb. 25, at the age of 84, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
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March 8, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 5, 2021
Five U-M teams in biomedical STAT Madness Tournament
Throughout the month of March, 64 discoveries from schools and colleges across the country will compete in the annual STAT Madness tournament. This year, U-M is fielding five research teams.
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February 25, 2021
Faculty and students address health disparities, social inequities
As the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Black communities, U-M faculty, students and staff have worked to explore these inequities and identify ways to advocate for and implement change.
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February 9, 2021
Online learners hungry to find purpose, meaning in life
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen MOOC platforms and educational institutions report increased interest, but U-M’s Vic Strecher was not quite expecting 100,000 enrollments in eight months for his “Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most.”
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February 7, 2021
Study shows disparities between Black, white COVID-19 survivors
Black COVID-19 survivors experience worse outcomes related to care access, recovery, and social and economic factors when compared with their white counterparts.
