Health & Medicine
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July 9, 2024
U-M startup’s headworn tech could protect workers from pathogens
Technology created by U-M startup Taza Aya potentially offers a new protection option for workers in industries where respiratory disease transmission is a concern.
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July 9, 2024
$17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded U-M a $17.9 million grant for a new study aimed at improving the precision for mental health care.
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June 27, 2024
$10.5M biomaterials center to fight resource discrimination
The Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials center, led by U-M and University of Washington, has received $10.5 million by the National Institutes of Health.
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June 24, 2024
NIH award funds new center on genomics of infectious disease pathogens
A new $10 million award to Michigan Medicine from the National Institutes of Health will help accelerate the understanding of pathogens that threaten human life.
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June 20, 2024
U-M Health reports positive financial performance for FY ’24
Michigan Medicine is projecting positive 2024 fiscal year-end results for its clinical operations, with an anticipated 2.9% — or $226.5 million — operating margin on forecasted operating revenues of $7.9 billion.
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June 20, 2024
U-M Health appoints architect for Troy clinical facility
U-M Health will commission Hobbs + Black Architects of Ann Arbor to design a 220,000-square-foot clinical facility in Troy, after approval by the Board of Regents.
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June 18, 2024
Surgeon builds sustainable kidney transplant program in Rwanda
Jeffrey Punch, professor of surgery in the Medical School, has helped launch kidney transplant programs in both Ethiopia and Rwanda.
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June 13, 2024
$6.7M grant to fund study of flu immunity in children
U-M researcher Aubree Gordon has been awarded a $6.7 million, five-year grant to advance her innovative research into influenza immunity development among children.
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May 16, 2024
U-M Health to improve access with University Hospital renovation
U-M Health will renovate part of University Hospital, creating 26 incremental private observation rooms to help ease crowding in the emergency department.
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May 13, 2024
Mother relives congenital heart journey through newborn
When Mackenzie Lampe learned her son, Jeremiah, would need the same aortic valve repair that she had, she knew who she wanted to oversee her son’s care: pediatric heart surgeon Richard Oyhe.
