Health & Medicine
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April 5, 2022
$1M gift supports Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
A $1 million gift from Raymond and Jane Cracchiolo will help researchers at the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program study bipolar disorder and provide hope to the many people living with it.
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April 1, 2022
Registration open for U-M neuroscience conference
Registration is open for the 2022 Michigan Neuroscience Institute Neuroscience Conference on May 5-6, along with the Neuroscience Graduate Program’s 50th anniversary celebration.
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March 30, 2022
Alcohol users drank more often early in pandemic
A new U-M study shows that the frequency of drinking went up among those who used alcohol, even though the overall prevalence of drinking went down during the early months of the pandemic.
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March 23, 2022
College of Pharmacy plans Safe Medication Disposal Event
The College of Pharmacy will host a Safe Medication Disposal Event from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 29 at two locations on the Central and Medical campuses.
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March 21, 2022
Medical students learn residency locations at Match Day
The annual Match Day ceremony March 18 saw 157 U-M medical students learn where they will complete their residency training, the next phase of their journey toward becoming physicians.
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March 16, 2022
Symposium on March 25 to explore future of RNA therapeutics
Following the success of mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine’s annual symposium will explore what other applications might result from RNA research.
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March 9, 2022
University to drop mask mandate for most indoor spaces March 14
U-M will make masking optional starting March 14 for most indoor spaces on campus, including offices, residence halls and athletic events. Masks will remain required in classrooms, buses and some other areas.
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March 9, 2022
Michigan Drug Discovery aids new projects to treat obesity, cancer
Michigan Drug Discovery will support four early-stage drug discovery projects to aid work in the Life Sciences Institute’s Center for Chemical Genomics and Natural Products Discovery Core.
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March 7, 2022
Updates to ResponsiBLUE include booster information
Significant updates — including new statuses to support U-M’s COVID-19 booster requirement — have been made to ResponsiBLUE, the campus community’s health-screening tool.
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February 23, 2022
How well do boosters work? Depends on your genes
Genetics play an important role in how our bodies respond to vaccines and booster shots, suggesting certain protective responses elicited by vaccination could be more effective with personalization, a new study says.
