Health & Medicine
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February 12, 2018
Biosciences Initiative releases first Request for Applications
U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has issued its first Request for Applications to U-M faculty, calling for high-impact research initiatives focused on solving critical problems in the biosciences.
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February 5, 2018
Center awards grants for seven new drug discovery projects
The Center for the Discovery of New Medicines has awarded early-stage funding of up to $50,000 each for seven new drug discovery projects by faculty from across U-M.
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January 31, 2018
Gupta family assists U-M’s health communication ‘hackathon’
Alumnus Sanjay Gupta and his wife, Rebecca, have teamed up with U-M to support an effort to bring new ideas and tools to health communication.
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January 30, 2018
Report recaps Poverty Solutions’ first year, lists 2018 projects
New partnerships, programs to boost job opportunities, and raising public awareness about low-income families highlight U-M’s first-year initiative to prevent and alleviate poverty.
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January 12, 2018
MHealthy Rewards offers new incentives with 2018 program
Registration is now open for MHealthy’s 2018 Rewards program, where benefits-eligible faculty and staff can learn about their health, take action to maintain or improve it, and earn incentives.
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December 11, 2017
Study looks at work status of those in state’s Medicaid expansion
Nearly half of the people who enrolled in Medicaid after it expanded in Michigan have jobs, and another 11 percent can’t work, likely due to serious physical or mental health conditions, a U-M study finds.
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November 22, 2017
Teach-out focusing on opioid epidemic starts Dec. 4
The next installment in the U-M Teach-Out Series will attempt to shed light on pressing questions surrounding the nation’s opioid crisis for three weeks beginning Dec. 4.
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November 13, 2017
U-M study questions ACA effort to reduce hospital readmissions
A federal program shown to reduce hospital readmissions may not have been as successful as it appears, say researchers from U-M’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the School of Public Health.
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October 30, 2017
Rachel Dawson named managing director for Precision Health
Rachel Dawson has been named managing director of Precision Health at U-M, a multidisciplinary collaboration working on personalized solutions that allow individuals to improve their health and wellness.
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October 4, 2017
School of Dentistry professor awarded $8.1M grant for cancer research
School of Dentistry clinician-scientist Nisha D’Silva has received an $8.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to support her research into head and neck cancer.
