Health & Medicine
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March 24, 2014
U-M health equity and inclusion group sparks national dialogue
A group at U-M is hoping to catalyze a national conversation on health care equity and how it can be attained across all segments of U.S. society and the globe.
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March 24, 2014
Lecture to discuss development of transhiatal esophagectomy
Dr. Mark B. Orringer will discuss his alternative approach to the removal of the esophagus when he delivers his Distinguished University Professor lecture April 1.
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March 20, 2014
Medical School alumnus will serve as interim head of health system
Dr. Michael M.E. Johns, a Medical School graduate and former chancellor of Emory University, will serve as the university’s interim executive vice president for medical affairs starting June 2.
• John Sullivan has been appointed as the university’s new treasurer.
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March 19, 2014
U-M providers part of expanded Medicare improvement effort
Physicians in the Medical School’s Faculty Group Practice and other U-M Health System health care providers have joined an organization to improve the health and health care of Michiganders covered by Medicare.
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March 10, 2014
Students tackle public health problems in SPH innovation competition
Eleven student innovations involving public health will be narrowed to five for participation in Innovation in Action, a student competition on Friday.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: U-M Health System growth
The last decade under President Mary Sue Coleman’s leadership saw tremendous growth at the U-M Health System, which includes the Hospitals & Health Centers, the Medical School and other units.
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March 5, 2014
School of Dentistry receives $2M grant for special care clinic
The School of Dentistry will use a $2 million gift from the Delta Dental Foundation to provide dental and health care services at a clinic for special-needs patients.
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February 20, 2014
Multidisciplinary team awarded NIH grant to track kidney disease
The U-M Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center will receive a $8.5 million federal contract to serve as the coordinating center for the United States Renal Data System.
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February 15, 2014
Gene-based cancer diagnosis tech wins entrepreneurship contest
Three U-M pathology researchers who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment have won a statewide competition organized by the Center for Entrepreneurship.
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January 31, 2014
2014 Best Doctors list features hundreds of UMHS physicians
Nearly 500 U-M physicians have been named by their peers to the 2014 Best Doctors in America List.
