Health & Medicine

  1. April 20, 2023

    $2.3M grant will help U-M researcher define ‘RNA alphabet’

    U-M pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung is launching an international project to identify the full range of RNA building blocks inside human cells.

  2. April 18, 2023

    Survey explores COVID-19 stigma and mental health

    More than a third of Michigan adults who have had COVID-19 report being treated badly due to their infection, say U-M researchers.

  3. April 14, 2023

    U-M, MSU, WSU partner with state to aid opioid abatement

    Michigan’s three largest public research universities, including U-M, will work together to offer local governments help in developing abatement strategies to address the ongoing opioid epidemic.

  4. April 10, 2023

    $71M NIH grant to advance clinical, translational science

    The National Center for Advancing Translational Science has awarded the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research a new seven-year, $71 million Clinical and Translational Science Award.

  5. April 10, 2023

    Heritage Project — Such horrible business

    Early one morning just before Christmas 1857, men arriving for work on the construction of a church found heaps of fresh earth next to empty graves in a little graveyard.

  6. April 6, 2023

    Center for Interprofessional Education announces 2023 awards

    The Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education has recognized those who have made outstanding contributions in advancing interprofessional education.

  7. April 4, 2023

    New institute to support, catalyze opioid research

    U-M has launched the Opioid Research Institute, a new transdisciplinary institute that will bolster research collaborations and strengthen community engagement to address the national opioid overdose crisis.

  8. April 3, 2023

    U-M Health, Sparrow officially join to deliver health care

    Sparrow Health System has officially joined U-M Health, effective April 1, having received the necessary regulatory approvals to partner after announcing their plans in December to create the statewide care system.

  9. March 28, 2023

    Wastewater dashboard expands monitoring in five communities

    A public dashboard that tracks pathogens detected in wastewater in Ann Arbor, Flint, Jackson, Tecumseh and Ypsilanti recently added monitoring for monkeypox, influenza-A, norovirus GII and respiratory syncytial virus.

  10. March 20, 2023

    College of Pharmacy plans medication disposal event next week

    The College of Pharmacy will host a Safe Medication Disposal Event from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 28 at two locations on the Central and Medical campuses.