Research

  1. March 17, 2015

    Study looks at health care spending by those younger than 65

    New research from the School of Public Health paints a picture of health care spending by the group most targeted under the Affordable Care Act.

  2. March 13, 2015

    More than half of parents want to know disease risks for selves, kids

    Would you want to know if you or your children had risk of hereditary cancer, a genetic risk for cardiovascular disease or carried the gene associated with developing Alzheimer’s disease — even if they were risks that wouldn’t be relevant for possibly decades or didn’t have a cure?

  3. March 13, 2015

    Build your own Siri: An open-source digital assistant

    An open-source computing system you command with your voice like Apple’s Siri is designed to spark a new generation of “intelligent personal assistants” for wearables and other devices. It could also lead to much-needed advancements in the datacenter infrastructure to support them.

  4. March 10, 2015

    Coin toss is best bet for March Madness bracket success

    As the NCAA men’s basketball tournament approaches, a U-M researcher says flipping a coin offers the best hope for a winning March Madness bracket.

  5. March 10, 2015

    ‘Elite’ degrees give African Americans little advantage in job market

    Black job applicants with degrees from elite universities only do as well as white candidates from less selective universities, U-M research shows.

  6. March 6, 2015

    New (road) signs of the times?

    Traffic accidents claim lives, cause injury and cost money. Working on ways to reduce them is a constant battle.

  7. March 6, 2015

    How to succeed in business without sucking up

    Many people seem to think that landing a big-time appointment — like a spot on a company’s board — is all about who you know. But new research from Jim Westphal, professor of strategy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, shows that it’s more about how you think about and interact with who you know.

  8. March 6, 2015

    Web app prompts important sexual health testing

    A personalized Web app designed to encourage young men at risk for sexually transmitted diseases to go for testing has proven successful in a small trial conducted in Southeast Michigan.

  9. March 6, 2015

    Women veterans with chest pain heavier, more depressed than men

    Women veterans getting medical attention for chest pain were younger and more likely to be obese, depressed and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder than male veterans, according to a study published in an American Heart Association journal.

  10. March 6, 2015

    Ultra-small Block ‘M’ illustrates big ideas in drug delivery

    By making what might be the world’s smallest three-dimensional unofficial Block “M,” University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a nanoparticle manufacturing process capable of producing multilayered, precise shapes.