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Welcome to our Michigan Public Health In the News page, where we showcase the expertise and thought leadership of our faculty and other members of the University of Michigan School of Public Health community. Here, you'll find links to news articles, op-eds, and other contributions published in a wide range of news outlets and publications. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individual experts and authors.
Detroit Free Press
Forgiving medical debt is crucial, but it won't fix our health care system
Op-Ed: Minal Patel, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
Nature
How your research can survive a US federal grant termination
Featured: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
Capital B Gary
Love your block grants help Gary residents rebuild their neighborhoods
Quoted: Marc Zimmerman, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
Flint Beat
$400K grant supports research into Flint’s rising cancer rates
Quoted: Leigh Pearce, Professor of Epidemiology
New York Times
Trump’s bill slashes the safety net that many Republican voters rely on
Quoted: Michael Shepherd, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy
Bridge Michigan
Michigan has tools to ease medical debt. Does it have the will?
Op-Ed: Minal Patel, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
Detroit Free Press
'I refuse to give up': Michigan researchers, health officials grapple with funding cuts
Featured: Gary Harper, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
Toledo Blade
At UM, AI-driven WanderWell app addresses issues of health equity
Featured: Frederique Laubepin, Associate Director for Instructional Services
Psychology Today
My dementia study got axed by the government
Op-Ed: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
Chronicle of Higher Education
An NIH grant is restored, with a catch: Cut a study on trans youth
Featured: Kristi Gamarel, Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
Detroit News
Michigan university leaders fight research cuts as feds shift priorities
Quoted: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
Science
Trump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cuts
Quoted: Jennifer Head, John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Michigan Daily
NIH terminates $13 million grant on dementia
Featured: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
New York Times
Dementia cases in the U.S. will surge in the coming decades, researchers say
Featured: Kenneth Langa, Professor of Health Management and Policy
Michigan Daily
UMich study finds racial and socioeconomic disparities in prehospital care for stroke patients
Featured: Lewis Morgenstern, Professor of Epidemiology
Scientific American
Reshaping sickle cell treatment with patient perspectives
Featured: Melissa Creary, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health
Yale Environment 360