<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><post link="https://sph.umich.edu/news/2026posts/on-the-heights-september-2026.html" display="true" featured="true"><title>On the Heights: September 2026</title><subject/><subtitle/><description>September highlights include new research linking lead exposure to dementia, a $28 million CMS contract for kidney care, a first-of-its-kind HIV research mentoring program, and faculty insights on PFAS, hearing health, and more.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:12:04 -0800</pubDate><tags><category>Health Management and Policy</category><talking-about>Environmental Health</talking-about><category>Alumni</category><talking-about>Health Care Policy</talking-about><talking-about>Health Equity</talking-about><category>News</category><talking-about>Policy</talking-about><category>On The Heights</category><talking-about>Smoking</talking-about><category>Epidemiology</category><talking-about>Occupational Health</talking-about><talking-about>Food Policy</talking-about><talking-about>Child Health</talking-about><talking-about>On the Heights</talking-about><talking-about>Vaccines</talking-about><talking-about>Research</talking-about><talking-about>Biostatistics</talking-about><talking-about>Health Care Management</talking-about><category>Biostatistics</category><category>Environmental Health Sciences</category></tags><image><img src="/news/2025posts/images/On-the-Heights_03_final.jpg" alt="Stylized illustration of the University of Michigan School of Public Health."/></image><imagelarge><img/></imagelarge></post>