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School of Public Health Professor Holly Jarman co-leads OMLET, a collaborative network examining legal and ethical challenges in regulating emerging health technologies including AI in medicine, gene editing, and e-cigarettes.
Epidemiologists Emily Martin and Khalil Chedid join a Virginia Tech-led effort to develop smart-building biosensors that detect airborne pathogens and automatically trigger ventilation responses, aiming to reduce respiratory illnesses by 25%.
School of Public Health researchers collaborated with the Center for Academic Innovation to develop web and VR-based laboratory safety training that students found more engaging and effective than traditional methods at teaching realistic safety skills.
Safyer McKenzie-Sampson is the John G. Searle Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She focuses her research on the multi-level impacts of racial discrimination on adverse perinatal outcomes in Black communities. Her work uniquely examines these outcomes through the lens of maternal nativity, highlighting the experiences of Black immigrants
Asari Offiong is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity at Michigan Public Health, where she conducts community-based research. As an M-PACT Scholar, Her research centers on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, integrating reproductive justice and youth-centered perspectives to understand how young people navigate complex health decisions.
University of Michigan researchers are available to share their insights on a federal government shutdown at the end of the day Tuesday, unless lawmakers break the impasse and make a deal before then.