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Mousumi Banerjee, research professor of biostatistics, has been appointed the Anant M. Kshirsagar Collegiate Professor by the University of Michigan Office of Research.
Every year, hepatitis B kills more than 780,000 people around the world, and is the single most serious liver infection, according to the World Health Organization. David Hutton, associate professor of Health Management and Policy, says early diagnosis and treatment is key to stopping the spread of the disease in the United States.
Bhramar Mukherjee was recently named chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Mukherjee spoke with Global Michigan about balancing research and being a single parent and her passion for math and big data.
Scientists from Michigan Public Health and five other universities received a grant from the NIH to research the effect of a highway in Ecuador on the spread of Zika and Dengue fever. Joseph Eisenberg, chair and professor of Epidemiology, talks about the impact of this work.
Algal blooms are common in the Great Lakes in the summertime, but they may be more dangerous than originally believed. WEMU's David Fair talked with Andrew Ault, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences, about a study that determined that algal blooms can become airborne and what that means for public health.
Dana Dolinoy, NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, received the 2018 Achievement Award from the Society of Toxicology for her work to understand how nutritional and environmental factors influence epigenetic gene regulation, and how early life exposures can lead to disease later in life.