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University of Michigan School of Public Health Removes GRE Requirement
To increase equity and access to public health education, the University of Michigan School of Public Health will not require GRE test scores from individuals applying to any of our master- or doctoral-level programs for a Fall 2021 start. Read more
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Seven Ways the Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health
Riana Anderson featured in Greater Good Magazine
Epidemiologists and virologists around the world are scrambling to understand and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. There is another group of researchers who are concerned about a slightly different foe: the mental health pandemic. Read more
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Paper Analyzes Impacts of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Deal
Members of the University of Michigan and Georgetown University’s Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulation (CAsToR) recently published a new commentary analyzing the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to stop a deal between Altria, the largest US cigarette company, and the leading vaping company, Juul Labs. Read more
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Web-Based Tool Calculates Lives Saved, Policy Implications of Tobacco Control
The Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) tool is an interactive simulation modeling application developed by Jamie Tam, assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, Rafael Meza, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the NCI-funded Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) lung consortium. Read more
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Will the Pandemic Finally Kill Cash?
Emily Martin featured in the Washington Post
Does the pandemic signify the oft-declared death of sage-colored currency? Cash now seems fraught with risk, not only because of the bills and coins but the proximity of other people involved in each transaction. Health experts believe these concerns are overblown, but anxiety has a way of compounding like interest. Read more
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Testing, Treatment, And The Latest On A Vaccine To Prevent COVID-19
Emily Martin featured on WEMU
WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with University of Michigan associate professor of epidemiology from the School of Public Health Emily Toth Martin about the latest on COVID-19 testing, possible new treatments, and a vaccine to prevent it from infecting someone. Read more
