On the Heights: May 2025
Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.
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Michigan Public Health launches campaign to underscore importance of public health research
New impact initiative highlights critical role of federal support for life-saving discoveries
The University of Michigan School of Public Health has launched a bold new campaign to highlight the critical impact of public health research. This comes at a time when changes to federal funding have created an uncertain future for life-saving health research.
Collaboration with Apple and World Health Organization studies sound exposure impacts on hearing
University of Michigan researchers target invisible health threat affecting millions
Groundbreaking hearing health research is being conducted by Michigan Public Health in collaboration with Apple and the World Health Organization (WHO) advancing our understanding of how exposure to certain sound levels over time may impact hearing.
Amid climate extremes, Ugandan communities help shape the future of climate and health research
University of Michigan researchers are conducting surveys to understand how climate shocks like flooding, drought, and extreme heat affect health and well-being among communities in low- and middle-income countries.
Dean F. DuBois Bowman to become president of Morehouse College
University of Michigan School of Public Health Dean F. DuBois Bowman will become the president of Morehouse College, effective July 15, 2025. This appointment represents a homecoming for Bowman, who earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Morehouse.
Pioneering social epidemiology: CSEPH marks 25 tears of transformative research
A quarter century of breaking boundaries in public health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health recently celebrated a remarkable milestone—25 years of groundbreaking research that has fundamentally changed how we understand the social determinants of health.