Study: Virtual driving test helps predict crash risk for teens, young adults
A virtual assessment can help predict which new drivers are at greatest risk of getting into a crash, according to a new study.
Biostatistics
No ride, no health care: new project provides 'mobility wallets' to get residents to medical appointments
Lu Wang to serve as co-principal investigator on the project
Two University of Michigan researchers are part of a community-based research project to get Detroit- and Dallas-area residents to doctors’ appointments, pharmacies and other health care services that often are skipped or inaccessible due to a lack of transportation.
F. DuBois Bowman Named Among Most Influential People of African Descent
Dean F. DuBois Bowman has been named among the Most Influential People of African Descent’s Class of 2023.
Bhramar Mukherjee named Distinguished University Professor
Bhramar Mukherjee, John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor and chair of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been awarded the university’s highest professorship of Distinguished University Professor.
Two Michigan Public Health faculty receive American Statistical Association awards
Bhramar Mukherjee and Jeremy Taylor of Michigan Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics received prestigious awards from the American Statistical Association. Mukherjee received the Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society and Taylor the Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award.
Predicting survival: Chest X-rays provide vital insight for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
New research from Michigan Public Health
In this Q&A, Yi Li, professor of Biostatistics, and his team discuss their recent project on the risk factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes.