Epidemiology Results

Study Seeks to Find the Relationship Between COVID-19, Social Isolation, and Mental Health in Older Adults

Q&A with Lindsay Kobayashi

Researchers from the University of Michigan are working on a study to determine the mental health impacts and well-being among older adults during the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Coping Study, an online survey of US adults ages 55 and older, highlights the complexities and layers in which the virus impacts our society—in ways that are more than just contracting the disease.

Advancing Care: Nurse Practitioners, At-Risk Communities, and the Ever-Expanding Education that Puts Nurses at the Heart of Serving Communities in Need

Nurses have been playing a unique and vital role in our battles against disease for centuries. Since the 1960s in the US, nurses have been at the forefront not only of health care services but also of health care administration and management. Nurses continue evolving their skills and the profession itself to meet needs beyond even their own imaginations and comfort levels.

IN THE NEWS: Aftershock: If Coronavirus Swells in a Second Wave Later This Year, Will the Nation Be Ready?

Arnold Monto featured in USA Today

When will it hit and what will it look like? Those are just a few unanswered questions about a possible second wave of COVID-19.

Safe Labor, Industry, and Business during a Pandemic

Q&A with Aurora Le

As states in the US slowly reopen their economies, industry and business leaders will need to think about worker safety in new ways, most importantly how to mitigate the spread of infectious disease while still maintaining other basic safety measures specific to their facility.

IN THE NEWS: There Isn't a COVID-19 Vaccine Yet. But Some Are Already Skeptical About It

Abram Wagner featured in Time

The scientific community agrees that a vaccine is essential to resuming anything resembling normal life. But on a societal level, vaccines only work if they’re widely adopted. Abram Wagner, research assistant professor of Epidemiology, explains.

IN THE NEWS: Issues Of The Environment: Coronavirus Just One Of Many Illnesses Spread From Animals To Humans

Joseph Eisenberg Interviewed by WEMU

The coronavirus pandemic is ongoing and will be for some time to come. But it is not the only zoonoses we are dealing with globally or locally. Zoonoses are illnesses spread from animals to humans. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair discusses these infectious diseases with Dr. Joseph Eisenberg, chair and professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.