Health Behavior and Health Equity

Four University of Michigan teams selected for virtual tournament of science

Anyone can vote to help studies on brain cancer, heart transplant, dementia care and deadly fungal infections advance in STAT Madness 2024

For basketball fans, it's almost time for March Madness, as teams vie to make the brackets of 68 teams that will compete for the national titles in men's and women's hoops. But for biomedical researchers, this month is time for STAT Madness, the virtual tournament of science. And four University of Michigan research teams have already made the bracket of 64 teams selected by editors at STAT News.

Cleo Caldwell is on a 'personal mission' to support students

Professor emerita recently retired from Michigan Public Health

Through her generous gift to the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Cleo Caldwell, professor emerita, is making sure that her legacy of putting students first will last well beyond her lifetime. By creating the Caldwell Health Equity Fellowship Fund, she will make attending Michigan Public Health more affordable for students with an interest in conducting research or engaging in practice activities focused on achieving health equity.

Barbara Israel awarded 2024 ASPPH Practice Excellence Award

Barbara Israel, professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and prominent expert in community-based participatory research, has been awarded the 2024 ASPPH Practice Excellence Award.

Public health takes on gun violence crisis

‘The Exchange’ brings together experts to discuss solutions to national epidemic

Preventing gun violence is a democracy project. That’s the message Brandon Wolf delivered during the “Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence” seminar. It was the second event of The Exchange: Critical Conversations with Michigan Public Health, an academic seminar series launched in fall 2023.

Compounded effects of racism on mental distress, alcohol use, firearm purchases among Asian Americans during pandemic

New research from Michigan Public Health and the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention

Racism provoked during the COVID-19 pandemic is directly tied to increased firearm purchases among Asian Americans, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University.

Gary Harper reappointed to the Michigan State Board of Psychology

This will be Harper’s second term

Gary Harper, professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, has been reappointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to serve a second term in the Michigan State Board of Psychology.