On the Heights: May 2025
Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.
Health Management and Policy,Faculty
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.
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.
Scientists: Excluding transgender individuals from HIV research hurts everyone
In an urgent commentary published in the journal Lancet HIV, University of Michigan researchers joined scientists from Emory and Yale universities to urge the scientific community and the public to resist the "erasure" of trans people from HIV research.
Lifesaving opioid addiction meds rarely started after emergency visits for overdose
Medications proven to effectively treat opioid addiction are rarely given after emergency department visits for overdose, and who gets them varies, sometimes greatly, depending on race, ethnicity or geography, University of Michigan researchers say.