Health Equity

Foreclosure sign

University of Michigan Launches New Projects to Fight Poverty

On any given day across Michigan nearly 100 homeowners or renters could be evicted—a rate almost one-and-a-half times the national average. That is a problem one of nine new projects funded by Poverty Solutions and with support from the Detroit Urban Research Center aims to tackle in 2019.

Woman dealing with stress

IN THE NEWS: How Chronic Stress Prematurely Ages Your Body

Q&A with Arline Geronimus

Living in the midst of chronically stressful situations, including those suffused with race inequality and gender discrimination, may trigger new growth and coping skills—but it can also erode your health. Arline Geronimus, professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, explains.