The Region V Public Health Training Center (RVPHTC) was recently awarded $3.7 million in funding by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The award, which provides funding through June of 2026, will help the center expand its goal to increase the supply, diversity, and capacity of the public health workforce through a variety of tools and programs.
The University of Michigan is seeking nominations for the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health, one of the highest recognitions granted by the university. The medal, named after the renowned U-M physician, virologist and infectious disease researcher, recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of global public health through major scientific discovery or through the development and leadership of effective public health policy or action.
Marisa Eisenberg, associate professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is set to receive the University of Michigan President’s Award for National and State Leadership for her contributions to public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the University of Michigan School of Public Health has established the Sherman A. James Diverse and Inclusive Epidemiology Award.
Health Behavior and Health Education professor Arline Geronimus has been selected as the 2021 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship. The award recognizes a U-M senior faculty member who has made important contributions to understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion through research, scholarship and creative endeavors.
Two University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have been selected as inaugural recipients of a new annual award from the University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative.