Practice
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Matthew Boulton Appointed as Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health
A champion of global public health practice, training, and research, senior associate dean for Global Public Health Matthew Boulton has been appointed the Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health by the University of Michigan Office of Research. Read more
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Helping Physicians Look Upstream: Fifty Years of Training with the Preventive Medicine Residency
The School of Public Health's long-running Preventive Medicine Residency trains highly-qualified physicians for careers in clinical preventive medicine and public health. For decades, the program has been a strong partner for local and state health departments and served population health systems around the world. Read more
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Stretching the Field: Public Health's New Generation of Climate Change Professionals
From flooding, drought, and heatwaves to policy and health management to the unknown of a dynamic environment, climate change is placing increased pressure on public health practitioners to respond. How can the essential services we provide help our communities adapt to and thrive in these new climate realities? Read more
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University of Michigan Teams Receive $25.5 Million for Opioid-Related Prevention and Treatment Research
Andria Eisman Receives Funding for Drug Use Intervention Programming
As the nation continues to battle an epidemic of addiction and overdose related to opioids and other drugs, several teams of University of Michigan researchers have received millions of dollars in new federal funding to address the issue head-on. Read more
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Q&A: Making the Business Case When Implementing Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Public Health
New Research from Andria Eisman
Implementation science researchers have made great progress in understanding barriers to the delivery of evidence-based treatment and prevention programs and developing implementation strategies to improve program delivery. But so far, the widespread use of these strategies has been limited. Read more
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Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with New Knowledge: U-M Teams Up with Harvard, National Academy of Medicine
With 130 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses, and 2 million suffering from disorders related to prescription and non-prescription opioids, the University of Michigan is ramping up efforts to make an impact on the opioid epidemic through the research and expertise of its faculty and their teams. Read more
