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Empowering communities: Transforming mental health care in Honduras

University of Michigan researcher scales mental health interventions globally by training local leaders as community facilitators

A University of Michigan program trains community leaders in Honduras to provide mental health support using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. The initiative helps vulnerable populations access care in a country where clinical mental health services are scarce.

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Michigan Public Health launches campaign to underscore importance of public health research

New impact initiative highlights critical role of federal support for life-saving discoveries

The University of Michigan School of Public Health has launched a bold new campaign to highlight the critical impact of public health research. This comes at a time when changes to federal funding have created an uncertain future for life-saving health research.

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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.