Epidemiology

A school bus sits parked on the the side of a busy New York City street.

Could riding older school buses hinder student performance?

Q&A with Meredith Pedde

Students who ride newer, cleaner-air buses to school have improved academic performance, according to the latest University of Michigan School of Public Health study that documents the effects on students who ride new school buses rather than old ones.

Brandon Wolf

Public health takes on gun violence crisis

‘The Exchange’ brings together experts to discuss solutions to national epidemic

Preventing gun violence is a democracy project. That’s the message Brandon Wolf delivered during the “Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence” seminar. It was the second event of The Exchange: Critical Conversations with Michigan Public Health, an academic seminar series launched in fall 2023.

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Kelly Bakulski and Xiang Zhou receive 2024 MBioFar Awards

The award recognizes mid-career faculty members and their exceptional contributions in the biosciences

The University of Michigan’s Biosciences Initiative has selected five accomplished scientists as the 2024 recipients of the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, two of whom are faculty of Michigan Public Health.