Community-based collaboration to monitor and reduce air pollution caused by truck traffic
Michigan Public Health researchers are supporting a new project aimed at tracking air pollution caused by truck traffic in Detroit neighborhoods.
Health Behavior and Health Education
Weiser Professional Development Fellow visits Michigan Public Health, reconnects with longtime collaborator
Bosiljka Djikanovic visited as part of Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia program
Earlier this year, Serbian professor and public health researcher Bosiljka Djikanovic visited the University of Michigan School of Public Health as part of a faculty development program hosted by the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.
University of Michigan receives $7.9M grant to support school safety research
The University of Michigan recently received a $7.9 million federal grant to expand and strengthen training and technical assistance efforts designed to address emerging issues impacting K-12 schools and communities nationwide.
Dementia's financial and family impact
Study shows people with dementia face rapid rise in unpaid and paid home care and major erosion of net worth, plus increases in personal spending.
Should older adults with fewer years to live keep getting cancer screenings? New poll explores attitudes
New research from Brian Zikmund-Fisher
In January 2023, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of adults age 50–80 about their views on how cancer screening decisions should be made. Poll findings say the majority of people over 50 disagree with using life expectancy in guidelines for cancer screening tests.
Q&A: What does guaranteed income mean for Ann Arbor?
Guaranteed income programs are popping up across the country, including the University of Michigan’s hometown of Ann Arbor. But what are these programs, who is eligible to participate, and how does guaranteed income address poverty and inequality?