Biostatistics

Nearly half of people infected with COVID-19 experienced some 'long COVID' symptoms, study finds

New research from Bhramar Mukherjee

Around the world, 43 percent of those infected with COVID-19 experienced post-COVID conditions, according to a new analysis by University of Michigan School of Public Health that looked at data from 50 studies and 1.6 million people.

End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Show Increased Risk of Infection, Mortality From COVID-19

New research from Yi Li

Patients undergoing long-term dialysis, especially Black and Hispanic patients and those living in nursing homes, were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nationwide study by University of Michigan researchers.

A High-Risk, High-Reward Approach to ALS

New research from Stuart Batterman

A multidisciplinary group of University of Michigan researchers will investigate environmental exposures, chosen as one of the first projects in a new National Institutes of Health amyotrophic lateral sclerosis initiative.

University of Michigan School of Public Health and Spelman College to Offer Accelerated Master's Degree

A new partnership between the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Spelman College in Atlanta will offer an accelerated pathway to earn a master’s degree in three public health disciplines.

Sebastian Zöllner Named Co-Director of Precision Health

Sebastian Zöllner, professor of Biostatistics at the U-M School of Public Health and of Psychiatry at Michigan Medicine, will become Co-Director of the Precision Health initiative at the University of Michigan.

TOPMed: Analyzing Human Genomes to Understand Mutations, Human Evolution

What kind of questions would you ask if you had access to the full DNA makeup of tens of thousands of people? Would you look for disease-causing mutations? Would you be curious about how modern humans are related?