Epidemiology

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Is the language you speak tied to the outcome after stroke?

New research from Lewis Morgenstern

Lewis Morgenstern, professor of Epidemiology and a professor of Neurology Emergency Medicine and Neurosurgery at the Medical School, mentioned in new article. A new study looks at whether the language Mexican American people speak is linked to how well they recover after a stroke.

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Promoting healthy memory aging in older cancer survivors

Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick receives grant from National Institute on Aging

Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick discusses her epidemiological research on health inequalities in cancer outcomes. Westrick was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine memory aging in older cancer survivors in the US and England.

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Examining the association between Malaria and Burkitt lymphoma in sub-Saharan Africa

New research from Kelly Broen

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and led by University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers is adding to growing evidence of the association between cumulative malaria infections and endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) in the sub-Saharan African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.