Belinda Needham Named Chair of Epidemiology at Michigan Public Health
Belinda Needham, associate professor of Epidemiology, has been named chair of the department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Health Management and Policy,Faculty Results
Dana Dolinoy and Aubree Gordon Recognized for Exceptional Research in Bioscience
Two University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have been selected as inaugural recipients of a new annual award from the University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative.
Conversation with Parents on Race Can Improve Black Adolescents' Mental Health
Q&A with Riana Elyse Anderson
Black parents' experiences of racial discrimination can negatively affect their children's psychological outcomes—but talking about these experiences and improving racial socialization competency could help prevent these negative outcomes, according to a new study by a University of Michigan researcher.
Safer Play: How 90,000 Michigan Soccer Players Went Back to Playing the Sport They Love
A collaboration between the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association (MSYSA) and the University of Michigan School of Public Health helped get more than 90,000 youth club soccer players back on the field with COVID-19 pandemic precautions in place.
Structural Racism Is Not an Exemption from Accountability
In February 2021, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) tweeted, “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” The tweet was designed to promote a podcast that was ostensibly focused on structural racism yet did not include experts on the topic. The subsequent uproar highlighted the harm caused by deep intentional ignorance of the term structural racism, defined in the American Journal of Public Health as “policies and practices…that confer advantages on people considered White and ideologies that maintain these advantages, while simultaneously oppressing other racialized groups.”
Treatment Barrier Falls, but More Remain for People with Opioid Issues
New Research from Thuy Nguyen
Policy shift could improve access to buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, but stigma and training still pose significant challenge.