Health Management and Policy

How Countries on Five Continents Responded to the Pandemic, Helping Shape Future of Health Policy

Michigan Public Health professors Scott Greer and Elizabeth King and colleagues in Brazil analyzed early government responses from 34 countries on five continents to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and how those decisions impacted their citizens’ health and lives.

Menthol Cigarettes Linked to 10 Million Extra Smokers, Hundreds of Thousands of Premature Deaths

New Research from David Mendez

Menthol cigarettes contributed to 378,000 premature deaths in the United States between 1980 to 2018, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Ride-Sharing Services Linked to Binge Drinking

New Research from Jeffrey McCullough

Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft might help decrease drunk driving accidents and deaths, but they also are associated with an increase in binge drinking, according to a new study.

Understanding COVID-19 "Long Haulers" and Long-Term Effects of the Virus

Melissa Creary quoted on Michigan Radio

Assistant professor of Health Management and Policy Melissa Creary discusses discrimination among patients in the US health care system.

Program To Vaccinate 450 Million Europeans Gets Underway

Scott Greer featured on CBS This Morning

Health Management and Policy professor Scott Greer discusses methods for people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Brexit Puts UK Health Care at Risk

New Report from Holly Jarman and Scott Greer

The future for the health sector in the United Kingdom is perilously uncertain, according to a report led by Holly Jarman and Scott Greer, professors of Health Management and Policy at Michigan Public Health.