Empowering Populations
Pursuing a healthier, more equitable world for all, Michigan Public Health researchers are accompanying vulnerable individuals and communities on our way to designing a world that is a good deal healthier for everyone in it.
Health Management and Policy
Supporting First-Generation Students at Michigan Public Health
Many students at Michigan Public Health are the first in their family to attend college. Across the school, these students model the resilience and dedication needed to approach some of public health’s biggest challenges.
Mining Social Media for Community Health
New Research from the Health Informatics Program
Tiffany Veinot sees great potential for technology to improve the health of populations everywhere. As director of the University of Michigan’s Master of Health Informatics program, a partnership of the School of Public Health, the School of Information, and the School of Medicine’s Department of Learning Health Sciences, Veinot leads a cross-campus educational initiative bringing technology to bear on human health outcomes.
Moneyball in Medicare? It's Working, Study Says
New Research from Edward Norton
Incentives for hospitals to improve their quality and reduce costs work, according to a new study led by Edward Norton, professor of Health Management and Policy. The research shows that hospitals that participate in such programs benefit not only from direct payment from patients’ treatment but also the good scores they get from patients on the treatment they receive.
Hepatitis B: Stopping a Silent Killer
Q&A with David Hutton
Every year, hepatitis B kills more than 780,000 people around the world, and is the single most serious liver infection, according to the World Health Organization. David Hutton, associate professor of Health Management and Policy, says early diagnosis and treatment is key to stopping the spread of the disease in the United States.
IN THE NEWS: 9 Lessons for Leaders of Health an Human Services Integration Initiatives
Marianne Udow-Phillips in Health Affairs
Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA, executive director of CHRT, offers lessons for those leading health and human services integration initiatives—and for the grantmakers who want them to succeed.