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A group of students attending the 2019 Big Data Summer Institute gather in front of the U-M School of Public Health.

NIH grant extends Big Data Summer Institute through 2027

The University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Big Data Summer Institute has received a five year Summer Institute in Biostatistics (SIBS) grant from the National Institute of Health that will extend the program through 2027.

A female student wearing a backpack and carrying books.

Public health pipeline program highlights strategies for recruiting underrepresented students

Q&A with Dana Thomas

A recently published article in Pedagogy in Health Promotion analyzes the recruitment and outreach strategy for underrepresented populations of Michigan Public Health’s Future Public Health Leaders Program (FPHLP). Dana Thomas, the program’s director, details the program, its mission, and what strategies they found to improve students’ interests in public health careers.

An elderly woman and doctor talking in a telehealth visit via computer.

Telehealth Services for the Elderly Should Include Caregivers

New research from Michigan Public Health

Family caregivers who would have been involved in in-person care for the elderly were left out of telehealth visits during the pandemic, according to a new observational study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.