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Air Pollution Risks: Exploring Links Between Wildfires, Farming, and Increased Dementia Cases

Increasingly, evidence shows exposure to air pollution makes the brain susceptible to dementia.

No amount of air pollution is good for the brain, but wildfires and the emissions resulting from agriculture and farming in particular may pose especially toxic threats to cognitive health, according to new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

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Alumni make transformational gift to endow chair of Health Management and Policy

The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved the establishment of the Rubin Department Chair of Health Management and Policy within the School of Public Health. Made possible by a significant gift from Michigan Public Health alumni Nicole and Amir Rubin, the endowed department chair will be held by the individual appointed and actively serving as chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy.

Bhramar Mukherjee

Bhramar Mukherjee named Distinguished University Professor

Bhramar Mukherjee, John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor and chair of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been awarded the university’s highest professorship of Distinguished University Professor.