Biostatistics

Bhramar Mukherjee elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Induction into the NAM is the highest honor for health and medicine researchers in the United States.

Today, Bhramar Mukherjee, the John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, was one of five University of Michigan professors elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Induction into the NAM is the highest honor for health and medicine researchers in the United States.

Increasing public health measures could have helped prevent thousands of COVID-19 deaths in India

New research from Michigan Public Health

Strengthening public health measures at the sign of resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 in India in early 2021 would have helped control transmission in the country and reduced mortality by at least 40% during the second wave even without harsh lockdowns, according to a new University of Michigan study.

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.

Nearly half of people infected with COVID-19 experienced some 'long COVID' symptoms, study finds

New research from Bhramar Mukherjee

Around the world, 43 percent of those infected with COVID-19 experienced post-COVID conditions, according to a new analysis by University of Michigan School of Public Health that looked at data from 50 studies and 1.6 million people.

End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Show Increased Risk of Infection, Mortality From COVID-19

New research from Yi Li

Patients undergoing long-term dialysis, especially Black and Hispanic patients and those living in nursing homes, were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nationwide study by University of Michigan researchers.

A High-Risk, High-Reward Approach to ALS

New research from Stuart Batterman

A multidisciplinary group of University of Michigan researchers will investigate environmental exposures, chosen as one of the first projects in a new National Institutes of Health amyotrophic lateral sclerosis initiative.