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Welcome to our Michigan Public Health In the News page, where we showcase the expertise and thought leadership of our faculty and other members of the University of Michigan School of Public Health community. Here, you'll find links to news articles, op-eds, and other contributions published in a wide range of news outlets and publications. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individual experts and authors.
Detroit Free Press
'I refuse to give up': Michigan researchers, health officials grapple with funding cuts
Featured: Gary Harper, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
LGBTQ Nation
This Black trans woman lost her job because Trump ended LGBTQ+ grants. Here’s why she has hope.
Featured: Kristi Gamarel, Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity
New York Times
Is there really a chronic disease epidemic? It’s complicated.
Quoted: Kenneth Warner, Professor Emeritus of Health Management and Policy
Chronicle of Higher Education
An NIH grant is restored, with a catch: Cut a study on trans youth
Featured: Kristi Gamarel, Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity
STAT
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
Quoted: Arnold Monto, Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health and professor of Global Public Health
Wall Street Journal
RFK Jr. bets $500 million on universal vaccines in shift from Covid-19 funding
Quoted: Arnold Monto, Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Global Public Health
Detroit News
Michigan university leaders fight research cuts as feds shift priorities
Quoted: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
Michigan Daily
NIH terminates $13 million grant on dementia
Featured: Briana Mezuk, Professor of Epidemiology
Michigan Public Radio
UAW demands reinstatement of NIOSH job cuts
Featured: Rick Neitzel, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Global Public Health
Michigan Daily
NIH pulls funding from UMich transgender health research
Quoted: Sari Reisner, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Washington Post