Health Behavior and Health Equity

Prevention Research Center of Michigan tackles vacant lots, built environments to improve health, well-being

Renewed $5 million in CDC funding expands academic-community partnerships in Flint, Michigan

For 26 years, the Prevention Research Center of Michigan has researched ways to create safer, more inviting and accessible neighborhood spaces and improve physical and mental health. Now, with $5 million in renewed funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the center will continue its community-based participatory research projects through at least 2029.

$998K awarded to U-M researchers to evaluate effectiveness of school-based firearm storage campaign

The study seeks to inform national implementation strategies for secure firearm storage by leveraging community and educational partnerships.

University of Michigan School of Public Health and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers recently secured a $998,907 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate a community-led, school-based secure firearm storage campaign in high schools across Michigan.

Marc Zimmerman elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Michigan Public Health researcher Marc Zimmerman was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Induction into the NAM is the highest honor for health and medicine researchers in the United States.

Building a medical career: how public health lays the groundwork

Discover how students may pursue a major in public health as a strong foundation for careers in medicine and other health fields on the latest episode of Code Maize: A podcast for future wolverines in healthcare, produced by LSA pre-health advising.

U-M selected as NIH research hub for nationwide effort to enhance community-led, health equity work

Hubs are part of National Institutes of Health Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society

The University of Michigan will receive $6.75 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish a health equity research hub focused on building the science necessary to strengthen efforts to close health disparity gaps.

COVID-19 hits older adults hardest: Which ones want the updated vaccine?

Poll points to some groups of people needing more encouragement from clinicians and other sources to get vaccinated

The newly updated COVID-19 vaccine just arrived in pharmacies and clinics nationwide. Still, a recent poll shows some older adults with high risk of severe illness appear unlikely to seek the vaccine. Interest varies widely by age group, education level, race and ethnicity, and other factors.