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No one looks forward to that first colonoscopy, but this glimpse into the gut is one of the most powerful existing weapons against colon cancer. Yet current protocol for when to start checking for the disease may be too late for many men and may put many women through an expensive and unnecessary ordeal, according to a new study led by Jihyoun Jeon in the Department of Epidemiology.
More than 20 percent of transgender women are currently living with HIV, and transgender women are nearly 50 times more likely to contract HIV than cisgender individuals. A research team led by Kristi Gamarel, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, is working to address this health inequity.
Many students at Michigan Public Health are the first in their family to attend college. Across the school, these students model the resilience and dedication needed to approach some of public health’s biggest challenges.
Tiffany Veinot sees great potential for technology to improve the health of populations everywhere. As director of the University of Michigan’s Master of Health Informatics program, a partnership of the School of Public Health, the School of Information, and the School of Medicine’s Department of Learning Health Sciences, Veinot leads a cross-campus educational initiative bringing technology to bear on human health outcomes.
Efforts to beautify vacant lots in the city of Flint have made neighborhoods more appealing but have also reduced assaults and violent crime by 40 percent, according to a new study led by Justin Heinze, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education.
The School of Public Health will house a new, multi-institutional center focusing on modeling and predicting the impact of tobacco regulation, funded with an $18 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.