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Gender disparities in heat wave mortality in India

Researchers investigate how extreme temperatures affect men and women differently, highlighting greater risks for women due to social and physiological factors

Are heat waves more deadly for women? This question initiated a study analyzing how extreme temperatures affect mortality differently for men and women, focusing on India.

Veera Baladandayuthapani named chair of Department of Biostatistics at Michigan Public Health

Veera Baladandayuthapani has been named chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, nationally recognized as one of the top biostatistics programs in the US.

SCOTUS to decide if domestic abusers can own guns

Commentary from Michigan Public Health researcher and professor April Zeoli

The University of Michigan's April Zeoli, one of the nation's leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's impending decision on United States v. Rahimi, a ruling that will either nullify or preserve laws that allow courts to grant restraining orders that prevent domestic abusers from possessing a firearm.

Roshanak Mehdipanah attends Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria meeting in Washington, D.C.

Michigan Public Health professor Roshanak Mehdipanah was recently in Washington, D.C., to speak on a panel for a Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) meeting.

University of Michigan receives $6.7M grant to study flu immunity in children

Aubree Gordon, professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health, has been awarded a $6.7 million five-year grant to advance her innovative research into influenza immunity development among children.

New AI-powered statistics method has potential to improve tissue and disease research

Research team hopeful that the method, called IRIS, can provide more detailed information for precision health treatment plans and health outcomes.

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Brown University have developed a new computational method, IRIS, to analyze complex tissue data which could transform our current understanding of diseases and how we treat them.