Urban Health

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.

Enrique Neblett appointed director of the Detroit URC

U-M Social Work and Public Health professor Katrina Ellis appointed associate director

Neblett, a professor of Health Behavior & Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, begins his appointment as director of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center on September 1.

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.

Housing crisis in Michigan: Report explores who owns, rents, has no home; examines racial gaps

The burgeoning housing crisis affecting Michigan and much of the nation is addressed in a new report by the University of Michigan in partnership with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

No ride, no health care: new project provides 'mobility wallets' to get residents to medical appointments

Lu Wang to serve as co-principal investigator on the project

Two University of Michigan researchers are part of a community-based research project to get Detroit- and Dallas-area residents to doctors’ appointments, pharmacies and other health care services that often are skipped or inaccessible due to a lack of transportation.

Honk honk! Can noise cameras reduce 'potentially fatal' sound pollution?

Rick Neitzel quoted in The Guardian

As noise detectors are installed in a rich neighborhood of Manhattan, experts worry they will punish people of color.