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After losing two daughters in a car crash, Michigan Public Health alumna Marianne Karth has devoted her life to advocating for safety measures that would prevent a similar tragedy from happening to anyone else.
Lack of funding and other legislative obstacles have stifled research on the public health effects of gun violence. To help combat that trend, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is making its published firearms research freely accessible to readers.
After spending Thanksgiving quarantined due to a suspected case of the measles, one student seriously reconsidered her career path in epidemiology. Read about her experience and how it relates to the issue of trust in public health.
Recent findings published in the Journal of Traumatology indicate that immigration raids are highly traumatic for those involved, and individuals exposed to such raids may meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD or express complex PTSD symptoms.
With the growing fear of arrest and deportation under the Trump administration, many members of immigrant communities don’t feel able to seek health care. University of Michigan researchers are exploring this phenomenon, called the “chilling effect.”
The opioid crisis has reached epidemic levels in Michigan, with opioid-related incidents causing more deaths than motor vehicle crashes. Connecting Michigan Public Health research to policy decisions made every day in Michigan and around the country is an important way our knowledge can benefit others immediately and positively.