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March 27, 2018

Luke Shaefer Featured on Michigan Radio

Professor H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., was featured on Michigan Radio for his Poverty Solutions program.

March 27, 2018

Gilbert Whitaker Fund Grant Recipients

Professor Barry Checkoway, Adjunct Lecturer Joe Galura, Professor Larry Gant, Postdoctoral fellow Odessa Gonzalez-Benson, Professor Lorraine Gutierrez, Postdoctoral fellow Shanna K. Kattari, Associate Professor Beth Reed, Assistant Professor Katie Richards-Schuster,  Lecturer William Vanderwill and...

March 27, 2018

Edie Kieffer Co-Authors Policy Briefs

Professor Edith C. Kieffer, MPH, Ph.D., co-authored two policy briefs "Advancing the Profession and Sustainability of Community Health Workers" and "Revisioning the Care Delivery Team: The Role of CHWs within State Innovation Models" that were published by the Center for Healthcare Research and...

March 27, 2018

Edie Kieffer Appointed Co-investigator on CMS Award

Professor Edith C. Kieffer, MPH, Ph.D., is a co-investigator on an award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services for ​the evaluation of the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP), Michigan's Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable...

March 27, 2018

Shanna Kattari Conducted Talk at the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters

Postdoctoral Fellow Shanna Kattari conducted a talk at the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters called "Death by a Thousand Papercuts: Understanding and Engaging Microaggressions" as part of their International Curious Minds lecture series, and also spoke with their Chief Diversity Officer about...

March 27, 2018

Edie Kieffer Leading Quality Improvement Project

Professor Edith C. Kieffer, MPH, Ph.D., is leading a quality improvement project conducted with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Department of Corrections and the University of Michigan's Child Health Evaluation and Research Center. It will generate information...

March 14, 2018

Social Justice in Social Work Research PhD Poster Award Recipients

Kathryn Berringer, Alex Lu (MSW student) and Joyce Y. Lee received the Doctoral Poster Awards at the School of Social Work's Social Justice in Social Work Research Symposium. Berringer was awarded for her poster, "Examining Drivers of Health Inequities in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)...

March 11, 2018

John E. Tropman Featured in The Harvard Crimson

Professor John E. Tropman was referenced in The Harvard Crimson’s article on Harvard's President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow.

March 11, 2018

Joe Ryan Featured as Panelist for the Celebrating University of Michigan Faculty Impact, Now and Future Program

Associate Professor Joe Ryan was a panelist for the Celebrating University of Michigan Faculty Impact, Now and Future program. The panel was moderated by President Mark Schlissel and discussed how faculty leverage their research to inform social change.

March 11, 2018

Taha Rauf Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship

Taha Rauf was selected to receive a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.  The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing. They support students working on dissertations that are unusually...