Accolades and Milestones
Steven M. Donn, MD, FAAP named Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care
Steven M. Donn, MD, FAAP, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, was named a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care in recognition of significant and prominent leadership,…
March is National Social Work Month
Each year, the month of March is dedicated to celebrating and honoring the work that social workers across the country are doing each and every day. Michigan Medicine is home to…
Celebrating Pharmacy’s Quality Efforts in Quality Month
The Michigan Medicine Quality month was held in October and Pharmacy was well represented, reflecting the quality effort pharmacy provides for our patients and stakeholders on a daily basis. Quality Month poster submission require implementation of a process improvement effort that has completed at least one “Plan-Do-Check-Adjust” (PDCA) cycle. Criteria included: measureable assessment of the outcomes of experiments connections between improvement objectives and organizational goals of Optimizing Quality & Safety in Patient Care, Leading in Value Creation, Enhancing the Patient Experience, Developing Our Employees, Improving Financial Performance, and Improving Diversity & Inclusion clear relationship between root cause and countermeasures. …
U-M’s Omenn and Darling make gift to bolster trust in scientific innovation
Preeminent science researcher and science policy expert Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., and national nonprofit leader Martha A. Darling have made a major gift supporting “trusted and trustworthy scientific innovation” at The Hastings Center, the pioneering ethics research center. “Dr. Omenn and Ms. Darling understand that trust in science is a two-way street,” said Mildred Z. Solomon, the Center’s president. “On the one hand, science must be worthy of our trust, meaning that it is evidence-based and aims to benefit all of us. On the other hand, the public must be encouraged to trust and utilize trustworthy science. Distrust of science…
Congratulations February Service Milestone Recipients
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of February. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 45 Years…
Dr. Eric Bates Wins 2021 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Teacher Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Bates on winning this year's 2021 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Teacher Award! ACC's list of 2021 Distinguished Awardees represents a diverse group of individuals from…
Four to receive Sarah Goddard Power awards from AWC
Professors Isis Settles of LSA and Dawn M. Tilbury of the College of Engineering will receive the 2021 Sarah Goddard Power Award, and the Sarah Goddard Power Distinguished Service Award will go to Sonya Jacobs, U-M’s chief organizational learning officer, and Ellen Judge-Gonzalez, director of UM-Dearborn’s SOAR program. The School of Information will be recognized with the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award. The awards, given by the Academic Women’s Caucus, will be presented virtually from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 10. Named after the late University of Michigan Regent Sarah Goddard Power, those awards recognize individuals who have made…
U-M researchers win grand prize in American Heart Association COVID-19 data challenge
A research team from across the University of Michigan has been named the grand prize winner in the American Heart Association COVID-19 data challenge. Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., an interventional cardiologist and a professor at the Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center, and Ji Zhu, Ph.D., a professor of statistics and associate chair of the department, led the winning team’s analysis of national data for risk factors of COVID-19 infection. Nallamothu and Zhu are both members of the Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) – a “big data” analytics group sponsored by the U-M Department of Internal Medicine…
Congratulations January Service Milestone Recipients
January 2021 Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of January. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients.…