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U-M researcher receives $6.5M grant to target cancer stem cells
What would you do if you had the money? For Max S. Wicha, M.D., the answer was clear. And now the National Cancer Institute has given him the money. Wicha has received…
U-M researcher receives $6.5M grant to target cancer stem cells
What would you do if you had the money? For Max S. Wicha, M.D., the answer was clear. And now the National Cancer Institute has given him the money. Wicha has received…
TONIGHT: CNN’s Sanjay Gupta features Dr. Muraszko in special segment
When CNN’s chief medical correspondent had to think of the person who changed his life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta came up with two: his mother and Dr. Karin Muraszko, U-M’s chair of…
Pediatric Palliative Care celebrates 10 years of service
Imagine a shortened life lived to the fullest…. At U-M’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, the Pediatric Palliative Care Program has a mission to advocate for the best possible quality of life…
Saving lives at 2,000 feet: Meet a U-M Survival Flight Nurse
Elaine Philipson was afraid of heights before she became a Survival Flight Nurse at the U-M Health System. Now she works in jets and helicopters daily, helping patients while flying through…
CHRT, IHPI members share Michigan’s Medicaid expansion experience
How did Michigan become one of just six states with a fully Republican-led state government to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act? Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation…
National vaccine expert, Dr. Rockwell, blogs on improving vaccine rates
In a recent blog post for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), Pamela G. Rockwell, D.O., assistant professor, discusses the declining vaccine rates in the U.S. and ways that family medicine or…
Ethical and Legal Issues in Mental Health (Aug. 26)
Please join us for a lively discussion of medical ethics. This month's grand rounds features Michael Jibson, M.D., professor of psychiatry.The Bioethics Grand Rounds is sponsored by the UMHS Adult and Pediatric…
From biology to roller derby, Megan Foldenauer documents interests through art
Megan Foldenauer, Ph.D., a certified medical illustrator in U-M’s Department of Neurosurgery, was recently featured in a Local 4 News segment to explain why hand-drawn medical images are still so relevant.…