On the Heights: November 2025
November highlights include a National Academies leadership role, new research on AI adoption in healthcare and youth mental health reporting systems, faculty testimony on medical debt relief, and a new podcast series.
Sharon Kardia
$17.5M in CDC funding establishes the Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling (MICOM)
The University of Michigan School of Public Health is among 13 institutions that will receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of a network of centers focused on predicting and preparing for future disease outbreaks.
TOPMed: Analyzing Human Genomes to Understand Mutations, Human Evolution
What kind of questions would you ask if you had access to the full DNA makeup of tens of thousands of people? Would you look for disease-causing mutations? Would you be curious about how modern humans are related?
How a COVID-19 App Built at U-M Is Helping Businesses Stay Open
A COVID-19 symptom checklist web app developed at the University of Michigan is helping more than 2,500 employers, including small businesses, in Michigan meet state requirements to screen employees before they enter the workplace each day.
Web App, Dashboard From University of Michigan to Inform Michiganders' Return to Work
University of Michigan faculty, staff, alumni and students have developed online tools designed to help local and state officials reopen the economy safely and gradually while allowing them to quickly identify and respond to potential coronavirus hot spots and outbreaks.
Michigan Public Health Professor Joins Michigan Governor to Announce New Coronavirus Dashboard
During Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s press briefing on May 26, 2020, University of Michigan School of Public Health professor Emily Martin was invited to discuss a new way for residents of the state of Michigan to view up-to-date data on the coronavirus pandemic.