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Researchers study epigenetic changes with PFAS exposure in mother-infant pairs

New research from Michigan Public Health

A team of University of Michigan researchers from the School of Public Health DoGoodS-Pi Environmental Epigenetics Lab and Michigan Medicine are working to understand how behaviors and environments during pregnancy can cause changes to the way genes work in offspring. This emerging field is known as toxicoepigenetics.

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the US Surgeon General, addressed the University of Michigan School of Public Health graduating Class of 2023 during commencement April 27 at Hill Auditorium. “The world needs you more than ever,” Murthy told the graduates.

US Surgeon General addresses Michigan Public Health Class of 2023

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy tells graduates: ‘The world needs you more than ever’

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the US Surgeon General, addressed the University of Michigan School of Public Health graduating Class of 2023 during commencement April 27 at Hill Auditorium. “The world needs you more than ever,” Murthy told the graduates.

An overhead view of a suburb.

Without Affordable, Accessible, and Adequate Housing, Health Has No Foundation

New paper from Roshanak Mehdipanah

Housing insecurity—which encompasses the dimensions of housing unaffordability, inaccessibility, and inadequacy—is a major public health issue. Roshanak Mehdipanah, associate professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, examines housing insecurity in this paper published in The Milbank Quarterly.