IHPI Director's Lecture

Friday, March 8 | 1:30–3:00 p.m. ET

Location: NCRC, Building 10, Research Auditorium and livestream

Join IHPI Director John Ayanian for a conversation with Eliseo Pérez-Stable, M.D., director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Music may bring health benefits for older adults

New results from the National Poll on Healthy Aging show that nearly all older adults say music brings them far more than just entertainment. Three-quarters of people age 50 to 80 say music helps them relieve stress or relax, and 65% say it helps their mental health or mood. Meanwhile, 60% say they get energized or motivated by music.

Michigan cardiovascular quality initiative receives national recognition

The Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2), directed by Hitinder Gurm, MBBS, FACC, professor of internal medicine, earned the 2023 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum. BMC2 received this honor for making significant improvements in reducing high-dose radiation exposure and opioid prescribing rates for patients across Michigan.

Embedding pharmacists as part of the health care team at U-M Health primary care clinics and community retail pharmacies has proven so effective in controlling blood pressure that the CDC is now replicating this model of care and expanding it to the southeastern U.S. Hae Mi Choe, Pharm.D., clinical professor of pharmacy, first developed the pharmacist-centric care model in 1999. Since then, the program has expanded to add pharmacists to U-M Health clinics and select Meijer pharmacies.

A new survey led by Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., AOCN, professor of nursing, and Marita Titler, Ph.D., M.A., R.N., FAAN, professor emerita of nursing, found that 94% percent of Michigan nurses report emotional exhaustion, with younger nurses significantly more likely to report burnout than colleagues over age 45.

A new study by James Henderson, Ph.D., assistant research scientist, and team finds that for people with obesity who receive a weight management treatment (nutrition counseling, anti-obesity medications, bariatric surgery, etc.), the odds of losing 5% of their body weight or more in just a year ranged from 23% to 93%, depending on the type of treatment. But the study also suggests that most people with obesity aren’t getting weight-related care from their usual source of health care.

16th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy

The Impact of Neighborhoods on Child Health Opportunities for Better Policy 

Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 4:00–5:30 p.m.

Location: Michigan League Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Adrianne Todman, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

This event will be recorded and shared publicly here.