Explore IHPI's "Year in Review"

Discover how our Institute is addressing the most challenging issues in health and healthcare through collaborative and creative problem-solving.

Coming up: Gearhardt to testify on addictive food research before Senate committee

On Thursday, Dec.14, Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.S., professor of psychology, will testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee in a hearing about factors contributing to and options to address the rising obesity and diabetes rates in the U.S.

Ellimoottil testifies before Senate subcommittee about telehealth research

Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S., associate professor of urology, testified before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care about the urgent need for continued telehealth access for people with Medicare. 

Expert Q&A: Nursing homes hardest hit by health care employment declines

Employment at nursing homes is 10.5% below pre-pandemic levels compared to 3.3% for hospitals and 1.6% for physician offices, according to a study by Thuy Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.A., research assistant professor of public health and colleagues.

Health plays a role in older adults’ vulnerability to scams, poll suggests

Three out of every four older adults say they have experienced a fraud attempt by phone, text, email, mail or online in the last two years, according to a new National Poll on Healthy Aging. Three in ten say they’ve been victims of at least one scam. 

Focusing on the ‘tripledemic’ of RSV, influenza and COVID-19 infections that occurred last year, results from a new study underscore the importance of all types of hospital emergency departments being prepared to care for sick children. The analysis, conducted by IHPI national clinician scholar Alexander Janke, M.D., M.H.S., and colleagues, shows that pediatric viral and respiratory emergency visits shot up 72% during the tripledemic from September to December 2022, and were 16% higher than the same period in 2021.

Domestic violence protective orders are associated with reductions in intimate partner homicides, and therefore serve as a critical tool for protecting victims and survivors, according to a federal policy review by a U-M team including April Zeoli, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of public health.