There are many intriguing aspects to the honor of a faculty member holding a named professorship in the University of Michigan Medical School: the excitement of receiving one of the highest honors the U-M can bestow on a faculty member; an understanding of the rich history of the person(s) for whom their professorship is named; and the flexibility of what the professorship allows the holders to do during their career. On April 1, the Medical School hosted a celebration of faculty who were appointed to named professorships in 2023.

Six members of the University of Michigan community were inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as Distinguished Fellows in a ceremony held on March 16, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the Annual NAP Meeting and Forum. The group includes faculty and clinicians from the University of Michigan, University of Michigan-Flint and Michigan Medicine.

Two medical students from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi are the first from that institution to visit UMMS for clerkship rotations.

A group of medical students involved in the UMMS Medicine in Spanish elective recently returned from Peru where they engaged in both clinical work and research.

Global REACH is pleased to announce the latest award recipients as well as a new call for proposals open to faculty interested in developing new collaborations abroad.

The Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) in the Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) extends congratulations to two graduate students from the 3D and Innovations (3DI) lab. Ritika Pansare and Raj Patel will be in Chicago later this week to give oral presentations on novel products at the American College of Surgeons' 17th Annual Surgical Simulation Summit.

On Feb. 28, the Medical School hosted the second annual Celebration of Women in Academic Medicine.

A visiting medical student from China has garnered an American Heart Association (AHA) fellowship to support his research.

A new hybrid training model developed with University support is helping to mitigate road traffic injuries in parts of Africa. Since launching LFR International several years ago, UMMS M3 Zach Eisner and former student Peter Delaney have trained thousands of first responders in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and other countries with limited emergency medical response services.

A new hybrid training model developed with U-M support is helping to mitigate road traffic injuries in parts of Africa.

A partner institution in Brazil is seeking student participants for its annual Winter Schools immersive education program.

Known as the Health Equity Literature Archive, Chelsea Fisk’s goal was to cultivate empathy and understanding for people from different backgrounds and diverse identities by providing employees with access to diverse literature. The innovative pilot led by clinical researcher Chelsea Fisk served as a form of DEI education that was free to use, self-paced and barrier-free.

Nitin B. Jain, M.B.B.S., M.S.P.H., has been appointed chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the James W. Rae Collegiate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a professor of orthopaedic surgery in the Medical School, effective February 12, 2024. The provost provided interim approval of this appointment, and it will be reported at the February Board of Regents meeting.

Ophthalmologist and comedian William E. Flanary, M.D., will deliver the 2024 Medical School Commencement address. The ceremony will be 4-6 p.m. on May 10 in Hill Auditorium.

Global REACH faculty network members published a record 384 scientific papers with foreign co-authors in 2022-23, according to data compiled throughout the academic year.