Michigan Medicine and the China Medical Board are expanding collaborations with a new program that aims to give early-career US postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to train in China. Applications are now open for the inaugural cohort of fellows.

The trip provided Global REACH leaders the opportunity to strengthen relationships with multiple institutions, as well as build new partnerships.

Dee E. Fenner, M.D., is being recognized by the Medical School as the 2024 recipient of the Karin Muraszko, MD, Advancing Women in Academic Medicine Award. Fenner, who has served since 2018 as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children, will be honored at the second annual Celebration of Women in Academic Medicine at 2 p.m. February 28, 2024, at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Auditorium in the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building.

Six visiting medical students from China are the most recent to complete an extensive research training program at Michigan Medicine.

Global REACH support helped a medical student deepen a longstanding relationship with a rural health clinic in Peru.

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly becoming a regular part of medical professionals’ toolkits. Machine learning, a type of AI that involves training computers with data to perform dedicated tasks, such as disease diagnosis, has been applied across the entire health care spectrum. Recent ML algorithms have demonstrated equal or better performance than clinicians in fields like dermatology, radiology and ophthalmology.

Funded by a Partnership Development Grant, a new collaboration in Turkey hopes to advance genetic research into rare childhood eye diseases.

Leaders from China’s Central South University traveled to Ann Arbor recently for a series of meetings aimed at bolstering collaboration between the two institutions.

For faculty new to the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS), there is a lot to learn and experience during the first year.

Their three-week visit helped set the stage for a collaboration to bolster genetic testing services in the region.

Two Ghanaian medical students observing in the Women’s Hospital Birth Center are the first from Africa to visit Michigan Medicine since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two visiting physician researchers from China are the first participants of a new program intended to bolster scholarly exchange between Michigan Medicine and Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC).

Patrick M. Carter, MD, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, or the NAM, which is one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

Global REACH this month is accepting applications for Woll Scholarships supporting student international electives in low- and middle-income country settings.

Each July, Brazil's most prestigious medical school hosts students from around the globe for a two-week program that combines classroom and clinical experiences.