Craig McCool
As communications manager for Global REACH at the University of Michigan Medical School, McCool shares stories about U-M students and faculty involved in international global health work. He is also the copy editor of the national Journal of Healthcare Administration Education. Prior to joining U-M, Craig was a communications manager at MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas and has an extensive background in both newspapers and corporate communications.
Medical School News
Student experience in Brazil combines clinical insights, genetics research
A UMMS student is spending much of this year in Brazil for an experience that combines clinical observation with genetics research.
Medical School News
UMMS student travel abroad back to pre-COVID levels
After four years of travel restrictions due, 2024 saw international educational opportunities return to pre-pandemic levels, with more students traveling than at any time since 2016.
Medical School News
Partners visit UMMS to learn US approach to medical education
Two dozen physicians and leaders from China spent much of October at Michigan Medicine in an immersive training program.
Department News
Fogarty project explores connections between social behaviors, HIV prevention in Peru
A UMMS student is the recipient of NIH-funded Fogarty Fellowship to conduct HIV/AIDS research in Peru.
Medical School News
UMMS welcomes a Vice Chair for Global Surgery
Robin Petroze looks to leverage her partnerships in Rwanda and beyond to expand global health opportunities in her department
Department News
Computers and Cardiology: UMMS, PKUHSC researchers exploring better ways to diagnose heart failure
A research team from Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC) was recently in Ann Arbor to advance a collaboration putting computers to work identifying different kinds of heart failure.
Department News
'A very valuable opportunity': Students complete research training program
Eight medical students are headed home to China with newly honed research skills after spending two years in the labs of Michigan Medicine mentors.
Medical School News
Crash course: Student-led lay-first responder training scales up in Africa
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.
Health Lab
Long in decline, maternal mortality rate trends have stalled in recent years
After decades of falling global maternal mortality rates, has the momentum evaporated? A new WHO report suggests just that, and Michigan Medicine researchers are urging their peers not to take their collective eye off the ball.
Health Lab
Pop-Up Eye Clinic in a Shipping Container Targets Underserved Communities
U-M researchers have designed an eye clinic in a shipping container. See how the ophthalmology container clinic is helping underserved regions with eye care.
