Elizabeth Katz

Dr. Tammy Chang of the Department of Family Medicine received a $10,000 grant from U-M's Office of the Vice President for Research to fund her project, “Implementation of Effective Food Programs to Treat and Prevent Chronic Disease," which strives to to connect people with food insecurity to the resources they need to promote health and reduce or cure chronic conditions.

The Department of Family Medicine has seen an increase in NIH grant funding for research projects in 2025, as compared to fiscal year 2024.

Lorraine R. Buis, Ph.D., MSHI, has assumed the Dr. Max and Buena Lichter Research Professorship in the Department of Family Medicine, after being selected as the associate chair for research in October 2025.

Dr. Katherine J. Gold received a $50,000 grant from the Children's Foundation to support her project of increasing vaccinations and well child exams at the Luke Clinic in Detroit

This story is an introduction to the Mixed Methods Program's new fellows, which include Megan Moran and Minji Kang.

P. Paul Chandanabhumma, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor of the Department of Family Medicine, will lead a project selected for support by the Graham Sustainability Institute's Sustainability Catalyst Grant. It will bring together researchers and community partners to co-create and test a practical educational tool for community health workers to support extreme heat preparedness and sustainable cooling strategies among people with chronic conditions.

University of Michigan researchers publish paper describing serious illness communication training in family medicine residency programs in the U.S. and the role that doctors trained in hospice and palliative care can contribute to these communications.

Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH, research professor in the Department of Family Medicine, has published a new book, "Comprehensive Integrative Oncology" with Ting Bao, MD, MS, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Pre-orders are available ahead of the January 23 publication date.

Noah Garber, MD, MDisability's second Disability Health Fellow, talks about the Grand Rounds session he has planned for January, and provides an update on what the fellowship is teaching him in regard to training to help those with disabilities.

University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine faculty and their support staff were heavily represented at the 53rd Annual NAPCRG conference. This is a wrap-up story of what they presented and how their research projects were received by participants.

Assistant Professor Kimberly McKee, Ph.D., shares her own birthing experience to underscore the importance of funding research that reduces the disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality among women, and in particular, women with disabilities including deafness and hard of hearing.

Assistant Professor Kimberly McKee has received an RO1 grant to study severe maternal morbidity and mortality in pregnant women who are deaf and hard of hearing, and will develop a toolkit to improve patient access to quality care.

University of Michigan's Department of Family Medicine will present research at the upcoming NAPCRG conference, North American's largest gathering of family medicine and primary care researchers.

MDisability program-affiliated researchers publish a paper determining whether comprehensive medication reviews could help detect polypharmacy among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in community group homes.

Family Medicine researchers, along with colleagues from Ob-Gyn, analyze social media messages regarding pain and pain management during IUD placement. Results suggest that doctors, nurse midwives and other health care providers should create interventions that could alleviate anxiety among patients that receive IUD insertion.