Elizabeth Katz
Katz is a science communicator within the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. She supports the promotion of various department-based research programs, including MDisability, MyVoice, MYHealth AREP, and U-M's Mixed Methods Program, as well as individual researchers’ work. Katz holds a master’s degree in public relations.
Department News
Challenging birthing experiences drive Dr. Kimberly McKee to specialize in perinatal healthcare for all
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.
Department News
Dr. Kimberly McKee receives RO1 award to study severe maternal morbidity in pregnant women who are deaf 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.
Department News
U-M Family Medicine faculty head to NAPCRG for annual meeting
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.
Department News
MDisability researchers study efficacy of comprehensive medication reviews for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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.
Department News
Researchers publish paper on social media descriptions of experiences with pain during IUD placement
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.
Department News
Asst. Professor Tyler G. James amps up his research knowledge with MEL-STaR training program
Tyler G. James, Ph.D., MCHES, has been accepted into the MEL-STaR program, through the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. He plans to use the health informatics methods training for application in his study of CHARGE Syndrome.
Department News
MDisability continues to engage with the local and greater metro Detroit community
MDisability continues to participate in community events, both past and in the future. This story details the program's activities.
Department News
MDisability summer interns present disability-related work to Family Medicine researchers
MDisability summer interns present their final projects to Family Medicine research faculty.
Department News
Noah Garber, MD, selected as the new MDisability Disability Health Fellow for 2025-2026
MDisability has selected Noah Garber, MD, as its new Disability Health Fellow
Department News
U-M Medical School student Caleb Ernst explores career paths with MDisability training
University of Michigan Medical School student Caleb R.D. Ernst explores his medical career options by participating in MDisability's Disability Health Elective.
Department News
Family Medicine researchers publish study findings that examined patients’ perspectives on newborn drug testing
University of Michigan Dept. of Family Medicine researchers publish a paper describing the perceptions and opinions of people who have recently given birth about newborn drug testing.
Department News
Mixed Methods Program update: Introducing the research analyst team
The Mixed Methods Program within the Department of Family Medicine introduces its qualitative analyst team.
Health Lab
Researchers develop enhanced communication framework for cancer clinics
Researchers have proposed an enhanced model of communication focusing not only on what is said in the clinic, but also nonverbal communication of the doctor and how doctors in turn interpret patients’ nonverbal cues.
Health Lab
Gaps seen in stillbirth bereavement care among U.S. hospitals
American hospitals vary greatly in what they offer to birthing parents when a stillbirth occurs during labor or delivery.
Health Lab
Mental health, substance abuse treatment facilities don't provide communication access to Deaf, Hard of Hearing patients
These services, researchers found, were largely inaccessible to people who use sign language, discriminating against already ‘severely marginalized’ population in the United States.
