Department of Family Medicine

Department of Family Medicine researchers examined how often clinicians talked to women about cannabis use during pregnancy and breastfeeding, finding that they brought up the topic of cannabis use more often with Black expectant moms than white moms.

A patient, his doctor and other experts warn of dangers of 7-OH, which is touted as a derivative of kratom and is widely available, but packs far more opioid danger.

A gift from Shipt supports Michigan Medicine's Tammy Chang, M.D., MPH, in developing Nutrition Value Pathways to expand access to Food is Medicine programs and help address food insecurity.

U-M Department of Family Medicine faculty, residents and students participated in the recent Michigan Family Medicine Research Day. The event features oral and poster presentions of emerging work that come out of the primary care and family medicine research field.

In this episode of UMich Med Mosaic, host Mackenzie Kay speaks with MD students Josh Chen and Gabriel Culian about what it feels like to step onto the hospital wards for the first time. They reflect on their earliest patient encounters, the transition from standardized patients to real clinical settings, and the role medical students play in building trust, explaining care plans and supporting patients and families. They also discuss witnessing serious illness, grief and life-changing conversations, while exploring how early clinical experiences shape confidence, empathy and the kind of physicians they hope to become.

MDisability's Disability Health Elective is expanding to four weeks beginning in June.