Assistant Professor John Prensner of the Departments of Pediatrics and Biological Chemistry at U-M Medical School is the recipient of a V Scholar Award.

Many parents worry about their children’s friendships, according to a national poll, with one in five saying their child ages six to 12 has no friends or not enough friends.

Access to mental health care has lagged even as diagnoses have risen; new federal rules aim to increase insurance coverage of care.

Adults, especially people over 65, should get immunized against COVID-19, flu and other infections, to prevent fall and winter illness, hospitalization and worse

Biological Chemistry PhD student Cara Loomis of the Scott lab defends her doctoral dissertation.

Sarah Hartley, MD, MHPE, is a clinical professor of internal medicine and associate residency program director at the University of Michigan Medical School.

A study from the Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative, also known as Mi-CHEC, found substantial errors across the three health systems in racial and ethnic designations in their electronic medical records. 

Poll shows two thirds of parents want their healthcare provider to suggest ways to prevent their child from developing a health problem that runs in the family

An $18 million National Science Foundation grant will establish a new center to bring computer science, infectious disease, engineering, and the arts together to predict and prevent global pandemics

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Trainee Awards!

A multidisciplinary team of U-M researchers has been awarded a $500,000 grant to study cystic fibrosis in children and adults.

Medical students turn triathlon into fundraiser for children's hospital annual trip to El Salvador, where doctors and nurses work with congenital heart patients

Parents received an average of almost 300 mobile notifications per day between 2020-2021, a small Michigan Medicine study suggests. And when those buzzing pings – whether from work emails, messages or other apps – prompted parents to pick up their phones, they experienced greater daily parental stress.