PhD student Mason Myers of the Zhang lab at U-M Medical School is a lead author of "Exploiting activation and inactivation mechanisms in type I-C CRISPR-Cas3 for genome-editing applications."

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, wow, that's a mouthful, more commonly known as the HITECH Act, spent billions to promote the uptake of electronic health records by US hospitals. Fast forward more than a decade later, and now approximately four out of five healthcare institutions have electronic health record systems in place that integrate clinical notes, test results, medications, diagnostic images, et cetera. The adoption of EHR systems into healthcare introduces new and exciting opportunities to extract information that can be used to augment other types of data for research. As you might imagine though, it can be tricky to pull out meaningful information from the text of clinical notes. In this episode, we'll speak with a University of Michigan researcher, Dr. Vinod Vydiswaran, who's been developing methods to identify dementia from EHR data.

Congratulations and best wishes to Audrey Seasholtz, PhD, Professor Emerita of Biological Chemistry and Research Professor Emerita, Michigan Neuroscience Institute.

U-M Medical School researchers Ryan Baldridge, PhD, and Billy Tsai, PhD, are recipients of a $1.3 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation.

Post-traumatic stress worse among Mexican American caregivers compared to white caregivers.

Experience gave him a new appreciation for interprofessional patient care

The device would be the first clinical-grade, diagnostic wrist-worn device for long term Afib monitoring. Visit Health Lab to read the full story.

University of Michigan Health recognized as a 2023 Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital

Xin Li and Jiaqian Li in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the U-M Medical School have received Rackham International Student Fellowships for 2023–24.

Biological Chemistry PhD student Natalia Ubilla-Rodriguez shares her research with the general public as a Science Communication Fellow of the U-M Museum of Natural History.

A physician invents a creative approach for medical students in diabetic care.

Evidence can help inform fertility care for transgender and gender diverse people who wish to become parents. Visit Health Lab to read the full story

Distinguished U-M neuroscientist Huda Akil, Ph.D., has received the nation’s highest scientific honor – the National Medal of Science -- for her contributions to science and their impact on humankind’s understanding of depression, anxiety, addiction and more.

For faculty new to the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS), there is a lot to learn and experience during the first year.

The tool, which is free to use, includes photography, videography and virtual reality learning resources from anatomical donors, along with comprehensive lab manuals and interactive files with click-to-reveal testing capabilities.