From toddlers to teens, young people process news of a parent’s cancer diagnosis differently. Learn how perceptions evolve over time — and strategies for conversation.

The word "scientist" often evokes thoughts of lab coats, mice, and untamed hairdos. Although there is some truth to those images, they don't tell the entire story. For people who don't interact with r...

One goal of our outreach efforts is to spread the knowledge of genetics across the globe to reach diverse and under-served populations. To this end, the Department of Human Genetics partners with programs such as the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa(link is external)) Initiative.

I am sitting in an airport. I seem to be doing this a lot lately. Residency interview season is now in full swing; I'm in the middle of my scheduled interviews. Traveling around the country has been a...

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I did not intend to do a double gap year, but when I realized my original plan was not going to occur, I quickly reshuffled my priorities and redirected all of my efforts.

I think it can go without saying that it's been a while since my last post. I promise that it has been a very busy time in the life of every M4. Since the last time I wrote, I completed several rotati...

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Well, fall appears to have arrived for good at the moment. Although it is Michigan, which means that 80-degree temperatures in October are not out of the question. Either way, it means that classes ar...

A Michigan Medicine breast oncologist offers advice to help newly diagnosed patients navigate the early days of evaluation and developing a treatment plan.

About a month ago, I attended a lunchtime lecture in which the speaker mentioned that a study found the majority of physicians believe their profession is a "calling." While this figure didn't entirel...

Recently adjusted prostate cancer treatment guidelines based on new prostate research could affect two-thirds of men

My research year is absolutely flying by. I've accomplished so many things already: submitted two abstracts to a symposium and helped get a case study published, made major progress on my primary proj...

As a clinical student, sometimes the days are long but the weeks and months seem to just zip by. It is hard to believe that it is already fall, and harder still because we had a 80-degree day here in ...

On Saturday, September 30, we helped organize and participated in the annual health fair put on by the United Asian American Medical Student Association (UAAMSA) for the medically underserved Asian-Am...