Find out the benefits of getting a flu shot and the Tdap vaccine during your third trimester of pregnancy, including how these vaccines help protect your unborn baby.

Intramural sports have been a big part of my time at Michigan. In the fall of my sophomore year as an undergrad here, I joined the IM soccer team of a friend whom I had met at my summer job. Now, I ha...

I spent this past summer developing an extracurricular course for Spanish-speaking students interested in practicing and improving their medical Spanish. The Advanced Medical Spanish Discussion Course...

I was born on September 11, so for many reasons, I tend to like a quieter birthday celebration. And since my birthday happened to fall on the Monday before our Foundations of Molecular Medicine exam, ...

How two Michigan sports fans — a patient and a cancer researcher at U-M — are working together this football season to support melanoma research.

The undergraduates have descended upon Ann Arbor – squirrels are being happily fed and newcomers are flummoxed by the Michigan left and one-way streets. But the students' return has heralded the ...

Hi everyone, thanks for reading about my new adventure! I am an M4 student currently on leave from the medical school to pursue one of the many dual degree opportunities available at the University of...

This summer I began medical school and started, once again, a search for friends and a community. I've moved three times in the last three years – from college in Rhode Island to an exploratory y...

With haikus by fellow M1 Alec Bernard.

Congratulations to the newly white-coated M1s and welcome to the Michigan Medicine family! As you're settling into your favorite seat (whether located in a lecture hall, computer lab, or on your couch...

Throughout medical school, you always hear about the M4 life where we are able to choose our electives and there are few hard-and-fast requirements. One of those few requirements, however, is a sub-in...

An impromptu lesson in the finer details of suturing at the end of a case brought back memories of childhood violin lessons in which my violin teacher would explain the finer mechanisms of producing a...

Migrant field in southeast Michigan

It takes a tomato seed about a week to germinate, seven weeks to be ready for transplant, and about two months after that to have harvestable fruit. By the metrics of the academic year's calendar, tha...