2020: News Archive
April 07, 2020
COVID-19 response: Medical students helping to manage, inventory donated PPE items
Out of their clinical rotations and physical classrooms, students have been supporting the health system’s COVID-19 response in any way they can
April 06, 2020
U-M researchers launch a wide range of efforts to study and address coronavirus pandemic
Rapid university-wide effort now under way to identify and support opportunities to understand and stem the effects of the global COVID-19 health crisis
April 01, 2020
Thank You: Michigan Medicine Protective Gear Donation Drive (VIDEO)
This video, taken as that first week ended, ends with an indoor drone shot of staff and U-M medical students sorting and packaging the donated supplies in the huge dining hall at the North Campus Research Complex
March 31, 2020
Michigan Medicine projections show aggressive social distancing will dramatically reduce the peak number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Aggressive approach could reduce number of U-M hospitalized patients in early May by as much as 65 percent
March 30, 2020
U-M drive-up donation site will collect food for community members in addition to protective gear for health workers
Michigan Medicine partnership with Food Gatherers will help many affected financially by COVID-19 during an unprecedented time of demand
March 30, 2020
‘Our experience will be helpful’: Colleagues in China share their COVID-19 advice with Michigan Medicine leaders
Physicians in China have seen firsthand America’s coronavirus future, and some of them recently reached out to Michigan Medicine leaders to help
March 26, 2020
Christopher K. Bichakjian, M.D., appointed chair of Department of Dermatology
A professor of dermatology with a special interest in Merkel cell carcinoma, he has served as interim chair since November 2018
March 25, 2020
Feeling helpless because of coronavirus? Here are 11 things you can do
Ways to help yourself and others in your community who may be hit hardest by COVID-19 and cancellations
March 20, 2020
‘A whirlwind few days’ — COVID-19 finds students home early from international rotations
As the novel coronavirus spreads, a University of Michigan moratorium on travel is causing students to change or cut short their global health plans
March 20, 2020
Senior medical students reveal their residency destinations — in a different way
After years of hard work, our graduating students learn what’s ahead through a virtual Match Day
March 20, 2020
150 years of medicine at Michigan — Stopping contagion with science: A look back
Even before scientists understood what caused them, or developed drugs or vaccines for them, U-M offered advanced care for infectious diseases
March 20, 2020
U-M asks community to donate gear to protect health care workers and patients from COVID-19
Drop-off donation site open daily starting Saturday, March 21 at the North Campus Research Complex, at corner of Huron Parkway and Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor
March 19, 2020
COVID-19: Out of classrooms and clinical rotations, medical students eager to serve the community
An internal Google doc circulating among students shows an extensive list of student-driven community projects including blood donation drives, free babysitting services for frontline care providers, and much more
March 17, 2020
Medical School strong in 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate School rankings
UMMS is the No. 5 institution for primary care training and No. 15 nationally among research medical schools; both rankings are up one spot from last year
March 12, 2020
Medical School partners with Michigan Medicine, campus to share information on COVID-19
Click for a list of campus and Michigan Medicine websites and resources available to learn more about how we are responding to the pandemic
March 10, 2020
Hail to the handwashers! A musical guide to handwashing (with video)
Fight off disease using our fight song — here is a quick, musical hand washing guide for fans of U-M, and anyone else
March 09, 2020
Leaders and Best: Milestones in the history of women in medicine at Michigan
From the first women admitted alongside men at a major medical school, to the training ground for the first female Surgeon General
March 06, 2020
UMMS assistant dean for admissions, first-year student featured in AAMC article, “Med school after 40”
Older medical students arrive with different motivations, advantages, and challenges than their younger classmates; they reflect on why and how they took on those challenges
March 06, 2020
Three Michigan Medicine residents featured on TODAY Show for International Women's Day
Shannon Fayson, M.D., Arielle Kanters, M.D., and Sarah Shubeck, M.D., were featured for their roles as surgeons and moms
February 19, 2020
Former surgeon general Regina Benjamin, M.D., MBA, to serve as 2020 Commencement speaker
She will participate in virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 on May 15
February 18, 2020
Student project aims to bolster first responder services in Africa
LFR International has trained thousands of motorcycle taxi operators basic first-responder skills across parts of Uganda, Chad, Guatemala, and Sierra Leone
February 17, 2020
Obituary: Longtime Surgery chair and transplant pioneer Jeremiah G. Turcotte, M.D.
An iconic figure in surgery at Michigan for decades, he cared for thousands of patients and helped train generations of surgeons
February 13, 2020
Pioneers and pathbreakers: Black History milestones at Michigan Medicine
William Henry Fitzbutler, M.D. (top left), the first African-American man to graduate from the Medical School, is among those featured
January 20, 2020
Two Distinguished University Professors from Medical School to present lectures Jan. 28
John M. Carethers, M.D., will discuss “Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair” and Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., will present “Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses”
January 15, 2020