June 08, 2016

Two UMHS women, including Medical School professor, among state’s “100 Most Influential”

Honorees from across the state of Michigan include leaders in business, academia, public policy and the nonprofit sector

100 Most Influential Women

Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., and Marianne Udow-Phillips, M.H.S.A., are among the 100 most influential women in Michigan, according to a recent Crain’s Detroit Business special report.

Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., and Marianne Udow-Phillips, M.H.S.A., are among the 100 most influential women in Michigan, according to a recent Crain’s Detroit Business special report. 

The honorees from across the state of Michigan include leaders in business, academia, public policy and the nonprofit sector.

Feldman, a neurologist and leading ALS researcher, is director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology. Crain’s touts her research team’s oversight of Phase 2 U.S. Food and Drug Administration trials treating ALS patients with injections of embryonic human stem cells.

Udow-Phillips directs U-M’s Center for HealthCare Research & Transformation (CHRT), a partnership between the U-M Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Crain’s highlights Udow-Phillips’ role in working with the state of Michigan and writing the winning grant for the 5-year, $110 million Michigan Primary Care Transformation demonstration project (MiPCT).

To read the full profiles of both women, or to view the full list of honorees, visit the below link.