April College News Headlines

April 29, 2022

College & Faculty

In an op-ed on NPR, Maji Hailemariam, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, discusses overcoming wartime trauma.
Stacey Pylman, PhD, assistant professor in OMERAD, was a recipient of the 2022 M. Brownell Anderson Award from the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs.
The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute (GRAAHI) presented Wanda Lipscomb, PhD, senior associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, with an Equity Champion Award.
Andrea Wendling, MD, was appointed Interim Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
Arlynn Dailey joins the college as Community Engagement and Outreach Administrator. She will develop and implement external relations strategies in metro Detroit and work with community leaders, alumni, industry partners to promote the visibility and engagement of the college in Southeast Michigan.

A study between Spectrum Health and the College of Human Medicine determined that patients infected with COVID-19 fall into two distinct groups. The study team includes Jeremy Prokop, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. Media: WOOD TV8, Grand Rapids Business Journal, Newsbreak, Spectrum Health Newsroom, MSUToday.
A partnership between The Alex Mandarino Foundation and college researcher Andre Bachmann, PhD, is helping fund critical research to address, treat and hopefully cure neuroblastoma.

Alumnus Dennis Yamamoto, MD ('78), commits $1M to fund rural education scholarship.

A group of College of Human Medicine students organized a march in downtown Grand Rapids to protest the tragic killing of Patrick Lyoya. Media: FOX 17, WGVU Public Media, WQAD News 8, WOOD TV8, WZZM 13.
Students in our Upper Peninsula Campus received firsthand experience practicing rural family medicine alongside area physicians during a four-week Rural Family Medicine rotation. Media: The Daily Mining Gazette, Radio Results Network, TV6 & FOX UP.
Watch a recording of the 2022 Virtual Student Scholarships and Awards Program.
Third-year medical student and Miles Endowed Scholar Trey Williams realizes his dream of becoming a Spartan MD.
College of Human Medicine students participated in a Flint fair focused on healthcare inequality for Latinx residents. Media: MLive.