March College News Headlines

March 27, 2023

In the Media

  • This year’s Match Day celebrations received extensive media coverage including: WOOD TV 8, Flint Journal, NBC 25, WILX 10, Fox 17, ABC 12, Grand Rapids Press and TV6. Other stories were also published by MSUToday and Corewell Health.
  • Detroit Free Press: Julie Phillips, MD, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, speaks to the shortage of primary care doctors in Michigan. | Related: Modern Healthcare, WXYZ Detroit, WLNS, Battle Creek Enquirer, TV 20 Detroit, Grand Rapids Business Journal, Fox 17, among others.
  • MSUToday: Stacey Missmer, ScD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology, discusses a global genetic study showing the link between endometriosis and other debilitating pain conditions.
  • Crain’s Detroit Business: Health care providers step up against gun violence, including a MSU College of Human Medicine student group Scrubs Addressing Firearm Epidemic, which has been circulating a letter for medical students to sign and send to legislators. | Related: MiBiz
  • WOOD TV: Neuroscience Fair sparks kids’ curiosity during Brain Awareness Week
  • MLive: Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, pushes to create a pilot program called Rx Kids, a $500 infant cash allowance.
  • Futurity: Research by James Clarkson, MD, assistant professor of surgery, finds use of VR during wide-awake surgery helps ease anxiety. | Related: WOOD TV, MSUToday, WLNS
  • Nature: Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, highlights trauma-informed responses to chemical disasters amid Ohio train derailment.
  • Prevention Magazine: Jamie Alan, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology & toxicology, and Amit Sachdev, MD, assistant professor of neuromuscular medicine, comment on a new nasal spray to treat migraine headaches and provide pain relief in as little as 15 minutes.
  • Yahoo News: Jamie Alan, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology & toxicology, comments on the asthma medication shortage.
  • Prevention Magazine: Jamie Alan, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology & toxicology, comments on potential statin alternative, bempedoic acid.
  • Click On Detroit: Syrian immigrant living in Ann Arbor accepted to 12 medical schools, including the College of Human Medicine.
  • Kevin MD: Claudia Finkelstein, MDCM, wrote about why the quest for self-improvement is failing in health care.
  • Prevention Magazine: Jamie Alan, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology & toxicology, addresses effects of PFAS in drinking water.

Faculty & Staff News

  • Andrea Wendling, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean for academic affairs.
  • Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, has been appointed associate dean for public health.
  • The Department of Medicine appointed Prakash Khanal, MD, assistant professor of medicine, and Amy Hatinger, MSN, nurse practitioner.
  • Jeffrey MacKeigan, PhD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, has been appointed to the board of the American Cancer Society in Michigan.
  • Jennifer McCurdy, PhD, assistant professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, will present “How Brain Death Declarations Can Harm, and Why Legal Exemptions Should Be the Rule” for the Bioethics Public Seminar on April 19.
  • Researchers from the College of Human Medicine and Michigan Technological University participated in collaborative research symposium titled Engineering the Future of Human Health. The inaugural event was held at the Secchia Center.

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