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Black Health Matters: Grant Funds Cancer Screening Equity
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer type diagnosed in the United States in both men and women. The American Cancer Society estimat...
$622K to Address Health Disparities with Family Health History Tools
Flint native, community advocate, and Michigan State University researcher, Kent Key, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a five-year, $622,835 grant from the ...
State of Flint Kids 2021 Report Published
The second annual State of Flint Kids report, along with a special video and updated website, was released this week by the MSU-Hurley Pediatric Publi...
Cooking Classes Improve Nutrition and Emotional Health
After Flint residents were exposed to lead in their drinking water, a Michigan State University College of Human Medicine professor helped launch a se...
NIH Grant to Address Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Disparities
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 700 women die each year in the United States from pregnancy-related complic...
$1.6M to Study Pediatric Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Programs
A team of Michigan State University researchers has been awarded a three-year, $1,635,815 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of ...
How Can We Develop Resilient and Strong Cities?
What makes a mid-sized city like Flint less strong economically and less healthy from a public health perspective?
A recent study led by a Michigan S...
Addressing COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Flint with $1.2M NIH Grant
A team of Michigan State University researchers and their partners are leading a study with a pair of formidable goals: communicating effectively abou...
African Americans Outpace Whites in Opioid Overdose Death Rates
Debra Furr-Holden and colleagues are leading a study that looks at the racial differences in rates of opioid‐involved overdose deaths. Findings from t...
School’s Neighborhood Environment Affects Academic Outcomes
In a school neighborhood study, MSU researchers examined academic achievement and attendance for the 21 schools within the boundaries of Flint and fou...
NIH Grant Studies Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression
Jennifer E. Johnson has been awarded a five-year, $3,358,550 grant to study treatment for major depressive disorder among women who have recently expe...
Improving Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Underserved Communities
Michigan State University and the University of Maryland College Park are working side-by-side to address health equity in opioid use disorder treatme...
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