Research

Dr. Jennifer Johnson

NIH Grant to Examine Universal Postpartum Depression Prevention for Moms

Maternal mental health is a critical public health component of perinatal care and maternal safety. Postpartum depression can have lasting consequence...
Dr. Rick Sadler

Discriminatory Housing Practices and Food Environment Disparities

We know that structural racism has far-reaching and enduring impacts on the built environment of neighborhoods and on the health of the people who liv...
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Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program Receives Award

Each year, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) recognizes individuals or groups who have contributed significantly to creating and...
Fighting COVID and Future Diseases

Fighting COVID and Future Diseases

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is enlisting experts and resources at Michigan State University to bolster the state’s fight agai...
Dr. Rodlescia Sneed

Addressing HEALTH for the Formerly Incarcerated

The number of individuals released from state and federal prison has increased substantially in recent years. According to The Bureau of Justice Stati...
Michigan State Public Health COVID-19  SeroNet Team in Action

How to Increase Awareness and Uptake of Antibody Testing in Flint

A team of MSU researchers seeks answers to understand the barriers to COVID-19 antibody testing and vaccinations in Flint. A research team collects da...
MSU Study Seeks to Reduce Children’s Lead Dust Exposure

MSU Study Seeks to Reduce Children’s Lead Dust Exposure

Lead exposure from contaminated water has gotten much justifiable attention lately, but another major source lurks in the dust of countless older home...
Dr. Debra Furr-Holden

$6M CDC Grant to Boost Confidence in COVID-19 and Other Adult Vaccines

Closing the racial gap in health outcomes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in Michigan as well as other states is the aim of Michigan State University r...
Dr. Todd Lucas

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...
Dr. Kent Key

$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

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...
Flint Kids Cook in class with chef

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...