Research
Research
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...
Q & A with Debra Furr-Holden on COVID-19 Testing
Debra Furr-Holden, associate dean for public health integration and C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health in the College of Human Medicine, ans...
Voices: Stand With Us
To prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, Debra Furr-Holden has been working alongside a global network of public health and medical professionals, ci...
Q & A with Mieka Smart: What is Contact Tracing?
Due to COVID-19, “contact tracing” has been added to our vocabulary. Not everyone understands it is essential to stopping the spread of the novel coro...
Stepping Up to Reduce Mental Illness in Jails
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Jennifer Johnson and her colleague a $3.2 million, five-year grant to study the national Stepping Up I...
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