Tag Archives: research

Michigan Medicine News

Looking back on another virus battle: U-M’s role in polio history

Kara Gavin | May 14, 2020 public health

Michigan Today

The idea to ‘flatten the curve’

James Tobin | April 23, 2020 epidemic

Michigan Heritage

The Fake News About James Neel

James Tobin | March 2020 research

Michigan Today

The First Flu Shot

Jim Tobin | November 27, 2019

U-M scientist Thomas Francis broke new ground in the fight against influenza.

public health

Medicine at Michigan

X-Ray Vision

by Jim Tobin | February 2019

James Gerrit Van Zwaluwenburg (M.D. 1908) was an early adopter of X-ray technology, and he made imaging an integral element of clinical diagnoses and patient care at U-M.

healthcare history

Bentley Historical Library

Haber’s Labor

by Terrence J. McDonald | Fall 2018

William Haber was a world-famous economist, author of scores of academic publications, chairman of the Economics Department (1962), and Dean of LSA (1963–1968). He was also a champion for refugees and immigrants.

Economics

LSA Magazine

A Tough Act to Swallow

by Elizabeth Wason | September 2018

A physics student developed a way to see inside your stomach, despite the experts saying his idea was impossible.

discovery

Bentley Historical Library

Frauds in the Field

by Deb Thompson | September 2017

How archaeologist Francis Kelsey unmasked a turn-of-the-century hoax involving “ancient” artifacts and scammer who once held the position of Michigan Secretary of State.

Faculty