Centers & Initiatives
Most of the centers listed below have their own websites that you can click through to. For a brief description of a center, click on its name in the list or scroll down this page to browse the descriptions.
Brief Descriptions of the Centers
Allies
Against Asthma
A nationwide initiative to improve efforts
to control pediatric asthma. This program provides support to community-based
coalitions to develop, implement, and sustain comprehensive asthma management
programs.
Asthma
Research Collaborative
A network of faculty and research staff working on asthma-related research and
initiatives in the academic homes of public health, internal medicine, pediatrics,
pharmacy, nursing, and pathology, as well as with colleagues in the Michigan
Department of Community Health and related organizations.
Biometrics
and Outcomes Research Core (BORC)
Part of the of the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research (CACR),
BORC provides expertise in clinical trial design, outcomes research, quality
of life research, database management and data analysis for multi-center
clinical trials and multi-disciplinary research.
Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations Program (CEESP)
Funded by National Cancer Institute, CEESP increases the number of quality epidemiologists with the skills, knowledge, experience, and commitment to implement studies on cancer in special populations through training Masters of Public Health students and strengthening collaborations between cancer epidemiologists and partners in communities.
Center for Health Communications Research (CHCR)
A National Cancer Institute 'Center of Excellence' working to develop and employ a systematic, iterative process to discovering optimal population-based health communications strategies tailored to specificcharacteristics of the individual.
Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities
Helping to understand the determinants of minority health and health disparities, CIAHD is a collaboration between UM and the Jackson Heart Study through its partners the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Jackson State University.
Center for Law, Ethics, and Health (CLEH)
Established to examine the law’s influence on the nation’s two health systems: the health care delivery system, which is concerned with individual health outcomes; and the public health system, which is designed to protect the health of communities.
Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Aims to build the capacity for effective chronic disease prevention and management. The center's focus is people at risk and those who help them--families, clinicians, communities, and systems-with emphasis on the most vulnerable. The center conducts innovative research and disseminates results that can help to change policy and practice.
Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
(MAC-EPID)
Combines population approaches with modern molecular
genetic techniques to better understand the pathogenesis, transmission, and evolution of infectious agents that impact human health, and ultimately to
translate this understanding to the prevention and treatment of the diseases
these agents cause.
Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health (CRECH)
A forum for faculty and students interested in interdisciplinary investigations
of the social determinants of U.S. racial and ethnic group differences in health
status and health behaviors. The center seeks to develop and test new theoretical
perspectives for public health research and interventions for an increasingly
multi-ethnic, multicultural society.
Center
for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
An inter- and multidisciplinary effort devoted to understanding
health inequalities from socioeconomic, behavioral, social, psychological,
biological, developmental, community, and international perspectives.
Center for Statistical Genetics
Encourages methodological and applied research at the interface
between the mathematical sciences and genetics; supports collaborative
research to increase our understanding of human
health, disease, and evolution; and encourages collaboration and technology transfer
between academia and private industry.
Center for Value-Based Insurance Design
Engages in the design, evaluation, and promotion of health insurance products created to achieve improvements in health outcomes while managing costs faced by patients and employers.
Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (URC)
Funded by the CDC, the URC is a partnership involving UM SPH and School
of Nursing, the Detroit Health Department, nine community-based organizations,
and Henry Ford Health System. The URC is promotes and supports
interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-based participatory research
that both improves the health and quality of life of families and communities
in Detroit.
Disaster Research Education and Mentoring Center (DREM) Provides practical education, mentoring, and technical assistance to researchers and agencies interested
in research following disasters and terrorism. Funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute for Nursing Research.
Economic
Research Initiative on the Uninsured (ERIU)
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the University
of Michigan, the ERIU aims to diversify the pool of experts who study
health insurance coverage trends. It seeks to initiate, commission, and
disseminate original research to spark new discussions on health coverage
issues. By attracting new perspectives, it expects to energize the field
of health policy research, raise new questions about health insurance,
and provide better insight into why people become uninsured.
Global
Health Programs and Initiatives
Represented in curriculum,
research, and training programs. The Global Health Certificate and the MPH program in International
Health (Department of Epidemiology) take complementary approaches to the study of
relationships between developing and industrialized countries. Fogarty International
Center Training Programs funded by the NIH promote and support scientific
research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global
health.
Griffith
Leadership Center
The GLC promotes and supports excellence in health management and policy leaders by strengthening the connections among research, teaching and practice. The GLC creates opportunities for lifelong learning and leadership development. In addition, the center attempts to lead initiatives to promote and support translational research that addresses critical health and health policy issues to improve health management and policy decision making.
Health & Society Scholars Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program at the University of Michigan is dedicated to understanding and improving population health. It works to train future leaders and scholars who understand the links between society and health.
Healthy
Environments Partnership
HEP is a project of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center.
HEP represents a partnership between various Detroit-based and Detroit
area organizations working together to learn more about how the social
environment and the physical environment in three Detroit neighborhoods
are linked to risk for heart disease.
Life Sciences and Society
Provides educational and research opportunities to bridge the complex world of the life sciences and the diverse web of values in our society. This program taps into the University of Michigan’s unparalleled academic resources to build cross-campus connections, melding bench science and clinical care with social concerns.
Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities
Funded by the National Center Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD) promotes research that integrates social and biological factors as well as factors defined at multiple levels (ranging from individuals, to neighborhoods to societies) in understanding the causes of health disparities. Although the Center will initially focus on applying this model to cardiovascular risk, it provides a framework useful to all minority health and health disparities researchers.
Michigan
Center for Public Health & Community Genomics
This center aims to further the integration of genomic discoveries into
public health practice. Focus areas include increasing the knowledge base;
collaborating with public health organizations; addressing ethical, legal, and social issues; and engaging the
community in genomics-related policy and program development.
Michigan Center for
Public Health Preparedness
Part of a national network of
academic centers established to support the preparedness efforts of state
and local health departments. Through collaboration with its partners,
the Michigan center works to protect the public’s health through
leadership in competency based training and to support the
continued development of the public health workforce and its infrastructure.
Michigan Initiative on Inequalities in Health
Promotes inquiry into the causes and consequences of societal
inequalities in health and potential remedies, via an interdisciplinary
program of discussion, research, and teaching. The goal is to catalyze
intellectual interchange, research, and teaching focused on issues raised
by the study of inequalities in health.
Michigan
Public Health Training Center
Provides continuing education to those who promote and
protect the health and quality of life in our communities. The MPHTC offers face-to-face and online instruction to students drawn from
state and local health departments, community-based organizations, health
delivery systems, and health plans, as well as those studying public health.
Prevention Research Center of Michigan
The mission of the Prevention Research Center of Michigan (PRC/MI) is to create and foster knowledge resulting in more effective public health programs and policies. The center conducts community-based prevention research to improve health and prevent disease, especially focused on populations with a disproportionate share of poor health outcomes.
REACH Detroit Partnership
REACH stands for Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. In
the U.S.A., communities of color are more likely than whites to suffer
from health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure and their
complications. The common aim of all REACH 2010 projects is to eliminate
the large differences in the health status of racial/ethnic minorities
in these and other key health areas.
Tobacco Research Network
This network disseminates information about UM tobacco researchers and
their work to the public; creates a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange
of ideas on nicotine addiction, tobacco use, and tobacco control; enhances
tobacco education and training opportunities around campus; and enriches
tobacco research on campus by supporting tobacco researchers new to the
field and/or the university.
University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center
An interdisciplinary research group drawing from the Departments of Biostatistics, Health Management and Policy, Surgery, and Nephrology. Our mission is to promote health, improve clinical practice and patient outcomes, optimize resource utilization, and inform public policy regarding organ failure and organ transplantation; we pursue this mission through high quality research, advances in biostatistics, and post-graduate education and training.
University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Promotes informed decision-making by conducting research into pressing health questions and effectively communicating the results to the public. It works toward improving all parts of the risk-evaluation process by identifying, isolating, and quantifying various risks to provide understanding of their likelihood and consequences.
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