Research

About our Research

Our faculty strive to produce convincing evidence that will lead to improvements in public health, and to develop new and innovative statistical and epidemiological methods for producing this evidence

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  Our faculty in epidemiology work in many areas of public health: drug dependence, mental health, cardiovascular, reproductive, perinatal, pediatric, environmental, neurodevelopment, and infection.

  Our biostatistics faculty also work on a wide range of methods: Bayesian, statistical genetics, causal inference, trials, cost-effectiveness, high-dimensional data, longitudinal, and structural equations. This work is supported by extramural funding from several national agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI).

  This funding also provides support for trainees in our graduate programs directly or as the basis for individual student or postdoctoral applications for funding. This includes supporting of students, postdoctoral fellows, and early investigators on NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity 

• Research Websites

  CHARM
  

  Child Health Advances from Research with Mothers

  CHARM (Child Health Advances from Research with Mothers) is an alliance of scientists and providers from five Michigan institutions whose goal is to improve the health of mothers and children in our state.

  CPON

  Cerebral Palsy Outreach Network

  "The Cerebral Palsy Outreach Network” is an internet resource for children and adults with cerebral palsy, with a special focus on mid-Michigan resources. In addition, we aim to provide up-to-date scientific information to families and researchers about CP, highlight recent Michigan CP-related events and research projects, and develop research on the causes and management of CP”.

  ZDROWIE PLUS

  The Polish Women's Health Study looks at the effect of changes in diet and other factors on breast cancer risk of women immigrants from Poland to the United States.