As of late 2020, nursing home residents accounted for one-third of Michigan's COVID-related deaths. Marianne Udow-Phillips joined NPR Detroit to discuss her research and said that "high rates [of COVID] in nursing homes was due to the population’s...
In a recent op-ed, Shobita Parthasarathy shared how the AstraZeneca vaccine crisis in Europe isn’t about science; rather it’s about public trust.
“There is a long-standing perception that vaccine hesitancy is the result of public ignorance or a...
"First and foremost, I think he wants to send a message of unity. Americans have been more divided in the last four years than we've been in a long time. The first thing Biden would like to do is bring us back together," said Hanson. Among early...
Read Celeste Watkins-Hayes' op-ed in the Detroit Free Press below. In winter 2021, Watkins-Hayes will teach a graduate course, PubPol 750: Interview Methods, and an undergraduate course, SOC 295: Pandemics: Social Dimensions of HIV and...
When new waves of the current COVID-19 pandemic emerge, or another novel pandemic emerges, how can the United States be better prepared and also ensure a rapid response that reduces rather than exacerbates social and health inequities?
In a...
The National Academy of Social Insurance has named Ford School associate dean for academic affairs Paula Lantz to its COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Task Force Epidemiology Working Group.
The task force will examine the potential impacts of the...
"Being able to accumulate assets is really important if you think about supporting economic mobility,” said Levy, speaking about the boost to health and financial stability for low-income families through a health insurance 'public option'.
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"Many people in health care have been saying for a long time that we’re going to face something like [COVID-19]. What I think people were more surprised about was how ill prepared we were as a country," said Udow-Phillips. "I think people were...
A historic $2 trillion relief package has just been approved by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent economic crisis. Professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have weighed in on the relief package and the economic...
“I want to use my money, not to change my lifestyle, but to change the world,” says James Hudak, MPP ’71. “And I believe that education is the way.”
“Most Ford School graduates work in the public sector,” Hudak continues, “and do not make a lot...
Ford School professor Paula Lantz and researcher Samantha Iovan were published in the December 2018 issue of Behavioral Science & Policy. The journal article “Using pay-for-success financing for supportive housing interventions: Promise &...
Michael Budros (MPH/MPP ’17) has been selected as one of two David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship recipients for the 2017-2018 year.Budros will head to Washington, DC for the twelve-month post-graduate experience, which includes three months of...
We are pleased to announce a new director of the University of Michigan's Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) graduate certificate program and to welcome applications from interested students. Associate Professor Shobita Parthasarathy,...
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally in the latest U.S News & World Report rankings of “public affairs” programs.
According to the rankings, the Ford School is the #1...
Two elected leaders and a roundtable of University of Michigan researchers convened at the Ford School on August 11 to mark the 50th anniversary of the legislation that created the Medicare system and the 80th anniversary of Social Security's...
Betsey Stevenson was cited in numerous stories the past several days regarding the Obama Administration’s push to require companies to give workers up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.Stevenson, currently on leave from the Ford School,...
Public policy is a principled guide to action, designed to lead to the greater good. As we celebrate our centennial as America’s first graduate-level training program in public administration, we take a moment to reflect on the powerful role policy...
Join us for a discussion on health policy and the future of the Affordable Care Act with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James Hudak Professor of Health
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, and Michael S. Barr, dean of the Ford School, will discuss the emerging social epidemiology of COVID-19 and current understanding regarding public health and social policy responses.
Free and open to the public: Reception to follow. The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) will bring together key Massachusetts and Michigan business leaders along with University of Michigan experts to explore lessons from Massachusetts' experience with health reform and what may be ahead as the Affordable Care Act is implemented in Michigan. Join us for an interactive panel discussion including:Thomas Buchmueller
