Bob Axelrod's latest paper, published in Psychological Science, explores increasing attention to causality in western society.
John Ayanian is serving on a National Academies committee focused on accounting for socioeconomic status in Medicare...
A new study led by Paula Lantz is mentioned in Elizabeth Whitman’s Novemer 9 article for Modern Healthcare: “Initiatives to improve population health are disparate and face numerous hurdles.”Lantz’s study examines a new public-private funding model...
The Ford School has publicly released its five-year strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion, developed as part of a broad University of Michigan commitment launched by President Schlissel in September 2015.The plan includes assessment,...
The editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is pleased to announce the 2016 edition and thirteenth volume of the student-run journal of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.This year’s call for papers established the...
Associate dean for academic programs. As many of you know, Kathryn Dominguez, the Ford School’s associate dean for academic programs, was nominated for a position on the Federal Reserve Board last summer. While Congress has not yet held hearings on...
The Washington Post reports that Robert Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation is one of the ten most assigned books at Ivy League universities. Originally published in 1984, the book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking...
A workaround for cash-strapped governments and underserved populations
Professor Paula Lantz has spent her career focused on how to improve population health and reduce health disparities. “I think it’s shameful that we live in a very wealthy...
A new research project to be conducted by the Ford School in partnership with the School of Public Health will build a national evidence base for Health in All Policies (HiAP), a strategy used by policy leaders to integrate health considerations as...
The March 2016 issue of the Milbank Quarterly published a new report by Paula Lantz, associate dean for research and policy engagement, and researchers at George Washington University. The focus: Public perceptions toward the Affordable Care Act’s...
Dear friends,
The Ford School is, as they say, on a roll.
Take a look at our public events calendar: we’ll host two Cabinet secretaries in a single week in February! Labor Secretary Tom Perez will deliver a Policy Talks lecture on February 8th...
The University of Michigan received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish the Policies for Action Research Hub at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The Ford School is one of three...
This spring, Robert Axelrod was one of ten distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard’s 364th commencement ceremony.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded John Ciorciari its prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to examine...
A research article by W. Douglas Evans, Paula M. Lantz, Katherine Mead, Carmen Alvarez, and Jeremy Snider, "Adherence to clinical preventive services guidelines: Population-based online randomized trial," was published in the December 2015 edition...
This fall, the Ford School added six governing faculty members and two policymakers-in-residence while welcoming home three faculty members who had been on leave for high-profile policy service in Washington, DC. These new and returning faculty...
Dear members of the Ford School community,As the streets of Ann Arbor start to fill with students, as the marching band takes the field down the hill, and as we open our doors for Welcome Week, I write with my warmest greetings to new and returning...
We’re delighted to announce significant growth in our faculty for the coming year, including six additions to our governing faculty.
Paula Lantz, a social epidemiologist, is currently professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy at...
The Ford School is delighted to announce that a number of faculty members will join our community this fall. To introduce them to the Ford School and University, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
In this session, five successful academicians from a variety of disciplines will discuss their work and perspectives regarding racial justice and public policy.
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
Pregnancy Justice president Lourdes Rivera delivers the 2023 Omenn-Darling Health Policy keynote address alongside Professor Paula Lantz on the landscape of reproductive rights in the U.S., both legally and through a racial and social justice lens.
Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Paula Lantz discuss the devastating structural inequities exposed by the COVID pandemic—and why all policymakers must now be equipped with a toolkit for navigating pandemics.
Join the Trotter Multicultural Center as they host Dr. Paula Lantz and Nicholas St. Fleur in a Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series discussion that reflects on the impact of the pandemic on local community health and policy and explores what comes next.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
Warm up with some hot cocoa and community as Dean Michael Barr, Associate Dean Paula Lantz, and Associate Dean Luke Shaefer host a casual conversation for Ford School students, staff, and faculty.
Coach John Beilein, in conversation with professor Paula Lantz, on the importance of teams and leadership: how we can building teams, what makes for an effective team, dealing with conflict within a team, and more.
Join the Ford School’s associate deans to learn how a Ford School master’s degree can help you make an impact on the public good at this critical time.
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.
