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Health care policy, innovation institute planned at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex
A new health care policy institute – one that is expected to become one of the largest of its kind in the nation – will be established at the U-M's North Campus Research Complex. The Institute’s mission is to enhance the health and well-being of local, national and global populations through innovative, interdisciplinary health services research. More than 500 researchers could eventually join the new Institute on the NCRC campus with many more engaging virtually, making it one of the nation’s largest concentrations of healthcare policy and services researchers.
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College of Engineering, College of Literature Science & the Arts, College of Pharmacy, Medical School, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, School of Public Health
Military nurses and combat-wounded patients struggle to cope with stress
Military nurses say treating combat-wounded patients provides a sense of meaning and purpose that helps them cope with the stresses of a demanding, sometimes heart-wrenching job, according to a new University of Michigan-led study. At the same time, nurses said the military failed to provide specialized training to help them care for themselves as they struggled with the emotional work of dealing with severely injured service members.
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School of Nursing
Federal stimulus awards to U-M researchers top $100 million
University of Michigan scientists and engineers have been awarded more than 260 federal stimulus-package research grants to date, totaling $103.2 million. The funding includes 188 National Institutes of Health stimulus awards and 70 from the National Science Foundation. In addition, stimulus-package funding from the Energy Department will pay for a $19.5 million U-M research center to explore new materials for solar cells.
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College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Life Sciences Institute, Medical School, School of Nursing, School of Public Health
U-M joins other leading research universities to launch futurity.org
A group of leading research universities has launched Futurity (
www.futurity.org), an online research channel covering the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health and more. The University of Michigan is one of 35 partners supporting the project. Given the changes occurring in the news business, the partner universities are looking for ways to share important breakthroughs with the public in a new and direct way.
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College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Institute for Social Research, Life Sciences Institute, Medical School, Office of the Vice President for Research, Ross Business School, School of Dentistry, School of Education, School of Kinesiology, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
U-M exceeds $1 billion in annual research spending for the first time
Research spending at the University of Michigan in 2008-09 exceeded $1 billion for the first time, a milestone that highlights the university’s role as an economic resource benefitting the entire state. In the midst of the most severe recession since the Great Depression, research spending at the university rose 9.4 percent over the previous fiscal year, totaling $1.02 billion. The federal government provided 64.4 percent of the funds, and federal research spending at the U-M rose 7.1 percent over 2007-08.
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College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Ford School of Public Policy, Institute for Social Research, Law School, Life Sciences Institute, Medical School, Office of the Vice President for Research, Ross Business School, School of Dentistry, School of Education, School of Kinesiology, School of Music Theatre & Dance, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, School of Social Work, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, UM-Dearborn
U-M researchers awarded $61.1 million in federal stimulus funds
University of Michigan scientists and engineers have been awarded 159 federal stimulus-package research grants to date, totaling $61.1 million. The funding includes 113 National Institutes of Health stimulus awards, more than any other U.S. university or college. Stimulus funds from the NIH, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy will support a variety of U-M basic science, biomedical and engineering projects. "The stimulus-package research grants will increase the pace at which the University of Michigan and other universities can address significant problems facing our world in the areas of health, engineering, and technology development," said
Stephen Forrest, U-M vice president for research.
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College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Institute for Social Research, Life Sciences Institute, Medical School, Office of the Vice President for Research, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing
