The Health and National Security Risks of Drug Shortages
Presented by Andrew G. Shuman, MD, FACS, HEC-C, associate professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, U-M Medical School. He serves as chief of the clinical ethics service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (C
During this presentation, Schuman will share his recent testimony to Congress about medication shortages, his...
U-M Retirees Association Presents: Pain Resilience and More Rewarding Self- Management
Afton L. Hassett, PsyD, Associate Professor and Director of Pain and Opioid Research, Department of Anesthesiology, U-Michigan. She is a principal investigator at the Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research and author of “Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activi
University of Michigan Retires Association, Health Day Presentation...
U-M Retirees Association Presents: Anticoagulation for Cardiac Reasons: Irregular Heart Rhythms, Cardiac Clot, and Other Reasons,
James Froehlich, MD, MPH, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Vascular Medicine, Director of Anticoagulation at the University of Michigan.
University of Michigan Retires Association, Health Day Presentation...
U-M Retirees Association Presents: Advances in Translating Fall Risk Reduction for Older Adults to the Real World,
Dr. Neil Alexander, MD, MS, Ivan Duff Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, VA Ann Arbor Health System Geriatric and Research Education and Clinical Center.
Dr. Alexander will review key concepts in what we know about falls and fall...
U-M Retirees Association Presents:Noise is Damaging Your Body,
Sally L Lusk, PhD, RN, FAOHN,FAAN, Professor Emerita Following retirement, she has focused on the effects of and reduction of Environmental Noise Her modest goal is just to Change the World !!!! (Making it more quiet.)
The world recognizes that Noise can cause hearing loss and tinnitus. But...
An Eye to the Future: Ocular Health as We Age,
Dr. Ariane Kaplan is an Associate Professor, Kellogg Eye Center, and the Operating Room Medical Director and Co-Director of Medical Student Education for KEC and Director of Career Advising for Medical Students within UMMS Office of Student Services
Dr. Kaplan will discuss the structures of the eye, how they work to allow...
U-M Retirees Association Presents: Looking at Climate Change through an Indigenous Lens
Presented by Kyle Whyte, George Willis Pack Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS); founding faculty director of the Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment; and principal investigator of the Energy Equity Project
Dr. Whyte will discuss the moral and political issues concerning climate policy, especially their effects on Indigenous peoples.