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Mixed Progress in Efforts to Reduce Low Value Breast Cancer Surgery

06/16/2020

The data is clear: for patients with early stage breast cancer, certain operations risk more harm than good — increasing the risk of medical complications, missed work and health care costs without

Deimplementation of the Choosing Wisely Recommendations for Low-Value Breast Cancer Surgery
Study: Mixed Progress in Efforts to Reduce Low Value Breast Cancer Surgery
Faculty: 
Lesly Dossett, MD, MPH
Research Topics: 
Low-value care
Overtreatment

How to Stay Safe While Protesting Police Violence During a Pandemic

06/09/2020

As the medical director for Physicians for Human Rights, CBSSM's Michele Heisler provides guidance in a recent Consumer Reports article on how to stay safe while protesting. People protesting police violence in the U.S. have faced tear gas, rubber bullets, batons, and the ever-present threat of COVID-19. Dr. Heisler was also quoted in Newsweek on how the use of tear gas against protesters increases pandemic health risks.

Consumer Reports: How to Stay Safe While Protesting During a Pandemic
Newsweek: Police Using Tear Gas at Protests Risks Making COVID-19 Pandemic Worse, Human Rights Groups Say
Faculty: 
Michele Heisler, MD, MPA
Research Topics: 
Pandemic
Racism
Structural racism

As Hospitals Walk Tightrope of Patient Data Sharing, One System Offers a New Balance

06/02/2020

In a recent New England Journal of Medicine perspective, Kayte Spector-Bagdady and colleagues present an approach to ethically advancing medical discovery and innovation through big data while also respecting the trust of patients and research participants.

As Hospitals Walk Tightrope of Patient Data Sharing, One System Offers a New Balance
Sharing Health Data and Biospecimens with Industry — A Principle-Driven, Practical Approach
Faculty: 
Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBioethics
Research Topics: 
Big data
Health data
Research ethics

Geoff Barnes discusses COVID-19 treatment and trials

05/25/2020

In recent Washington Post articles, CBSSM's Geoff Barnes weighs in on how doctors have had to rapidly learn the many ways COVID-19 impacts the human body and identify ways to treat it, as well as the importance of understanding and defining the benefits or risks of potential treatments.

Washington Post: Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body
Washington Post: Blood thinners show promise for boosting the survival chances of the sickest covid patients
Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients, study says
Faculty: 
Geoffrey Barnes, MD, MSc
Research Topics: 
Pandemic

Michigan’s mask mandate highlights political fault lines in coronavirus crisis

05/19/2020

In a recent MLive article, CBSSM's Associate Director, Brian Zikmund-Fisher discusses Michigan's mask mandate and how these protective benefits are amplified with increased compliance. Dr. Zikmund-Fisher also discusses the importance of behavioral modeling.

MLive: Michigan's mask mandate highlights political fault lines in coronavirus crisis
Faculty: 
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD
Research Topics: 
Pandemic
Public policy

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