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Decision guide reduced uncertainty over breast cancer prevention, study finds

04/16/2012
When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention and to feel comfortable with their choice.
UM Cancer Center press release
New York times
Faculty: 
Angela Fagerlin, PhD
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD

What's it worth? Public willingness to pay to avoid mental illnesses compared with general medical illnesses

04/05/2012
CBSSM co-director Scott Kim and CBSSM alumni Dylan Smith (Stony Brook University), Laura Damschroder (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center), and Peter Ubel (Duke University) co-authored a new study that reveals that the public is less willing to pay to avoid mental illness compared to paying for treatment of medical conditions.
Newswise
Faculty: 
Scott Kim, MD, PhD

CBSSM Faculty Honored in 2013 Best Doctors in America ® List

02/21/2012

Congratulations to Michael Fetters, Jennifer Griggs, Lisa H. Harris, Masahito Jimbo and Michael Volk, who were listed as 2013 Best Doctors in America!

University of Michigan Health System Press Release
Faculty: 
Michael Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
Lisa Harris, MD, PhD
Michael Volk, MSc, MD

It's mild cognitive impairment. Now what?

12/23/2011
Scott Roberts, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, spoke with the New York Times recently about a study examining how patients with mild cognitive impairment react to being informed of the probability of developing Alzheimer's disease.
New York Times Blog
Faculty: 
J. Scott Roberts, PhD

U-M researchers to engage underserved communities in setting health-research priorities

12/09/2011
University of Michigan Health System researchers will use a $2.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to connect underrepresented communities with health scientists to improve health research priorities.
UMHS Press Release
Faculty: 
Susan Goold, MD, MHSA, MA

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