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Nov 1, 20241 min read
CDC Renews Funding for Prevention Research Center
“Transforming vacant land into vibrant spaces for activity ensures that everyone has the opportunity to reclaim their health and build...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
U-M Selected as NIH Hub for Community-Based Health Equity Research
HSHE Director, Roshanak Mehdipanah, will co-director a new NIH research hub alongside Justin Heinze. Read more about the exciting new...
Jul 17, 20241 min read
HSHE Studies the Impact of Eviction Filings for Pennsylvania Tenants
Research from HSHE research specialist Kate Brantley and U-M lecturer Dr. Alexa Eisenberg examines the impact of eviction filings on...
Jan 3, 20241 min read
Call for papers: Housing as a determinant of health and well-being
Alongside Dr. Lara C. Weinstein (Thomas Jefferson University), HSHE’s Director, Dr. Mehdipanah, is guest editing BMC Public Health’s...
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Expert Spotlight: Patrice M. Hicks, PhD, MPH
Dr. Hicks is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Kellogg Eye Center at the...
Mar 15, 20231 min read
UM News Highlights Mehdipanah, Schulz Redlining Research
The U-M Office of the Vice President for Research has highlighted HSHE director Dr. Roshanak Mehdipanah's latest research on redlining...
Mar 8, 20231 min read
Winter 2023 Housing Solutions Student Essay Contest: Deadline Extended
HSHE invites undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan to submit an essay on a housing-related topic.
Feb 17, 20231 min read
Housing Solutions Speaker Series Highlighted in "Michigan Daily"
Housing Solutions for Health Equity's co-sponsored speaker series, Housing Solutions, was featured in the University of Michigan student...
Feb 14, 20231 min read
HSHE Expert Noah Kazis Featured in "New York Times"
From the New York Times: "Ms. Hochul’s ambitious new housing plan, which proposes to loosen restrictions on development from coastal...
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Q&A with Roshanak Mehdipanah
Dr. Roshanak Mehdipanah was interviewed by the University of Michigan's School of Public Health on starting the Housing Solutions for...
Dec 16, 20223 min read
Expert Spotlight: Kim Rollings on Health and Design
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the work of our experts and partners, we asked Kimberly Rollings, Ph.D., about her focus...
Oct 30, 20221 min read
Illegal Dumping Project Receives $2.2M Funding
The Center for Disease Control has awarded a project aimed at understanding the relationship between illegal dumping and violent crime...
Aug 28, 20221 min read
Mehdipanah Interviewed on "Make It Home" Evaluation
HSHE Director Dr. Roshanak Medhipanah was interviewed in The Detroit News about the recent U-M evaluation of the "Make It Home" program.
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Dewar, Poverty Solutions Featured in Detroit Free Press
HSHE expert Dr. Margaret Dewar, Professor Emerita of the Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Taubman College at the University of Mic
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Michigan senior's homes, livelihoods imperiled by intensifying floods
"'If 40% of American’s couldn’t deal with an unexpected cost of $400, but home repairs cost thousands and tens of thousands (of dollars),...
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Black borrowers twice as likely to be denied mortgages as Whites in Metro Detroit
"'People really need to swim against the current to secure themselves a home, to secure housing stability,' said Roshanak Mehdipanah, an...
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Millions of renters face eviction and homelessness with the CDC’s expiring moratorium
"But even before the crisis, tens of millions of people struggled to pay for housing, according to University of Michigan professors...
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