U-M Family Medicine

Excellence in medical education, patient care and research, we are the Department of Family Medicine at @UMich and @umichmedicine

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Featuring insights from @l_oshman @MCT2D @umfamilymed :

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Drs. Tim Guetterman, Tyler G. James & Melissa Dejonckheere publish paper about the current state of AI use in qualitative data analysis & discuss ethical considerations to make more informed decisions about AI's potential benefits and risks. @M3RSP

https://t.co/WR0uRHpyov

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Check out this very informative story featuring our Family Medicine Professor @l_oshman, an expert in obesity medicine.

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Three years ago, our poll found that 76% of older Americans wanted Medicare to cover #obesity medications.

Yesterday, that became possible.

Learn more about the new Bridge program from an expert who's helping Michigan clinics prepare to enroll patients: https://t.co/qSGppYi811

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Thank you @Humana for supporting our National Poll on Healthy Aging's new survey of #loneliness, isolation & well-being among diverse older adults in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana & Texas. Grateful for this investment in emotional health and aging research! https://t.co/MN7cJm1ahe

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Dr. Golfo Tzilos Wernette has secured RO1 funding to study best ways to care for rural, at-risk pregnant women & to create effective ways to help these moms make health behavior changes to stem drug & alcohol use, and to prevent post-partum depression. https://t.co/e77Sw4SMNf

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As the country nears the 250th anniversary of its founding, U-M is marking the historic milestone with a wide variety of events, activities and invitations to reflect. https://t.co/sam88hP52W #URecord

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We're hiring an assistant or associate professor to develop & conduct independently funded research in implementation science in primary care, in areas including disability health, mixed methods, cancer screening & prevention, etc.

Apply by June 30!

https://t.co/KDU7NavCuu

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⏰ Time is running out to apply for the Integrative Family Medicine assistant/associate professor position. Applicants must hold an MD/PhD degree and have active funding.

Apply by June 30. Join us! #UMJobs

https://t.co/Jlfy9TRO1E

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The 2026 Ann Arbor Summer Festival has begun! Running through June 28, the annual event offers over 200 concerts, art exhibitions, kids activities and more: https://t.co/gVFFheVuti

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Advisor: "Don't tell anyone about your diagnosis." Mentor: "Maybe take a year off." Support person: gently closes the door.
Most of them believed they were helping. The structure had taught them what "help" looks like.
Read full article: https://t.co/9kMVD1mYhy

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Our research & clinical staff + students were out en force at the recent Michigan Family Medicine Research Day, coordinated by @MIFamilyDocs. We presented lots of interesting research and had fun in the process! Check out all our great research activities: https://t.co/IwpCK13ZGC

[Annals of Family Medicine @AnnFamMed]

📺 - https://t.co/18JkEZfk2a

🎧 - https://t.co/DS3M7XQVf8

Research brief here: https://t.co/dBDryJwHUb

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Video related to the research paper our Professor Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH and Dr. Teal Benevides, of @AUG_University had published in the most recent issue of @AnnFamMed about ED visits among people with or without IDD or cerebral palsy. https://t.co/mmFhW46Lnz

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Dr. Teal Benevides & Dr. Michael McKee (@deafmd1) explain their findings that adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) or cerebral palsy (CP) were more likely to visit the emergency department for a fall-related injury than adults without these conditions, and that this risk appears at earlier ages than is seen in the general population on 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭

@AUG_University, @disability_UM, @umfamilymed , @AUG_SPH

Link below to watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel

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If you're over 50, do you know someone who is LGBTQ+?

If you're LGBTQ+ & over 50, have you experienced discrimination in healthcare, or problems accessing care?

Learn more about a new @UM_IHPI poll that explores these topics, and more: https://t.co/8qYW5X3GS9 #PrideMonth

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🥳 Congrats to Melissa DeJonckheere, Ph.D., who was recently selected as the Caswell Diabetes Institute Training & Mentoring Distinguished Mentor. Mentees describe her as an amazing researcher & role model & credit her for guiding their research careers. https://t.co/FwiRy4MHGE

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Today we are celebrating outstanding faculty members who will receive a promotion on September 1.

Dr. Laurie Buis
Dr. Melissa DeJonkheere
Dr. Feranmi Okanlami
Dr. Amal Othman
Dr. Julie Blaszczak
Dr. Jonathan Gabison

Congratulations all!

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⭐️ We are hiring an Implementation Scientist at the level of assistant or associate professor. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or MD degree and have active funding. Apply by June 30, 2026.

👉 Join us as we do ground-breaking work! #UMJobs

https://t.co/KDU7NavCuu

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Interested in conducting research in Integrative Family Medicine? We're hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our team. Applicants must hold an MD/PhD degree and have active funding. Apply by June 30, 2026.

Join us! #UMJobs

https://t.co/Jlfy9TRO1E

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👉 Increased vaccination and self-sampling can help the U.S. reach <4/100,000 incidence of cervical cancer. https://t.co/uafyuiPHXN

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🧵 Our Drs. Alisa Young & Diane Harper publish a commentary in @TheLancet noting that HPV-vaccinated women can safely extend cervical cancer screening intervals to 8–10 years, maintaining cost-effectiveness and supporting WHO elimination goals. https://t.co/uafyuiPHXN

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