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Raising awareness of the importance of mental health, reducing its stigma, and encouraging people to seek help are integral parts of the mission of...
Announcing the 2025 Orley Award Recipients
Two remarkable student advocates were recognized as this year’s George Orley Student Mental Health Advocate awardees at the 2025 Mental Health on...
Quitting menthol cigarettes is extra hard, but a new U-M study will test the best way to do it
Quitting menthol cigarettes is extra hard, but a new U-M study will test the best way to do it Nearly half of Americans who smoke use menthol...
Veteran suicide study suggests way to ID those at highest risk
Michigan Medicine Health Lab
Data from the first year of VA-wide Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluations for veterans show firearm access, suicidal thinking and suicide planning...
Adrienne Lapidos, Ph.D., receives Dr. Michael Louis Smith Award
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center has selected Adrienne Lapidos, Ph.D., to receive the Dr. Michael Louis Smith Scholar...
Announcing the 2024-25 Impact Grant awardees
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center has awarded nearly $400,000 in Impact Grants to support four research teams at the...
Two Center members named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers List
Two Eisenberg Family Depression Center members, Sagar Parikh, M.D., and Aidan Wright, Ph.D., have been named to the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers List...
Kiwanis Club awards grant to P2P Program
Pictured above from left: Pam Brown (Foundation Secretary), Stephanie Salazar, Mary Stewart (President), and Colleen Sherman The Kiwanis Club of Ann...
Critical steps and more research needed to support physicians’ mental health, experts say
Researchers who have led work on stress, depression and well-being in physicians say progress is being made but more can be done, including addressing...
New Research Incubator scholars announced
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center proudly welcomes the 2024-25 cohort for the Research Incubator Program . This talented group of promising early...
Cecilia Martinez-Torteya, Ph.D., receives Todd Ouida Clinical Scholars Award
Cecilia Martinez-Torteya, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2024 Todd Ouida Clinical Scholars Award. She was recognized at the annual Todd Ouida...
Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., joins Center leadership as DEI faculty lead
Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., a prolific researcher with broad expertise and interest in health disparities and inequities, is joining the Frances and Kenneth...
Annelise Madison, Ph.D., joins U-M as newest Eisenberg Family Depression Center faculty recruit
Annelise Madison, Ph.D, an accomplished early-career researcher exploring the brain-body connection, has joined the University of Michigan as the...
The MeTRIC Symposium returns November 1
Back for a second year, the MeTRIC Symposium will delve into the transformative world of mobile and wearable technologies in health research. The in...
Mental health apps may help those waiting for care, study finds
Michigan Medicine
Depression, anxiety and suicide risk dropped when patients awaiting an initial psychiatric appointment used smartphone apps to get CBT, mindfulness or...
Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program hosts retreat with support from Blackman Innovation Grant
For the past 15 years, the Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program (P2P) at the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center has...
$17.9M NIMH grant accelerates mental health research at U-M
Michigan Medicine
New study will combine patients’ self-reports with data from mobile apps, wearable devices, genetic samples and clinical records to improve the...
Center member promotions and appointments approved by U-M Board of Regents
At their May 16 meeting, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the promotions and personnel actions for 18 members of the Frances and...
AuDHD: One path to neurodivergent acceptance
Michigan Medicine
Victoria Bennett is the mobile technologies core manager at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center. She shared her story in honor of Mental Health...