Lake Michigan College

In 1964, Michigan alumnus Jerome Horowitz synthesized the drug AZT, which would later become a critical treatment in the fight against AIDS.

In 2003, the FDA approved the flu mist and nasal flu vaccine developed in Michigan's School of Public Health by Hunin John Massal.

Today, Michigan Medicine continues to push the boundaries of medical science through initiatives like the Fast Forward Medical Innovation Program, which helps translate laboratory discoveries into practical treatments.

The Center for Surgical Innovation develops cutting edge solutions in surgical care, including the use of extended reality technology for training surgeons.

I am Juan Ochoa, International Public Relations Representative for the Michigan News Office.

I'm pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Shepherd, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Dr. Shepherd's research examines U.S. health politics and policy, rural health disparities, and the roles that political parties, race, and mass media play in shaping health attitudes and behaviors.

Welcome, Dr. Shepherd.

And it's more costly to treat these patients in the emergency room than if they had seen a doctor earlier.

William Lopez is a professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

We know in public health and we know in economics that the emergency room is the least efficient way to treat any kind of illness, because by that point, it's usually escalated to something fairly catastrophic.

William studies how deportation impacts the health of both immigrant communities and the ones where people have different legal statuses, like a household where the parents are not citizens, but their children are.

I always have trouble with epidemiology.

The co-director, Center for the Respiratory Virus Research and Response, School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, my fine alma mater.

He is Dr. Arnold S. Monto.

Dr. Monto, welcome.

Well, uh, when I first heard it happened in Siberia, I said, "There's a reason that lab's in Siberia." And that, I'll rest my story with that.

You're right.

Dr. R.S. Monto, professor emeritus of epidemiology, co-director, Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response, the School of Public Health at the fine University of Michigan.

Thank you for your help and your expertise, doctor.