Media Coverage

November 12, 2025

Concentrate: Washtenaw County sickle cell disease researchers and activists see promise in gene therapy, threats in federal funding cuts

CHEAR Faculty member Sarah L. Reeves, PhD, MPH, is featured in this article about the promises of gene therapy for sickle cell disease.

November 3, 2025

WKAR/East Lansing: Fewer young people getting vaccinated in Michigan, study finds

CHEAR Director Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, is featured in this article about routine vaccination rates among children and adolescents in Michigan have significa

October 30, 2025

WDIV: Poll finds children are not outside enough

Sarah Clark, MPH, a research scientist in the Department of Pediatrics and co-director of the Mott Poll on Children's Health, joins Local 4 Live to talk about the latest poll.

October 30, 2025

Study finds few children get timely follow-up care after critical illness

There are no guidelines for follow-up care after pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) hospitalization. To address this gap, a Michigan Medicine-led research team looked at how often children are seen by a pediatrician or primary care physician within one week of hospital discharge.

October 9, 2025

Probabilistic linkage can clean up immunization information systems

New strategies improve data accuracy in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR), the state's immunization information system, according to a recent study.

October 6, 2025

JAMA website page on pediatric sepsis features CHEAR investigator's article

An article by Dr. Erin F. Carlton, "Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria," which was published in JAMA in January 2024, is one of nine featured on a new page, Identifying Sepsis in Children, on the publication's website.

October 2, 2025

Children with chronic conditions may face higher risk of food insecurity

(Originally posted by Michigan Medicine Health Lab)

September 15, 2025

New MiSCDC report to support development of 2025 MDHHS strategic plan for sickle cell disease

Sarah Reeves, Ph.D., M.P.H., and the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection (MiSCDC) team compiled a report, Quantitative Assessment of Sickle Cell Disease in Michigan, that was recently published on the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) website.

September 4, 2025

Kids with sickle cell disease face higher risk of dental issues, yet many don’t receive needed care

Children with sickle cell disease are more likely to have dental problems — but fewer than half of those covered by Michigan Medicaid got dental care in 2022, according to a study.

August 19, 2025

WXYZ: Mott poll says majority of parents are concerned about kids' physical and mental health

Susan J. Woolford, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, appeared on WXYZ Channel 7 News to discuss a new poll from the University of Michigan's CS Mott Children's Hospital, which shows that 2/3 of parents believe children's physical health is declining, and four out of five say the mental health of the kids is getting worse.