Learn more about the great Dr. Oluwaferanmi Dr. O (Feranmi Okanlami, MD MS) here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-me…

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 49.5% of adolescents ages 13–18 will experience a mental health disorder. This #WorldTeenMentalWellnessDay, join us in recognizing the importance of adolescent's mental health. For more information, see our free resources: bit.ly/AHIMentalHealth

Tomorrow, support Family Medicine by taking part in #GivingBlueDay. Make a difference in our community! Support Maggie's Marketplace, the food pantry at the Ypsilanti Health Center, which works to alleviate food insecurity. Visit givingblueday.org/.../givin.../s… and make a gift. #GoBlue

Our Michigan Medicine Family Medicine researchers have released a new paper with Cincinnati Children's, University of Cincinnati & UC College of Medicine on what's important to youth in maintaining their resiliency ... and what makes it more challenging.

🆕 Study suggests youth most value a doc's personality, professionalism, accessibility, clinical training. "As long as they are a good person who cares, understands, and offers scientific treatment, I am happy with them,” said one youth. U-M Medical School Research bit.ly/4aJ4qmS

Read this important story about 'period poverty', written by first author Clara Wolff, as well as Program Director Tammy Chang , Program Manager Marika Waselewski Xochitl Amaro, Chichi Amanze & Abby Frank.

"Period poverty is pervasive ... . Understanding youth experiences is critical to creating policies that are effective in addressing this important issue," says Tammy Chang + co-authors of new study examining menstrual knowledge among youth. More: michmed.org/wr4jB

🆕 Paper by 1st author Christopher Whitlock + Lauren Oshman MD MPH et al looked at young people's perspectives on cannabis use during pregnancy. 1/3+ of participants felt prenatal cannabis use should be classified as child abuse or neglect, among other findings. michmed.org/eWPXR

Thanks Drs.Amal Othman, Lauren Oshman Lauren Oshman MD MPH, and Jonathan Gabison for all of your work on this topic.

🆕 Paper by Kendrin Sonneville, ScD, RD, Aurianna Lajaunie & authors from @UMichMedicalSchool, @umSPH, MSU, Boston Children's & The Warren Alpert Medical School explores young people's perspectives on how parents can support youth struggling with weight-related challenges. bit.ly/4c0Xp1g

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🆕 Paper by Kendrin Sonneville, ScD, RD,Aurianna Lajaunie & authors from @UMichMedicalSchool, @umSPH, MSU, Boston Children's & The Warren Alpert Medical School explores young people's perspectives on how parents can support youth struggling with weight-related challenges. bit.ly/4c0Xp1g

We were excited to team up with U-M Family Medicine's MYHealth program to provide young people in metro Detroit a chance to learn how to conduct research. Read about the students' Final Impact presentations, using data that we gathered about social media use among young people!

The MYHealth Michigan program, led by Assistant Prof. Melissa DeJonckheere, is giving high school students in metro Detroit an academic year's worth of experience as researchers. Those 21 students recently presented their Final Impact Projects, using MyVoice data. bit.ly/3xss74P

Thanks for featuring the work of MyVoice, a text-based survey and program in our department, led by Tammy Chang!

Read about the history of this MyVoice research project on our website. So cool to see this initiative grow! bit.ly/469YHFj

Refer a friend/family member & WIN 🥳 Enter a raffle for a chance to win: 💸 $50 gift card for you 💸 $10 gift card for the person you referred Get your referral card from our front desk! Learn more ⤵️ #CornerHealthCenter

Thanks for the shout-out Alumni Association of the University of Michigan! 👉Check out more research that University of Michigan Medical School students & our whole team have accomplished with our text-based nationwide survey asking young people about what matters to them: hearmyvoicenow.org

🥳 We've accomplished a lot this past year and had fun doing so! ➡️ Check out our 2024 Annual Report, which highlights the impact that our research has had in contributing to the national conversation on topics that matter to young people! bit.ly/4dZ8Asb

🌠 Check out our 2024 Annual Report, which features our research from this past year and info about the youth who help us do the work we do! bit.ly/4dZ8Asb