Research
With expenditures in excess of $1 billion, research is central to U-M’s mission and permeates all 19 schools and colleges. U-M is a strong advocate of promoting collaboration and interdisciplinary research initiatives that involve faculty and students from across campus.

U-M researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 8 percent efficiency.
Research Attention
Below are 25 research outputs that have received attention in the news, social media and other digital sources in the past week ranging from “mainstream” sources to citations. This work from University of Michigan researchers represents a tiny fraction of the more than 263,000 research outputs produced by our academic community.
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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020
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Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains
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Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems
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Buprenorphine Treatment Divide by Race/Ethnicity and Payment
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Fluoridation cessation and children’s dental caries: A 7‐year follow‐up evaluation of Grade 2 schoolchildren in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada
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Prenatal phthalate exposure and adverse birth outcomes in the USA: a prospective analysis of births and estimates of attributable burden and costs
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Evidence on sex differences in sports performance
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Epcoritamab plus GemOx in transplant-ineligible relapsed/refractory DLBCL: results from the EPCORE NHL-2 trial.
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Regeneration leads to global tissue rejuvenation in aging sexual planarians
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Indoor bioaerosols and asthma: Overview, implications, and mitigation strategies
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Clinical Considerations for Competitive Sports Participation for Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
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Slouching towards engagement: interactions between people using psychedelics naturalistically and their healthcare providers
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Naturalistic Psychedelic Use: A World Apart from Clinical Care
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Families Affected by Parental Substance Use
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When Direct Oral Anticoagulants Should Not Be Standard Treatment JACC State-of-the-Art Review
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DUET: A Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Sparsentan in Patients with FSGS
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Bidirectional Associations Between Mental Health Disorders and Chronic Diabetic Complications in Individuals With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes.
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Potassium homeostasis and management of dyskalemia in kidney diseases: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
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The cost-effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 illness during the initial year of vaccination
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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
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Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — Four Vaccine Effectiveness Networks, United States, October 2024–February 2025
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Green hydrogen pathways, energy efficiencies, and intensities for ground, air, and marine transportation
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The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients
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Choice and Duration of Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolism
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Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: An International Delphi Consensus on Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints