News and Events

Pizzo, P. A., & Clark, N. M. (2012). Alleviating suffering 101--pain relief in the United States. The New England Journal of Medicine, 366(3), 197–199.

Janevic, M. R., McLaughlin, S. J., & Connell, C. M. (2011). Overestimation of Physical Activity Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Underactive Individuals With Diabetes. Medical Care.

Leo, H. L., & Clark, N. M. (2011). Spreading the Word on Food Allergy Education: Lessons from Childhood Asthma. The Journal of Pediatrics.

Implementing Evidence-Based Diabetes Programs at the Community Level
The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes participated in the SOPHE Summer Webinar Series. 

Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research
Report from the Institute of Medicine's Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education committee with Noreen Clark as vice-chair. 

National Program to Eliminate Diabetes Related Disparities in Vulnerable Populations
The Center is conducting an evaluation to measure the sustainable impact of efforts to reduce diabetes-related disparities in these vulnerable communities. 

Report: Chronic, Undertreated Pain Affects 116 Million Americans
Noreen Clark was quoted in a Time magazine article about undertreatment of chronic pain in the U.S. 

Dr. Melissa Valerio
Dr. Valerio, an expert in health literacy, was named Assistant Director of the Center for Managing Chronic Disease. 

The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN)
The Center is conducting a cross-site evaluation of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network.

Some women worry too much about breast cancer returning
New article by Nancy Janz, Associate Director of the Center: how much women worry about recurrence is often not aligned with actual risk.

The Hot Spotters: Can we lower medical costs by giving the neediest patients better care?
In an article in the New Yorker, author Atul Gawande highlights the work of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, an Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes site.

Video: Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes 
The Center for Managing Chronic Disease is the National Program Office for the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes. Watch the video to learn more about the work of the Alliance. 

Allies Against Asthma Policy Changes 
View the policy change results from the Allies Against Asthma coalitions by area of improvement. 

Dr. Harvey Leo Quoted by ABC News
Dr. Harvey Leo was quoted in an ABC News story, Pregnancy and Peanuts: Tricky Truths About Food Allergies, on how a mother's diet might influence her unborn child's potential future food allergies.

Exercise Self-Regulation Among Older Women Participating in a Heart Disease-Management Intervention
A new article from the Women Take PRIDE project was just published in the Journal of Women and Aging.

International Programs
The CMCD welcomed guests interested in physician asthma education from the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Chinese Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Beijing Pediatric Institute, and Guangzhou Medical College in China.

Childhood Asthma Linkages in Missouri (CALM)
The Center is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the CALM program that will result in common cross-site assessment of reach, linkages, sustainability of efforts, and asthma-related outcomes.  

Key Informants’ Perspectives on Managing Epilepsy Report
In partnership with the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan, the Center  was funded by the CDC to research the experiences and effects of self management interventions for epilepsy and other chronic diseases. Read the Center's first report on Key Informants’ Perspectives. (June 2010)

Policy and System Change and Community Coalitions: Outcomes From Allies Against Asthma
Read the results of the Allies Against Asthma project in the American Journal of Public Health, May 2010, Vol 100, No. 5.  (May, 2010)

American Thoracic Society
View the Center’s presentations from the American Thoracic Society conference by Noreen Clark, Minal Patel, Christy Houle and Melissa Valerio, and more at the Center's Scribd site. (May 2010)

Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) in South Texas
Dr. Melissa A. Valerio led a Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) from the University of Michigan School of Public Health to the south Texas Rio Grande Valley area for a week-long public health immersion.  (March 2010)

Motivating Patients to Manage Their Asthma
The Center hosted a presentation by Bruce Bender, PhD at the School of Public Health on the topic of Motivating Patients to Manage Their Asthma. Dr. Bender is the Head of the Division of Pediatric Behavioral Health, National Jewish Health. (February, 2010)

Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes
The Center serves as the National Program Office for the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes. The National Program Office provides leadership in building the Alliance as a national partnership, supports the efforts of the five community partners, and serves as the hub of communication activities at the national and community level.  (January, 2010)