Congrats to LearningHealthSci-UM' Eileen Weinheimer-Haus (center) for receiving the 2024 EBS Research Staff Award! Eileen is a Senior Project Manager working with Akbar Waljee, MD MSc, implementing projects that use Big Data & machine-learning analytical tools to guide population health.

⭐️Coming soon to #IUSurgery! Help us welcome our new Division Chief of Plastic Surgery: ➡️Jennifer Waljee, MD, MPH, MS ⚕️Waljee brings extensive experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery in addition to her research on healthcare outcomes and policy.  🏥She will oversee the

Fired up and ready to go! Looking forward to moderating our genAI panel with panelists Drs. Brian Athey, Ginny Sheffield and Akbar Waljee at the University of Michigan Medical School Reunion Michigan Medicine (pic)

3/ High level of voluntary discretionary energy around mentoring, especially to support early career faculty.

In the 📕#RedJournal: Legalization of Cannabis Does Not Reduce Opioid Prescribing in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis Noureldin, et al. 👉 bit.ly/4gYth9U Frank I Scott, MD MSCE Peter Higgins Ryan Stidham, MD Jason Hou Akbar Waljee, MD MSc Jeffrey Berinstein

Approaches to biosimilar switching should consider patients’ desires for transparency and effective communication about biosimilar switching and engagement in their medical decision-making as part of patient-centered care Jason Hou Akbar Waljee, MD MSc bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Sharing our publication ##machinelearning models in #hepatitusB excellent team work, Akbar Waljee, MD MSc leadership Michigan Hepatology Asgeir Johannessen

How is @umich using AI? Hear how U-M students, faculty, and staff are utilizing AI in creative ways every day. I am grateful to be working with @umichtech, University of MichiganPrezOno, and our entire community on building the future of AI. youtube.com/watch?v=S7U2MQ… #ai #genai

In the midst of the exciting new/novel tx for UC, Appreciate #MilesParkes sharing still potential role of thiopurines for UC maintenance at #ECCO2025. Not everyone can afford biologics/advanced therapy. Akbar Waljee, MD MSc

Delhi-Nairobi-Naivasha for the #UZIMA_DS Annual Meeting. Led by amina abubakar Aga Khan University & Akbar Waljee, MD MSc U Michigan. This afternoon session starts with application of digital interventions for mental health and associated LTCs. uzimadatascience.org

The #UZIMA_DS Hub annual meeting commenced yesterday in Naivasha, Kenya, with opening remarks from our lead researchers Prof Amina Abubakar & Prof Akbar Waljee, MD MSc. They emphasised the need for a collaborative platform & the communication of our research to the communities we serve.

#UZIMA_DS hub & the research we are undertaking, has been made possible through the partnership between @AKUglobal & University of Michigan. “We went into this partnership because of a common purpose and a common good,” Joe Kolars, Director of the Centre for Global Health Equity. #UZIMA_DS2025

The #UZIMA_DS Hub aims to leverage advancements in artificial intelligence, machine Learning, & mobile innovations to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes, as well as #mentalhealth outcomes of adolescents and young adults in Africa.

📑 Machine-learning methodologies to predict disease progression in chronic hepatitis B in Africa❕🌍 journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte… Akbar Waljee, MD MSc

As we mark 60 years of Kenya Red Cross this year, we shine a spotlight on Mrs. Dolat Premji (Karim) — our longest-serving volunteer alive today, with an incredible 52 years of dedicated service. Now 83 years old, Dolat has been at the heart of KRCS responses to major crises —

Congratulations University of Michigan class of 2025! 💯🎉〽️ cc: Santa Ono #MGoGrad

Yesterday, we launched a 3-day session under the #UZIMA_DS-funded grant to empower grant administrators with insights into research administration stages, ethics compliance, budgeting, & AKU’s research tools.📸 See glimpses from the workshop below! Aga Khan University #AKU @akuih

New publication from center-affiliated researchers: Mobile phone surveys in 🇪🇹🇮🇩🇰🇪🇲🇼 reveal key limits in measuring vax hesitancy. 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Oversampled men/older adults 📈 Self-reports > official rates ⚠️ Social desirability & access biases matter. 📰 Read: jogh.org/2025/jogh-15-0…

From educator to internationally recognized researcher. Meet Prof Amina Abubakar - our Director at the Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University. Her work is changing autism science and services in sub-Saharan Africa. thetransmitter.org/spectrum/amina…