Frequently Asked Questions

To help you with questions you may have pertaining to the U-M Medical School, this page includes links to a variety of sources – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Most of the FAQs are within the Medical School but a few are University of Michigan resources. The categories include the following:

If you are not able to find an answer to your question, or if your question is not addressed in these FAQs, please email us at ask-umms@umich.edu or call 734-763-9600.


Medical School

Information & Support

Where can I order a transcript or obtain a degree verification?
Office of the Registrar

How do I find out about the Biological Sciences Scholars Program?
Biological Sciences Scholars Program

Where can I find general information about the U-M Medical School?
General information

What IT support is provided by MCIT?
Medical Center Information Center (MCIT)

What IT support is provided by MSIS?
Medical School Information Services (MSIS)

Where can I find answers to basic IT troubleshooting questions?
MSIS Help Desk IT Troubleshooting

How do I find the Medical School's organizational chart?
Organizational Chart (PDF)

How can I find out about federal stimulus funding?
UM Health System - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
UM Office of the Vice President for Research - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Where can I learn more about the proposed purchase of the Pfizer laboratories?
UM Research Growth

Educational Programs

How do I find out information about continuing medical education?
Continuing Medical Education

How can I get more information about the study of emergency medicine?
Dept of Emergency Medicine (Residency & Education)

Where can I learn more about the dual M.D. – Ph.D. degree Medical Scientist Training Program?
Medical Scientist Training Program

How does the Molecular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Program training grant differ from its graduate program?
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Graduate Program

What subjects can clinical scholars study? Where can I learn more about this program?
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

What is the Standardized Patient Program (SPP) and why are SPP Instructors needed?
Standardized Patient Program

Research Information

How can I find out about federal stimulus funding?
UM Health System - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
UM Office of the Vice President for Research - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

How is the General Clinical Research Center becoming part of the new Michigan Clinical and Translational Science Award?
General Clinical Research Center (as of 10/1/07, it is the Michigan Clinical Research Unit)

Where can I learn about research proposals and funding sources?
Grant Review & Analysis Office

Where can I learn about human subjects research and the IRB?
Institutional Review Boards of the University of Michigan Medical School (IRBMED)

Where can I learn about billing for animal purchases for research?
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine

Where can I find out about funding opportunities and other issues managed by the Office of Research?
Office of Research

Where do I find information about Clinical and Health Research
The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)

Where do I find information about Conflict of Interest?
Conflict of Interest

Policy Information

Where can I find out how to dispose of documents or CDs containing Personal Health Information? And where can I learn about other compliance and Medical-Legal issues?
UMHS Compliance Program Resources, HIPAA and Med-Legal

University of Michigan Resources

How do I get a replacement for my MCard?
MCard (ID cards)

Where can I find out about tuition reimbursement and other general U-M Human Resources information?
U-M Human Resources

How do I change a U-M password?
U-M Uniqnames and Passwords