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February 2016 Edition |
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The Flint water crisis
Over the last several months, the country's attention has turned to an unprecedented public health emergency that has unfolded over the past year in our state. The long-term health ramifications of the Flint water crisis are still unclear, particularly for the city's children. But what is certain is that an effective response will require addressing needs across multiple domains including healthcare, education and child development, infrastructure and technology, and economic and public health policy. Many IHPI members are considering what our roles might be in this response, now and moving forward.
A number of our IHPI members, such as
Cleo Caldwell
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Rebecca Cunningham
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Marc Zimmerman
, have long been engaged in Flint through established relationships with community partners.
Matt Davis is serving as a member of the Governor's advisory task force charged with reviewing actions around the crisis and offering recommendations for future policies to protect public health and safety, while Eden Wells has been involved in communicating about health risks and working with local, state, and federal officials in her role as Michigan's Chief Medical Executive.
On January 29, seven other IHPI members and I attended a meeting on the UM-Flint campus with more than 140 faculty members from the university's Flint, Dearborn, and Ann Arbor campuses. Our purpose was to
discuss how U-M faculty members and trainees from all three campuses could collaborate with Flint community partners on issues related to health, water infrastructure, and policy, and how our research expertise might align with and support community-identified priorities.
Our UM-Flint colleagues have helped lead response efforts in coordination with community partners to help protect the health of Flint citizens and ensure safe drinking water on its campus. UM-Flint is maintaining
information and local resources
on its website, and its
Department of Public Health and Health Sciences is offering a
free on-campus, open-to-the-public course
on understanding the issues surrounding the water crisis.
Our
School of Public Health
has also assembled valuable resources and information related to the crisis and its own response efforts.
They also recently hosted a talk by the physician and U-M SPH alum Mona Hanna-Attisha, who was one of the first to call public attention to evidence pointing to elevated lead levels in Flint children's blood.
These events remind us that water quality is one of many
systemic issues contributing to health disparities in Flint and other communities in our state and country.
IHPI members embody the collaborative and multi-disciplinary efforts needed to develop effective responses for population health problems. I am confident we can come together in new ways to help ensure communities have healthier environments and more effective healthcare to alleviate crises like in Flint and prevent them from happening in the future. If you have ideas about how IHPI can support these efforts, or have already engaged in Flint-related efforts, I would appreciate you letting me know so we can share them with the IHPI community.
John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP
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KECC and Arbor Research release USRDS 2015 report
The annual data report from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) reveals both positive and negative trends in kidney disease in the U.S. The report is released by the USRDS coordinating center, based at the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (KECC), in partnership with Arbor Research Collaborative for Health.
"Overall trends for end-stage kidney disease are promising for those affected," says
Rajiv Saran, M.D., professor of internal medicine at U-M Health System and director of the USRDS coordinating center. "Patients on dialysis are living longer, and equally positive, survival rates have steadily improved among recipients of both living and deceased donor kidney transplants."
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Call for nominations: IHPI Junior Faculty Advisory Council
Application deadline: Monday, February 29, 2016
Website (U-M Level 1 login required)
IHPI is pleased to announce a call for nominations for a newly forming Junior Faculty Advisory Council (JFAC) to advise the Institute Leadership Team (ILT) on matters of importance to IHPI, with emphasis upon representing the professional development needs of junior faculty across our membership. The primary role of JFAC members will be to "think and advise
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Nominations should include the following
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The ILT looks forward to starting this new advisory council designed to help IHPI
best invest resources to help advance the careers of junior faculty
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New and improved IHPI Experts website section launches
The Institute is pleased to announce that the IHPI Communications Team has completed a major update of the "
Our Experts" section of the IHPI Website.
We have made significant changes to
your member profile page
and introduced new tools to help website visitors search for members by their areas of expertise within health services research.
We need your help! Did we get your categorization correct?
Please take a moment to:
2) Typ
e your name in the open search box,
3)
Click on your profile image to get to your member page
If you would like to change, delete, or add to any of the terms we have chosen to categorize your HSR expertise, please refer to
this taxonomy of terms used to help categorize all of our members and contact Lauren Hutchens
[email protected] or 734-647-5054.
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Barnosky elected to Medical Society Executive Council
Andrew Barnosky, D.O., M.P.H., clinical professor of emergency medicine, has been elected to serve on the 2016 Washtenaw County Medical Society Executive Council.
Barnosky will be serving as president-elect for a one-year term.
The Washtenaw County Medical Society is a non-profit organization of all specialty physicians throughout Washtenaw County and works in conjunction with the Michigan State Medical Society. The organizations strive to address issues that affect all physicians and their patients, including the health of Washtenaw County citizens, legislation, education and advocacy.
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New Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
The University of Michigan School of Public Health was awarded a $2.7 million grant to establish a regional center for health workforce research. The U-M-based Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center, which is funded by the Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), joins a national network of seven centers that collects, analyzes and reports health workforce data. Michigan's was the only newly-funded center in the country this year. The center is led by
Angela Beck, Ph.D., M.P.H., research assistant professor in the Department of Health, Management and Policy at the School of Public Health.
The Michigan center will focus on behavioral health with an emphasis on the mental health and substance abuse workforce.
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Piatt receives R01 grant for research in sustainable diabetes self-management programs
Gretchen Piatt, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medical education, received a multimillion dollar grant for a five-year program for "Fostering Sustainability through Diabetes Self-Management Support." Many diabetes self-management education programs only temporarily improve diabetes-related health outcomes due to a lack of continued follow-up and support. Planned to launch in January 2016 through an award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the program aims to create sustainable models of diabetes self-management support that will be ongoing, patient-driven, responsive to change, and embedded in 21 churches in metro-Detroit.
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Medical School winter faculty meeting: promotion and tenure process video now available
Faculty can receive an overview of the Medical School's promotion and tenure process, learn what should be included in a promotion package, and hear suggestions for preparing for promotion in the following video from the Jan. 19 winter faculty meeting. The video features Margaret R. Gyetko, M.D., senior associate dean for faculty and faculty development, discussing "Promotion and Tenure: Strategies for Success."
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Click on the player above to view the video
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Click here for the link to the PowerPoint slides from the presentation.
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IHPI boilerplate content now available for research proposals
NIH and other research proposals may require a description of the research environment at IHPI and specific resources that you will be using in your proposed work. IHPI now has general language that describes the research environment at the Institute, as well as its facilities and institutional data. Boilerplate language should be reviewed by the principal investigator and modified, as necessary, to ensure that the language speaks to the specific aims of the given research project.
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New career award resource website featuring funded award submissions
The IHPI internal website now is home to the Career Award Archive which features materials from successful Career Awards proposals that members are willing to share with their IHPI colleagues. Awards featured include:
- K01---- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
- K08---- Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award
- K23---- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
If you would like to share your funded career award, please contact Jason Wolfe.
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Membership in the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation is available to University of Michigan faculty who have an active appointment in a U-M department, a track record of independent, first-author research in health services or healthcare policy, and a record of extramural research support and productivity in health services and health policy research. IHPI member status is also available to early career health services researchers.
How to Apply
Submit your CV along with a brief description of your specific health services / health policy areas of interest and engagement in IHPI to
Jessica Patterson. Your application will be reviewed by IHPI leadership on a rolling basis and a determination of membership based upon the criteria stated above. Notification of your application status is typically made within 30-45 days of application.
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Mark Legnini, Dr.P.H.
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Urology, Medical School
Two issues I am thinking about: How hospitals and physicians can improve the quality (including appropriateness and safety) and cost-effectiveness of medical care, and how to provide patients with information to choose high-quality, cost-effective providers.
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Ellen Selkie, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Medical School
My recent research has focused on two areas related to adolescent health: 1) cyberbullying/online harassment and its health impact on adolescents and 2) describing ways adolescents might use online media (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) for peer support around mental health-related issues.
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Cancer Center Grand Rounds - "Better and Affordable: How to Manage Cancer Care with a Payer"
Time: 12:00 p.m.
--- 1:00 p.m.
Location: Ford Auditorium, University Hospital, Floor 2
Speaker: Lee Newcomer, M.D., M.P.H., senior vice president, UnitedHealthcare Oncology and Genetics
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dr. Fearon, the faculty planner, has no financial relationship relevant to this activity.
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VA CCMR to host two visiting professors
The VA Center for Clinical Management Research will be hosting two talks:
The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
Date: February 25, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
--- 2:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC, Building 10, Research Auditorium
Speaker: William Cushman, M.D., professor of preventive medicine, medicine, and physiology, The University of Tennessee
Appropriate care of older adults with multiple chronic conditions: challenges and opportunities
Date: February 25, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m.
--- 3:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC, Building 10, Research Auditorium
Speaker: Mary Tinetti, M.D., Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and section chief, Geriatrics, Yale School of Medicine
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dr. Kerr (the planner) and Drs. Tinetti and Cushman (the presenters) have no financial relationships relevant to this presentation.
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Seminar - "Is there a distinct surgical ethics?"
Time: 3:00 p.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 16, Room 266C
Speaker: Christian Vercler, M.D., clinical assistant professor, plastic surgery, Department of Surgery, U-M Medical School
Dr. Vercler will examine whether there is a distinct ethics of surgery, or if surgical ethics is just an expression of an already familiar medical ethics. He will discuss his view that there is something truly distinct about the practice of surgery that is not adequately captured in contemporary bioethical discourse.
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Twitter 101
Date: February 12
Time: 12:00 p.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 10, The IHPI Collaboratory (Room G079)
Join IHPI communicator Kara Gavin for the next monthly Twitter 101 sessions for new and lapsed tweeters.
Bring a laptop and mobile device, and your lunch, for this informal session. If you need help setting up a Twitter account, please arrive a bit early.
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HealthDesignBy.Us: Design Thinking Bootcamp for Health
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: U-M North Quad, Room 2435
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HealthDesignBy.Us is a collaborative of patients and caregivers, healthcare providers and researchers, designers and artists, engineers and technologists, public health professionals and community members who are passionate about patient-centered participatory design and infusing the maker movement into healthcare. This workshop is for those interested in learning more about using human-centered design thinking to develop healthcare solutions for the future.
This workshop is open to the U-M community and public.
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IHPI March Seminar Series featuring AHRQ Chief Science Officer Bob Kaplan
Date: Monday, March 21, 2016
Time: 3:00
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Speaker: Bob Kaplan, Ph.D., chief science officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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UMHS Adolescent Health Initiative set to Host Third Annual Conference
Date: April 18
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Location: Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, 1275 South Huron Street, Ypsilanti
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Registration is now open for the University of Michigan Health System's Adolescent Health Initiative for the third annual Conference on Adolescent Health. This conference is directed to physicians, nurses, social workers, registered dietitians, health educators, public health professionals, and all others who work with adolescents in a health care capacity.
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Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine Colloquium
Date: April 27
Location: U-M Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher Street, Founders Room
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The CBSSM Research Colloquium will feature the Bishop Lecture in Bioethics as the keynote address. This year William Dale, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, chief, section of geriatrics and palliative medicine, and director, SOCARE Clinic at the University of Chicago, will present the Bishop Lecture with a talk entitled: "Why Do We So Often Overtreat, Undertreat, and Mistreat Older Adults with Cancer?"
Additionally, abstract submissions are welcome from all disciplines both within U-M, as well as other institutions.
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CCMR Partnerships in Implementation and Evaluation Core Offering Implementation Boot Camp
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The Partnerships in Implementation and Evaluation (PIE) Core of CCMR will be offering a four-session boot camp in implementation research for CCMR investigators in April and May of this year. The goal of this boot camp is to provide compressed information and training in principles of implementation science and their application to projects and proposals. Topics to be covered include an overview of the current state of implementation science; approaches to theory-based implementation intervention design; current thinking in evaluation of implementation efforts; and emerging areas of research and development in implementation science. The first two sessions will be offered on two separate days, four hours each day, and will provide didactic content and discussion. The second two sessions, on two separate days, will consist of two hour sessions each day in which specific proposals will be workshopped.
The sessions will be held at NCRC Bldg 16 B001 and B003.
Session 1: April 19, 12:00
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---- Didactic content and discussion
Session 2: April 26, 12:00
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---- Didactic content and discussion
Session 3: May 10, 8:00
--- 10:00 a.m.
---- Workshop specific proposals
Session 4: May 19, 8:00
--- 10:00 a.m.
---- Workshop specific proposals
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MLibrary@NCRC
Highlighted Service: Information Consultations
Informationists at MLibrary@NCRC are available for individual and small group consultations tailored to your information needs. We can help you get started with literature reviews for papers and grants; direct you to resources for finding funding opportunities; provide training on citation management tools; explain current federal public access policies for publications and data--and more!
We look forward to working with you!
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Langa in Scientific American: Is Dementia Risk Falling?
Ken Langa, M.D., M.P.H., Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, Medical School, was interviewed for a piece in Scientific American amid gloomy reports of an impending epidemic of Alzheimer's and other dementias. According to the World Alzheimer Report 2015, 46.8 million people around the globe living with dementia last year, and that number is expected to double every 20 years.
Langa noted higher life expectancy and falling birth rates are driving up the global elderly population. "And if there are more 85-year-olds, it's almost certain there will be more cases of age-related diseases," he said.
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Lypson writes for The Conversation: Doctors outside the VA need to know more about the veterans they treat
Monica Lypson, M.D., M.H.P.E., professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, and associate chief of education at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, recently penned a piece for
The Conversation. Lypson says asking "Have you served in the military?" is actually a much more important question than may seem. And it's a question that few doctors make a point of asking, even though many medical residents and medical students receive all or part of their clinical training at VA medical centers and hospitals.
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Hendren and Regenbogen: One in seven colorectal cancer patients diagnosed before recommended screening age
Their study also found that younger patients were more likely to have advanced disease. The authors suggest this is in part because they are diagnosed only after their cancers have grown large enough to cause symptoms.
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Nominations for Research Faculty Awards now available
Deadline: February 17, 2016
The U-M Office of Research established the Research Faculty Awards to recognize the central role our research faculty plays in the intellectual life and work of the University. Please take a moment to review the criteria for each award below and consider nominating your most outstanding and talented research faculty colleagues for the appropriate award. Three awards have been established by the Office of Research to recognize excellence among research faculty:
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U-M Spring/Summer Research Grants Program
Deadline: February 29, 2016
The Spring/Summer Research Grants Program will award up to 40 grants to faculty members who plan to work with Ph.D. students on scholarly projects during the spring and summer terms. These grants will support a doctoral student with a 0.50 GSRA position. Please review application materials and additional information at Spring/Summer Research Grants Guidelines. Faculty members who have received a Spring/Summer Research Grant must allow three years to pass from the last award before submitting a new proposal.
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U-M Distinguished Faculty and Graduate Student Seminars Program
Deadline: February 29, 2016
Sponsored jointly by:
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the U-M Office of Research (UMOR).
These awards aim to enhance the intellectual climate for faculty and graduate student scholarship by sponsoring special seminars, colloquia, and distinguished visitor events. The opportunity for faculty and graduate students to spend time exploring topics of mutual interest, often with the benefit of interaction with renowned scholars from other institutions, has proven to be an excellent means for fostering collaboration and stimulating new research.
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U-M Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Grants
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Deadline: March 9, 2016
The University of Michigan Technology Increasing Knowledge: Technology Optimizing Choice Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (TIKTOC RERC) develops and evaluates mobile technology that will enhance the ability of adolescents and young adults with disabilities to manage their health and transition to independence. The Center is seeking grant applications for innovative technology that may improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. The TIKTOC RERC grants can provide up to $10,000 in funding for a one year project.
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MICHR Pilot Grant Program accepting submissions
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Deadline: March 11, 2016
The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) offers funding to facilitate and support innovative research across the translational spectrum. Grant applications are encouraged for interdisciplinary collaborations that promote the development of transformative solutions for improving patient outcomes.
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American Cancer Society RFA: The role of health policy and insurance in improving access and performance of cancer prevention, early detection and treatment services
Application Deadline: April 1 and October 15, 2016
A call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. New health public policy initiatives such as the new federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage, as well as Medicaid expansion in some states, create natural experiments ripe for evaluation. Research to be funded by this RFA should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.
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ABOUT IHPI
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To carry out our ambitious mission, our efforts are focused in four areas:
- Evaluating the impact of healthcare reforms
- Improving the health of communities
- Promoting greater value in healthcare
- Innovating in IT and healthcare delivery
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IHPI Informs is published monthly by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation.
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U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Christina Camilli-Whisenhunt
IHPI Communications Manager
[email protected]
734-764-9782
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