October 2016 Edition
 
Refining our strategy for IHPI

As IHPI charts its course for the next five years, we were pleased to host members of our National Advisory Board (NAB) for their second annual meeting here in Ann Arbor on September 23. The eminent leaders who serve on our NAB offered key insights and guidance on IHPI's developing plans for its future. In her welcoming remarks at the meeting, Martha Pollack, U-M Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, described IHPI as one of the university's "gems," and noted she often cites IHPI when describing U-M's success in interdisciplinary collaborations.

The board provided supportive and constructive feedback on a number of strategic initiatives in various stages of development at IHPI, including the evolving IHPI Clinician Scholars Program and our role in the University's emerging precision medicine initiative. We also engaged the board in conversations on our philanthropy and development efforts, and how to optimally position IHPI to attract donor support. Of note, IHPI will be receiving core staff support through a recently posted position for a full-time development officer.

The National Advisory Board members were particularly impressed with the panel discussion led by several members of our Early Career Faculty Advisory Council ---- Geoff Barnes, Amy Bohnert, Tammy Chang, and Deena Costa ---- who described how IHPI is helping support the careers of our early career faculty. This panel demonstrated how the input from this Council ---- representing approximately 150 faculty members ---- is integral to IHPI, and why our commitment to their continued success is so strong. A number of NAB members commented that this discussion was a highlight of the meeting.


IHPI's future is so bright, we've gotta wear shades

I hope you can join us for our Annual Member Forum on Friday morning, November 18 in the NCRC dining room for engaging discussion and networking opportunities under the theme of "Envisioning Our Second 5 Years." AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson will present the keynote address, and I will give my annual State of the Institute presentation. Please remember that we need your RSVP. With more than 50 new IHPI members since our Member Forum last November, I encourage you to discover new connections and opportunities for collaboration when we gather in November.

John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
 
Accepting nominations for the IHPI Institute Leadership Team
Due: October 31, 2016

IHPI is seeking nominations for the Institute Leadership Team (ILT) for terms of office beginning in January 2017. ILT members participate in decision-making about IHPI's scientific direction, research, education and policy initiatives, budget priorities, and recruitment and retention for our academic community. Find further details about the role of the ILT, service expectations, terms of office, and how to nominate at the survey site.
 

IHPI honors members who received named professorships

Last month, IHPI hosted a breakfast for members who received named professorships through September 1, 2016. New appointments to named professorships are shown below:
 
 
Papleontiou, Haymart receive new grants

Maria Papaleontiou, M.D., assistant professor and Megan Haymart, M.D., assistant professor, both in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, received funding for two new projects.

Papaleontiou received a K08 grant from the National Institute on Aging entitled: "The Effect of Inappropriate Use of Thyroid Hormone Replacement in Older Men." Haymart received an  R01 from the AHRQ for "Imaging Practices and Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Cancer." Haymart's co-investigators include IHPI members Mousumi Banerjee, Ph.D., M.P.H., research professor of biostatistics, and Edward Norton, Ph.D., professor of health management and policy.

Papaleontiou
Haymart
 
 
Herrel to receive young investigator award; Hanauer to be named informatics fellow

Lindsay Herrel, M.D., M.S., clinical lecturer of urology, will receive the Association for Academic Surgery Inaugural Urology Surgery Young Investigator Award. The award recognizes the quality of Herrel's body of work from her research year and the promise of her scientific impact moving forward.

David Hanauer, M.D., M.S., clinical associate professor of pediatrics, will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics in November. ACMI is an honorary College of elected Informatics Fellows from the United States and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics and who have met rigorous scholarly scrutiny by their peers.

 
Herrel
 
Hanauer
 
 
Hollingsworth receives multiple funding awards as PI and Co-PI

John Hollingsworth, M.D., associate professor of urology, recently received three awards that focus on studying effects of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) on specialty care delivery, structural differences in care networks and treatment decisions, and the effects of new reimbursement mechanisms on surgical spending. The awards are:
  • Will the Reach of ACOs Extend to Specialty Care?
    (AHRQ---- R01)
  • Medical Decision-Making and Network Assembly Mechanisms
    in Inpatient Surgical Care (NSF)
  • Assessing the Effects of Accountable Care Organizations on Surgical Spending and Quality (AHRQ---- R01)
  
 

New study to address critical gap in chemotherapy safety

With support from a $1.4 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a team of U-M researchers led by Chris Friese, Ph.D., R.N., M.A., M.S. professor of nursing, and Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing, will investigate clinician communication processes and technologies and how they may influence safe chemotherapy administration. The researchers will work in collaboration with the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC), directed by Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of hematology/oncology and health management and policy, and a co-investigator on the grant, which is the first R01 to work with the MOQC platform.

 
 
Zebrack receives PCORI Engagement Award for psychosocial oncology project

Bradley Zebrack, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., professor of social work, was awarded a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award for his project entitled "Building a Patient-Centered Research Collaborative Group for Psychosocial Oncology." The project aims are to create an innovative, productive, and sustainable Patient-Centered Research Cooperative Group that fosters collaboration among experienced investigators, skilled psychosocial care providers, and informed patient advocates; to enhance the capacity of the group to conduct high-quality Patient-Centered Outcomes and Comparative Effectiveness Research; and to engage the group in the generation and prioritization of high-priority issues and topics of relevance to prepare for the initiation of patient-centered research.
 
 
 
 
 
Olga Yakusheva, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Nursing

"My research ideas revolve around the influence of the environment, both institutional or social, on individual behavioral choices, in relation to an individual's own health or the provision of health services to others. While research evidence on what constitutes a 'best practice' in achieving certain outcomes is important, understanding how to align the individual's behavioral choices with what's prescribed by evidence-based 'best practices' is equally crucial."

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Charles Friedman, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor of Learning Health Sciences

" My work is dedicated to realizing the vision of the Learning Health System (LHS), which means transforming our health system into one that can continuously study and improve itself by harnessing the power of modern data and analytics. The LHS concept complements health services research through an explicit focus on creating an infrastructure that supports cycles driving continuous improvement and change."

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  EVENTS
 
 
RSVP Required: Email Stacy Trosell [email protected]
 
 
IHPI Seminar Series: Future Directions in Peer Review and Publishing---- The Voice of the Editors

Date: October 17, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m. --- 4:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC Research Auditorium, Building 10

 
 
Missed the September IHPI Seminar? Watch "Michigan Opioid Prescribing and Engagement Network---- Research, Policy, and Outreach"


Watch the video

Speakers included: Chad Brummett, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology; Jennifer Waljee, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., assistant professor of plastic surgery; and Michael Englesbe, M.D., Cyrenus G. Darling, Sr. M.D. and Cyrenus G. Darling, Jr., M.D. Professor of Surgery.
 
 
VA CCMR Distinguished Visiting Professor

Date: October 19, 2016
Time: 3:30 p.m. --- 4:30 p.m.
Location: North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), Building 10, Research Auditorium
CME Credits Available

David Chambers, D.Phil., deputy director for the Implementation Science Team, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will present his talk, Adaptomes, learning systems, and convergence: Exploring frontiers in dissemination and implementation research.
 
 
Research funding at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: Addressing disparities program

Date: October 21, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. --- 12:00 p.m.
Location:North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), Building 10, Research Auditorium
Speaker: Parag Aggarwal, Ph.D., senior program officer, Addressing Disparities team, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

This presentation will provide background information into the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), describing its goals and mission, and summarizing PCORI's approach towards comparative clinical effectiveness patient-centered outcomes research and the role of patients and stakeholders in this research. It will explore PCORI's National Research Priorities, with a focus on the Addressing Disparities Program and its mission. It will also describe PCORI's process for applying for funding. Sponsored by IHPI and SPH.

 
 
LSA Advance: Great expectations---- mentoring graduate students

Date: October 21, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m. --- 2:30 p.m.
Location: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Central
REGISTER BY OCTOBER 17

The advising relationship has a strong impact on graduate students' educational experiences and their eventual professional outcomes. Differential power dynamics and conflicting expectations, though, can make this relationship difficult for both advisors and their advisees to navigate productively. Using a CRLT Players sketch that explores graduate mentoring from multiple perspectives, participants will consider common tensions that can emerge in these relationships and discuss practices that graduate students and faculty can adopt to anticipate and respond to these challenges.
 
 
Michigan Health Policy Forum: Michigan's Response to the Opioid Epidemic

Date: October 24, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m. --- 4:00 p.m.
Location: East Lansing Marriott at University Place, 300 M.A.C. Ave, East Lansing, Michigan


The number of deaths due to drug overdose has more than doubled in the United States in the past 15 years. Michigan's drug overdose death rate of 14.6 per 100,000 people ranks it 18th among states. The Michigan Health Policy Forum has convened a panel of experts from the many professions that interface with individuals who are at high risk of drug overdose to examine steps that have been taken and can be taken to address this deadly epidemic. Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., professor of emergency medicine and director of the U-M Injury Research Center, will be featured on the forum panel.

IHPI is an official sponsor of the Michigan Health Policy Forum
 
 
U-M Massey Regional TBI Conference

 
Date: October 24, 2016
Time: 8:30 a.m. --- 5:00 p.m.
Location: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room & Atrium
WEBSITE

The Massey Regional TBI Conference will explore the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of traumatic brain injury through lectures, a poster session and scientific presentations from funded Massey TBI Grand Challenge teams.

Hosted by the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC).
 
 
Distinguished Visiting Professor: The Value Proposition in Cardiovascular Medicine

 
Date: October 25, 2016
Time: 7:30 a.m. --- 8:30 a.m.
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Danto Auditorium
(Room 2314)
Speaker: Peter W. Groeneveld, M.D., M.S., associate professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

A general internist and health services researcher with an extensive background in engineering and technology development, Groeneveld has been a leading investigator in cardiovascular outcomes research for the past 15 years with a research agenda focused on the diffusion of medical technology and evaluation of the clinical outcomes, economics, and social consequences of new cardiovascular technologies.
 
 
Call for papers: Conference and special issue of Marketing Science on Health

Conference: November 11 --- 12, 2016
Location: Olin School, Washington University in St. Louis
Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 31, 2017

The goal of this conference and special issue is to encourage more research on topics related to consumer wellness, public health, and the business of healthcare; convene and curate a set of high-quality papers that showcase the multi-faceted relevance of marketing science to this important part of the global economy; and to increase the visibility and impact of this research not just for marketers and consumers but also for the healthcare industry and policy makers. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical papers can be based on natural/field experiments, various types of econometric analyses, or "big data" approaches.
 
 
U-M Injury Center Distinguished Faculty Seminar: Lisa A. Marsch "Harnessing Digital Technologies in Behavioral Health: The State of the Science"

 
Date: November 16, 2016
Time: 4:00 p.m. --- 5:00 p.m.
Location: University of Michigan School of Public Health --- I, Community Lounge
WEBSITE


In this presentation, Lisa A. Marsch, Ph.D., director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, director of the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor within the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, will provide an overview of the state of the science in the development, evaluation, and implementation of mobile technology-based therapeutic interventions for promoting behavioral health (addressing issues of substance abuse and mental health) as well as health behavior (e.g., preventive health, chronic disease management, medical regimen adherence).

REGISTRATION REQUIRED by November 15, 2016.
 
 
CHEAR Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy
Concussion and Youth Sports: Balancing the Risks of Recreational Sports for Children

Date: November 17, 2016
Time: 4:30 p.m. --- 6:00 p.m.
Location: Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science and Research Building (BSRB)
WEBSITE

 
 
 
2017 IHPI R01 Boot Camp: Now accepting applications

IHPI is once again sponsoring a R01 Boot Camp program in conjunction with the Medical School's Mentored Research Academy: R01 Boot Camp. The IHPI Boot Camp will accommodate 8 --- 10 early career faculty and will be open to all assistant professors who are IHPI members, regardless of the school or college in which they are appointed. The application is available now through October 17.

Visit the IHPI Boot Camp webpage for the latest information or contact Jason Wolfe for more information.
 
 
Call for IHPI Mentors for the 2016 MICHR/IHPI K Writing Workshop

IHPI is seeking volunteers to serve as mentors for a group of IHPI members participating in MICHR's K Writing Workshop. The three-part workshop is designed to help early career faculty and fellows prepare career development awards (K-awards) for the upcoming submission deadlines. Each session will be facilitated by two mentors and focus on the necessary elements for the Candidate Background, Career Objectives & Plan, Specific Aims, and Mentor Letters.

The sessions will take place from 5:30 p.m. --- 8:00 p.m. at the NCRC and are scheduled for the following days:
  • November 9
  • November 30
  • December 14
Please contact Jason Wolfe if you are interested in becoming a mentor.
 
 
K Award Writing Workshops through MICHR/IHPI

Date: November 9 and 30, and December 14, 2016
Time: 5:30 p.m. --- 8:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED by October 23

This structured, three-part workshop is designed to assist early career faculty and fellows who are preparing competitive career development grant applications (NIH K and VA CDA) for a 2017 submission. As a participant, you will exchange drafts of sections of your proposal and receive peer critique and feedback from senior faculty experienced in NIH study section thinking.

IHPI faculty will lead health services-focused breakout sessions. Space is limited, and registration is required by October 23.
 
 

Dates: November 9, 10, and 11
Time: 8:00 a.m. --- 5:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC Building 110, Rooms G063 and G604.
  • Work on your mixed methods proposal, research study or manuscript
  • Improve your mixed methods project with rigorous methodology using an
    interactive---- participatory format
  • Refine your project through individual consultation with leading methodologists and group feedback
Presented by the Michigan Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program (M3RSP),
and sponsored by: M3RSP, IHPI, Department of Family Medicine, U-M Medical School, and VA-CCMR.

Find out more and register at: www.mixedmethods.org
Inquiries: Satoko Motohara (734) 998-7120 ext. 328 or [email protected]
 
 
Scientific methods for health sciences: New graduate course series

UMHS faculty have developed and implemented a new and innovative graduate methods and analytics course series, Scientific Methods for Health Sciences (SMHS): HS851, HS852, and HS853. These Rackham-approved courses will be offered in a sequence, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Fall 2017, respectively. Complete details, materials, resources, and learning modules are available online.
 
 
Mentored training for dissemination and implementation research in cancer

Washington University in St. Louis invites doctorally-trained individuals to apply for to the program "Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (MT-DIRC)." This program is funded by a five year grant from the National Cancer Institute, and this unique education program is positioned to build capacity in D&I / KT research in cancer prevention and control. The MT-DIRC is first of its kind for post-doctoral scholars (fellows)-primarily individuals in early careers who want to pursue D&I / KT research in cancer.

Applications for the 2017 training should be submitted electronically between October 31, 2016 and January 9, 2017. You will be notified of acceptance by February 24, 2017
For more detailed information and application instructions, visit www.mtdirc.org.
 
 
RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program issues call for applications

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program is designed to provide a comprehensive fellowship experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics in Washington, D.C. The program provides an opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.

Up to six grants of up to $165,000 will be made in 2017. Each fellow will receive up to $104,000 for his/her Washington stay (September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018) in salary, plus fringe benefits or a fellowship stipend. An optional applicant Web conference call will be held on November 2, 2016 (2:00 p.m. ET). Registration is required. The complete call for applications, conference call registration information, and application instructions are available at the RWJF website.
 
 
AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference Scholarships

The Presidential Scholarship for the AcademyHealth Institute on Advocacy and Public Policy provides five individuals with complimentary registration and a travel stipend to attend the AcademyHealth NHPC and a "Hill Day." Recipients will have the opportunity to interact with members of AcademyHealth's Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy, participate in a policy boot camp, and communicate the value of health services research to congressional staff. Applicants must be individual members of AcademyHealth. Application deadline: October 28, 2016.

 
 
Applications Now Available for AcademyHealth Health Policy Scholarships, Fellowship, and Awards

The following scholarships are accepting applications:



 
 
MLibrary@NCRC

Library launches research data repository

The U-M Library recently announced the launch of Deep Blue Data ( https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/), a new research data repository. Deep Blue Data is a new platform specialized for datasets that enables U-M researchers to meet data-sharing mandates and to make their research data available to colleagues and peers throughout the world.

The NIH 2015 Plan for Increasing Access to Scientific Publications and Digital Scientific Data from NIH Funded Scientific Research states, "The sharing and preservation of data advances science by broadening the value of research data across disciplines and to society at large, protecting the integrity of science by facilitating the validation of results, and increasing the return on investment of scientific research." Deep Blue Data provides U-M faculty with a convenient way to preserve research data in compliance with funder or publisher mandates, and to share data for future re-use.

Deep Blue Data is a strategic initiative of the Provost and an expansion of Deep Blue, the university's institutional repository, which was established in 2006 and currently holds more than 110,000 deposits. It can also assign a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) upon deposit, making it easier to properly attribute research data. Deep Blue Data is not configured to accept sensitive data or any other data under the purview of U-M Research Compliance Programs.

The Taubman Health Sciences Library can partner with researchers through all phases of the research lifecycle, from finding funding to developing data sharing plans and archiving research data. Please contact your informationist or [email protected] for more information.

Contact MLibrary to learn more.
Visit: Building 18, Room G018
 
 
 
Assari for The Conversation: Black Americans may be more resilient to stress than white Americans

In a new piece for The Conversation, Shervin Assari, M.D., M.P.H., research investigator of psychiatry and public health, outlines the work he has done which demonstrates that although white Americans are, on average, the "healthiest group," they are also, on average, far less "resilient" than black Americans.

READ MORE
 
 
Englesbe in the Wall Street Journal: Are you fit for surgery?

Are you healthy enough to have surgery? More hospitals are asking that question before patients undergo elective procedures such as hip and knee replacements. At the University of Michigan Health System, the Michigan Surgical and Health Optimization Program (MSHOP) assesses patients' risk for surgical complications based on their CT-scans, personal characteristics and a surgical outcomes database. Michael Englesbe, M.D., Cyrenus G Darling Sr M.D. and Cyrenus G Darling Jr M.D. Professor of Surgery, and director of MSHOP, was featured in a WSJ article that profiled various "pre-habilitation" programs to help patients improve their chances of a successful surgery.

READ MORE
 
 
 
Lee in ProPublica: EpiPen's significant design flaw

 
Joyce Lee, M.D., Robert P. Kelch, M.D., Research Professor in Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, was interviewed by ProPublica regarding design flaws with the EpiPen. She points that this broken metaphor (EpiPen) causes confusion over which end is which ---- and has led to people accidentally pushing their fingers into the needle.

 
 
MORE NEWS


One-Third of Breast Cancer Patients Consult PCPs About Treatment Options
(UMHS---- Wallner, Friese, Hawley, Katz)
When things go wrong after surgery, a patient's fate - and bills - can vary widely by hospital (UMHS---- Nathan, Dimick, Ghaferi, Osborne)
Primary care docs participating in breast cancer decisions (Reuters---- Wallner)
$13.4 million awarded to test new children's quality measures (Health Exec---- Freed)
One size should not fit all when it comes to our out-of-pocket health care costs, U-M & Harvard experts say (UMHS---- Fendrick)
$4.8M NIH grant addresses environmental influences on child health
(U-M News Service---- Elliott)
Women who enter menopausal transition early should expect symptoms to persist longer (U-M News Service---- Harlow)
Mylan CEO defends price boosts for lifesaving EpiPen
( Detroit Free Press ---- Udow-Phillips)
Snyder promotes chief medical exec, creates health panel
(Detroit News---- Udow-Phillips)
 
  FUNDING
 
 
The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program:
Start Your Application Now

Deadline: November 15, 2016

The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties force some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) were established by Congress to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers with a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.

If you have questions: David J. Pinsky, M.D., chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, director and Science Lead, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, has kindly agreed to serve as a resource for any questions. Dr. Pinsky has served on the NIH peer review committee selecting these awards. He has guided several individuals successfully through the application process. If you have any questions about the LPR please contact Dr. Pinsky ( [email protected]) or assistant Betty Hoss ( [email protected]).

 
 
New grant funding to examine poverty solutions in Michigan

Deadline: November 21, 2016

U-M Poverty Solutions is a new interdisciplinary initiative that seeks to foster research to identify and test strategies for preventing and alleviating poverty. Together with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC), researchers are encouraged to apply for a Research on Strategies to Prevent and Alleviate Poverty in Michigan grant. The deadline to apply for this new funding opportunity is November 21, 2016, and a total of $100,000 is available (up to four awards of up to $25,000 each).

Collaborative research projects are to be completed within one year (January 2017 to January 2018) and must equitably involve community and academic partners in all aspects of the research process.

 
 
ABOUT IHPI
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  • 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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North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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IHPI Communications Manager
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IHPI Research & Policy Media Relations Manager
 
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IHPI Communications Specialist

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IHPI Communications Coordinator