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An Update on IHPI's Year 5 Review
For the last nine months, IHPI leaders, staff, and many of our members have been preparing for the formal review of the Institute's progress during its first five years. The review process is designed to assess the institute's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges; facilitate strategic planning for the future direction of the institute; and highlight opportunities for new collaboration.
Last week this process culminated with a two-day meeting of the review committee. The committee met with leaders across U-M's research, educational, and clinical missions, members of IHPI's Institute Leadership Team (ILT) and Early Career Faculty Advisory Council (EC-FAC), and other IHPI members. Prior to these discussions, the review committee received a detailed report prepared by IHPI leaders and staff members that summarized the Institute's history, organizational structure, key academic and impact metrics, current priorities, and future goals. Our National Advisory Board also submitted a letter of support to the review committee.
I would like to thank the review committee members for contributing their time and insights to the process: Committee Chair Michael Mulholland, M.D., Chair, U-M Department of Surgery; Patricia Hurn, Ph.D., R.N., U-M Dean of Nursing; Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., U-M Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; and Timothy Carey, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine & former Director, Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina. I also greatly appreciate the engagement of the 30 IHPI members who met with the review committee.
The committee's initial feedback to me was very positive as they concluded their two-day meeting. Their written report and specific recommendations will be completed this month. I look forward to reviewing their findings and recommendations with University leaders and members of the IHPI community as we plan our programs and initiatives for the next five years.
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
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IHPI Clinician Scholars Program names new cohort
Eight new scholars with a variety of clinical backgrounds and research interests will comprise the 2017
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IHPI Clinician Scholars Program (CSP), part of the National Clinician Scholars program.
The IHPI CSP, along with three other national program sites (UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale), offers unique clinical and community-based research training through intensive mentorship for clinicians as change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and healthcare. The CSP is the successor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, which will end this June.
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Fetters and Zebrack among U-M Fulbright grantees
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Two IHPI members were among the nine Fulbrights awarded to U-M faculty members for 2016
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Mike Fetters, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., professor of family medicine will be at Beijing University for his project, "Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Research Design Training and a Mixed Methods Investigation on Doctor Communication About Cancer."
Bradley Zebrack, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., professor of social work, will be at CanTeen Australia for his project, "Enhancing Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer."
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Kheterpal appointed associate dean for research information technology
Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., associate professor of anesthesiology, has been appointed as Associate Dean for Research Information Technology. In his new leadership role in the Medical School Office of Research, Kheterpal will be responsible for establishing the vision and strategy to effectively use information technology (IT) to advance the research mission.
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Flanders and Chopra named to new Internal Medicine leadership positions
Scott Flanders, M.D., professor of internal medicine, has assumed the newly created position of Vice Chair for External Relations for the Medical School Department of Internal Medicine, in which he will provide overall leadership and coordination of the departmentally focused strategic initiatives for Michigan Medicine and all of the operational activities associated with building partnerships with affiliate organizations.
Vineet Chopra, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, will serve as the head of the Department's new Division of Hospital Medicine, which is expected to be in operation later this summer. The Department will separate the new division from the Division of General Medicine for its clinical and educational operations and maintain a combined research operation for the two divisions focused on health services research and quality.
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U-M researchers and local policymakers join together for 2017 CHRT Policy Fellowship
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Six U-M health services researchers have joined seven Lansing policymakers as members of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) Policy Fellowship at U-M. Together, the thirteen fellows form the CHRT Policy Fellowship's 2017 class, which is now in its sixth year.
The fellowship program builds connections between health services research and policy for more effective, evidence-based health policy decisions. Since 2012, CHRT has brought policymakers and researchers together each year to learn from a broad range of health policy leaders and subject matter experts, and from each other.
Register here to learn more about applying to the 2018 program.
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IHPI members on prizewinning team in NEJM SPRINT Data Challenge
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Three IHPI members and a U-M graduate student are part of the team that claimed third prize in the
New England Journal of Medicine's SPRINT Data Challenge, which allowed teams from around the world to compete to create new knowledge and tools from the raw data of a major clinical trial for hypertension.
The team, led by Stanford University researcher Sanjay Basu, M.D., Ph.D., included IHPI members
Brian Denton, Ph.D.,
Rodney Hayward, M.D., and
Jeremy Sussman, M.D., M.Sc., as well as U-M engineering doctoral student Lauren Steimle and Stanford biostatistician Joseph Rigdon, Ph.D. They created and validated a tool for clinicians to use in making decisions about intensive blood pressure treatment.
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Advancing evidence-based policies on critical issues
The AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) provided an extensive overview of the nation's 2017 health policy agenda. As the nation's leading healthcare decision-makers and policy leaders used the existing evidence base to provide clarity on the most critical healthcare issues and immediate policy priorities in U.S. healthcare, several IHPI members, including
Amy Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Mark Fendrick, M.D., and
John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., lent their expertise to the discussions.
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Panel developing international guidelines for sexual healthcare after prostate cancer
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Over the next year, the leads of several national teams involved in developing sexual health interventions for prostate cancer survivors are working together to coordinate their projects, share best practices, and pool expertise to develop comprehensive guidelines covering sexual healthcare needs and services across prostate cancer survivorship.
Daniela Wittmann, Ph.D., M.S.W., a member of the Dow Division for Urologic Health Services Research and one of the leading members of the Prostate Cancer Survivorship Program at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, is co-chairing the International TrueNTH Sexual Health Team.
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Urology HSR Symposium videos now online
Last fall, the Dow Division of Health Services Research in Urology hosted its
Ann Arbor HSR Symposium, "Defining Excellence: Performance Measurement in Healthcare." The entire two-day symposium can now be viewed on
IHPI's YouTube playlist.
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Dean's Awards Program: Now accepting nominations
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Help honor and recognize outstanding educators, researchers and physicians by nominating them for one of seven faculty awards through the Medical School Dean's Awards Program:
The deadline for nominations is
May 1, 2017. The winners will be announced in the fall, and they will receive their awards at the annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner.
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- Ravi Anupindi, Ph.D., M.S., M.E., professor, Department of Technology and Operations, Business School
- Adrienne Lapidos, Ph.D., assistant research scientist, School of Social Work
- Jun Li, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Technology and Operations, Business School
- Jamie Mitchell, Ph.D., M.S.W., assistant professor, School of Social Work
- Nicholson Price, Ph.D., J.D., assistant professor, Law School
- Courtney Shepard, M.D., clinical lecturer, Department of Urology, Medical School
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Matthew A. Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing
"Much of my work focuses on Americans who consume a lot of healthcare resources, such as people with chronic persistent back pain, and identifying strategies that are efficient at treating those individuals. I also study spending patterns in the last year of life, and work to provide policymakers with tools they can use to make more informed decisions about end-of-life care."
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Briana Mezuk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
"I'm thinking about how stress and mental health influence the development and management of chronic health conditions like diabetes. I'm particularly interested in how mental health impacts social disparities in the risk of diabetes and related conditions. I also study how programs designed to address disability in later life impact mental health."
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Missed the February IHPI Seminar? Watch "People, Place, and Public Health--- Reflections from Detroit"
Presented by: Abdul El-Sayed, M.D., D.Phil., former Executive Director, Detroit Health Department and Health Officer, City of Detroit
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Advancing Healthcare Transformation through Policy Efforts
Date: March 20, 2017
Time: 3:00 p.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 10, Research Auditorium
Presenters: Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., M.S., senior vice president, Community Health & Equity, and chief wellness & diversity officer, Henry Ford Health System
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Dr. Wisdom provides strong leadership in community benefit/population health, and improving the health of those disproportionately affected by poor health outcomes. She founded the award-winning African-American Initiative for Male Health Improvement (AIM-HI) and the Women Inspired Neighborhood (WIN) Network, which aims to improve access to healthcare and reduce infant mortality in neighborhoods in Detroit. Since 2008, she has chaired the Detroit Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force.
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This event is open to the public with no preregistration required, and seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The conference will also be livestreamed.
Organized by the U-M Center for the History of Medicine and IHPI, with support from the U-M School of Public Health and the Michigan Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
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Integrative Design for Better Healthcare
Date: March 22, 2017
Time: 2:00 p.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 10, Rooms G063 and G064
Learn how the new
Stamps Master of Design in Integrative Design (MDes) program is combining integrative design with cross-disciplinary collaboration and problem-based inquiry to address complex, real-world healthcare issues. The first cohort of MDes students have been working with the Integrated Michigan Patient-centered Alliance in Care Transitions (I-MPACT) to improve quality and reduce variation in care transition practices. The students will present their findings from this collaboration and solicit feedback from attendees regarding their results. IHPI members can also discuss potential future collaborations with the incoming cohort of MDes students, who will be working with the
Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE), focusing on appropriate care.
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Designing Participatory Mixed Methods Research:
Community-Engaged Approaches to Address Complex Problems
Dates: March 30
--- April 1, 2017
Location: NCRC
In the spring workshop from the Michigan Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program (M3RSP), attendees will use an interactive approach to design a participatory, mixed methods study. Featuring keynote speakers
Barbara Israel, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., U-M School of Public Health, and Angela Reyes, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation. Presented by the M3RSP faculty, including John W. Creswell, Ph.D., and
Michael D. Fetters, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.
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AcademyHealth ARM: Late-breaking abstracts and early registration
Deadline: March 31 for abstracts, April 24 for early registration
Event: Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in New Orleans, June 25
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AcademyHealth is now accepting
abstract submissions to one of 20 themes to be considered for presentation at a special late-breaking session during the ARM.
Early registration rates for the ARM are also available now. See the
Funding section below for additional information on opportunities for discounted registration and scholarships.
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Health Professions Education (HPE) Day 2017
Date: April 13, 2017
Time: 8:00 a.m.
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Location: Michigan League Ballroom
Speaker: Jeanette Mladenovic, M.D., M.B.A., MACP, former executive vice president and provost, Oregon Health & Science University
Registration Required
---- Lunch will be provided
This annual event aims to spark interprofessional collaboration, networking, and inspiration for future research and practice for educational efforts across the health professions schools at U-M.
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CBSSM Research Colloquium and Bishop Lecture
Colloquium Date: April 25, 2017
Location: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room
Time: 8:30 a.m., with keynote at 11:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Norman Daniels, Ph.D., Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and professor of ethics and population health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Full event details
The event begins with presentations on bioethics, health communication and medical decision-making by scholars from U-M and beyond. Dr. Daniels will then present the Bishop Lecture with a talk entitled, "Universal Access vs. Universal Coverage: Two models of what we should aim for." The lecture is jointly presented by CBSSM and the Ronald C. and Nancy V. Bishop Lectureship in Bioethics fund.
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Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research (MCDTR) Annual Symposium
Date: May 11, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 18, Main Dining Hall
Keynote Speaker: Siham Sikander, Ph.D.
Director, Human Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
Full event details
The symposium features a variety of speakers and poster presentations; contact
Pam Campbell to RSVP or submit a poster.
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CCMR Annual Point-Counter Point Presentation
"Is Implementation Science, Science?"
Date: May 16, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 10, Research Auditorium
Co-sponsored by IHPI
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Speakers needed for MICHR Translational Research Symposium
The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) is accepting speaking proposals for the 2017 Translational Research Symposium on October 4, 2017. The audience will consist of principal investigators, research staff, trainees, and community partners. MICHR is seeking dynamic speakers who offer innovative contributions to health research anywhere along the translational spectrum.
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MLibrary @NCRC
This guide provides a diverse set of resources to help with policy analysis, including federal and state policy tracking tools.
Visit: Building 18, Room G018
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Call for Applications: NCI/AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program
Application Deadline: April 7, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
The Healthcare Delivery Research Program, in collaboration with AcademyHealth, has launched a new Scholars Program for mid-career scientists. This year-long, part-time, funded program offers scholars the opportunity to collaborate closely with National Cancer Institute staff and pursue a project of their own design.
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Who needs an ICU bed most?
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A new study from an IHPI team of researchers could help lay the groundwork for more effective
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Based on an analysis of more than 1.5 million Medicare records, the study found that for patients with uncertain ICU needs
---- including those who experienced a heart attack, or a flare-up of chronic heart or lung disease
---- an ICU stay may not increase their chance of survival, even as it costs more. The study was led by
Thomas Valley, M.D., M.Sc. a pulmonary and critical care researcher at the U-M Medical School, and published in the
Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
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An argument for ending the exclusion of inmates from Medicaid
In a piece for The Conversation,
Tyler Winkelman, M.D., an RWJF Clinical Scholar and clinical lecturer in pediatrics and communicable diseases, argues that repealing the federal law that excludes incarcerated individuals from Medicaid would lower costs for states and counties by providing additional funding for health care in prisons and jails, and would also improve public health and reduce high rates of recidivism.
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Too many patients get liver tests they don't need, which can raise fears and costs
In two new papers in the
Journal of Hospital Medicine and the
Journal of Hepatology,
Elliot Tapper, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of internal medicine, and co-authors recommend that doctors should exclude common liver issues before testing for the uncommon ones. They also say that the computer systems doctors use to order liver tests should help them pause and make wiser choices.
Sameer Saini, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of internal medicine, collaborated with Tapper on one of the studies.
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RWJF Policies for Action
Deadline: March 10, 2017
Amount: Up to $250,000 over 24 months
Policies for Action: Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health (P4A) is a research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). This call for proposals is to develop research that generates actionable evidence about how, and how well, laws and policies work. For more than 40 years RWJF has worked with others to address the major health and health care issues of our time. From its inception, RWJF's work has been driven by a continuous cycle of research, evaluation, and learning. RWJF's commitment to advance a bold research agenda helps to bring evidence to bear on some of the most complex health and policy issues facing America.
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AcademyHealth scholarships, registration discounts available for #ARM17 in New Orleans
Deadline: March 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
AcademyHealth announces the following scholarships for researchers to attend the 2017 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), June 25
--- 27 in New Orleans:
As an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, IHPI also has five ARM registration discounts available to early career IHPI members. Contact
Stacy Trosell by April 10, 2017 if you are interested in one of these discounted registrations.
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U-M Interprofessional Exchange (IP-X) Grants
Information session: March 20, 2017, from 5:00
--- 8:00 p.m. at the School of Nursing,
426 N. Ingalls, Room 1240 & 1250.
RSVP here
This Research Stimulus is focused on the health outcomes and value of interprofessional education, policy, research, care and service. The goal is to fund the most exciting and innovative ideas from across the university to promote research on the benefits of interprofessional exchange (IP-X) on diseases, populations and/or current practices. In the first year, the funds will be allocated via Pilot Grants (up to $50,000) and Early Implementation Grants (up to $250,000).
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Deadline: March 29, 2017 at 3 p.m.
The goal of this program is to create a large cadre of diverse doctoral students from multiple (non-clinical, research focused) disciplines whose research, connections, and leadership will inform and influence policy toward a Culture of Health.
For more information, contact
Colleen Sherman in Michigan Medicine Foundation Relations.
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RFA: The Role of Healthcare and Insurance in Improving Outcomes in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment
Deadline: April 1 and October 15, 2017
The American Cancer Society is seeking proposals that evaluate the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment.
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MICHR KL2 Call for Applications for 2017
Deadline: April 5, 2017
The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) is requesting applications for the MICHR K
---- Mentored Clinical Scientists Career Development Award. Awards will be co-sponsored by a combination of funds from MICHR and the applicant's home department. Awards will be for two years.
Eligible applicants hold an M.D. or Ph.D. degree with a clinical focus. University of Michigan junior faculty and mid-career health care professionals interested in initiating careers in clinical research are encouraged to apply.
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National Academy of Medicine Fellowships
Deadline: June 1, 2017
The NAM Fellowship program allows early-career health science scholars to participate in evidence-based health care or public health studies that affect the health of the American people. Through direct involvement in health- and medicine-related work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies), the program prepares young investigators to contribute to the future direction of health care throughout their careers while also accelerating their career development.
IHPI members
James Burke and
Katherine Gold, both previous NAM Fellowship recipients, are willing to speak with U-M candidates who are considering applying for one of these opportunities.
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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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CONTACT US
U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Eileen Kostanecki
IHPI Government & External Relations Director
[email protected]
202-554-0578
Kara Gavin
IHPI Research & Policy Media Relations Manager
Lauren Hutchens
IHPI Communications Specialist
Mark Lubin
IHPI Communications Coordinator
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