Last week, IHPI members gathered for our annual member forum at NCRC to review the progress of our Institute community over the last year and consider our course ahead for the next year and beyond.

The day kicked off with a half-day workshop organized by early-career faculty on the theme of culture and team building. This workshop marked the third year for an event that's consistently drawn a capacity turnout of highly engaged IHPI members.

In my State of the Institute presentation in the afternoon, I noted that IHPI now includes 640+ members from 15 U-M schools and colleges in Ann Arbor as well as the Dearborn and Flint campuses, who are leading $1 billion in active health services research funding. I described IHPI's enhanced support services to meet the needs of our growing membership in the areas of data access and analysis, communications, policy engagement, grant development, and more. I also announced new strategic research initiatives we are now forming in telehealth and healthcare workforce diversity.

We celebrated the winners of the annual IHPI Impact Accelerator Awards, including Renu Tipirneni and the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (Michigan OPEN) team led by Chad Brummett, Mike Englesbe, and Jenn Waljee. We also recognized the many IHPI members who generously volunteer their time and expertise across our numerous education and training programs. The forum concluded with a trivia competition among 20+ teams, followed by a reception and poster session featuring the work of students from the HSR Summer Student Fellowship & Internship program.

If we weren't lucky enough to have you at the forum, you can review the slides from my presentation, and check out the Twitter activity at #ihpi20.

I look toward to the new collaborations and discoveries to come in this
new year ---- and decade ---- ahead!

---- John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP

Check out IHPI's 2019 annual report, featuring high-impact research in healthy aging, opioids, health equity, and more, along with innovations in education, training, and professional development. The report also takes a closer look at some of the 640+ minds that make IHPI a truly distinctive community of collaboration and discovery.

Three IHPI members will serve new 3-year terms on the IHPI Leadership Team (ILT) as announced at the annual Member Forum. Incoming ILT members are: Vineet Chopra, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., M.S.J., professor of internal medicine, and chief health officer, Office of the President, and Jennifer Waljee, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., associate professor of surgery.

Vineet Chopra,

MD, MSc

Preeti Malani,

MD, MS, MSJ

Jennifer Waljee

MD, MPH, MS

Director John Ayanian thanked outgoing members Amy Cohn, Ph.D., professor of engineering, Paula Lantz, Ph.D., M.S., M.A., professor of public policy, and Helen Levy, Ph.D., research professor at the Institute for Social Research, for their contributions around direction and engagement of the Institute.

Amy Cohn,

PhD

Paula Lantz,

PhD, MS, MA

Helen Levy,

PhD

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Each year, IHPI presents the Impact Accelerator awards to its members who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to ensuring their research makes the greatest possible real-world impact.

The 2019 IHPI Impact Accelerator Awards, presented at the Institute's annual Member Forum on January 22, honored Renuka (Renu) Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., and the team behind the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (Michigan OPEN).

Seven new scholars with a variety of clinical backgrounds and research interests will comprise the 2020 --- 2022 cohort of the IHPI Clinician Scholars Program, part of the National Clinician Scholars program.

Read short bios of the individuals who will make up the new class of scholars, beginning their training at U-M in summer 2020.

Michelle Moniz, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was appointed to serve as Chair of the IHPI Early Career Faculty Advisory Council beginning January 1, 2020. She replaces outgoing Chair Donovan Maust, M.D., M.S., associate professor of psychiatry, who served a 1.5 year term and will remain on the council.

Tammy Chang, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of family medicine, was appointed as a co-director of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) at IHPI.

As associate director of the NCSP at IHPI for the past five years, Chang has led a course in leadership and communication that is part of the curriculum for IHPI's NCSP scholars, as well as IHPI Clinician Scholars and students earning a master's degree in Health and Healthcare Research.

Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., professor of nursing, was appointed the new associate director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the Rogel Cancer Center.

Bhramar Mukherjee, PH.D., M.S., M.Stat., professor of public health, was appointed as the associate director for Quantitative Data Sciences at the Rogel Cancer Center.

This annual award is part of the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research efforts to foster a culture of learning. This award recognizes the value of mentoring at U-M in helping early-career investigators to reach across disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of science.

The nomination deadline is February 11, 2020.

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Amir Ghaferi, M.D., M.S., associate professor of surgery, was appointed the new associate medical director for Ambulatory Surgery within U-M Medical Group. This leadership position plays a critical role in providing patients with the highest value care in the appropriate surgical setting.

Additionally, he was appointed to serve a three-year term on the AcademyHealth Membership Committee beginning this month. The committee provides strategic guidance on member development and engagement.

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) named Colin Cooke, M.D., M.S., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, the new Editor-in-Chief of AnnalsATS!

Cooke was previously a Deputy Editor on AnnalsATS and most recently served as the interim Editor-in-Chief.

Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., professor of radiation oncology, was elected a Hastings Center fellow. The fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology.

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2/6

CHEAR Seminar: Legal Changes to the Affordable Care Act

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2/20

Using Research Thinking to Address Health Policy Problems

Presenter: Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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NCRC Building 10, Research Auditorium
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Making Prevention the Nation's Top Health Policy Priority

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3/9

Moving the Needle: Shifting the Conversation around Sexual Harassment

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