On March 2, IHPI members gathered virtually for our annual Member Forum to reflect upon the progress of our Institute community over the last year, and consider our course ahead in 2021. IHPI faculty members have responded to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in numerous ways. |
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If you are interested in a specific part of the agenda, you can navigate via the links below:
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Application Deadline: Friday, April 9, 2021
IHPI is pleased to announce a call for applications to fill up to four open seats on the Early Career Faculty Advisory Council (FAC). The primary role of the FAC is to advise IHPI leadership on how the Institute can help support and advance the careers of early-career faculty. We encourage applications from faculty in disciplines not already represented on the council and welcome all early-career faculty with a strong interest to apply. Learn more about the FAC, eligibility criteria, and the application process here.
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Variation in Primary Care Telehealth Adoption and Its Impact on Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations
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A U-M research team examined data from over 4,000 Michigan primary care practices to explore the the relationship between primary care telehealth adoption and preventable emergency department visits or hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Research on “surprise billing” by a U-M team, including Justin Dimick, M.D., M.P.H., chair and professor of surgery, and Andrew Ryan, Ph.D., M.A., professor of health management and policy at the School of Public Health, contributed to the chorus of voices that resulted in federal legislation passed last December as part of a COVID relief bill that will prevent patients from getting “balance bills” when they seek emergency care, require air ambulance transportation or unwittingly get care from out-of-network providers or services during non-emergency care.
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Highlighting information gathered through recent research, Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., M.S.J., U-M Chief Health Officer and director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging, and Lindsay Kobayashi, Ph.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, joined a Wolverine Caucus panel discussion to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to loneliness among older adults.
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A retrospective analysis of 328,578 Michigan residents who had a common surgical procedure done from 2012 to 2019 found that almost a quarter of them smoked in the previous 12 months, despite the presence of tobacco cessation programs across the state. This study, led by Ryan Howard, M.D., an IHPI scholar and general surgery resident, and Michael Englesbe, M.D., professor of surgery, and colleagues, relied on data from the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, a Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) group funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that works to improve patient care and lower costs.
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A new federal NIH grant will support work to promote COVID-19 research and inclusivity among African Americans and Hispanics/Latino populations. Co-led by Erica Marsh, M.D., M.S.C.I., associate professor obstetrics and gynecology, and Barbara A. Israel, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., professor of public health, the Communities Conquering COVID, or C3, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities.
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Seventeen University of Michigan faculty members have been named 2021 Public Engagement Faculty Fellows and will spend the summer building skills and planning projects with public engagement experts across campus.
Members among the cohort include Okeoma Mmeje, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Sarah Peitzmeier, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., assistant professor of nursing. The 2021 Mentor Fellows include Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, Ph.D., M.H.A., M.S., R.N., assistant professor of nursing.
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Nathan appointed division chief |
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Hari Nathan, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery, was named division chief of the Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary & Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery.
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The Rogel Cancer Center has named Sarah Hawley, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate director for training, education and career development. She will lead the center’s efforts to coordinate and enhance robust resources that support faculty, trainees and students interested in cancer research.
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Zimmerman and Martin honored for public engagement efforts |
Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Zimmerman and Martin participated in a larger panel discussion on how faculty around U-M are working to positively impact society. The discussion was followed by a series of lightning round talks, "Learning by Example: How to Successfully Engage." One of the talks featured Tammy Chang, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., assistant professor of family medicine.
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Susan Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A., professor of internal medicine, was part of a recent panel hosted by the Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics for their series "COVID Vaccine Equity Research Dialogues" (CoVEReD). Goold discussed federal guidelines on equitable vaccine distribution and Michigan’s vaccine roll-out.
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Connect to
EDUCATION &
RESOURCES
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Upcoming dates: April 29, 2021 (various times)
Location: Zoom (link will be shared upon signup)
IHPI’s Policy Engagement and External Relations team is offering office hours to provide policy engagement advice, strategies, and tools for IHPI members seeking to have a greater impact on health policy and practice through their research.
Contact Sarah Wang with questions or to sign up for a different date.
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The U-M Medical School Office of Research is currently accepting applications for the 2021−22 Cohort of its R01 Boot Camp, an intensive mentorship program designed to help early career faculty receive their first NIH Research Project Grants (R01, or equivalent). Mentee applications are due on Monday, April 12, 2021.
IHPI Members may apply to an IHPI/HSR cohort or the main program.
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- Large-scale center and initiative planning grants (open to all faculty)
- Anti-racism grants (open to all faculty)
- VPR-RAD catalyst grants (open to unit leadership only)
- RCI Block grants for arts and humanities (open to unit leadership only)
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NAM Fellowships for Health Science Scholars allow exceptional early-career academic professionals to participate in evidence-based health care or public health studies that affect the health of the American people. Currently, the program comprises seven distinct fellowship opportunities across diverse areas of focus.
Past fellows include:
Application Deadline: June 3, 2021
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Susan B. Meister Award for Best Paper in Child Health Policy |
Deadline: April 2, 2021
The Susan B. Meister Award for Best Paper in Child Health Policy recognizes an outstanding scientific paper in child health policy in the past year. Awardees will be honored at The Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy with a plaque of acknowledgment including $1,000 in support of their research.
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Applications are now open for the next cohort of Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL). IRL is a leadership program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seeks to develop interdisciplinary teams of change agents. Each team consists of two researchers and one community leader, committed to using the power of research and collaboration to advance health and equity.
Application Deadline: May 5, 2021
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Precision Health at U-M is offering funding to support the development of multidisciplinary research projects that advance the field of precision health with an emphasis on projects that accomplish this through the use and enrichment of U-M Precision Health data, tools, methods, and techniques.
Application Deadline: May 12, 2021
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Workshop: April 23, 2021
1:00−2:30 p.m.
ZOOM
The Taubman Health Sciences Library is offering a virtual workshop on complying with the NIH Public Access Policy. The workshop will provide a clear understanding of the policy and help in navigating the complex process required in complying, covering the NIH Manuscript Submission System, managing publications using the NCBI My Bibliography, tracking compliance, eRA Commons, and the Research Progress Report.
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The National Survey of State Laws provides a straightforward way to compare laws across states. Offers the ability to browse a wide range of topics or search within all laws.
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April 15, 2021 | 4:00−5:00 PM
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In this roundtable discussion, the panelists and moderator will discuss their connections to and interest in the intersection of art and science and how they inform and enhance the impact of one another. We welcome a lively discussion from a diverse set of disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds from schools and colleges across campus.
Panelists:
Mary Blazek, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
David Porter, Ph.D., Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Moderated by:
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As the pandemic’s economic effects drive more people to enroll in Medicaid as safety-net health insurance, a new study led by Edith Kieffer, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor emerita of social work, suggests that the program’s dental coverage can improve their oral health in ways that help them seek a new job or do better at the one they have. The study was conducted as part of IHPI's Healthy Michigan Plan Evaluation.
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Last fall, nearly half of older adults were on the fence about COVID-19 vaccination ─ or at least taking a wait-and-see attitude, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging. But a new follow-up poll shows that 71% of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s, including those in high-risk populations, are now ready to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when a dose becomes available to them, or had already gotten vaccinated by the time they were polled in late January. |
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A lot of the attention around “pandemic pets” has focused on families with children getting a cat, dog or other pet in 2020, during a time when many people were learning or working from home. But a new poll shows that older adults also got in on the trend. According to the National Poll on Healthy Aging, 10% of all people between the ages of 50 and 80 got a new pet between March 2020 and January 2021. |
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Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn’t asked about their hearing in the past two years, and nearly as many ─ 77% ─ haven’t had their hearing checked by a professional in that same time, according to a new National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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Reducing the initial screening age and including those with lower smoking exposures would help avert lung cancer-related deaths, according to a new study led by Rafael Meza, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health.
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