IHPI invites nominations for the annual IHPI Policy Impact Award, which each year recognizes IHPI members whose research has had a substantial impact on health policy or practice at the local, state, national, or global level.
Award recipients will receive $2,000 in their faculty account, as well as assistance in creating a communications product to showcase their work. Additionally, recipients will be recognized at the 2023 IHPI Member Forum and acknowledged through IHPI communication channels.
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Groundbreaking research, innovation, and intellectual energy
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A new IHPI policy brief summarizing the work of a team led by Allison Lin, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of psychiatry, suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth played a major role in maintaining and increasing buprenorphine treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder.
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A new IHPI brief highlights the impact of the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, a partnership between a U-M team led by Sarah Reeves, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Leveraging multiple data sources, the program helped identify over 2,500 adults with sickle cell disease in Michigan who are now eligible to receive coverage for care due to a recent expansion of a state health services program.
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Sjoding presents research on racial bias in pulse oximeters to FDA panel |
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Michael Sjoding, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, presented his team's research on racial bias in pulse oximeters to an FDA advisors group on November 1. The advisors ultimately recommended more research on disparities, more testing of devices, and better labeling for pulse oximeters to caution users against flawed readings.
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Gerlach and Reeves selected as 2023 IHPI Emerging Scholars |
Lauren Gerlach, D.O., M.Sc., assistant professor of psychiatry, will present at the University of California San Francisco Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Sarah Reeves, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics, will present at the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
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Accolades
Member achievements, awards,
and appointments
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Lorraine Buis, Ph.D., M.S.I., associate professor of family medicine, was selected as the new IHPI telehealth faculty lead, beginning January 2023. She succeeds Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of urology, who served in the role for over two years. Buis will help guide, catalyze, and disseminate IHPI research on the role of telehealth in improving health care access and quality, enhancing patient experience, and reducing costs.
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Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, M.D., clinical associate professor of internal medicine, was awarded the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award recognizes faculty members who have distinguished themselves in medical student education and are considered gifted teachers.
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Education, training, grants, and skill building
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Investigators applying for NIH funding for research that will generate scientific data will be required to include a Data Management and Sharing Plan with new applications submitted on or after January 25, 2023. The new Data Management and Sharing policy also states that allowable costs associated with data management and sharing can be written into proposal budgets.
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Deadline: January 12, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET
This year’s ARM is organized around 21 themes and five submission categories.
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Deadline: January 31, 2023
Prize: $20,000
The award recognizes outstanding published work from researchers furthering innovation in health care financing, delivery and organization or the implementation of health care policy.
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Save the dates
Events that connect and engage
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Date: December 16, 2022
Time: 9:00−10:00 a.m. ET
Location: NCRC, Building 16, 1st Floor North
Join us for coffee and donuts, to reconnect with your IHPI community, and to see the newly remodeled Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy (CHOP) space! "Coffee and Donuts" gatherings are open house-style, so stop by anytime within the noted time frame. IHPI members' research staff are welcome to attend as well.
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Date: January 19, 2023
Time: 2:00−3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom
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Dr. Papaleontiou will present Thyroid hormone replacement: Challenges and complexities.
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Dr. Wu will present Person-centered and justice-informed translational contraceptive research: Practical and ethical challenges.
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Pooja Lagisetty, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, discussed how policies have led to unintended access barriers for both people with chronic pain and opioid use disorders. The presentation walked through how these barriers manifest and highlighted potential solutions moving forward.
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Browse upcoming seminars, lectures, and conferences, and catch recaps of past events from the archives.
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In the news
Our members making headlines
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Project Healthy Schools is a community-University of Michigan collaboration designed to reduce childhood obesity and improve the current and future health of Michigan’s youth. The program, which began in 2004, is one of only a few school-based programs that have demonstrated immediate and lasting improvements in participants’ health behavior and cardiovascular risk factors. |
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More than half of people age 50 to 80 say they helped at least one person over 65 with their health, personal hygiene, home, or finances in the past two years, according to new findings from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. While nearly all helpers (96%) reported positive aspects of supporting others, a quarter said it was more difficult than they expected.
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Highly processed foods can be considered addictive like tobacco products |
New research published in Addiction and led by Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.S., associate professor of psychology, offers evidence that highly processed foods meet the same criteria used to identify cigarettes as an addictive substance.
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