Members, please join us at NCRC for the 2024 Member Forum! 

This year’s event will focus on how IHPI can support your research journey. We will celebrate recent highlights and look to the future, with opportunities for member input. We hope to see you there!

Deadline: Friday, April 5

IHPI is currently accepting applications to serve 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 to promote the success of early career IHPI members and accelerate the impact of their research.

NATIONAL POLL ON HEALTHY AGING

Aspirin Use Among Older Adults

One in four older adults take aspirin at least three times a week, mostly in hopes of preventing heart attacks and strokes, according to new results from the National Poll on Healthy Aging. In all, 57% of people aged 50 to 80 who say they take aspirin regularly also said they don’t have a history of cardiovascular disease.

New poll will take the pulse of Michiganders over 50 on key health topics

Starting in May 2024, the new Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging, based at IHPI and supported by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, will regularly tap into the perspectives of older adults across the state on a wide range of health-related issues. The poll grew out of the National Poll on Healthy Aging that has been run by IHPI since 2017, with support from AARP and Michigan Medicine.

The Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging welcomes anyone with an interest in issues affecting older adults in the state to sign up to receive email alerts about new poll findings. 

Zivin to share research in Health Affairs issue, briefing on perinatal mental health

Kara Zivin, Ph.D., M.S., M.A., M.F.A., professor of psychiatry, will have three papers featured in the April 2024 issue of Health Affairs: Perinatal Mental Health & Wellbeing. Zivin and postdoctoral research fellow Stephanie Hall will present their work in a virtual forum on Wednesday, April 3, from 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET.

ICYMI 2024 DIRECTOR'S LECTURE

Health disparities science: NIH institute director reflects & looks ahead

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, M.D., director of the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities, delivered the 2024 IHPI Director's Lecture on March 8. The talk covered everything from the evolution of research on minority health and health disparities, to current challenges in health services research on these topics. 

Career Development Session

Developing and Cultivating a Research Team

Deborah Levine, M.D., M.P.H., and Lauren Wallner, Ph.D.

Wednesday, April 10 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET via Zoom

IHPI Transition to First R01 Workshop

Registration Deadline: Friday, April 26

This three-part workshop series aims to help early career faculty who are in the beginning stages of developing their first R01 or R01-equivalent proposal.  

Summer Student Programs

IHPI is hosting two summer student programs from June through July for students working with IHPI members. If you have students who may be interested in attending weekly lunch-and-learn sessions or skill-building seminars, please complete this form to add them to our email list.

PCORI Engagement Awards

Letter of Intent Deadline: April 4 (invited full proposals due July 10)

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is looking for projects that encourage meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and other healthcare stakeholders as members of patient-centered outcomes research.

• Dissemination Initiative Award (up to $300,000)
• Capacity Building Award (up to $300,000 over two years)
• Stakeholder Convening Support Award (up to $125,000)

Call for Proposals: MIDAS Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Program

Letter of Intent Deadline: April 5 (full proposals due May 10)

The Michigan Institute for Data Science Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) program aims to enable data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research that addresses significant domain research questions in responsible and ethical ways. The 2024 program, offered in partnership with Microsoft and IHPI, will fund projects related to AI methodology, responsible AI research ecosystems, and AI governance.

OHEI Seeking Faculty Research Mentors for Summer Program Students

Registration Deadline: April 12

The Michigan Medicine Office of Health Equity & Inclusion (OHEI) is seeking faculty research mentors for its 2024 Undergraduate Research Academy! Faculty researchers have an opportunity to host an undergrad in their lab, with support from OHEI staff, from June 3 to July 26.

MICHR Mentorship Opportunities

Nominate Your Mentor for the MICHR Distinguished Clinical & Translational Research Mentor Award

Extended Nomination Deadline: Monday, April 15

Improve Your Mentoring Skills at MICHR Mentoring Academy: Fostering Independence Session

Monday, April 29 | 2:00–4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom 

Dying with Dementia:

Is Hospice the Answer?

May 2, 2024 | 9:00–10:30 a.m. NCRC, Building 10, Rm G064

Lauren Hunt, Ph.D., RN, FNP

Assistant Professor of Nursing University of California, San Francisco

Health System Frontiers: Making the most of an acute care encounter

May 10, 2024 | 9:00–10:30 a.m.

NCRC, Building 10, South Atrium

Elinore Kaufman, M.D., M.S.H.P.

Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Pennsylvania

Tuesday, April 2 | 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ET

Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room

Join this day-long symposium on equity, anti-racism, and the health sciences featuring interactive sessions and a keynote conversation with Camara Phyllis Jones, Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H., and Chandra Ford, Ph.D., MLIS, M.P.H. Presented by U-M School of Public Health, MSHIELD, RacismLab, U-M College of Pharmacy, and IHPI.

Medicaid eligibility during pandemic led to increased postpartum coverage

Historically, Medicaid coverage ended at 60 days postpartum, but experts find that the risk of maternal deaths continues beyond that period, according to a new analysis led by Lindsay Admon, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

Drug pricing program improved prostate cancer treatment adherence

Prostate cancer patients receiving care at hospitals that are part of the 340B special drug pricing program were more likely to stick to their prescription drug therapy than patients at other hospitals, according to a recent study from a Rogel Cancer Center and IHPI research team led by Kassem Faraj, M.D., a urologic oncology fellow, and Vahakn Shahinian, M.D., M.S., professor of internal medicine.

This project was supported by IHPI, in partnership with Rogel Cancer Center, as part of the Institute's Policy Sprint initiative.