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NEWS TO NOTE
Timely news and information
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As 2025 draws to a close, all of us at IHPI extend our sincere appreciation for your strong support throughout the past year. Together, we have continued to make great strides toward improving health care and advancing impactful research. We invite you to explore IHPI’s 2025 Year in Review, which highlights our most recent collective achievements.
Looking forward to 2026, may we continue to support one another in meaningful ways to further our mission of improving the equity, quality, safety, and affordability of health care and promoting better health and well-being
for all.
Happy Holidays!
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
Director, U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
Alice Hamilton Distinguished University Professor of Medicine
& Healthcare Policy
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Presenting at University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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Presenting at University of California San Francisco's Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
| | Beginning July 1, 2026, seven accomplished clinician-scholars will join IHPI and NCSP's dynamic network dedicated to advancing health care through rigorous research, leadership, and impact. | | IHPI invites nominations for the annual IHPI Policy Impact Award, which recognizes IHPI members whose research has had a meaningful impact on health policy or practice at the local, state, national, or international level. Nominations are due by February 9, 2026. | | The Office of the Vice President of Research is seeking nominations for its series of awards for faculty and staff to recognize work that helps advance knowledge, solve challenging problems, create new products, and enhance quality of life. Nominations are due by February 20, 2026. | | |
Resources to support research amid
funding challenges
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As the research landscape continues to evolve, here are resources to support our community:
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OUR EXPERTS
Groundbreaking research, innovation, and
intellectual energy
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| The average American now consumes more than half of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods. Research suggests the unique combination of ingredients commonly found in these products stimulates the brain in ways that can lead to addictive eating habits. To better understand these behaviors and the consequences for health, Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.S., professor of psychology, has done extensive research on this topic. This policy brief summarizes key research findings and implications for health policy. |
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Read our monthly digest of IHPI expert news, highlights, achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Institute. This month's news includes:
- Hashikawa, Ilgen, and Waits earn top faculty awards
- Okanlami receives Neubacher Award
- Papaleontiou elected to American Thyroid Association Board of Directors
- Reisner receives André G. Stanley Memorial Health Equity Award from the American Public Health Association
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LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Education, training, grants, and skill-building
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Register by Monday, January 5, 2026
Workshop sessions: via Zoom from 5:30–8:00 pm on Wednesdays,
February 4 and 25, and March 18, 2026.
IHPI sections are open to all early career faculty and fellows who are IHPI members preparing a competitive career development grant application.
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Submit a project by January 19, 2026
This 10-week program is designed to connect students with IHPI faculty to work on interdisciplinary research projects in health services, health policy, and/or racial health disparities. Selected fellows and interns will receive a $5,000 stipend. Contact Jason Wolfe for more information.
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Library Data Grant Program
Need access to a particular set of data for your research? This program offers library-licensed access to commercially available datasets.
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SAVE THE DATES
Events that connect and engage
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January 20, 2026 | 8:30 am–3:00 pm
Register now for this annual workshop designed to connect early career faculty with IHPI resources and share strategies to amplify research impact.
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IHPI Coffee Shop
January 13, 2026 | 9:30–10:30 am
Stop by for espresso drinks and non-coffee options from a mobile barista
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IHPI 2026 Member Forum
April 16, 2026 | 12:00–3:00 pm
Keynote: Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., President & CEO, AcademyHealth
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IN THE NEWS
Our members making headlines
| | A new study led by Jeff McCullough, Ph.D., associate professor of public health, and Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, examined how North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion affected access to buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, for Medicaid-insured adults. This work was supported by IHPI’s Policy Sprint initiative. | | A new National Poll on Healthy Aging report finds that 84% of adults age 65 and older drive at least once a week, and 62% drive most days. Yet fewer than half have planned for a future point when changes in their health might make it less safe for them to drive. The report was developed in collaboration with experts at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, one of the nation’s leading centers for mobility research. | | | | |
NEW MEMBERS
Welcome to IHPI
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Environment and Sustainability
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Kai Zhu
Environment and Sustainability
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About IHPI
The Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation is the nation’s largest university-based community of health services researchers.
Our mission is to foster innovative, interdisciplinary research to inform policies and practices that advance the equity, quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare, and improve health for individuals, families, and communities.
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