2024 DIRECTOR'S LECTURE RECAP

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. 

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.  

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. 

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.

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 the Rogel Cancer Center, as part of the Institute's Policy Sprint initiative. 

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.

16th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture

in Child Health Policy

The Impact of Neighborhoods on Child Health Opportunities for Better Policy 

Thursday, April 4 | 4:00–5:30 p.m.

Location: Michigan League Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Adrianne Todman, Deputy Secretary,

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

This event will be recorded and shared publicly here.