IHPI POLICY IMPACT SNAPSHOT

Research informing concussion care globally

Steven Broglio, Ph.D., A.T.C., professor and associate dean of Graduate Student Affairs at the U-M School of Kinesiology, studies the root causes and treatment of concussion and the injury’s impact on the mind and body over time. As director of the U-M Concussion Center and the U-M Neuro-Trauma Research Laboratory, his work helps inform concussion prevention, identification, and management policies that affect U.S. military service members and athletes around the world. 

Broglio’s research shows concussions can cause subtle changes to cognitive functioning that persist long after an apparent return to “normal” health. He was the recipient of a 2023 IHPI Policy Impact Award.

Sjoding shares expertise during webinar on bias in health devices

Michael Sjoding, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, was a featured expert during an Association of Health Care Journalists webinar discussing health device bias. Sjoding previously presented evidence to an FDA advisory committee on how racial bias in pulse oximeters endangers Black patients.

Sjoding

Three IHPI members among four

from U-M elected to National Academy of Medicine

Four University of Michigan faculty—three of them IHPI

members—have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine,

one of the highest honors in medicine and health. Kenneth M. Langa, M.D., Ph.D., Erica E. Marsh, M.D., MSCI, FACOG, and Marc A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., as well as University President Santa J. Ono, Ph.D.,

are among 100 newly elected health and medical scientists recognized for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

Zimmerman

Minding Memory Podcast—Season 4

Season 4 of Minding Memory opens with new co-host, Lauren Gerlach, D.O., M.Sc., professor of psychiatry and a member of the Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) leadership team. In this episode, Gerlach discusses her research and work as a geriatric psychiatrist with co-host Matthew Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H.  

NATIONAL POLL ON HEALTHY AGING

Most older adults don’t trust

AI-generated health information,

but many aren’t sure what to trust

While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new National Poll on Healthy Aging report shows 74% would have very little or no trust in such information if it were generated by artificial intelligence. Among all older adults who have searched for health information online recently, only 32% said it’s very easy to find something accurate.

Q&A: Prosser and team find updated COVID-19 vaccine more cost-effective for older adults

The U-M COVID-19 Vaccination Modeling Team led by Lisa Prosser, Ph.D., M.S., professor of pediatrics, prepared a preliminary economic analysis of the updated vaccines against the novel coronavirus for the CDC. That analysis helped inform recommendations for the vaccines, which led to their availability nationwide in early September.

Prosser

The heart of the question:

Who can get Medicare-covered 

weight loss medicine?

Chaitoff

A new study led by Alexander Chaitoff,

M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of internal medicine, and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, indicates as many as 3.6 million people are most likely to qualify for coverage of semaglutide weight loss medication. The study was launched after the announcement this past spring that Medicare would allow coverage of weight loss medications for enrollees in drug plans if they had established cardiovascular disease.