A Message from Our Director: 2020 Member Forum Recap
Last week, IHPI members gathered for our annual member forum at NCRC to review the progress of our Institute community over the last year and consider our course ahead for the next year and beyond.
The day kicked off with a half-day workshop organized by early-career faculty on the theme of culture and team building. This workshop marked the third year for an event that's consistently drawn a capacity turnout of highly engaged IHPI members.
In my State of the Institute presentation in the afternoon, I noted that IHPI now includes 640+ members from 15 U-M schools and colleges in Ann Arbor as well as the Dearborn and Flint campuses, who are leading $1 billion in active health services research funding. I described IHPI's enhanced
support services to meet the needs of our growing membership in the areas of data access and analysis, communications, policy engagement, grant development, and more. I also announced new strategic research initiatives we are now forming in telehealth and healthcare workforce diversity.
We celebrated the winners of the annual
IHPI Impact Accelerator Awards, including Renu Tipirneni and the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (Michigan OPEN) team led by Chad Brummett, Mike Englesbe, and Jenn Waljee. We also recognized the many IHPI members who generously volunteer their time and expertise across our numerous education and training programs. The forum concluded with a trivia competition among 20+ teams, followed by a reception and poster session featuring the work of students from the
HSR Summer Student Fellowship & Internship program.
I look toward to the new collaborations and discoveries to come in this
new year
---- and decade
---- ahead!
---- John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP
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Check out IHPI's 2019 annual report, featuring high-impact research in healthy aging, opioids, health equity, and more, along with innovations in education, training, and professional development. The report also takes a closer look at some of the 640+ minds that make IHPI a truly distinctive community of collaboration and discovery.
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Director welcomes new IHPI Leadership Team members, thanks outgoing leaders
Three IHPI members will serve new 3-year terms on the IHPI Leadership Team (ILT) as announced at the annual Member Forum. Incoming ILT members are:
Vineet Chopra, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine,
Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., M.S.J., professor of internal medicine, and chief health officer, Office of the President, and
Jennifer Waljee, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., associate professor of surgery.
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MD, MSc
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MD, MS, MSJ
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MD, MPH, MS
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Director John Ayanian thanked outgoing members
Amy Cohn, Ph.D., professor of engineering,
Paula Lantz, Ph.D., M.S., M.A., professor of public policy, and
Helen Levy, Ph.D., research professor at the Institute for Social Research, for their contributions around direction and engagement of the Institute.
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Each year, IHPI presents the Impact Accelerator awards to its members who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to ensuring their research makes the greatest possible real-world impact.
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Tipirneni
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Brummett
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Englesbee
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Waljee
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Seven new scholars with a variety of clinical backgrounds and research interests will comprise the 2020
--- 2022 cohort of the
IHPI Clinician Scholars Program, part of the National Clinician Scholars program.
Read short bios of the individuals who will make up the new class of scholars, beginning their training at U-M in summer 2020.
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Moniz to chair early career faculty council
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Tammy Chang, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of family medicine, was appointed as a co-director of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) at IHPI.
As associate director of the NCSP at IHPI for the past five years, Chang has led a course in leadership and communication that is part of the curriculum for IHPI's NCSP scholars, as well as IHPI Clinician Scholars and students earning a master's degree in Health and Healthcare Research.
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Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., professor of nursing, was appointed the new associate director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the Rogel Cancer Center.
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This annual award is part of the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research efforts to foster a culture of learning. This award recognizes the value of mentoring at U-M in helping early-career investigators to reach across disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of science.
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Research & Policy
HIGHLIGHTS
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Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, testified Wednesday before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. Chua spoke about a provision that would remove a loophole in the nation's "orphan drug" law. The loophole has limited the availability of different forms of a key drug to treat opioid addiction, Chua said.
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Ratings and reviews for nearly everything can be found online these days, including doctors. How are older adults using these ratings in their decisions about choosing doctors? In May 2019, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of adults age 50
---80 about their use and perceptions of online doctor ratings.
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In a new paper in the
Journal of General Internal Medicine, a pair of University of Michigan researchers that included
Renu Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, looked at data from states that have sought or received federal government permission for Medicaid work requirements, and compared it with data from states that haven't. They found that work requirement states tend to have fewer substance use disorder treatment facilities that offer care for opioid use disorder.
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Each year at least 100,000 people die in U.S. hospitals following elective surgery. Major complications that can develop following surgery are a significant cause of these deaths, as well as disability and other serious health conditions. More rapidly identifying and effectively responding to complications after surgery is a major opportunity to improve patient safety and prevent loss of life. Learn more in this brief about what the evidence says about how to improve "rescue."
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As a trauma and acute care surgeon, much of my clinical focus is on life-saving interventions. Yet little is known about what happens to patients after they leave the hospital. I'm trying to understand how we can move beyond helping our patients survive and towards helping our patients thrive after their life-changing injury or illness.
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Ghaferi named to new leadership positions
Amir Ghaferi, M.D., M.S., associate professor of surgery, was appointed the new associate medical director for Ambulatory Surgery within U-M Medical Group. This leadership position plays a critical role in providing patients with the highest value care in the appropriate surgical setting.
Additionally, he was appointed to serve a three-year term on the AcademyHealth Membership Committee beginning this month. The committee provides strategic guidance on member development and engagement.
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Cooke named editor-in-chief of AnnalsATS
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The American Thoracic Society (ATS) named
Colin Cooke, M.D., M.S., M.Sc., associate professor of internal medicine, the new Editor-in-Chief of
AnnalsATS!
Cooke was previously a Deputy Editor on AnnalsATS and most recently served as the interim Editor-in-Chief.
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Jagsi elected 2020 Hastings Center fellow
Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., professor of radiation oncology, was elected a Hastings Center fellow. The fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Surgery
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Connect to
EDUCATION & RESOURCES
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The Certificate in Mixed Methods Research (MMR) is designed for researchers and practitioners in social work, nursing, psychology, public health, anthropology, political science, sociology, education, and other applied fields.
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HIGHLIGHTED RESOURCE
Interested in state policy?
MIRS News provides news coverage and analysis of Michigan's legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
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THUR
2/6
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Speaker: Nicholas Bagley, J.D., professor of law, Law School
9:00
---10:00 a.m.
300 N. Ingalls 6D15
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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THUR
2/20
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Presenter: Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
4:00
--- 5:00 p.m.
NCRC Building 10, Research Auditorium
2800 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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MON
2/24
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Speaker: Anand Parekh, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center
11:15 a.m.
---12:30 p.m.
Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
100 Washtenaw Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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MON
3/9
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2:30
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NCRC Building 10 Research Auditorium
2800 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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For some families, average out-of-pocket health care spending for maternity care
---- including the pregnancy, delivery, and three months postpartum
---- jumped from $3,069 in 2008 to $4,569 in 2015, according to findings published in the January issue of
Health Affairs.
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IHPI Study Authors
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Internal Medicine
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