Dear IHPI Members,

As many of you may know, IHPI's inaugural managing director, Gail Campanella, is preparing for her retirement from U-M at the end of December. During her seven-year tenure, Gail has indelibly shaped the Institute's strategic mission and vision, and has been a driving force in uniting the faculty, staff, scholars, and collaborators who comprise our vibrant IHPI community.

I am happy to announce that Trish Meyer, manager of IHPI's Strategic Initiatives and Programs (SIP), has accepted my invitation to serve as IHPI's interim managing director, starting January 1, 2021. While serving as interim managing director, Trish will also remain in her role as SIP manager. Over the past four years, Trish has very effectively developed and managed our SIP team, and I am confident that she will thrive in her new responsibilities while continuing the success of IHPI's strategic initiatives and education programs.

In January, Gail will begin working at IHPI in a new capacity on a part-time basis to help us prepare for IHPI's next five-year review, and to provide strategic support to Trish and me during the transition period. I expect to conduct the search for a permanent managing director next spring, with the goal of filling the role by July 1, 2021.

I am grateful to Trish for her willingness to serve in this interim role, and to Gail for providing her guidance to ensure a smooth transition---- please join me in thanking them both.

----    John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.

James Jackson, Ph.D., M.A., the Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Research Professor Emeritus, Research Center for Group Dynamics, and former director of the Institute for Social Research, passed away on Sept. 1, 2020.

The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) presented IHPI member Renuka Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, with the 2020 Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award during the 9th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2020 conference.

New grants totaling more than $15 million will amplify the University of Michigan's ability to conduct research on aging and to help identify and address issues facing older adults today and into the future. U-M is now home to six aging research centers funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. Julie Bynum, M.D., M.P.H., professor of internal medicine, received a new $4.3 million NIA center grant for Alzheimer's research.

Over the last several months, a team led by Tammy Chang, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., assistant professor of family medicine, conducted several national text-message surveys of over 1,000 American youth ages 14--- 24 to better understand what they are going through during the pandemic.

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This award provides protected time for a clinician scientist to focus on conducting clinical research.

Fellows will attain and use leadership experience to improve health, health care, health policy, and health equity. The fellowship requires a full-time commitment with a minimum 12-month residence in Washington, D.C.

Date: Wednesday, October 28
Time: 1:00--- 2:00 PM

The Office of University Development Foundation Relations will host a two-part virtual workshop for U-M faculty about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

This program accelerates understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias as well as innovative approaches to better diagnose, prevent, or delay the progress of the disease.

Disaster Lit provides access to disaster medicine and public health documents. You'll find expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, and databases.

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Front Door is part of the Taubman Library information environment and provides searchable access to 364 documents from 61 different sources, with more being added regularly. This source is a collaboration of the Taubman Health Sciences Library and the Department Health Sciences.

October 8, 2020
4:00--- 5:00 PM

Featured presenter: Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., M.S.J., University of Michigan Chief Health Officer, and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Optimizing the Delivery of Telehealth at Michigan Medicine and Beyond: Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S.

In this seminar given September 25 at the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of urology, describes the rise of telehealth before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on data from Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center.

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The cost of health care drives patients' decisions. A recent paper authored by Erika Sears, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of surgery, and Kevin Chung, M.D., M.S., professor of surgery, and published in the Annals of Surgery, examined what that burden looks like when it comes to elective surgery procedures.

Medicaid expansion improved the stability of insurance coverage for low-income women in the months leading up to and right after their baby's birth, according to a new paper by senior author Lindsay Admon, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology.