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Setting the IHPI compass
Every strong organization must appreciate its past, focus on its present, and plan for its future. At IHPI, we build on a
rich tradition of research, teaching, and patient care at the University of Michigan. This fall our Institute will be reviewed by a team of leaders from within and outside the University to assess the progress we have made together in the first 5 years since IHPI was established by the Board of Regents in 2011. As we set our compass and plan IHPI's path for the next 5 years, we will benefit from the active input of our early-career members and our National Advisory Board.
IHPI's
Early Career Faculty Advisory Council (EC-FAC) has been exceptionally productive in gathering ideas for how IHPI's resources and services could be improved, expanded, and made more accessible. This summer, each of our 12 EC-FAC members hosted an informal "Meet and Eat" session with other early-career faculty, who represent our fastest-growing membership segment.
These sessions were an opportunity for IHPI members to connect with one another and a chance to gather valuable insights from our early career faculty on how IHPI can help ensure their work has its greatest potential impact. Of the 190 early-career faculty members within IHPI, nearly half participated in one of these meetings.
The EC-FAC members are now meeting in work groups focused on three themes from these sessions:
- Networking/Connecting,
- Services, and
- Programming/Workshops/Seminars.
I am grateful to all the early career faculty members of IHPI who provided their ideas throughout the summer. For those who were unable to attend any of the gatherings, I encourage you to reach out to
Jodie Moore
to share your recommendations for ways in which IHPI can enhance member engagement. Our Quick Guide to membership benefits offers reminders of the resources and services available to all of our members.
On September 23 we will welcome our
National Advisory Board to campus. They will provide input on our strategic initiatives and plans for the Institute's next five years. I look forward to sharing highlights of their guidance with you at the
Member Forum on Friday, November 18, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the NCRC dining room. We will also welcome Lisa Simpson, President of AcademyHealth, as our keynote speaker. I hope to see you there!
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
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Bohnert presents at Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C.
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S., associate professor of psychiatry, joined Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and the Safe States Alliance for the "It Works! Preventing Injuries & Violence" Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. Bohnert was one of three speakers and focused her remarks on overdose prevention, particularly opioid overdose.
Bohnert also served on the Scientific Advisor for Michigan Governor Snyder's Prescription Drug and Opioid Overdose Task Force (2015
--- 16), and has been active with the CDC, including on the advisory group that provided feedback for the agency's new 2016 prescribing guidelines.
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Cunningham appointed to Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Commission
The 21-member Commission, housed within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, will review the Report of Findings and Recommendations for Action from the Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Task Force and develop and propose policies and an action plan to implement the recommendation from the report.
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Stein steers NIH focus on health
disparities
Joshua Stein, M.D., M.S., associate professor of ophthalmology, recently provided an update on access to eye care as the National Institutes of Health conducted a briefing in Bethesda, Md., on health care disparities.
The
Centers for Population and Health Disparities program was developed in response to a strategic priority at NIH to address health disparities and inequities in the prevalence and outcomes of several diseases. Stein joined researchers including those from Harvard School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania during the CPHHD forum to discuss future priorities in health disparities.
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Chopra, Yashar win awards for excellence in teaching
Vineet Chopra, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, and
Beverly Yashar, Ph.D., M.S., professor of human genetics, have won the 2016 Kaiser Permanente Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The awards recognize demonstrated superior teaching ability; accessibility or willingness to help students more than other teachers; the ability to generate student enthusiasm; and the ability to serve as an exemplary role model. Made possible by a grant from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, these are the most prestigious teaching awards given by the Medical School.
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Ayanian, Kazerooni, Chung win Med School Dean Awards
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IHPI Director
John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., and
Ella Kazerooni, M.D., M.S., professor of radiology, were selected to receive the 2016 Clinical and Health Services Research Dean's Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the Medical School in clinical or health services research.
Kevin Chung, M.D., M.S., professor of plastic surgery, received the Dean's Outstanding Clinician Award, recognizing exemplary performance of a practicing clinician or program leader of innovation in clinical care.
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U-M, Yottabyte partner to accelerate data-intensive research
A strategic partnership between the University of Michigan and software company Yottabyte promises to unleash a new wave of data-intensive research by providing a flexible computing cloud for complex computational analyses of sensitive and restricted data.
The Yottabyte Research Cloud will provide scientists high-performance, secure and flexible computing environments that enable the analysis of sensitive data sets restricted by federal privacy laws, proprietary access agreements or confidentiality requirements.
IHPI Data & Methods hub faculty
Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H., professor of internal medicine, tested a pilot installation of the Yottabyte Research Cloud for his research on such topics as predictors of opioid use after surgery and the costs and uses of cancer screenings under the Affordable Care Act.
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CHEAR key partner in $1.2M grant to improve access to care for Michigan children with epilepsy
The Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit is a key partner of a new $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal Child and Health Systems Branch for the Michigan Pediatric Epilepsy Project.
The focus of the grant is to improve access to quality health care for children and youth with epilepsy in Michigan's rural and medically underserved areas. This grant award will enable the Michigan Children's Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) Division to expand upon current efforts to improve access to specialized pediatric epilepsy services.
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CHRT names new board of directors
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT), an independent nonprofit organization housed at the University of Michigan, welcomes a new board of directors that includes representation from additional healthcare, business and policy organizations. Joining the Board are IHPI Director
John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P. and IHPI member
Brent Williams, M.D., M.P.H., professor of internal medicine.
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- Larry Charleston, IV, M.D., assistant professor, Department of Neurology,
Medical School
- HwaJung Choi, Ph.D., M.A., research investigator, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School
- Matthew Corriere, M.D., M.S., associate professor, Department of Surgery,
Medical School
- Sarah Ketchen Lipson, Ph.D., M.Ed., research assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Medical School
- Dana Telem, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor, Department of Surgery,
Medical School
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Rebecca Hasson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology
"I am interested in understanding both the causes and the consequences of obesity. Most researchers in our area focus primarily on physical activity, exercise, and nutrition, but we also try to use a more holistic approach by focusing on the factors that shape these behaviors, such as children's physical, social, and cultural environment."
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Lisa Prosser, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School
"My research focuses on child health, where it can be challenging to find data on both short-term and long-term outcomes. As the demand for comparative effectiveness evidence grows, I have been thinking about how decision science methods can be used to provide information on the benefits and harms of clinical interventions and public health programs when data are scarce."
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IHPI Seminar Series: Michigan Opioid Prescribing and Engagement Network---- Research, Policy and Outreach
Date: September 19, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m.
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC Research Auditorium, Building 10
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Ann Arbor Health Services Research Symposium
Dates: September 19
--- 20, 2016
Location: NCRC Dining Hall, Building 18
This year's theme is "Defining Excellence: Performance Measurement in Healthcare," and the agenda focuses on measuring and reporting clinician performance as it relates to quality, costs and appropriateness.
Sponsored by the Dow Division of Health Services Research in the Department of Urology and IHPI.
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Midwest Workshop on Big Neuroscience Data, Tools, Protocols & Services
Dates: September 20
--- 21, 2016
Location: Michigan League
Registration required
This workshop aims to:
- build an active Midwest Neuroscience Network Community,
- promote open-sharing of data-intense challenges, datasets, research projects, expertise, software, services, protocols, resources, learning modules, and
- provide a forum for productive discussions of joint (multi-institutional) grants, training opportunities, publications, research projects.
The event will use unconference-style protocol allows active community involvement and collaboration on development of software tools, services, learning materials, end-to-end pipeline workflows.
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4th annual symposium on Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety
Date: September 26, 2016
Time: 5:00 p.m.
--- 7:30 p.m.
Location: Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center,
1221 Beal Ave., 3rd and 4th Floors
RSVP HERE
Learn how the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS) is helping to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery by identifying, fostering, and promoting collaborative projects across the University.
Come enjoy refreshments, networking with colleagues and potential collaborators, posters and mini-presentations on cutting-edge healthcare research, and the opportunity to learn about current activities at CHEPS.
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Call for abstracts: U-M Massey Regional TBI Conference
Deadline: September 16, 2016
Conference: October 24, 2016
WEBSITE
The Massey Regional TBI Conference will explore the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of traumatic brain injury through lectures, a poster session and scientific presentations from funded Massey TBI Grand Challenge teams.
Investigators are invited to submit abstracts for posters and presentations. Abstracts may address preclinical, clinical and health services research. Up to five abstracts will be selected for oral presentation.
Hosted by the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC).
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Learning Health System (LHS) Collaboratory Kick Off Meeting
Date: October 4, 2016
Time: 11:30 a.m.
--- 1:00 p.m.
Location: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes North Central
RSVP BY SEPT. 27
Across the U-M campus, many faculty, students and staff share interest in the concept of a Learning Health System (LHS) with the capacity to continuously study and improve itself. These interests reflect both the challenges of achieving an LHS and the promise of improving individual and population health through the LHS. The challenges and the promise have given rise to national and international movements to achieve learning health systems at organizational, regional, and national scales.
The LHS Collaboratory will expand and extend work begun under the University's Third Century Initiative. We invite those who engaged in this previous work, all others with interests related to the LHS, and those who simply wish to learn more, to join the October 4 kick-off luncheon.
IHPI is a partner of the Department of Learning Health Sciences
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IHPI Seminar Series: Future Directions in Peer Review and Publishing---- The Voice of the Editors
Date: October 17, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m.
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC Research Auditorium, Building 10
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VA CCMR Distinguished Visiting Professor
Date: October 19, 2016
Time: 3:30 p.m.
--- 4:30 p.m.
Location: North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), Building 10, Research Auditorium
CME Credits Available
David Chambers, D.Phil., deputy director for Implementation Science Team, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will present his talk,
Adaptomes, learning systems, and convergence: Exploring frontiers in dissemination and implementation research.
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Michigan Health Policy Forum: Michigan's Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Date: October 24, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: East Lansing Marriott at University Place, 300 M.A.C. Ave, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
The number of deaths due to drug overdose has more than doubled in the United States in the past 15 years. Michigan's drug overdose death rate of 14.6 per 100,000 people ranks it 18th among states. The Michigan Health Policy Forum has convened a panel of experts from the many professions that interface with individuals who are at high risk of drug overdose to examine steps that have been taken and can be taken to address this deadly epidemic.
Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., professor of emergency medicine and director of the U-M Injury Research Center, will be featured on the reactor panel.
IHPI is an official sponsor of the Michigan Health Policy Forum
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Call for papers: Conference and special issue of Marketing Science on Health
Conference: November 11
--- 12, 2016
Location: Olin School, Washington University in St. Louis
Conference Submission Deadline: September 15, 2016
Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 31, 2017
The goal of this
conference and special issue is to encourage more research on topics related to consumer wellness, public health, and the business of healthcare; convene and curate a set of high-quality papers that showcase the multi-faceted relevance of marketing science to this important part of the global economy; and to increase the visibility and impact of this research not just for marketers and consumers but also for the healthcare industry and policy makers. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical papers can be based on natural/field experiments, various types of econometric analyses, or "big data" approaches.
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2017 IHPI R01 Boot Camp: Now accepting applications
IHPI is once again sponsoring a R01 Boot Camp program in conjunction with the Medical School's
Mentored Research Academy: R01 Boot Camp. The IHPI Boot Camp will accommodate 8
--- 10 early career faculty and will be open to all assistant professors who are IHPI members, regardless of the school or college in which they are appointed.
The application is now available through October 17.
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Upcoming Partnership in Implementation and Evaluation (PIE) Lab
Date: Second Tuesday of each month
Time: 11:00 a.m.
--- 12:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC, Building 16, Conference Room 368C
The VA Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR) conducts the Partnerships in Implementation and Evaluation (PIE) Lab to provide expert and peer support in implementation and evaluation research. This is an informal opportunity to discuss and brainstorm ideas around partnerships, implementation, and evaluation, both within and outside the VA. Contact
Claire Robinson if you are interested in attending or have something you'd like to present.
Upcoming Labs
October 11, 11:00 a.m.
--- 12:00 p.m.
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Writing Successful Grant Proposals
This workshop will discuss strategies for preparing successful proposals. Geared toward writing proposals for research grants (those driven by a hypothesis and/or research questions), this workshop will be an intensive overview of the narrative portion of a proposal from the perspective of the reviewer. Areas covered will include matching the narrative to the sponsor's guidelines, writing style and common errors to avoid. Sample proposals will be reviewed and there will be time for questions and answers.
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K Award Writing Workshops through MICHR/IHPI
This structured, three-part workshop is designed to assist early career faculty and fellows who are preparing competitive career development grant applications (NIH K and VA CDA) for a 2017 submission. As a participant, you will exchange drafts of sections of your proposal and receive peer critique and feedback from senior faculty experienced in NIH study section thinking.
IHPI faculty will lead health services-focused breakout sessions. Space is limited, and registration is required by
October 23.
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Dates: November 9, 10, and 11
Time: 8:00 a.m.
--- 5:00 p.m.
Location: NCRC Building 110, Rooms G063 and G604.
- Work on your mixed methods proposal, research study or manuscript
- Improve your mixed methods project with rigorous methodology using an
interactive---- participatory format
- Refine your project through individual consultation with leading methodologists and group feedback
Presented by the Michigan Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program (M3RSP),
and sponsored by: M3RSP, IHPI, Department of Family Medicine, U-M Medical School, and VA-CCMR.
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Scientific Methods for Health Sciences: New graduate course series
UMHS faculty have developed and implemented a new and innovative graduate methods and analytics course series, Scientific Methods for Health Sciences (SMHS): HS851, HS852, and HS853. These Rackham-approved courses will be offered in a sequence, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Fall 2017, respectively. Complete details, materials, resources, and learning modules are
available online.
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AcademyHealth Translation and Dissemination Institute Advisory Committee---- Now accepting nominations
The Translation and Dissemination Institute is emblematic of AcademyHealth's longstanding commitment to understanding and advancing effective approaches for moving health services research into policy and practice. With open positions on the Institute Advisory Committee, individuals from a variety of backgrounds have a unique opportunity to guide its efforts to help research producers and users better understand each other's needs, place research in context, and incubate innovative approaches to moving knowledge into action.
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Opportunity: 2017 AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth have collaborated for almost two decades for the NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship program. Now accepting applications for the 2017 cycle, this fellowship program brings experts in health services research-related disciplines to the NCHS to conduct studies to address important issues in health policy.
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MLibrary@NCRC
Highlighted Resource: IAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO provides a diverse range of policy-related resources beyond the United States. Contains the full text of working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences and policy briefs. It offers the ability to browse content by topic and geography.
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Moniz for The Conversation: Medical experts rarely quoted about birth control
In a piece for The Conversation,
Michelle Moniz, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and former RWJF Scholar Elizabeth Patton, M.D., M.P.H., provided their insights as to why patients (and the public) get a lot of information about health and medicine from the media in general, and TV in particular.
Their recent study, published in the journal
Contraception, examined how contraception was covered during nightly news programs for ABC, CBS and NBC between January 2010 and July 2014.
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The need for risk adjustment in bundled payment programs
A team of U-M researchers used data from 60 Michigan hospitals to simulate what will happen when Medicare's new way of paying for hip and knee replacements in seniors takes full effect.
The bottom line: hospitals that take the most complex patients will suffer financially, because the new mandatory "bundled payment" program doesn't adjust its formula to account for patient complexity. But the researchers say there's still time to fix the program and avoid penalizing hospitals that care for the oldest and sickest patients. The study, published in the September issue of
Health Affairs, was led by
Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S., and also included
Brian Hallstrom, M.D.,
David Miller, M.D., M.P.H.,
Andrew Ryan, Ph.D., M.A., and
James Dupree, M.D., M.P.H.
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Children are less likely to be diagnosed with crossed eyes, a condition known as strabismus, if they live in poor communities, according to an analysis published in the journal
Ophthalmology led by
Joshua Ehrlich, M.D., M.P.H.,
Joshua Stein, M.D., M.S., and their U-M ophthalmology colleagues. Strabismus can lead to permanent vision loss if not treated early in life, not to mention an adverse impact on the child's self-image. In reviewing data on 1 million children ages 10 and younger, the authors found a deep racial divide in diagnosis rates of strabismus, and white children were twice as likely as black and Hispanic children to be detected with strabismus, a difference that biological factors could not explain.
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2016 Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Call for Proposals
Deadline: October 12, 2016
The University of Michigan Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center is currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2016 Small Grant for Technology to Support Health Management and Independence. The grant is awarded in the spring and fall of each year for an innovative technology project that will improve the lives of adolescents and young adults with physical, cognitive and neurodevelopmental disabilities.
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Life sciences innovation funding available through MTRAC
Innovators from all schools at U-M, other institutions of higher education, non-profit research centers, and hospital systems across Michigan are eligible to submit projects for funding consideration. The program offers early-stage funding opportunities through
Mi-Kickstart (
Dec. 31, 2016 application deadline), and
Mi-TRAC (
Sept. 26, 2016 application deadline) is the funding program for mid-stage commercialization projects.
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Michigan Mental Health Integration Partnership: An Opportunity for Matched Funding
Are you interested in receiving matched funding? Do you have a project that focuses on physical and/or mental health services of individuals receiving mental health services, or integrated mental health services across traditionally underserved settings? If so, you may be eligible for matched funding through the Michigan Mental Health Integration Partnership (MIP). Please
read this article for more information about the program, which is accepting applications for integrated care projects from U-M investigators for its next round of Medicaid match funding eligibility through
October 1, 2016.
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The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program: Start Your Application Now
Deadline: November 15, 2016
The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties force some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) were established by Congress to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers with a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.
If you have questions: David J. Pinsky, M.D., chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, director and Science Lead, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, has kindly agreed to serve as a resource for any questions. Dr. Pinsky has served on the NIH peer review committee selecting these awards. He has guided several individuals successfully through the application process. If you have any questions about the LPR please contact Dr. Pinsky (
dpinsky@umich.edu) or assistant Betty Hoss (
bhoss@umich.edu).
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