Four IHPI members receive U-M Distinguished Mentor awards

Four of the seven faculty members who received an award for mentorship today from U-M's Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research today are IHPI members. All were honored with the 2017 Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award for contributing enormously to the research environment at U-M. 

Out of a competitive field of remarkable and generous research leaders, MICHR selected individuals who meet the highest standard for clinical and translational research mentorship. The award was established in 2012 to recognize faculty who foster the intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional growth of their students, fellows, and trainees in the areas of clinical and translational health and research.

The IHPI members among the winners of the 2017 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award are:

Vanessa K. Dalton, MD, MPH, Professor, Director, Program on Women’s Health Care Effectiveness Research; Associate Chair of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School

Mariel S. Lavieri, PhD, Associate Professor in Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering

Lori Pierce, MD, FASCO, FASTRO, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical School 

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Nominations for the 2018 award will open in December and be due in February.