About
The Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) is committed to improving the equity, quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare.
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IHPI is the nation’s largest university-based community of health services researchers, working together across diverse disciplines to study complex and timely health challenges that refuse simple definition or confinement within a single field of study. IHPI unites 800+ faculty across 17 U-M schools and colleges on the Ann Arbor campus, and several units on the Flint and Dearborn campuses, combining broad expertise to respond to vital questions within healthcare policy and practice.
Our Mission & Vision
The Institute’s mission is to foster innovative, interdisciplinary research to inform policies and practices that advance the equity, quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare, and improve health for individuals, families, and communities.
Our vision: the IHPI community strives to improve health and well-being throughout Michigan, our nation, and the world through collaborative research and learning, rigorous evidence, robust communication, and policy engagement.
A message from our Director
Our work at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) addresses the most pressing questions facing healthcare today. By developing, sharing, and implementing evidence and critical insights, we are shaping healthcare policy and practice.
Meet Our
Leadership teams
ILT faculty guide the Institute on strategic decision making, Institute governance; scientific and policy direction, research and educational initiatives, and member services and engagement.
The FAC represents the interests of early career faculty and advises IHPI leadership on how to best leverage its resources to promote the success of early career faculty and accelerate the impact of their research.
Our Board brings together recognized leaders across healthcare delivery, public policy, research, education, business, and philanthropy to assist the Institute in achieving its mission and goals.
IHPI Staff
The Institute's staff come from a variety of fields and backgrounds, from statisticians, data analysts, and project managers to communicators, administrative specialists, and education professionals. We strive to create a work culture where each team member feels respected, valued, and safe and support a culture of belonging throughout the organization.
Meet Our
Partners
The Institute is built upon a rich history of health services research, exemplified in dozens of pre-existing and emerging University of Michigan centers and programs working toward the common goal of tackling today’s most pressing healthcare policy and practice challenges. IHPI provides the...
Michigan Medicine is home to many coordinating centers for CQIs, which work collaboratively with healthcare providers throughout Michigan to improve quality, safety, and value.
Public and private collaborations enrich IHPI’s research environment and strengthen opportunities for furthering healthcare innovation and policy impact.
IHPI Up Close
The University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation is a place where intellectual energy and passion for improving public health converge. It’s a vibrant home for health services researchers from multiple disciplines to collaborate and tackle some of the toughest issues in health and healthcare.
Historic Foundations
Learn about IHPI's history and the long tradition it builds upon through our interactive timeline of important milestones in health services research and policy compiled from across the university and IHPI’s local partners going back to U-M's founding in 1817.
Learn more about the benefits of joining the largest university-based community of health services researchers.
Have questions about our experts or initiatives, media requests, or opportunities to collaborate? IHPI welcomes your inquiries.