Healthier Futures Driven by Innovation

IHPI Research Networks

IHPI has cultivated several smaller research “networks” within the greater IHPI community. Currently, these research networks are focused on Aging, Value/Appropriateness, and Telehealth, with additional topic areas under exploration.

Contact Information
Emma Steppe
emsteppe@umich.edu

IHPI Aging Research Network

Building on the success of the National Poll on Healthy Aging, in fall 2021 IHPI launched the Aging Research Network to help connect a wide range of IHPI members doing work that impacts the lives of older adults, including research on Medicare, long-term care, health care utilization, and health conditions that particularly affect older adults. Members share and receive announcements about resources, events, policy engagement opportunities, funding opportunities, and recent publications related to aging research. The group may also organize aging-focused research seminars or other events to promote collaboration among members.

If you are interested in joining the IHPI Aging Research Network, please contact Erica Solway (esolway@umich.edu).

Telehealth Research Network 

Launched in 2020, the Telehealth Research and Policy Initiative leverages collective expertise from U-M researchers and clinicians and uses novel approaches to improve healthcare access, enhance the patient experience, and reduce costs. Through this initiative and affiliated Telehealth Research Network, we partner with IHPI faculty, health systems, professional organizations, researchers, and government agencies to further the research on, and impact of, telehealth and health information technology. 

We encourage all IHPI members whose research involves telehealth, e-health, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, or other health information technologies to join the network. At this time, the email listserv is used to share members’ research, relevant events, and collaboration opportunities. 

Are you interested in discussing a collaboration? Want to be added to the Telehealth Research Network listserv? Contact Emma Steppe.

Workforce Diversity & Health Equity Network  

The IHPI Workforce Diversity & Health Equity team focuses on ways to increase innovation and research through diverse leadership and create health equity-driven health and healthcare policies to improve health for all members of society. 

Launched in 2020, the network includes several ongoing workgroups that are researching different aspects of workforce diversity and health equity at U-M and Michigan Medicine. IHPI members interested in these separate but intersecting topics are welcome to join the Workforce Diversity & Health Equity Research Network. Contact Emma Steppe for more information or to join today!