Healthier Futures Driven by Innovation

Research Networks & Interest Groups

IHPI has cultivated several research networks and interest groups within the greater IHPI community. 

Contact Information
Emma Steppe
[email protected]

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 involved in research that impacts the lives of older adults, including on Medicare, caregiving, and long-term care. Members share and receive announcements about resources, events, and policy engagement and funding opportunities related to aging research. The group may also organize aging-focused seminars or other events to promote collaboration among members. If you are interested in joining the Aging Research Network, please contact Erica Solway. 

Telehealth Research Network 

Launched in 2020, the Telehealth Research 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. 

Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE) Research Network 

The Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE) brings together experts from IHPI and across U-M's health system to design and evaluate innovative projects that improve value and right-size clinical services at Michigan Medicine and beyond. The MPrOVE Research Network connects IHPI members whose research focuses on value, care appropriateness, and innovation, fostering collaborations, sharing information, and building bridges between research and practice. 

If you are interested in joining the MPrOVE Research Network, please contact Emma Steppe.

Health Equity Networks 

The IHPI Health Equity Research Network includes IHPI researchers and U-M and Michigan Medicine partners leveraging research to advance equitable access to healthcare for all individuals and inform health policy at the university and at local, state, and federal levels. If you are interested in joining the Health Equity Research Network to receive updates about research, events, and funding, please contact Emma Steppe.

The LGBTQ+ Health Research Network, launched in February 2024 in collaboration with faculty from the School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and Medical School Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Section of Plastic Surgery, aims to bring researchers together to catalyze new collaborations, and to amplify ongoing work. IHPI members interested in joining the research network can sign up to receive emails with announcements about upcoming activities. Please contact Emma Steppe to join. 

IHPI Research Interest Groups 

With support from IHPI staff in partnership with faculty leads, these groups communicate as needed to connect, share information and resources, explore collaborations, and pursue grant funding opportunities, with the goal of catalyzing new research and partnerships. 

The current groups are focused on the following topics: 

If you are interested in joining one of the groups, please contact the staff lead noted above. If you have a suggestion for a new group, email Erica Solway.