

Bohnert, Lin receive PECASE awards
IHPI members Amy Bohnert and Allison Lin are among eight U-M researchers to have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Eight University of Michigan researchers, including two IHPI members, have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers.
They are among nearly 400 researchers whose work is funded by a range of federal agencies who were announced as PECASE winners by the White House.
IHPI members Amy Bohnert and Lewei Allison Lin as well as Scott Hummel of the Medical School; Danai Koutra, Ashwin Shahani, Kevin Field and Karin Jensen of the College of Engineering; and Liuyan Zhao of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts join a range of U-M faculty who have won PECASEs since the program began in 1996.
PECASE awards acknowledge the contributions scientists and engineers have made to the advancement of science, technology, education and mathematics education, and to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education and community outreach.
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S., is a professor in the Medical School's departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry and the School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology, and a research investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. She is co-director of the U-M Opioid Research Institute and of the Overdose Prevention Engagement Network. Her research focuses include epidemiology and brief interventions regarding chronic pain, opioid misuse, overdose, substance use and related disorders. She has led a number of projects related to overdose and prescription drug safety, with many aimed at improving care in substance use disorder treatment settings. She is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.
Lewei Allison Lin, M.D., M.Sc., is an addiction psychiatrist and health care researcher who is an associate professor in the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry, a staff psychiatrist and research investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her research on substance use disorders, including opioid overdose and treatment, has included work on the use of telehealth in addiction treatment. Her overall goal is to deliver high quality care to the 90% of people struggling with substance use disorders who are not being reached by traditional models of treatment. Lin directs the U-M addiction psychiatry fellowship, serves as president of the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine, and co-directs the Michigan Innovations in Addiction Care through Research & Education Program She is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.