Five IHPI researchers receive Sandy-Hassmiller Early Career Health Services Research Awards

The Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) has awarded five researchers as 2025 recipients of the Sandy-Hassmiller Early Career Health Services Research Award. Made possible through a philanthropic gift from Lew Sandy, M.D., and Sue Hassmiller, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, this award provides up to $10,000 in seed funding to help early career faculty advance innovative, equity-focused research that informs improvements in health and health care. 

2025 Awardees

• Nora Becker, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
  Project: The impact of pediatric type 1 diabetes diagnosis on household employment
   
• Paul Chandanabhumma, Ph.D, M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Medical School
  Project: Community-engaged approaches to enhance heat preparedness among patients with chronic health conditions
   
• Nicholas Hartman, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health 
  Project: Operationalizing extreme heat risk indicators in kidney transplant waitlist management
   
• Nina Hill, M.D., National Clinician Scholar and Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine, Medical School 
  Project: Sowing seeds for good health: Patient and family centered perspectives on a produce prescription farm share program
   
• Bradley Iott, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Research Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School 
  Project: Systematic evaluation of patient preferences for social needs screening in healthcare 

The award application cycle opens annually in the spring. Learn more about the award and past awardees.