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

The Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) has awarded five researchers as 2026 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 healthcare. 

2026 Awardees

• Joy Chang, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School
  Project: From Guidelines to Practice: Building Shared Decision Support for Eosinophilic Esophagitis Care
   
• Spruha Joshi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health 
  Project: Regulating an Evolving Marketplace: The Impact of State Cannabis Provisions on Delta-9 and Delta-8 THC Poisonings by Age and Sex
   
• Jazzmyne Montgomery, M.D., IHPI Scholar and Clinical Instructor, Urology, U-M Medical School
  Project: Impact of Private Equity Acquisition on Access to Timely Prostate Cancer Care Among Vulnerable Populations

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