Three IHPI members receive 2023 U-M Distinguished Mentor awards

Three IHPI members who contribute enormously to the research environment at U-M have been honored along with four other U-M faculty with the 2023 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award.

Out of a competitive field of remarkable and generous research leaders, the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) has selected individuals who meet the highest standard for clinical and translational research mentorship. 

The pool of nominees represented a diverse group of U-M units, including Engineering, the Institute for Survey Research, Literature, Science & the Arts, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and U-M Flint.

The 12th annual awardees will be honored at a ceremony later this fall during the 2023 Mentoring Forum. 

The award was established in 2012 to recognize faculty who foster the intellectual, creative, scholarly and professional growth of their students, fellows and trainees in the areas of clinical and translational health and research.

IHPI members of the 2023 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award are:

• Posthumously Michael D. Fetters, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., professor of family medicine; director of the Mixed Methods Program; and director of the Japanese Family Health Program Education and Research, Medical School.
• Susan Murphy, Sc.D., O.T.R., director, Behavioral Research Innovation and Support Program, Michigan Institute of Clinical and Health Research (MICHR); professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division; and director, Telehealth & Rehabilitation Advancing Chronic Condition Research (TRACC-R) Center, Medical School.
• Gretchen A. Piatt, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor and vice chair of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School.