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2009 Clinical Scholars National Meeting - La Jolla, CA - Michigan
Program
Description:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program at
the University of Michigan enables physicians with a
wide range of interests to learn how to improve health
and health care. Clinical Scholars participate in an
integrated, intensive year-long curriculum designed
to meet their specific educational needs and to move
them efficiently toward research projects in their area
of interest. At the conclusion of the first year Scholars
receive a master’s degree in health and health
services research.
Throughout their fellowship Scholars are guided by a
mentorship committee of experienced faculty selected
specifically for each Scholar. Scholars can select their
research projects to take advantage of close, long-standing
linkages with nearby ongoing community-based research
in settings such as the Prevention Research Center,
the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center,
or many other potential community sites.
A culture of collaboration encourages Scholars to use
the full range of university resources to design policy-relevant
multidisciplinary research projects. Scholars work with
faculty in the many strong units located within easy
walking distance of the Medical School, such as the
School of Public Health, the Institute for Social Research,
the VA’s Health Services Research Center and the
College of Literature, Science and the Arts, as well
as other schools and departments.
Directors
Rodney
A. Hayward, M.D.
Director of the Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program
Rodney A. Hayward, M.D. is the Director of the VA Center
for Practice Management & Outcomes Research and
a Professor of Medicine & Public Health at the University
of Michigan, as well as Director of the Robert Wood
Johnson Clinical Scholars program. He received
his training in health services research as a Robert
Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCLA. Dr. Hayward's
current and past work includes studies examining measurement
of inpatient quality, access to medical care, environmental
and educational factors affecting physician practice
patterns, and quality improvement. His current work
is focused on quality measurement and provider practice
patterns, and the organization of care for chronic illnesses
(e.g., diabetes).
Peter A. Ubel, M.D.
Co-Director of the Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program
Peter A. Ubel, M.D., is the George C. Dock Collegiate Professor of Medicine, a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, a primary care physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Co-Director of the Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program and the Director of the Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine. His research explores controversial issues about the role of values and preferences in health care decision making, from decisions at the bedside to policy decisions. He uses the tools of decision psychology and behavioral economics to explore topics like informed consent, shared decision making and health care rationing. Dr. Ubel has won many research awards, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Clinton in 2000. He has written over 100 scientific articles, and his research has been widely reported on in the popular media. He is author of Pricing Life: Why it is time for health care rationing (MIT Press, 2000), You’re stronger than you think: Tapping into the secrets of emotionally resilient people (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why It matters (Harvard Business Press, 2009). Please view his website at: http://www.peterubel.com/.
Michele Heisler, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director
Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
Michele Heisler, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Behavior and Health Education and a Research Scientist at the VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence. Dr. Heisler’s research interests focus on patient, clinician, and health system factors that influence patients’ chronic disease self-management, including medications adherence. She has particular expertise in developing and evaluating health system and behavioral interventions to enhance self-management support for patients with chronic diseases. She currently is leading three federally funded multi-site interventions: an NHLBI-funded intervention testing a self-management intervention mobilizing peer support among patients with heart failure; a VA-funded randomized controlled trial testing a similar intervention among diabetes patients; and an NIH and VA-funded intervention to improve patient adherence to and provider intensification of blood pressure medications among diabetes patients with poorly controlled blood pressure. She is also a co-investigator on a CDC- and NIDDK-funded REACH-Detroit multi-faceted diabetes intervention, which includes the development and evaluation of community health worker (CHW) and peer support programs to assist Latino and African American adults with diabetes living in inner-city Detroit.
Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P.
Co-Director
Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Dr. Davis is also the Director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Dr. Davis's research interests include the financing and delivery of preventive services (particularly vaccines) for children and families, insurance coverage for children and adults, and health care reform efforts in the United States.
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program
University of Michigan Medical School
6312 Medical Science Building 1
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0604
(734) 647-4844
http://www.med.umich.edu/csp/
E-mail:
rwjcsp@umich.edu
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