Faculty & Staff

Interdisciplinary expert faculty

The HILS faculty are leaders in learning health systems and implementation science research. Their interdisciplinary expertise includes: behavior and organizational change, data science, informatics, systems science, and quality and performance improvement methods. Check out a few of the HILS faculty Research Snapshots here.

The HILS program engages University of Michigan faculty across many schools and disciplines that rank among the best in the nation, including: Health Care Management (#1), Information Systems (#1), Public Health (#4), Health Policy and Management (#5), Medical School (#9 for Research), Engineering (#6), Psychology (#4), Social Psychology (#1) and Sociology (#4). (U.S. News & World Report, 2017).

Faculty

Gretchen A. Piatt, MPH, PhD

Department Vice Chair of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Chair for Education Programs

Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education

Director of the Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) Program

Director of Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program

piattg@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Caren M. Stalburg, MD, MA

Collaborative Lead for Education

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Director of HILS Online Masters

Co-Director of Medical Education Scholars Program

carens@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Physician Profile

Michigan Research Experts

Nicholas Bowersox, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor, Clinical Track, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School

Associate Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School

Director, QUERI Center for Evaluation and Implementation Resources (CEIR)

Investigator, VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC)

Training Director, SMITREC Postdoctoral Fellowship

nickbowe@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

John C. Burkhardt, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Director of the Master of Health Professions Education Program

Accepting HILS PhD Students?

Yes, but only those interested in medical education. Not accepting PIBS students.

Profile, Emergency Medicine

ResearchGate

Michigan Research Experts

Tanner Caverly, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

tcaverly@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

CBSSM Profile

Michigan Research Experts

Matthew A. Davis, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Nursing

mattadav@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Michigan Research Experts

Raymond G. De Vries, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Learning Health Sciences

Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hoogleraar Midwifery Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

rdevries@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

John P. Donnelly, MSPH, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

jpdonn@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Janice Firn, PhD, MSW, HEC-C

Clinical Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Co-Chief, Education Service, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine

jfirn@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Michigan Research Experts

Allen Flynn, PhD, PharmD

Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Director of the Master of Health Informatics (MHI) degree program, School of Information

ajflynn@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Michigan Research Experts

Charles P. Friedman, PhD

Department Chair of Learning Health Sciences

Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education

Professor of Information

Professor of Public Health

cpfried@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Michigan Research Experts

David Hanauer, MD, MS, FACMI, FAMIA

Director of MICHR Informatics Program

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Informatics, U-M School of Information

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

hanauer@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

David Hanauer's Website

Twitter @informaticsGeek

Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH

Associate Chair for Research

Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Director, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Faculty, U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI)

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

QUERI

Department of Psychiatry

Andrew Krumm, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

aekrumm@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

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Zach Landis-Lewis, PhD, MLIS

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

zachll@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Cheryl A. Moyer, PhD, MPH

Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

camoyer@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Rama Mwenesi Musalia, MSE, PhD

Assistant Professor

rmwenesi@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Jodyn E. Platt, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

jeplatt@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Vitaliy Popov, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Director of Learning Sciences & Technology, Clinical Simulation Center

vipopov@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Twitter

ResearchGate

Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH, MS, FACMI

Professor of Learning Health Sciences

richessr@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Twitter

Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Urology

Associate Professor of Information

kdpsingh@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Machine Learning for Learning Health Systems Lab

Michigan Research Experts

Alexandra Vinson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Director of the Medical Education Scholars Program

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Alexandra Vinson's Website

Michigan Research Experts

VG Vinod Vydiswaran, PhD

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor, School of Information

vgvinodv@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? Yes

Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc, AGAF

Professor, Learning Health Sciences

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Lyle C. Roll Professor, Medical School

Faculty Lead of Data and Methods Hub, IHPI

Co-Director of Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP)

Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical Management Research Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Innovation

Staff Physician & Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Accepting HILS PhD Students? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

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