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: Healthcare Management (#3), Public Health (#5), Nursing (#6), Health Policy and Management (#3), Biostatistics (#3), Engineering (#7). (U.S. News & World Report, 2023).

Faculty

Gretchen A. Piatt, MPH, PhD

Chair, Department 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

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

Tanner Caverly, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate 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

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

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

Director, Predoctoral Clinical Ethics Fellowship, 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

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences

ajflynn@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Michigan Research Experts

Charles P. Friedman, PhD

Founding Chair, Department 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? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

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

Melvin McInnis, MD

Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Director, Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program

Professor of Psychiatry

Professor of Learning Health Sciences

mmcinnis@umich.edu

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Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Cheryl A. Moyer, PhD, MPH

Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy

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

Timothy A. Pletcher, DHA

Adjunct Research Investigator of Learning Health Sciences

pletcher@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? No

Accepting PIBS Students? No

Executive Director for the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services

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

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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

Geoffrey Siwo, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences

Research Associate, Michigan Center for Global Health Equity

siwog@med.umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD students? No

Accepting PIBS students? Yes

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

Assistant Dean, Global Health Research

Lyle C. Roll Professor

Professor, Learning Health Sciences

Professor, Internal Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School

Research Scientist, VA HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research

Staff Physician, Gastroenterology

VA Ann Arbor LTC Charles S. Kettles Healthcare System

Francesca A. Williamson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Learning Health Sciences

frwillam@umich.edu

Accepting HILS PhD Students? Yes

Accepting PIBS Students? No

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