Members and Initiatives


The LHS Collaboratory is comprised of member projects and initiatives focused on the Learning Health System. Representatives from member organizations are included on the LHS Collaboratory Steering Committee. The Steering Committee offers advice and guidance regarding the shared needs of the projects and initiatives that are its members, along with the collaborative implementation of strategies to address these needs. The committee also informs the content and format for the recurring Collaboratory meetings, and advises on ways the Collaboratory can facilitate the sharing of ideas and resources and provide support to everyone who is doing important Learning Health System work.

The Knowledge Grid for Health: A Technical Platform for Managing and Deploying Computable Biomedical Knowledge at Scale
Visit KGrid here.
Contact: Zach Landis-Lewis, PhD, MLIS - [email protected]   
Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge: A Growing Community to Transform Health
Visit MCBK here 
Contact: Noor Khan -  [email protected] 
Merging 3 Communities in an LHS for Diagnostic Excellence: Leveraging Disciplinary Differences
Read relevant publication: Understanding the roles of three academic communities in a prospective learning health ecosystem for diagnostic excellence
here
Contact: Josh Rubin, JD, MBA, MPP, MPH - [email protected]
The Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation
Visit The Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation here.
Contact: TBD
University of Michigan School of Education Program Evaluation and Improvement Research
Visit SOE here
Contact: Don Peurach, PhD - [email protected] 
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Visit UMSD LHS strategic plan here.
Contact: Alexandre DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc - [email protected]
 
Linking the Knowledge Grid, Michigan Tailoring System and Fitbit Data within a Patient Centered Mobile Application for Heart Failure
Visit here.
Contact: Mike Dorsch, PharmD, MS - [email protected]
Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC)
Visit MSQC here.
Contact: TBD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department LHS Initiative
Visit PM&R here
Contact: Claire Kalpakjian, PhD - [email protected]
Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC)
Visit MEDIC here.
Contact: Keith Kocher, MD - [email protected]
Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC)
Visit MUSIC here.
Contact: Khurshid Ghani, MBChB, MS, FRCS - [email protected] 
Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC)
Visit MVC here
Contact: Erin Conklin - [email protected]
Precision Health at the University of Michigan
Visit Precision Health here.
Contact: Rachel Dawson, JD -  [email protected]
The State Innovation Model (SIM) Workgroup in the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation
Visit the State Innovation Model here.
Contact: Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc - [email protected]
Harnessing Data to Unveil Discoveries & Transform Health: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics & Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP)
Visit MiCHAMP here.
Contact: Brad Trumpower, MS - [email protected]
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Learning Health Systems (ELSI)
Visit ELSI here.
Contact: Melissa Creary, PhD, MPH- [email protected]
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Learning Community
Visit OHCA here.
Contact: Michelle Williams, MHI - [email protected]

Michigan Resuscitation Innovation and Science Enterprise

Visit MRISE here.
Contact: Jennifer Fowler, RN - [email protected]
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)
Visit MICHR here.
Contact: David Williams, PhD - [email protected] 
Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative (MSTCVS)
Visit MSTCVS here.
Contact: Patty Theurer, BSN - [email protected]
Michigan Concussion Center
Visit Michigan Concussion Center here.
Contact: Tina Chen - 
Department of Learning Health Sciences LHS Michigan Medicine (LHS MM)
Visit LHS MM here.
Contact:  Lisa Ferguson, MSI- [email protected]
Department of Radiation Oncology
Visit the Department here.
Contact: Charles Mayo, PhD - [email protected]
Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
Visit the program here.
Contact: Melvin G. McInnis, MD, FRCPsych - [email protected]
Michigan Radiation Oncology Quality Consortium (MROQC) 
Visit MROQC here.
Contact: Melissa Mietzel - [email protected]
e-HAIL: E-Health & Artificial Intelligence
Visit e-HAIL here.
Contact: Henrike Florusbosch - [email protected]
Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium
Visit MOQC here.
Contact: Natalia Simon, MBA, MA - [email protected]
Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes
Visit MCT2D here.
Contact: Jaqueline Rau, MHSA -[email protected]
Program for Equity in Adolescent & Child Health (PEACH)
Visit PEACH here.
Contact: Susan Woolford, MD - s[email protected]
Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative (Mi-CHEC)
Visit Mi-CHEC here.
Contact:  Susan Woolford, MD -  [email protected]       
Michigan Medicine Hospital Care at Home Program
Visit the Hospital Care at Home Program here.
Contact:  Stephanie Parks Taylor, MD - [email protected]