Eleven faculty members who contribute enormously to the research environment at U-M have been honored with the 2020 and 2021 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 Dentistry, Engineering, Ford School of Public Policy, Institute for Survey Research, Medicine, Public Health, and Social Work.

The Ninth and Tenth Annual Awardees will be honored at a ceremony later this fall during the 2021 Mentoring Forum. More information will be forthcoming.

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.

Winners of the 2020 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award

John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP, Alice Hamilton Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy, and Director, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Medical School
Sarah T. Hawley, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Medical School; Professor of Health Management and Policy and Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health; and Research Investigator, HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR), VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Lona Mody, MD, MSc, Amanda Hickey Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
John J. Voorhees, MD, FRCP, Duncan and Ella Poth Distinguished Professor, Medical School

Winners of the 2021 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award

R. Alexander Blackwood, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; and Director of Pathways, Office of the Vice-President for Health Equity and Inclusion, Medical School
Thomas W. Gardner, MD, MS, Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and Professor of Internal Medicine (MEND), Medical School
MeiLan Han, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Medical School
Megan R. Haymart, MD, Nancy Wigginton Endocrinology Research Professor of Thyroid Cancer and Professor of Medicine, Medical School
Peter D.R. Higgins, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director, Irritable Bowel Disease Center, Medical School
Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, Alpheus W. Tucker, MD, Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD, MS, Marilyn Fisher Blanch Research Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, and Assistant Dean for Research Faculty, Medical School; and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health