Projects

Climate Survey for the School of Dentistry

December 2019 - January 2021

Coordinate with the School of Dentistry Climate Survey Advisory Committee Review previous School of Dentistry climate surveys and results Review the re-accreditation requirements pertaining to a school climate survey component Develop an evaluation/methodology plan

Connected2Care Evaluation

The primary question driving this evaluation is: Has care coordination made a difference in service provision? This outcome and economic evaluation will be conducted in two phases, in parallel to the two phases of the overall project. During Phase 1, the evaluation will examine the effectiveness of care coordination innovations emerging from agencies’ interventions. The Evaluation Team will work with stakeholders to develop key measures reflecting program effectiveness, receive the data for analysis, and provide analysis on the impact of the interventions. Reports will be provided in formats determined by the needs of the individual sites and the overall project. During Phase 2, Phase 1 activities will be continued, but additional qualitative data will be collected from selected sites with relationships with physical medical groups to enrich understanding of what actually transpires in the course of these innovations. This data will be determined in ongoing discussions among the sites, and collected in partnership with personnel at each site. The evaluation team will be led by a staff member of the Program Evaluation Group (PEG), and further informed by specific short-term efforts of MSW students.

Evaluation of the Use and Validity of the PACT (Positive Achievement Change Tool)

December 2018 - July 2021

We will conduct an evaluation of the use and validity of the PACT (Positive Achievement Change Tool) with the following goals: 1. Identify factors (as assessed by PACT) associated with recidivism globally and in specific populations 2. Document trends in recidivism, risk and protective factors since the onset of PACT administration 3. Understand how program usage maps onto risk factors present in population 4. Understand crimeologic risk and recidivism in youth who have been assessed as low risk

MiCHWA PEG Funding

Funds transferred to PEG via Edie Kieffer's MiCHWA Discretionary account for PEG to complete evaluation work on sponsored project.

National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter (NASW-MI) Evaluation Work

The Contractor shall provide evaluation services for the National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter, Substance Use Disorder Supervision Training Project funded through the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (the “Project”).

National Program Office for the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care

February 2017 - January 2022

The University of Michigan is pleased to submit a proposal to serve as the National Program Office (NPO) for the Merck Foundation Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care (Alliance). Michigan is well-positioned to serve as the Alliance’s NPO due to its extraordinary depth and breadth in patient-centered cancer care delivery research, outstanding accrual into complex clinical trials, national-level expertise on health disparities, cancer symptom management, and dissemination/implementation research. Unique assets include a robust Comprehensive Cancer Center, Survey Research Institute, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, which serve to leverage existing resources to assure high impact of the Alliance’s grantees. Over the five-year award, we will monitor and assure that high-quality scientific research is conducted in a fiscally responsive manner. We will draw upon our local and national network to render technical assistance to grantees. We will partner with key groups at the local, regional, and national level to disseminate findings and identify opportunities to implement promising interventions. These activities coalesce with our vision to support the delivery of outstanding patient-centered cancer care in a manner that promotes optimal outcomes for all.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTERS (T42)

October 2018 - June 2023

The University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE), a NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC), has been continuously funded by NIOSH since its establishment in 1982. Our Center has a distinguished legacy, building on NIOSH Trainee Program grants in the early 1970s, the Institute of Industrial Health founded in 1951, and may other milestones dating back to the establishment of the Laboratory of Hygiene in 1888. The mission of the Center is to serve the region, nation and world as a center of excellence for graduate education and research in occupational health and safety. We maintain outstanding Master’s, doctoral and research programs in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics, and Occupational Epidemiology. Our academic and research programs provide broad-based interdisciplinary academic training to ensure that graduates are qualified to pursue careers and assume leadership roles in the practice of occupational health and safety, and to help ensure an adequate supply of well-trained researchers. Complementing the academic programs, our suite of Research-to-Practice projects, Continuing Education programs, and Outreach activities are aimed at transferring state-of-the-art knowledge to professionals and practitioners in occupational health and safety and allied disciplines. As a NIOSH Education and Research Center, we serve a number of constituencies, including: (1) NIOSH; (2) industry, labor and professional interests in our region and beyond; (3) academic units within the University of Michigan that provide critical teaching and research resources necessary for Center success; and (4) our students. The broad goals of the Center are to: • Promote excellence in our professional training and research training programs in each core program; • Increase the financial resources needed to improve the number, quality and diversity of graduate students in each core area; • Enhance the quality of our continuing education courses and other service and outreach activities; • Increase external research funding to improve our research infrastructure, expand opportunities for research training, and promote interdisciplinary research related to occupational health and safety; • Provide an organizational structure to coordinate and promote interdisciplinary educational activities for all core programs; • Promote awareness and education of occupational health and safety in undergraduate and graduate courses in other departments and schools; • Utilize a variety of research-to-practice (R2P) mechanisms, including our Visiting Partners Program, to develop skills and capabilities of mid-career occupational health and safety professionals; and • Assist Center programs and affiliated academic units in recruiting, promoting and retaining faculty