Mentors

David Pinsky, MD: Dr. Pinsky (Training Director) is the Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center; Director of the postdoc T32 Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Training Program; and Co-Director for the K12 in Emergency Medicine (see Current Training Programs). His research (NIH funded >20 years) is on endogenous mechanisms of ischemic vascular injury and protection to develop new therapeutics, including a current project on acute myocardial infarction, relevant to OHCA. He has a wealth of successful mentorship experience and is currently mentoring 4 K-scholars.

Robert Neumar, MD, PhD: Dr. Neumar (Center Director) is Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine. He has 30 years of funded research in cardiac arrest resuscitation, mechanisms of neuronal injury, and therapeutic strategies to improve neurologic outcomes. He has extensive experience in mentoring and career development. He was PI on two previous institutional training grants, currently co-directs a K12 in Emergency Medicine (with Dr. Pinsky); and has been primary mentor for many NIH K awardees.

Thomas Sanderson, PhD: Dr. Sanderson (Basic Science Project PI) is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology. His research focuses on understanding brain damage caused by ischemic insults during cardiac arrest and ischemic stroke, and he develops and clinically translates neuroprotective therapies. He is an engaged mentor, and several of his postdoctoral fellows have fellowships from AHA.

Richard Keep, PhD: Dr. Keep is Associate Chair for Research and the Crosby-Kahn Professor of Neurosurgery & Neuroanatomy. His research is on blood-brain barriers and animal and in vitro models of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. He has had NIH funding for over 20 years. He has also mentored 7 junior faculty and 5 postdocs in the past 3 years.

Daniel Lawrence, PhD: Dr. Lawrence is the Frederick GL Huetwell Collegiate Professor of Basic Research in Cardiovascular Medicine. His research focuses on proteases and their inhibitors in peripheral vascular disease, animal models of stroke, and central nervous system disorders. He has had NIH funding for over 25 years. He has mentored 13 postdocs, most of whom now have active research careers or entrepreneurial careers in biotechnology.

Robert Silbergleit, MD: Dr. Silbergleit (Clinical Project PI) is a Professor of Emergency Medicine. He is also Co-PI for the Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN) Clinical Coordinating Center. His research focuses on lab animal models of brain injury and clinical trials in stroke. He has mentored several junior investigators as collaborators on clinical trials and in related ancillary studies.

William Meurer, MD: Dr. Meurer (Clinical Project Collaborating Investigator) is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology. He is on the Executive Team for SIREN research focuses on improving care delivered for stroke patients in the Emergency Department and adaptive clinical trials. He is currently PI for the NINDS-funded clinical trials methodology course with nationally competitive enrollment.

William Barsan, MD: Dr. Barsan is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and the PI of the SIREN Clinical Coordinating Center. His research interests include emergency care for central nervous system and cardiovascular diseases, as well as adaptive clinical trials. He has been funded by NIH for 30 years, and he has successfully mentored many faculty from residency to tenure. Many are now academic leaders, study section members, and department chairs.

Phillip Scott, MD: Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the NINDS-funded Michigan StrokeNet. He has led many multidisciplinary teams for NIH- supported clinical trials in acute stroke and cerebrovascular disease. He was mentor to a Michigan StrokeNet fellow, and he has co-mentored nine vascular neurology fellows.

Bob Hyzy, MD: Dr. Hyzy is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Director of the Critical Care Medicine Unit, and Co-Chair of the Critical Care Committee. His research interests are in critical care medicine quality improvement, and he has led several NIH-funded clinical trials in the ICU. He has co-mentored Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows in the ICU for >10 years.

Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH: Dr. Nallamothu (Population Project PI) is Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. His well-funded research seeks to improve care for cardiac arrest resuscitation. In 2015, he founded Mi-CHAMP (Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics & Prediction), which harnesses big data to improve quality of care and reduce healthcare costs. He currently mentors two T32 trainees and a cardiology faculty member.

Mashid Abir, MD: Dr. Abir (Population Project Collaborating Investigator) is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Her research evaluates acute care delivery, including pre- hospital, emergency, inpatient, and ambulatory care. She has expertise in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, as well as community-based participatory research.

Charles Friedman, PhD: Dr. Friedman (Population Project Collaborating Investigator) is the Department Chair of Learning Health Sciences and Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education. His research is on large-scale information infrastructures and resources to improve health. His department has an innovative MS/PhD training program, Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS). He also leads the Learning Health System for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Learning Community, a group of key stakeholders who are partnering with M-RISE.

Lewis Morgenstern, MD: Dr. Morgenstern is a Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology. His research is on the epidemiology of stroke disparities and behavior change clinical trials to reduce health disparities. He has had NIH funding for 20 years. He has served as the primary mentor for 8 NIH K08/K23 awardees, 6 of whom have since obtained R01 funding. He is also a mentor for the U-M R01 Boot Camp.

Theodore (Jack) Iwashyna, MD, PhD: Dr. Iwashyna is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. His research focuses on critical care and high-complexity patients. He has co-mentored 7 fellows who now have careers in academic medicine. He also co-leads an NHLBI K12 Career Development Program in T4 Implementation Research.