RISE Advisory Council

The RISE Advisory Council provides guidance regarding new ideas, initiative processes and implementation strategies. The Council is instrumental in developing and reviewing outcomes measures and providing critical review regarding how innovation ideas can integrate into existing practices at Michigan Medicine.

Kenneth Abbott

MD - Medical Student

Abhinav Appukutty

MD - Medical Student

Veronica Beck

Graduate Student - Neuroscience

Phyllis Blackman, MBA

Administrative Director, Office of Health Equity and Inclusion

Ramona Bledea

MD - Medical Student

Amy Cohn, PhD

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering; Associate Director Academic Program, Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety, College of Engineering and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health

James Cooke, MD

Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences

James DeVaney, MBA, MPP

Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation

Michael Englesbe, MD

Cyrenus G. Darling Sr. M.D. and Cyrenus G. Darling Jr. M.D. Professor of Surgery and Professor of Surgery

Barry Fishman, PhD

Arthur F. Thuranu Professor, Professor of Education, School of Education and Professor of Information, School of Information

Brian George, MD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical School

Kari Grob, Ed.S., MA

Director of Student Services, Office of Medical Student Education

Larry Gruppen, PhD

Professor of Learning Health Sciences

David Healy, MD

Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Life-long Learning, Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical School

Laura Hopson, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Residency Program Director, Co-Director, GME Innovations Program

Jennifer Imsande, PhD

M-Home Program Director, Office of Medical Student Education

Edith Jones

Graduate Student - Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Joyce Lee, MD, MPH

Robert P. Kelch M.D. Research Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health

Allyson Munneke

Graduate Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology

Laura O'Donohue

MD - Medical Student

Mary O'Riordan, PhD

Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Dean for Graduate and Post-Doctoral Students, Medical School

Elizabeth (Liz) Ronan

Graduate Student Research Assistant, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Caren Stalburg, MA, MD

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School

Ryan Tsuchida, MD

House Office - Emergency Medicine

James Woolliscroft, MD

Lyle C. Roll Professor of Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School

"Innovation requires a movement, a culture and a means. RISE will provide a platform for all three; connecting people with different perspectives, skills and ideas towards a new community of educational practice."

Dr. Rajesh Mangrulkar, Executive Director, RISE

"I often think about who will lead the next big breakthrough, and what innovations will further distinguish our Medical School as a world leader in education, research and clinical care. The answer could very well be you — our talented faculty, staff and learners."

Carol R. Bradford, MD, Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

"A better healthcare system and the pipe-line for discovery is dependent on our ability to transform how we educate scientists and providers. Great research institutions such as ours must elevate the importance of innovation and avoid becoming confined by legacy and the ways of the past."

Joseph C. Kolars, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives
Josiah Macy, Jr., Professor of Health Professions Education
Professor of Internal Medicine