RISE Fellows
The RISE Fellowship is a 12-month fellowship aimed at promoting translational education within Michigan Medicine. RISE Fellows receive 0.15 effort and up to $5,000 to develop and implement a health science education innovation idea and participate in monthly sessions to learn innovation strategies, translational education and pedagogical principles. RISE specifically seeks HSEI ideas that will impact science, health, and/or healthcare. All Michigan Medicine faculty, staff, and learners are eligible to apply.
RISE FELLOWS 2019-2021
John Burkhardt, MD, PhD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Burkhardt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. As a RISE Fellow, Dr. Burkhardt will engage residents to use their individual clinical practice data to stimulate critical reflection on unconscious bias in health care practices.
Marcus Sherman, BS
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Mr. Sherman is a Graduate Student in the Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics. He aims to improve scientific knowledge for all biomedical science Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) through a novel curriculum (POISE) which combines traditional classroom education with community outreach.
Shoba Subramanian, PhD
Office of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies, Medical School Administration
Dr. Subramanian is Director of Curriculum and Educational Initiatives and Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in Cell and Developmental Biology. As a RISE Fellow, Dr. Subramanian will develop competencies and a competency-based intervention to facilitate creativity and problem-solving in early biomedical sciences graduate students.
Marty Tam, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Dr. Tam is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. As a RISE Fellow, he will develop a time-variable model of education for late residency and early cardiology fellowship using entrustable professional activities (EPA) in practice.
RISE FELLOWS 2020-2022
Sandra Hearn, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dr. Hearn is an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. As a RISE fellow, Dr. Hearn will reshape the feedback culture using a virtual landscape.
Hyeon Joo, MS, MHI
Departments of Anesthesiology and Learning Health Sciences
Mr. Joo is a software developer in the Department of Anesthesiology and doctorate graduate student in the Department of Learning Health Sciences, Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems. As a RISE fellow, Mr. Joo will develop an evidence-based machine learning tool to improve the care of heart failure patients by integrating its use with practitioners and learners.
Andrew Krumm, PhD
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Dr. Krumm is an Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences. As a RISE fellow, Dr. Krumm will devise targeted assessment-feedback encounters to improve general surgeons’ operative performance.
Margaret (Meg) Wolff, MD, MHPE
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Wolff is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. As a RISE Fellow, Dr. Wolff will develop fellows’ master adaptive learner skills through a comprehensive coaching program.