The overarching aim of the Preventing Harms through Discovery and Innovation HUB is to revolutionize how we think about preventing healthcare-associated harm through training, collaboration with healthcare systems, and research. We are an engaged group of clinicians and researchers who are dedicated to jointly finding solutions to stubborn problems in healthcare that harm patients. Our members come from healthcare systems, nursing, and medicine. We also welcome researchers from other disciplines such as the social sciences and engineering who are interested in addressing gaps in patient safety.
The HUB will expand the pool of investigative teams who are equipped to develop novel, externally funded programs of research in preventing harm and provide the infrastructure for healthcare system collaborations. The theme for this HUB is “building partnerships among clinicians, healthcare systems, and researchers to illuminate practices that are safe and eradicate those that are not.”
Our Members
Membership in the PIVOT Hub is open to all individuals with a research or professional interest in patient safety. We want to encourage our PIVOT Hub members to think creatively, possibly looking outside academia for innovative methods that are making inroads into patient safety. Anybody who has a passion for promoting patient safety should consider joining the PIVOT Hub.

Samia Abdelnabi
Post-Doctoral Fellow
National Clinician Scholars Program
Alexandra Annarino
Ethnographic Researcher
Cardinal Health, Ohio
alexandra.annarino@cardinalhealth.com

Abigail Banas
Registered Nurse on 7A
University of Michigan
ajaneb@med.umich.edu

Amanda Blok
Research Nurse Scientist
Veterans Health Administration
acblok@umich.edu

Juliet Burdine
Senior Research Lab Specialist
University of Michigan
danae@umich.edu

Mary Byrnes
Qualitative Research Analyst
University of Michigan
mabyrnes@med.umich.edu

Hyoung Eun Chang
Assistant Professor
Konyang University, College of Nursing, Daejeon, Korea
heather_chang@konyang.ac.kr

Kristin Chrouser
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Michigan
chrouser@umich.edu

Ann Daich
Associated Professor, School of Business
Western Sydney University

Raymond De Vries
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
University of Michigan
rdevries@umich.edu

Jane Forman
Director, Qualitative/Mixed Methods Core
Center for Clinical Management Research
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
jane.forman@va.gov

Michael Gionfriddo
Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy
Duquesne University
gionfriddom@duq.edu

Heather Gilmartin
Research Nurse Scientist
University of Colorado, Denver
heather.Gilmartin@ucdenver.edu

Lauren Hamel
Associate Professor, Population Studies
Wayne State University
hamell@karmanos.org

Molly Harrod
Research Specialist
Department of Veterans Affairs
molly.harrod@va.gov

Lillian Hung
Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Vancouver Coastal Health
lillian.hung@vch.ca

Greta Krapohl
Deputy Executive Director
VHA National Center for Patient Safety
krapohlg@umich.edu

Sarah Krein
Research Professor
Department of Veterans Affairs
skrein@umich.edu

Megan Lafferty
Research Area Specialist
Portland VA
Megan.Lafferty @va.gov

Donny Likosky
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
likosky@umich.edu

Lisa Kane Low
Professor, Associate Dean for Practice and Professional Graduate Programs
School of Nursing, Dept. of OB GYN, Dept. of Women, Gender Studies LSA
University of Michigan
kanelow@umich.edu

Milisa Manojlovich
Professor of Nursing
University of Michigan
mmanojlo@umich.edu

Michael Mathis
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Michigan
mathism@umich.edu

Jennifer Meddings
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
meddings@umich.edu

Jacquelyn Miller
Qualitative Research Analyst
University of Michigan
jacqmill@umich.edu

Vitaliy Popov
Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences
University of Michigan
vipopov@med.umich.edu

Lily Ren
PhD student
University of Michigan

Heather Roth
Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Care Coordinator
SpartanNash
Heather.Roth@spartannash.com

David Ryamukuru
PhD student
University of Michigan

Lauren Szczygiel
Research Associate
Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
Michigan Medicine

Marita Titler
Professor of Nursing
University of Michigan
mtitler@umich.edu

Lindsay Visnovsky
VA Early Career Investigator and Research Assistant Professor
VA Salt Lake City Center of Innovation and the University of Utah
Lindsay.visnovsky@hsc.utah.edu

Joey Wong
PhD student
University of British Columbia
Coming soon