Recruiting for Additional Faculty Mentor for PEACH 

Deadline: Applications will be accepted through December 24th, 2024

Start Date: Between January 15th to February 15th, 2025

The Program for Equity in Adolescent and Child Health (PEACH) seeks to add a research faculty member to serve as a mentor on equity-based research and quality improvement projects in pediatrics at Michigan Medicine. The faculty mentor will advise leaders of specific PEACH projects.  They will work with a small team of faculty mentors to vet research design and improvement plans, and contribute to decisions regarding research methods, data extraction, and interpretation of data. The ideal candidate will bring critical thinking, expertise in clinical or health services research and/or quality improvement, and a commitment to improving child and adolescent health equity here at Michigan Medicine.

The Program for Equity in Adolescent and Child Health (PEACH)

PEACH is a research and improvement program committed to eliminating inequity in pediatric care and experience. We take an interdisciplinary, data-driven approach to identifying inequities and use quality improvement expertise to develop systems-level approaches to eliminating any inequities identified. To carry out our work, PEACH functions as a hub of resources available to those in partnering units (including 13 clinical departments and Mott Hospital) who have submitted a clinical or patient experience question about pediatric equity.  PEACH provides support to help faculty and staff explore their equity-related ideas, translate feasible ideas into research, and implement quality improvement programs to address any inequities identified through research. 

Key responsibilities

• Serve as mentor on a portfolio of 6-10 projects. Duties include the following:

  1. Meet with project leads at regular intervals across the life course of a research and quality improvement project

  2. With assistance of the PEACH faculty team and data team as needed, provide guidance on research design, data specifications, analysis plan, and interpretation of results, including independently reviewing documentation and providing critical feedback to enhance the rigor and feasibility of projects

  3. With the assistance of the PEACH quality improvement team, provide guidance on quality improvement potential, stakeholder engagement, planning, and implementation of improvement strategies

  4. With the assistance of the PEACH project manager, ensure that project milestones are met until project completion

• Attend weekly PEACH faculty team meetings to discuss projects and troubleshoot issues as they emerge across all PEACH projects

• Attend weekly PEACH team meetings

Expected time commitment

• PEACH will support up .25FTE (10 hours per week) for this role

• The initial term for the Faculty Mentor position will be 12 months, renewable based on performance

To apply, please send a one-page cover letter and your CV to Michael Happy at mhappy@med.umich.edu

Questions about the PEACH mentor role may be directed to Gary Freed, PEACH Director (gfreed@umich.edu) or Susan Woolford, PEACH Associate Director (swoolfor@umich.edu).