Gretchen A Piatt, PhD, MPH

Dr. Piatt is the Elizabeth Farrand Professor and Chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. She also holds a joint appointment as a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Piatt has specific training and expertise in implementing, designing, and evaluating efforts to improve health systems and health care delivery for high-burdened populations with diabetes. The underlying theme of her academic career is to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes by improving prevention and treatment efforts in health systems and community settings, using multi-modal, transdisciplinary research methods.

Dr. Piatt is nationally and internationally recognized for both her research on diabetes translation and her work as an implementation scientist focused on implementing evidence-based solutions into practice and policy. She leads and contributes to multiple research teams that design and evaluate interventions in the primary and secondary prevention of diabetes and its complications, including implementation and evaluation of self-management support interventions in underserved communities, federally qualified health centers, community organizations, and primary care.

In addition to research, Dr. Piatt serves(d) on institutional, national, and international diabetes committees, including serving as the Co-Director of the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research (NIDDK P30), Course Director for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Advanced Post Graduate Course, a member of the ADA Scientific Sessions Planning Committee, the ADA Nationwide Grant Review committee, an International Diabetes Federation grant review committee, and as the President of the Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange. In addition to diabetes-specific service, Dr. Piatt serves as the Director of the Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems graduate degree programs and is the Co-Director of the Michigan Embedded LHS Scientist Training and Research (MEL-STaR) Center (AHRQ P30). She actively mentors predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in diabetes translational research and implementation science.

Learning Health Systems
Implementation Science
Implementation and dissemination of evidence-based programs for diabetes self-management support
Behavioral and psychological aspects of diabetes prevention and management
Health systems and health care delivery for people with diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment in the community setting