Workforce Well-Being Grant Program

About the Workforce Well-Being Grant Program for Faculty, Residents & Staff


The goal of the Office of Well-Being grant program is to encourage and support innovative, scalable, and sustainable approaches that improve the quality of experience and well-being at work and in the learning environment among faculty, residents and staff at Michigan Medicine.

The grant program will remain closed for the foreseeable future but review some of the wonderful accomplishments produced by this program!

2023-2024 Workforce Well-Being Grant Program Awardees

Six awards of up to $5,000 were granted for the following projects:

Cultivating Strong Teams

Molly White and Christina Clay, Caswell Diabetes Institute


Incorporation of Wellness Micro-Breaks

Amy Zhang, MD, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences


Enhancing Culture through FiSH! Training

Lynn McCain, Pathology


Creating a Proactive Approach to Addressing Resident Well-being

Drs. Julia Cartwright & Grace Luger, Pediatrics


Enhancing Digital Minimalism

Bridget O'Connor & Dr. Amanda Pritchard, Pediatrics - Genetics, Metabolism & Genomic Medicine


Decompress the Stress

Drs. Michele Carney & Helena Wang-Flores, Pediatric Emergency Medicine


Workplace Initiatives to Reduce Attrition in Obstetricians and Gynecologists 

Drs. Hannah McLaughlin & Melissa Brackmann, Obstetrics/Gynecology


Family Teams

Drs. Sahoko Little and Katy Gold, Family Medicine

2022-2023 Workforce Well-Being Grant Program Awardees

Six awards of up to $5,000 were granted for the following projects:

LHC Wellness Project
Sahoko Little, MD, PhD & Christine Medaugh, MD, Department of Family Medicine

Improving Wellness of Trainee Mothers Through Hands-Free Pump Loan Program
Amanda McCormick, MD,  Department of Pediatrics

A Novel Interdisciplinary Recognition Program to Strengthen Perioperative Workforce Morale and Relations
Dr. Adam Was, MD & Sarah Tackett, PA-C, Department of Anesthesiology

Recognizing Wellness "Influencers"
Maria Westerhoff, MD, Department of Pathology

Reducing Second Victim Traumatic Stress on Labor and Delivery
Angela Liang, MD, Lauren Owens, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth Campbell, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Addressing Moral Injury Among Surgical Trainees with High-Performance Team Training
Pratyusha Yalamanchi, MD, MBA  & Mariel Watkins, MD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

2021-2022 Workforce Well-Being Grant Program Awardees

Six awards of up to $5,000 were granted for the following projects:

Adapting the Providers Share Workshop Methodology to Support COVID-19 Caregivers

Lisa Harris, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Creating a Positive Organizational Culture with Storytelling

Kim Garver, MD & Amy Young, PhD, Department of Radiology

Improving Burnout Wellbeing for Faculty, Staff and Learners with Positive Leadership Training

Kim Garver, MD & Amy Young, PhD, Department of Radiology

Drs. Kim Garver and Katherine Maturen from Radiology and Dr. Amy Young from the Center for Positive Organizations generously shared these training modules as a learning tool for groups and leaders at Michigan Medicine.  View the training series HERE.

Timeular:  A Different Approach to Time Management, Productivity Tracking and the Work/Life Balance

Courtney Oliver, Department of Internal Medicine

Parenting Stories at Michigan Medicine

Kelly Paradis, MD & Helen Morgan, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology

Compassion Awareness Project

Sarah Thurston, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)

Abstract coming soon...

2020-2021 Workforce Well-Being Grant Program Awardees

Six awards of up to $5,000 were granted for the following projects:

Improving Workflow to Alleviate Physician Burnout

Cristina Alvarado Nieves, MD & Elif Oral, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes

Ob/Gyn Wellness Book Club

Meghan Seewald, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department 

Overcoming Barriers to Participation in COMPASS, a Peer to Peer Support Program

Ruby Marr, MD, Department of Internal Medicine 

Professional Development for Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics Trainees

Anna Laucis, MD & Kelly Paradis, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology

Sustained Presence of High-Quality Nutrition Leads to Improved Provider Wellness

Anita Amin, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Three Good Things Text Intervention

Katherine Gold, MD, Department of Family Medicine 

Women in CVM Peer Mentorship Pilot

Sarah Gualano, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

Improving Radiology Wellness Through Inclusive Imagery

Aparna Joshi, MD & Kimberly A. Garver, MD, Department of Radiology