News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Ade Olomu, MD, MS, FMCP, FACP is the new associate dean for faculty affairs. Dr. Olomu is an elum [sic] of the prestigious ELAM development program and has long been one of two faculty excellence advocates (FEAs). Dr. Olomu is the Blanch B. & Frederick C Swartz Endowed Professor of Medicine and is the chair of Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine (ACLGIM) Unified Leadership Training in Diversity (UNLTD). In addition to being a general internist, Dr. Olomu is a health services researcher with an NIH R01 designed to decrease cardiovascular risk of minority and low-income populations. In the small world category, she has a PNAS paper with Chris Contag from when they were both at Stanford.

On June 2nd, 2025, CEDER organized a consultation for Dr. Adesuwa (Ade) Olomu, MD, MS, FMCP, FACP, and her team on their Office-GAP (Office Guidelines Applied to Practice) proposal to NIH. The patient-provider activation program, which includes shared decision making and digital intervention, focuses on behavioral barriers to cardiovascular disease risk factor management and medication adherence among FQHC adult patients with type 2 diabetes management.

The following experts participated in the consultation: Susanne B. Nicholas, MD, MPH, PhD, and Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, FAC, from the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and Antoinette Schoenthaler, EdD, from the Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health.

The team of experts provided feedback on a variety of topics, including project and topic materials, study design, and general research guidance. They discussed additional funding mechanisms at NIH; making sure the proposal had clear, testable hypotheses and 5-7 innovations; and positioning the intervention within a strong implementation science or dissemination framework. Finally, they suggested incorporating training for both providers and patients to ensure effective adoption of the study tools, and encouraged Dr. Olomu and her team to reach out to the NIH program officer early to confirm the best mechanism to align with their priorities. According to Dr. Olomu, “My research team had a fantastic experience participating in a CEDER consultation. The insight/guidance my research team got helped us in moving forward with our plan to apply for our next R01 grant with some clarity. Thank You to the Expert Team!!!” 

(July 2025). In the Spotlight. CEDER Connection. https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=eb073b4dd15c552e5b551976b&id=c8184ed739

Dr. Ade Olomu was recently recognized in an issue of MSU Today in an article on Spartans championing better health for Michigan residents. Dr. Olomu and her work with the Office-GAP program to decrease morbidity and mortality amongst Type II Diabetics is discussed here.

September 6, 2024

The Office-GAP program made Michigan State University News in a Dean’s Update where it was announced our NIH-funded grant had received the 1964 Project grant award. GAP first made MSU campus news when the NIH awarded a $3.75 million grant which kickstarted the GAP Program. Named for the momentous year of 1964, in which MSU founded the College of Human Medicine and the United States signed into law the Civil Rights Act, the 1964 Project is focused on advancing scholarship in justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity. This grant funding will allow the Department of Medicine, of which the GAP Program is a part of, to continue working to address health equity and health disparities through action on social determinants of health (SDOH) and the structural inequities that determine them.

May 31, 2024

After an extensive national search, Denise White-Perkins, M.D., PhD., has been named Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. White-Perkins has served as the interim chair since May 2023.

An integral and committed leader, she currently also serves as Vice Chair of Academic Affairs for the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Healthcare Equity Initiatives for the Office of System Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DEIJ), collaborating across the organization to design clinical, community and educational interventions to improve healthcare equity. Her previous leadership roles at Henry Ford Health include associate director of the Family Medicine Residency Program from 2019 to 2022 and director of the Institute on Multicultural Health from 2003 to 2016.

January 29, 2024

Blanch B. & Frederick C. Swartz Endowed Professor of Medicine, Ade Olomu, MD, MS, will become the college’s interim associate dean for faculty affairs. She takes this role as an NIH researcher and division chief for the Division of General Internal Medicine in our Department of Medicine. Dr. Olomu has also been praises as an excellent co-faculty excellence advocate (co-FEA), a university supported role in the college dedicated to supporting faculty. Dr. Olomu’s roles in her department and the college have prepared her well for this interim position.