Conflict Vitae

This is a statement of my financial relationships with people and organizations that have either provided funds directly to me or my research programs. This statement reflects my best and honest effort to reveal all potential financial conflicts of interest. While I strive to be free of any bias in my work, I leave it to each reader to judge the relevance of any possible conflict.

This approach to full disclosure was suggested by GD Rubenfeld in "The conflict vitae: a CV for the new millennium", The Lancet (2007).

The following statement reflects all activity from 2005 onward to the update date below.

Employment with salary and benefits

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005 - 2008)
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2008 - Present)
  • Ann Arbor VA, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2011 - Present)

Grants to my institution from non-profit agencies or foundations

  • U.S. National Institutes of Health
    • as PI: K08 HL091249 (2008-2013); R21AG044752 (2013-2015); K12 HL138039 (2017-2022); R01 HL132232 (2016-2021); U01 HL123031 (FUNCTION subaward 2015-2021); R56 AG055661 (2017-2019)
    • as co-I: R01 HS018334 (2013-2016); U01 HL123031 (PETAL: 2014-2021); R01 HL137816 (2017-2022); U01 HL143453 (2018-2022)
    • via subcontract to University of Washington KL2-TR-000421 (2013); to Duke University R01AG042794 (2013-2018)
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Services - IIR 11-109 (2011-2014), 13-079 (2014-2017), 17-045 (2018-2022), and 17-219 (co-I, 2018-2022)
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety (2015-2018)
  • U.S. National Science Foundation (Smart and Connected Health #1722801)
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Services - Clinical Analytics & Reporting (2012-2018)
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subcontract to Epicenters U54K000172 (2015-2016)
  • American Thoracic Society Fellows Career Development Award (2007 - 2008)
  • Society for Critical Care Medicine Vision Grant (2010 - 2011)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2011-2013)

Grants to my institution from for-profit companies

  • None


Grants on which I am a named investigator but did not receive compensation for time

  • Intensive Care Foundation (Australia)
  • Government of South Australia, South Australia Health
  • Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council

Other Employment

  • Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pennsylvania (Moonlighting Physician, 2006 - 2008)
  • St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Moonlighting Physician, 2007)


Honoraria and consulting fees paid directly to me (not for University or Professional Society conferences)

  • UpToDate (royalties for card on Post Intensive Care Syndrome, 2014 - )
  • this does NOT list every time I have spoke for a university or not-for-profit conference where some or all of my travel expenses were paid for by that university or conference via general or undirected funds.
  • Were I to ever be paid to speak to a for-profit corporation, I intend that it would be listed here.

Stock ownership, stock options, and patent rights

  • None

last updated 14 May 2019