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The University of Michigan program “Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students” finalized its partnership with Detroit Public Schools Community District last week to expand access to mental health care in schools, after successful implementation in Washtenaw County.

TRAILS launched in 2013 when local Ann Arbor area high school community members expressed an overwhelming need for mental health support for students. The program began its partnership with the Ann Arbor Public School district in 2013, and has since expanded to 40 Washtenaw County schools.

Andrew Nalepa, a school psychologist at Skyline High School, said he has seen the direct benefits from the TRAILS program in Ann Arbor.

“The coaching model and having someone with us to help support us getting the program off the ground was vital to the long-term success,” Nalepa said. “Now we’re completely independent, and we’ve been running groups for six years now. We’re training any new staff that we have come in that wants to participate in delivering the TRAILS program.”

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Rebecca Cunningham, interim vice president for research

The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science, based at the U-M Institute for Social Research, recently released a report that details how university research spending impacts the economy.

“Research led by the University of Michigan not only serves the world through groundbreaking discoveries and technologies, but it also plays a critical role in accelerating the economy,” said Rebecca Cunningham, interim vice president for research.

The report outlines the geographic distribution of vendors that, between fiscal years 2002 and 2019, supplied goods and services to support the U-M research enterprise.

Companies based in Washtenaw County, for example, received more than $976 million in research contracts from U-M over the 17-year span — the most of any Michigan county. Vendors in Marquette County received more than $53 million between FY ’02 and FY ’19 for their work in supporting the U-M research enterprise, while those in Kent County netted $17 million.

The report also shows the university contributed $5.6 billion to the national economy through vendor contracts and subcontracts between FY ’02 and FY ’19 — $1.8 billion of which was spent in Michigan.

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From Left to Right: Executive Director of Federal Relations for U-M, Michael Waring; President of The Science Coalition, Lauren Brookmeyer; Michigan’s 11th District Congresswoman, Haley Stevens; Assistant Director of the U-M Washington Office, Madeline Nykaza; Assistant Vice President Federal Relations for Research, Kristina Ko; and Government Relations Associate, David Bluhm.

On Wednesday, January 15th, at U-M’s invitation, Congresswoman Haley Stevens addressed The Science Coalition at a Headliner Breakfast event. Congresswoman Haley Stevens serves on both the House Education and Labor Committee and House Space, Science and Technology Committee, where she serves as Chairwoman of the Research and Technology Subcommittee. In addition, Congresswoman Stevens’ is a founding co-chair of the Women in STEM Caucus, which The Science Coalition helps to support. At the event, Congresswoman Stevens provided remarks on her efforts in Congress to support research universities and the federal research and development enterprise.