News & Bulletins
The Hilltop Institute periodically posts news items and issues electronic bulletins to disseminate information about Hilltop activities and publications. Below are the three most recent. Go to the News and Bulletin Archive, below, to view previous posts.
Alice Middleton Continues as the SUPLN Steering Committee Chair
Hilltop is excited to announce Alice Middleton, JD as the continuing State-University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) Steering Committee (SC) Chair for the 2025-2026 term. Alice has been a significant contributor to SUPLN over the past several years. Last year, she seamlessly assumed the role of SUPLN SC Chair, leading the Network through its 10th anniversary year. We look forward to her continued leadership over the next year as SUPLN carries momentum forward on products, convenings, and collaborations and explores conducting the Network’s second strategic planning process.
01/22/2025
Bulletin: Hilltop Researchers Publish Study on Predictive Model Bias
In a new article in Health Services Research titled Evaluating a Predictive Model of Avoidable Hospital Events for Race- and Sex-Based Bias, Hilltop researchers Leigh Goetschius, Fei Han, Ruichen Sun, and Morgan Henderson—along with UMBC researcher Ian Stockwell—assessed a large, productionized predictive model of avoidable hospital (AH) events for bias based on patient race and sex.
11/26/2024
Bulletin: Charting the Next Decade for the State University Partnership Learning Network
In a new blog post written for AcademyHealth, published by AcademyHealth, and also published by The Hilltop Institute, Hilltop Interim Executive Director Alice Middleton discusses her pride in the accomplishments of the State University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) in its first decade—forging deep connections, sharing innovative approaches, and amplifying the real-world impact of its members’ work—and her vision for the network in the next decade—playing an even more critical role in sharing information and best practices as university researchers assist states to weather policy changes, public health crises, technology advances, and other unknowns in health care.
11/20/2024