Report summary

University of Michigan–ann Arbor Department of Epidemiology in 2015-2017 reads as a 38-PI network with 51 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (36% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), Epidemiology as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Influenza Virus Research Studies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 22 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Asheesh Bedi (16.3 weighted works; Hip disorders and treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment); Betsy Foxman (15.7 weighted works; Urinary Tract Infections Management, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria). The strongest pairings are Lynda D. Lisabeth and Lewis B. Morgenstern (36 shared works, weight 20.3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 18 internal connections, weight 60.1, around Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Epidemiology, led by Catherine Kim, Lewis B. Morgenstern, Sung Kyun Park; group 2 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 22.4, around Epidemiology, Periodontics, Health, led by Betsy Foxman, Rafael Meza, Marisa C. Eisenberg.