Our Team
Faculty and Staff
Edward C. Norton, PhD, Director
The Center for Evaluating Health Reform is directed by Dr. Edward C. Norton. Edward
C. Norton is a Professor in both the Department of Health Management and Policy and
in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan, and a member of the
Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. In addition to his affiliations with
the University of Michigan, Prof. Norton is a Research Associate of the National Bureau
of Economic Research in the Health Economics, Health Care, and Economics of Aging
Programs. His research interests in health economics include econometrics, long-term
care and aging, and pay-for-performance. He was the Director of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan. In 2003,
before coming to Michigan, he taught at UNC at Chapel Hill and at Harvard Medical
School. In 2018 he won the School of Public Health Excellence in Research Award at
the University of Michigan.
U-M SPH Faculty Profile: Edward C. Norton, PhD
Thuy Nguyen, PhD, Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Nguyen is a Research Professor and health economist at the University of Michigan
School of Public Health. She conducts collaborative research that focuses on public
insurance programs and regulations aimed at improving health system performance and
reducing healthcare disparities. Her current research interests include incentive
issues of medical providers, health policies surrounding the US opioid epidemic, and
incentivized medical-fraud enforcement.
U-M SPH Faculty Profile: Thuy Nguyen, PhD
Baris Gulseren, Health Policy Analyst
Baris received his Master of Science in Applied Economics from U-M in 2006, and provides
analytical support to the CEHR's research projects. Before joining the University
of Michigan, Baris worked as an economist at the Louisiana Department of Health, where
he provided support to Louisiana Medicaid staff on analytic methods and data queries
Usha Nuliyalu, Data Analyst
Usha provides analytic support for various research projects at CEHR. She has been
working as research analyst at the university since 2009. She has done data management
and analysis for longitudinal studies related to substance abuse research and eating
disorder research prior to joining CEHR. She has experience analyzing data from observational
studies and clinical trial using SAS, Stata and SPSS. She also has experience creating
Microsoft access data bases. Ms. Nuliyalu received her MPH in Epidemiology from the
University of Michigan School of Public Health in April of 2009.
Sarah Clark, Project Assistant
Sarah provides research and administrative support to CEHR. Her experience includes nearly 10 years with the Healthcare Information Management System Society (HIMSS) out of Chicago where she managed quantitative and qualitative market research engagements in healthcare IT, staff training, and quality assurance.
Current Trainees
Nicholas Berlin, MD, MPH - IHPI National Clinician Scholar
Nick Berlin focuses on strategies to improve the delivery of value-based care, spanning
the integration of implementation science into learning health systems to the design
and adoption of alternative payment models. He is particularly interested in the de-implementation
of low-value preoperative testing, incentive design for voluntary bundled payment
models, and the role of price transparency in reducing financial toxicity for elective
procedures.
IHPI Profile: Nicholas Berlin
Benjamin Cher, MS, MD Candidate
Benjamin Cher is a MD candidate at the University of Michigan Medical School. His
research focuses on health policy specifically looking at programs like the Hospital
Readmissions Reduction Program and the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced
program.
Zoey Chopra, MD/PhD Candidate
Zoey Chopra is an MD/PhD candidate in economics at the University of Michigan Medical
School and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. His research looks at health economics,
behavioral econoimcs, and political economy, in an effort to understand the role of
information in decision-making. His clinical research explores patient and provider
behaviors in the context of health outcomes as well as novel techniques for the evaluation
and improvement of the status quo.
U-M Stephen M. Ross School of Business Student Profile: Zoey Chopra
Adam Markovitz, MD/PhD Candidate
Adam Markovitz is an MD/PhD candidate in health economics at the University of Michigan
Medical School and School of Public Health. His research seeks to understand the effects
of physician payment reform on quality of care, health disparities and long-run population
health.
U-M SPH Graduate Student Profile: Adam Markovitz
Roz Murray, PhD Candidate
Roz Murray is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Management and Policy
at the University of Michigan. Roz's research interestes include provider pricing
power in commercial insurance markets, health system formation, hospital finance,
and health care payment and delivery reforms. She has a broader interest in efforts
to contain U.S. health care spending. Roz holds a bachelor's degree in human biology,
with a concentration in health policy, from Stanford University and a master's in
public policy from Georgetown University.
Anu Warrier, PhD Candidate
Anu Warrier is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Management and Policy
at the Univer sity of Michigan School of Public Health, with a cognate focus in health
economics. Her research interests include pay for performance programs, health equity,
and Medicaid and Medicare policies. Anu received her bachelor’s degree in public policy
studies from Duke University in 2017.
U-M SPH Graduate Student Profile: Anu Warrier
Roshun Sankaran, BS, MD Candidate
Roshun Sankaran is medical candidate at University of Michigan Medical School. His
research focuses on health economics specifically looking at programs like the Hospital-Acquired
Conditions Reduction Program and the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced
program.