Our Team

Faculty and Staff


Edward C. Norton, PhD, Director

photograph of Edward NortonThe 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

Thuy Nguyen headshotDr. 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 Gulseren headshotBaris 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 Nuliyalu headshotUsha 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

Nicholas BerlinNick 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 CherBenjamin 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 ChopraZoey 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

photograph of Adam MarkovitzAdam 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 headshotRoz 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

PhD Candidate, Anu WarrierAnu 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 SankaranRoshun 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.