Current H.S.O.P Student Profiles
Emily Arntson
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Healthcare Quality, Payment Reform, Access, Medicaid
Contact: earntson@umich.edu
Anton Avanceña
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-effectiveness analysis, Health equity and economic evaluation,
Simulation modeling of public health and healthcare interventions, Mental and behavioral
health, Alcohol-related liver disease
Contact: antonlv@umich.edu
Chris Cadham
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests:
Contact: ccadham@umich.edu
Maria Carabello
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Population Health, Social Demography, Health Disparities, Medical
Sociology, Immigration, Social Policy, Food Studies, Aging and the Life Course
Contact: mcarabel@umich.edu
Huey-Fen Chen
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Health Technology Assessment, Medical
Decision Making, Vaccination Policy
Contact: hfenchen@umich.edu
Grace Chung
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Aging, chronic disease, longitudinal data analysis, survey research
methods, cost-effectiveness analysis
Contact: sygrace@umich.edu
Tiffany Cornwall
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Healthcare Leadership and Diversity Management, Racism and Discrimination
in Healthcare, Organizational and Operational Efficiencies in Healthcare, Safety net
organizations, Racial/ethnic health disparities, Health equity
Contact: tpeart@umich.edu
Tran T. Doan
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Decisions Science, Health Disparities, Minority Health,
Social Determinants of Health and Data Visualization
Contact: trandoan@umich.edu
Sarah El-Azab
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Health Information Technology, Health Equity, Structural Racism
in Health IT, EHR Data Quality
Contact: saelazab@umich.edu
Heather Elliott
Cognate: Political Science
Contact: hautumnk@umich.edu
Anjelica Gangaram
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Maternal and Child Health, Health Disparities
& Equity, Healthcare Policy Evaluation
Contact: agangara@umich.edu
Ariella Hoffman-Peterson
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of Genetics and
Genomics, Precision Medicine Access & Policy, Health IT, Learning Health Systems,
Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Regulation, AI-enabled Clinical Decision Support
Tools in Healthcare
Contact: ariellah@umich.edu
Amy Jiao
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Causal Inference, Payment Systems, ESRD
Contact: amyjiao@umich.edu
Kimson Johnson
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Aging, Long-Term Care, Healthcare Decision Making, Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Health Equity, Comparative Analysis
Contact: brykimso@umich.edu
Karalyn Kiessling
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Behavioral health policy, Tobacco control, Substance use, Local
and state policy, Qualitative and mixed methods
Contact: kiessli@umich.edu
Ellen Kim DeLuca
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-effectiveness, Women's Health, Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive
Health, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics
Contact: ekdeluca@umich.edu
Kasia (Katarzyna) Klasa
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Comparative Health Politics, High Income Countries, Federalism, Local Health Politics,
Urban Health, Urban Politics
Contact: kklasa@umich.edu
Emily Lawton
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Payment Policy Design, Financial Incentives, Quality of Care, Public
Reporting
Contact: ejlawton@umich.edu
Amanda Mauri
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Firearm Violence, Behavioral Health Policy, Federalism, State Politics
Contact: amauri@umich.edu
Morgen Miller
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health economics, labor economics, value of health insurance,
women's health, health workforce, health equity
Contact: mmmill@umich.edu
N'dea Moore-Petinak
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Health Policies, Federalism, Health Disparities, State Politics,
Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicaid
Contact: moorepen@umich.edu
Roslyn (Roz) Murray
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health care expenditures, pricing power in commercial insurance
markets, payment and delivery reform, benefit and network design, health economics
Contact: roslynm@umich.edu
Paige Nong
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Health information technology, Biomedical informatics and learning
health systems, Health equity, Medicaid, Healthcare decision making
Contact: ptassie@umich.edu
Jonathan Palisoc
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Payment and Delivery Reform, Medicaid and, Medicaid
Financing, Industrial Organization, Value Based Purchasing, Health Care Pricing, Universal
Coverage
Contact: jpalisoc@umich.edu
Susan Parker
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Gun Violence Reduction, Firearms Policy, Health Economics, Machine
Learning Applications
Contact: parkerst@umich.edu
Jeff Pearson
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Payment systems, delivery systems, health insurance, quality measurement,
public reporting, pay for performance, value-based purchasing, differential incentives
among multiple providers, Medicare, end-stage renal disease, federally qualified health
centers
Contact: jpears@umich.edu
Janamarie Perroud
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-effectiveness analysis, Health policy decision analysis,
Health-related preference elicitation, Global health equity, Vaccination policy
Contact: jperroud@umich.edu
Sarah D. Rozenblum
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Medical Device Regulation, Health Information Technologies, Comparative Health Law
and Politics (EU/USA)
Contact: srozen@umich.edu
Amanda Stanhaus
Cognate: Organizational Studies/Sociology
Research Interests: Health Policy, Data Privacy, Emerging Technology, Consumer Protection
Contact: stanhaus@umich.edu
David Suh
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests:
Contact: suhdavid@umich.edu
Praneetha Vissapragada
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Comparative Health Politics, Developing Countries, Health Systems
Governance, Corruption, Transparency and Participation
Contact: pvissa@umich.edu
Anupama (Anu) Warrier
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Pay for Performance, Quality of Care/Access to Care, Payment Reform,
Healthcare Policy Analysis, Health Economics, Health Equity
Contact: warriera@umich.edu
Emma Willoughby
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Food policy, Political economy and trade, Health and development
in the Global South, Southeast Asia
Contact: elwillou@umich.edu