Current H.S.O.P Student Profiles
Emily Arntson
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Healthcare Quality, Payment Reform, Access, Medicaid.
Contact Info: earntson@umich.edu
Anton Avancena
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Optimal Resource Allocation, Health System Efficiency, Health Equity, Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis, Global Health Policy.
Contact Info: antonlv@umich.edu
Chris Cadham
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests:
Contact Info: ccadham@umich.edu
Maria Carabello
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Food Choices and Behaviors, Social Determinants of Health, Immigrant and Minority Health
Disparities, Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases, Population Health, Mixed Methods.
Contact Info: 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 Info: hfenchen@umich.edu
Grace Chung
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Vaccination
Policy, Optimal Resource Allocation, Medical Decision Making.
Contact Info: 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 Info: 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 Info: 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 Info: saelazab@umich.edu
Heather Elliott
Cognate: Political Science
Contact Info: hautumnk@umich.edu
Michelle Falkenbach
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Europe, Health Policies, Partisanship, Health Systems and Mental Health.
Contact Info: michfalk@umich.edu
Jason Gibbons
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Pharmaceutical Industry, Mental Health
& Substance Use Disorders, Health Care Finance, Big Data & Machine Learning
Contact Info: jbgib@umich.edu
Brad Iott
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Insurance Benefit Design, Price Transparency, Consumer Decision
Making
Contact Info: biott@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 Info: 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 info: 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 Info: 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 Info: kklasa@umich.edu
Emily Lawton
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Payment Policy Design, Financial Incentives, Quality of Care, Public
Reporting.
Contact Info: ejlawton@umich.edu
Adam Markovitz
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Physician payment reform, Financial incentives, Quality of care, Access to care, Health
disparities, Population Health.
Contact Info: amarkov@umich.edu
Amanda Mauri
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Firearm Violence, Behavioral Health Policy, Federalism, State Politics.
Contact Info: amauri@umich.edu
N'dea Moore-Petinak
Cognate: Political Science
Research Interests: Federalism, Health Disparities, Partisanship.
Contact Info: 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 Info: 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 Info: ptassie@umich.edu
Susan Parker
Cognate: Economics
Research Interests: Gun Violence Reduction, Firearms Policy, Health Economics, Machine
Learning Applications.
Contact Info: 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 Info: jpears@umich.edu
Janamarie Perroud
Cognate: Operations Research/Decision Science
Research Interests:
Contact Info: 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 Info: srozen@umich.edu
Amanda Stanhaus
Cognate: Organizational Studies/Sociology
Research Interests: Health Policy, Data Privacy, Emerging Technology, Consumer Protection.
Contact Info: stanhaus@umich.edu
Daniel Thiel
Cognate: Sociology/Organizational Studies
Research Interests: Gene Editing (CRISPR-Cas9), Ethical Legal and Social Issues (ELSI)
in Genomics, Health Disparities, Critical Theory and Public Health.
Contact Info: dbthiel@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 Info: 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 Info: elwillou@umich.edu
