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Institute for Health Policy Directory of Faculty and Staff

Ann Annis, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor- MSU College of Nursing
annisann@msu.edu
(517) 355-8348

 

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Elizabeth Becker, MPP

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
beckere6@msu.edu
(517) 432-8366

 

Kevin Brooks, MSc, PhD

Director- Program Evaluation & Health Services Research Unit
brooks52@msu.edu
(517) 432-8385


Health information technologies, health information exchange, biopharmaceutical and big-data analytics.
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Jing Chen, MS

Professional Aide
chenj172@msu.edu

 

Debra Darling, RN, BSN

Consultant
darlin22@msu.edu
(517) 432-9822



Joan Deschamps, BA

Consultant
descha14@msu.edu
(517) 432-9821


Community-based services, mental health, public health, special health care services, vulnerable populations.
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Sabrina Ford, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor- Department of OB/GYN
sford@msu.edu
(517) 432-8369


Health prevention programs evaluation, Medicaid, rural and urban health equity, health risk research, maternal and infant health, women’s health.
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Neville Francis, PhD

Consultant
nfrancis@unc.edu

 

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Ariel Hawthorne, MPH

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
george51@msu.edu
(517) 353-1664

 

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Laura Houdeshell-Putt, DrPH

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
houdeshe@msu.edu
(517) 432-7229


Quality improvement, health information technologies, public health, epidemiology.
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Joan Ilardo, PhD, LMSW

Director of Research Initiatives- College of Human Medicine and Associate Professor/Senior Associate Chair- CHM's Department of Family Medicine
ilardo@msu.edu

 

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Christine Karl, RN, BA

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
ckarl@msu.edu
(517) 432-9829


Chronic disease management, health care ethics, maternal health, pediatrics, philosophy, quality improvement, vulnerable populations.
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Zongqiang Liao, PhD

Specialist- Research
liaozong@msu.edu
(517) 432-7285

 

Courtney Lowe

Office Coordinator II
lowecou1@msu.edu
(517) 432-9830

 

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Zhehui Luo, MS, PhD

Associate Professor- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
zluo@msu.edu
(517) 884-3966


Epidemiology, health services research, statistics.
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Dana McCarthy

Financial Administrator
mccart77@msu.edu
(517) 432-4323


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Kathleen Oberst, RN, PhD

Director
oberstka@msu.edu
(517) 432-9824


Health services research, quality improvement, nursing, epidemiology.
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Rebecca Piasecki, RN, PhD

Specialist- Research
piasec15@msu.edu
(517) 432-8364

 

Molly Polverento, MSEd, CPH

Specialist- Outreach- Department of Family Medicine
smeltzer@msu.edu
(517) 884-0434


Family medicine, health information technologies, medical education, public health.
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Mandavni (Mandy) Rathore, MSc

Data Resource Analyst
rathore6@msu.edu
(517) 353-2527

 

Thomas Renwick, BA, JD

Director- Health Policy & Quality Improvement
renwickt@msu.edu
(517) 432-9807

 

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Dave Schneider, MPA

Consultant
dschneider@healthmanagement.com
(517) 482-9236

 

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Brenden Smith

Graduate Assistant- Research
smit2535@msu.edu
(517) 432-4037

 

Kathy Stiffler, MA

Health Policy Consultant
stiffl14@msu.edu
(517) 353-5383

 

Health policy, public health, Medicaid, health education, Maternal and Child Health, children and youth with special health care needs.

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Patrick Thompson, MS

Data Resource Analyst
thomp705@msu.edu
(517) 353-9884


Data management, data science, epidemiology, informatics, program evaluation.
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Emre Umucu, PhD

Consultant
eumucu@utep.edu

 

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Liang Wang

Graduate Assistant- Research
wanglia2@msu.edu

 

Ling Wang, MS, PhD

Associate Professor- Department of Medicine
wangli35@msu.edu
(517) 432-0945

 

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Hong Zhu

Graduate Assistant- Research
zhuhong3@msu.edu