Ariel Hawthorne, MPH

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator

george51@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-1664

965 Wilson Rd.
A539 East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Biography

Ariel Hawthorne is a Health Care Quality Project Coordinator at the Institute for Health Policy. Ariel completed her undergraduate studies with a dual major in arts and humanities and political science and earned a Master of Public Health degree from Michigan State University. Ariel’s longstanding interests in public health and community engagement stem from an upbringing oriented around compassion and stewardship. She effectively manages complex projects for an array of organizations and agencies.

Tom Renwick, BA, JD

Director, Health Policy Unit and Executive Director, Michigan Health Policy Forum

renwickt@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-9807

965 Wilson Rd.
A539 East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Biography

Tom Renwick, BA, JD, serves as the Director of the Health Policy Unit, as well as the Executive Director of the Michigan Health Policy Forum. He has worked in the behavioral health care field for more than 35 years, with a broad range of experience that includes both direct service provision and the development, funding and oversight of public behavioral health services.

Brenden Smith

Graduate Assistant Research Assistant

smit2535@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-4037

965 Wilson Rd.
A539 East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Biography

Brenden Smith is an undergraduate student employee at the Institute for Health Policy. Brenden is currently involved in assisting Institute staff with the evaluation of the Flint Medicaid Expansion Waiver. In addition to this, he has contributed to past events the Institute has presented, including the Michigan Health Policy Forum. Brenden is completing his bachelor’s degree in Social Relations and Policy from James Madison College here at MSU.

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Ann Annis, RN, PhD

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

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Parker Brisbee

Student Clerical Assistant I
brisbeep@msu.edu

 

  

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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Taegan A. Byers, BS

Graduate Assistant- Research
byerstae@msu.edu

Jing Chen, MS

Data Resource Analyst
chenj172@msu.edu
(517) 353-2526

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, LCP

Director, Health Quality and Equity Unit and 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

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
zluo@msu.edu
(517) 353-8623


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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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 Unit
renwickt@msu.edu
(517) 432-9807

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Elizabeth Richardson, MPP

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

Dave Schneider, MPA

Senior Advisor
schne694@msu.edu
(517) 432-4222

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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

Kevin Brooks, MSc, PhD

Director, Program Evaluation & Health Services Research

brooks52@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-8385

965 Wilson Rd.
A536D East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Biography

Kevin Brooks is the Director of the Program Evaluation & Health Services Research Unit at the Institute for Health Policy. He leads a dynamic team of professionals supporting the efforts of Michigan’s health information technologies (HIT) / health information exchange (HIE) initiatives by designing and implementing analytic projects and processes intended to document the evolution of HIT/HIE in the state. He also leads the Institute's Program Evaluation and Health Services Research unit.

Kevin has secured multiple years of funding and has produced many presentations and manuscripts on the subject of HIT/HIE.

Kevin is a certified SAS user with extensive training in biopharmaceutical and big-data analytics. Kevin teaches graduate courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, and healthcare analytics and holds a MSc and PhD in epidemiology from Michigan State University.

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