Current H.S.O.P Student Profiles

Molly Bachmann
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Implementation science, bioethics of maternal/reproductive/pelvic health care, health equity, anti racism, immigration, incarceration, patient safety, injury risk reduction, policy implications for physical therapy services, pelvic pain, birth injury reduction 
Contact: mollybac@umich.edu

Sujatha Changolkar
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Labor and health, physician workforce, natural experiments, causal inference, behavioral economics and incentives
Contact: sujathac@umich.edu

Veronica Collins
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Telehealth, digital literacy, health literacy, veterans' health, rural health, reducing barriers to access, healthcare discrimination, health equity, and advocacy
Contact: vecollin@umich.edu

Katherine (Katie) Cooney
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative politics and the intersection of welfare states, women, and health system resilience. Regional interest in the Nordic states
Contact: cooneyka@umich.edu

Roopa Darwar
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Cost-effectiveness analysis, immunization campaigns, vaccine introductions, vaccine-preventable disease surveillance systems
Contact: rdarwar@umich.edu

Heather Elliott
Cognate: Political Science
Contact: hautumnk@umich.edu

Rachel Kulikoff
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Health politics and policy, infectious disease models, local governance, science and technology studies, big health data
Contact: kulikoff@umich.edu

Neeti Kulkarni
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Cost-effectiveness, equity-based outcomes, public insurance policy, simulation modeling
Contact: neetik@umich.edu

Hannah Lang
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Social determinants of health, organizational interventions to address health-related social needs, health equity, rural health, telehealth and remote patient monitoring
Contact: hmlang@umich.edu

Sarah Mcnally
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Indigenous health policy, Indigenous research methodologies, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations, health data equity
Contact: sarahmcn@umich.edu

Claire Mellott
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Health policy decision analysis, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, diagnostic testing and disease surveillance, implementation science, mixed methods, LGBTQIA+ health
Contact: cmellott@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

Morgane Mouslim
Cognate: Finance
Research interests: Healthcare price transparency, hospital finance, pharmacoeconomics, disparities in access to care, Medicaid policy 
Contact: mmouslim@umich.edu

Maira Owais
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, Pharmaceutical policy, Insurance design, Family health decision-making 
Contact: mowais@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

Morgan Perry
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Aging and the life course, home and community-based services, health disparities & equity, health policy, person-centered care, care coordination
Contact: mogan@umich.edu

Chloe Qi
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Opioid use disorder, pharmaceutical policy, health disparities, policy evaluation
Contact: chloeqi@umich.edu

Corwin (Corey) Rhyan
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Health prevention, social determinants of health, cost-effectiveness, healthcare payment models
Contact: cnrhyan@umich.edu

Olivia Rockwell
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative health policy, comparative health policy in intersectoral decision-making, rural health governance strategies, health care workforce, and the intersections between rural health and political economy
Contact: lvrock@umich.edu

Aarushi Rohila
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: US health politics/policy, public opinion, political communication, misinformation, social media, tobacco industry marketing 
Contact: arohila@umich.edu

David Suh
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Contact: suhdavid@umich.edu

Praneetha Vissapragada
Cognate: Political Science; Dual PhD in Comparative Political Science
Research interests: Misinformation, populism, democratic theory, comparative health politics, developing countries, health systems governance
Contact: pvissa@umich.edu

Mira Wang
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Behavioral health policy, access to mental health services, substance use, implementation science, qualitative and mixed methods
Contact: mirawang@umich.edu

David Wehrly
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Industrial organization, health economics, casual inference
Contact: wehrly@umich.edu`