Current H.S.O.P Student Profiles
Emily Arntson
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, US social safety net policy, SNAP, medicaid,
older adult health, maternal/child health
Contact: earntson@umich.edu
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
Chris Cadham
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Equity-informative cost-effectiveness analysis, computational
modelling, cancer prevention and control, tobacco control
Contact: ccadham@umich.edu
Sujatha Changolkar
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Clinician burnout and economic implications, natural experiments,
causal inference, machine learning methods, 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
Sarah El-Azab
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Critical data studies and algorithmic justice, race and racism,
health information technology, interoperability
Contact: saelazab@umich.edu
Heather Elliott
Cognate: Political Science
Contact: hautumnk@umich.edu
Ariella Hoffman-Peterson
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genetics and
genomics, precision medicine access and 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: Health economics, private equity, causal inference, Medicare and
Medicaid policy, opioid use disorder, policy evaluation
Contact: amyjiao@umich.edu
Kasia Klasa
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Risk governance, natural disasters, resilience, emergency management,
public health policy, comparative health politics, federalism, state and local politics
and policy
Contact: kklasa@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
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
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
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
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
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
Emma Willoughby
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative politics, social policy, food, regulation, authoritarian
governance, One Health
Contact: elwillou@umich.edu