Our Team

Thuy Nguyen, PhD, MPA
Director of the M-SUPER Network, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy
Thuy Nguyen is a health services researcher and health economist with interests related to the US opioid epidemic and health policy. Her research utilizes novel data to investigate topics including treatment access for opioid use disorder, prescribing behavior, and incentive issues affecting medical providers. 

Soham Deshmukh, MBA, MS
Statistician
Soham Deshmukh is a biostatistician with experience analyzing healthcare claims and clinical trials data. He received his master's in statistics from Rutgers University prior to working as a research assistant at the Indiana University School of Public Health. Soham enjoys working with healthcare data, drawing on his statistical understanding to elucidate meaningful insights.

Amy (Yang) Jiao, MS, MPP
Data Analyst, HMP Doctoral student

Kyle Buchwalder, MD
Project Manager
Kyle Buchwalder is a resident in the University of Michigan Preventive Medicine Residency program. He serves as project manager for the M-SUPER Network. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado and completed residency training in emergency medicine at Oregon Health and Science University where he developed an interest in substance use disorders and population-level approaches to health.

Erisa Rosen
Research Assistant
Erisa Rosen is a public policy student who serves as a research assistant for the M-SUPER Network. She currently studies at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy where she is concentrating in healthcare policy. Erisa is passionate about promoting equitable access to healthcare and finding policy driven solutions to the opioid epidemic. 

Olivia Morris
Research Assistant
Olivia Morris is a public policy student who serves as a research assistant for the M-SUPER Network. A Copeland Fellow, Morris currently studies at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy where she focuses on Medicaid and Medicare access, opioid use disorder, and the economics of healthcare markets. Morris plans to reform health policy to address intersectional health challenges faced by America’s most vulnerable people.

Xiaoyuan (Chloe) Qi, MS
HMP Doctoral Student
Xiaoyuan (Chloe) Qi is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Management and Policy. She specializes in data analysis and management of both public and Medicare datasets. Chloe earned her bachelor’s in mathematics from Michigan State University and her master’s in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan. Her analytical skill and passion for healthcare motivate her pursuit of innovative solutions to address the opioid epidemic.

Previous Team Members

Raman Singh, MS
Statistician 

Keerthi Manikonda
Research Assistant

Devon Stein
Research Assistant

Jonathan Wang
Research Assistant

Jim Wang
Research Assistant

Sophie Hartl
Summer Research Intern