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
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
Katie Cooney
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative health politics and the intersections of public health,
health care, and social care, disaster response & emergency management, federalism,
local governance, community care, mutual aid, social movements, rural health
Contact: cooneyka@umich.edu
Tiffany Cornwall
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Healthcare leadership and diversity management, racism and discrimination
in healthcare, organizational and operational efficiencies in healthcare, safety net
organizations, racial/ethnic health disparities, health equity
Contact: tpeart@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
Anjelica Gangaram
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, maternal and child health, health disparities
& equity, healthcare policy evaluation
Contact: agangara@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: Causal inference, payment systems, ESRD
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
Claire Mellott
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Health policy decision analysis, infectious disease modeling,
organizational and systems science, health-related quality of life, substance use
and behavioral 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
Roz Murray
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, health care spending, pricing power in commercial
insurance markets, private insurance
Contact: roslynm@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
Jeff Pearson
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Payment systems, delivery systems, health insurance, quality measurement,
public reporting, pay for performance, value-based purchasing, differential incentives
among multiple providers, medicare, end-stage renal disease, federally qualified health
centers
Contact: jpears@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
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
Ranjani Sundar
Cognate: Quantitative Research Methods
Research interests: Global health, health behaviors and interventions, mental health,
machine learning and causal inference, risk modelling and patient/user empowerment
Contact: rlsundar@umich.edu
Praneetha Vissapragada
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative health politics, developing countries, health systems
governance, corruption, transparency and participation
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
Anu Warrier
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, disparities in access and quality of healthcare,
income inequality and health, health equity in insurance programs, Medicaid and Medicare
policy
Contact: warriera@umich.edu
Emma Willoughby
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative health politics, food policy, political economy and
trade, healthcare and development in the global south
Contact: elwillou@umich.edu