Our Team

Our team brings together expertise in medicine, sociology, public health, policy, data, and UX design. We collaborate closely to build and improve ConCERN, blending research, lived experience, and thoughtful design. We care deeply about supporting caregivers and the people they care for, and aim to create tools that feel useful, relevant, and easy to use.

Principal Investigators

Dr. Pooja Lagisetty

Dr. Lagisetty is an associate professor at the University of Michigan in General Internal Medicine and a research investigator at the Ann Arbor Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Center for Clinical Management. She is passionate about helping people manage chronic pain and addiction in primary care settings. Dr. Lagisetty is board-certified in addiction medicine and also works as a primary care doctor and teaching hospitalist at the Ann Arbor VA. In her research, she uses electronic health records and surveys to better understand the stigma patients and providers face. Her main goal is to break down barriers and improve access to effective treatments for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).

Learn more about her team’s research.

Dr. Erin Madden

Dr. Madden is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Wayne State University. She is a sociologist who studies substance use and focuses on finding ways to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs. She joined Wayne State in 2020 and lives in Detroit with her family. In her free time, she enjoys making quilts and going swimming with her two small children.

Learn more about her research.

Research Team

Colin Macleod

Colin Macleod, a database analyst in the Division of General Medicine at the University of Michigan, has been with the University since 2019, working with Dr. Lagisetty on data management and analysis for various research projects. He brings experience from prior roles at a nonprofit focused on educational quality and as a research assistant at Ball State University, where he earned his MA in Anthropology. Colin will serve as the data manager and primary analyst for this project.

Caroline Logue

Caroline earned her MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and her BA in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. She is a Project Manager at the Ann Arbor VA’s Center for Clinical Management and Research (CCMR), where she manages federally funded research in collaboration with the University of Michigan, including this CDC-funded project. Her work with Drs. Pooja Lagisetty and Victoria Powell focuses on improving access and quality of care for people with chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Caroline is especially interested in the emotional and social dimensions of health and in translating evidence-based research into practice to meaningfully improve people’s lives.

Elvan Muratoglu

Elvan earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and now works as a Research Assistant on the ConCERN study. She is very interested in how substance use impacts the brain and behaviors and hopes to continue studying the impact of substance use in the future. In her free time, she loves watching horror movies and playing with her two cats.

Katie Grandinetti

Katie holds an MPH with a concentration in Health Behaviors and Health Education. She feels passionately about equitable care and access to treatment for everyone and feels fortunate to be part of a team that shares this commitment! As a project manager on both Dr. Lagisetty's and Dr. Dahlem's teams, she has had the opportunity to work on several projects focused on enhancing access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and fostering educational and compassionate care for individuals with OUD.

Taqwa Khalaff

Taqwa Khalaff holds a Master of Public Health from Wayne State University with a concentration in Population Health Practice. As a Research Coordinator on Dr. Madden’s team, she supports qualitative data analysis, community engagement, and intervention development.

Sarosh Manzar

Sarosh holds an MS in Information Science with a specialization in UX Research and Design from the University of Michigan. He is passionate about designing accessible and user-centered tools that make complex systems easier to navigate. As a UX Designer on Dr. Lagisetty’s team, he is contributing to the development of a digital health intervention that supports caregivers of individuals with opioid use disorder.

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