Epidemiology Mentors

   I use claims data to evaluate real world questions to improve member outcomes and business performance.

  Abi Collingwood is a Communicable Disease Epidemiologist at the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment. Previously, she was the Division of Population Health Surveillance Team Lead at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, where she led a team of data analysts who provided and built capacity for others in the division to produce actionable data. She earned her MPH in Global Epidemiology from Michigan in 2020. She has interned at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a foodborne epidemiologist as well as with Dr Eisenberg performing Dengue research in rural Ecuador.

   Alex Freiman currently serves as a Branch Chief in the Office of Data Analytics and Information Management at the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Administration for Children and Families and is a Commander in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS). He has held a variety of positions in federal government since graduating from UMSPH with an MPH in Epidemiology in 2010 including an Emergency Management Specialist with the HHS Unaccompanied Children Program, a Deployment Operations officer with the USPHS Commissioned Corps, and an Epidemiologist with both the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC). He also completed the CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship with the Kentucky Department for Public Health from 2010-2012.

I graduated with my MPH degree in 2014 in Epidemiology with a concentration in International Health. After that, I continued at UM for a PhD in Epidemiology working with Joseph Eisenberg. I completed two post-doctoral fellowships, one at UM and another at Emory University where I built strong connections to help influence both domestic and global public health policy through working with CDC, WHO, VIMC, Gavi, and others. I then started as an assistant professor at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I worked for 1.5 years. I left that job in 2023 for an exciting position as a senior research scientist at the Gates Foundation. In my new role, I lead enteric research at the Institute for Disease Modeling (the research arm of the Gates Foundation), with a focus on optimizing vaccine policy and disease control for typhoid fever and rotavirus. I work closely with the EDGE team and many global partners and continue to do work to guide policy decisions for controlling enteric pathogens, help build capacity in LMICs, provide input on funding decisions through Gates, publish academic papers, and mentor students.

Hi! I'm Alison, I graduated from UM's MPH program in 2019. I currently work as a research grant editor at the University of Michigan, specifically supporting proposals that are focused on health services research. Some of my previous roles include program manager for a research coordinating center and clinical trial coordinator in the UM School of Nursing (focused on nutrition for chronic conditions). I am grateful to have had a variety of experience in public health communications and academic research. I'm from Grand Rapids, MI and I currently live in Ann Arbor with my dog, cat, and husband. I like reading, baking, running, and being outside, and I am looking forward to meeting you!

 Public health program evaluator with nearly a decade of experience in healthcare, nonprofit and higher education settings. 

 Anna Arthur, Ph.D., MPH, RDN, is an associate professor in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at KU Medical Center. She also serves as director of the doctorate program in medical nutrition science.

   Before joining KU in 2021, Arthur was an assistant professor and Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences from Michigan State University. Later, she received both her master's degree in public health and doctorate in nutritional sciences from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Arthur also completed a National Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and control at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

   Arthur directs the Nourish to Flourish Cancer Research Laboratory at KU Medical Center, where her research focuses on the role of diet in cancer outcomes, particularly among low-income and high nutritional risk patients. She applies methodologies from nutritional and behavioral sciences, as well as cancer and molecular epidemiology, to develop evidence-based dietary interventions aimed at improving survival, treatment tolerance and quality of life. She is a principal investigator of the NOURISH trial (R01 NR021468), a multi-site study evaluating a medically tailored groceries intervention to reduce malnutrition among food insecure hematologic patients undergoing transplant and cellular therapies. Her work informs clinical nutrition strategies to optimize oncology patient care and improve long-term health outcomes for adults with a history of cancer.

   In addition to her research, Arthur currently teaches graduate courses including ethics of clinical nutrition research, nutritional aspects of oncology, and health behavior counseling. She has also previously taught courses in nutritional epidemiology and nutrition assessment and therapy. She has mentored more than 55 trainees, ranging from high school students to postdoctoral fellows, many of whom have pursued competitive research, public health and clinical careers. She also serves on the board of editors of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the executive committee of the Oncology Nutrition Dietetics Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Arthur’s work is widely published in leading peer-reviewed journals and contributes to advancements in medical nutrition therapy for oncology care.

Dr. Anna Gottschlich is an assistant professor at Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan with a strong interest in cancer health disparities. Her current work focuses on how the interaction between social and biological factors relate to inequities in disease incidence and outcome for various cancers. She received an MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, where she studied the acceptability and feasibility of self-collected HPV-based cervical cancer screening in diverse underserved populations in Latin America and Southeast Asia. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia where she led investigations on long-term cervical outcomes after HPV-testing compared to cytology for cervix screening among women in Greater Vancouver. During this time, she continued her global work where she looked at follow-up rates after abnormal screening from a self-collection screening intervention in rural Uganda. She now holds an NCI-funded K01 to investigate socio-genomic factors related to survival among diverse women with endometrial cancer.

Aparna Kachoria is a doctoral student in the Maternal & Child Health department at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Before joining UNC, she received her MPH in global health epidemiology from the University of Michigan and spent five years working in quality improvement, health services research, and overseeing mental health research studies in Central Massachusetts. Her current research interests include maternal empowerment and maternal mental health, and addressing maternal health equity and quality both globally and here in the US. Aparna is currently a research assistant on two studies; an intervention to reduce hypertension in pregnancy in North Carolina and a project to better understand adverse childhood outcomes and perinatal depression in rural Pakistan. She also is an intern with Gillings Humanitarian Health Initiative, where she works with a humanitarian partner in Sudan on their mixed methods monitoring and evaluation efforts to assess current programs and develop a long-term strategy to improve access, effectiveness and resource allocation of multiple ongoing programs and interventions integral to service delivery in acute conflict

Epidemiologist and Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) consultant with extensive experience in generating real-world evidence (RWE) across oncology, rheumatology, dermatology, respiratory disorders, and rare diseases using advanced statistical methods applied to claims, electronic health record (EHR), registries, and patient-reported data.

Dr. Tang brings over 27 years’ experience in medicine, public health, and health economics & outcomes research (HEOR).

   Currently, he is a founder and managing director of TZ Health providing leadership and consulting service to life science organizations. Previously, he served as an AVP of HEOR at Agenus, responsible for HEOR strategies globally. He established HEOR function to support the product launches and reimbursement globally.

   Before joining Agenus, Dr. Tang was the Executive Director/Head of HEOR at BeiGene (BeOne), where he established the HEOR function and supported product launches in more than 70 countries and successfully secured reimbursements in more than 30 countries. He also served as a Sr. Director of Global HEOR at Teva Pharmaceutical. Senior Director of Health Outcomes Research at Pfizer Emerging Markets, Director of HEOR in JNJ and GSK.

   He was also an adjuvant professor of China Fudan University and faculty of Zhejiang University Medical School. Meanwhile, Dr. Tang was the 2016-2018 Chair of the HTA (Industry) Committee, Asia Consortium of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), and a current member of Asia Consortium Executive Committee. Also, he served as a Sr. Fellow at Thomas Jefferson University, School of Population Health.

   Dr. Tang’s training includes an MD in Preventive Medicine, a PhD in Health Services Research, and an MPH in Health Planning and International Health.

   He has published more than 40 manuscripts in peer review journals, 100+ abstracts, speeches, and presentations in major scientific congresses. He is knowledgeable in the development of Health Technology Assessment around the world. In addition, he served at the Scientific Committees of International Health Economics Association (iHEA/ASHE), Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), and a Peer Reviewer of America Journal of Managed Care, Cancer Research Journal, and Health Economics Review.

Retired public health physician with local and federal public health leadership experience. Academic interest in problem-based learning, management particularly bringing people together as an effective group, and improving the governmental public health system.

Specialties: Preventive medicine; leadership and management; problem-based learning; the public health system.

I entered the UMICH Epidemiology Program as a Medical Technologist with 5 years of experience in clinical microbiology. Upon receiving my MPH, I held positions as an Instructor (Clinical Microbiology), Research Associate (Molecular Biology), IC Epidemiologist (Hospital Infection Control Program), and Infection Control Practitioner/Consultant (Hospitals, LTC, and Behavioral Health). In 1982, I transitioned to the role of independent contractor (d/b/a Public Health Associates) providing comprehensive infection prevention/control services to health care facilities in Eastern Missouri and Illinois. In 2003, I expanded my consulting services to include, nursing administration and performance improvement.

   I am currently a postdoctoral researcher interested in understanding how structural racism and sexism impact health disparities. Being trained as a social epidemiologist, I am passionate about social justice and love to mentor students, especially those who have been in disadvantaged positions. I obtained my PhD in 2024 from UM, my master's and bachelor's degrees in China. I am willing to share tips and suggestions on graduate school application, research experiences, and navigating a PhD program.

I am an epidemiologist who specializes in analytic methods and research design. While I have subject matter expertise in injury topics - such as transportation safety, firearm violence, and overdose - I am more interested in the appropriate methods by which we can get to the best analysis of whatever we are studying. My career has been quite a journey with unexpected twists including working on the federal opioid litigation as a statistical consultant, receiving Secret Clearance to study occupational health at the FBI Academy, and being insulted by the NRA in a newspaper for a study that I led.

   HMA'84 variety of leadership positions including CEO of several institutions. Transitioned to consulting working with stressed hospitals/hospital systems in a variety of capacities from advisor to interim leadership. Volunteer in a variety of not for profit organizations at the governance level. Enjoy family and a variety of hobbies and enjoy mentoring.

I'm Divya. Nice to meet you! I am a 2017 MPH grad with 10 years of experience in both domestic and international public health. I have experience working with UN agencies in Burma, CDC and the DOD in the Middle East and Africa, and I spent two years doing testing, contact tracing, and case management for COVID during the pandemic. I also have experience working in tribal communities. In my free time, I love to ride my bike, paint, sew, and make jewelry. I'm happy to provide advice or just be a sounding board as you make determinations about your career.

Jenna Kiryakos is a clinical infection preventionist at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital. She’s been an infection preventionist since August 2024 working at both Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital. She is responsible for working with healthcare providers and staff on reducing the spread of infections in the healthcare setting by monitoring infection rates, identifying trends, and investigating any outbreaks. Prior to working in infection prevention, Jenna was a research and data analyst at Michigan Medicine working on the CDC’s Kidney Disease Surveillance System where she got to work on many different projects pertaining to kidney disease in the United States. This role allowed her to write abstracts/manuscripts, present at conferences, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, scientists, and epidemiologists.

She attended the University of Michigan from 2020 to 2022 and holds a Master of Public Health in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology with a certificate in Public Health Genetics. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Oakland University

Hello, students! Welcome to UMich, and I hope you have as fantastic of a time at this institution as I did. My name is Dylan Kilby, and I attended UMich from 2018-2020, earning my MPH in Epidemiology through the Global Health track as well as a graduate certificate in Risk Science & Human Health.

I was a nontraditional student in grad school, beginning my studies at 26 after five years spent working with sled dogs in Alaska and healthcare economics consulting in Washington, DC. I worked closely with Dr. Sara Adar for most of my time at UMich, and she strongly supported my interests in exposure sciences. I also took courses through the College of Information, which got me interested in crisis informatics and how epidemiology can fit into emergency work. I did my summer internship with the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile, and also met my future wife when we got our MPHs at the same time :)

I have worked at the intersection of emergency management and public health since March 2020, shortly after the official federal declaration of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I spent a year in California directly involved in the State's response, and then continued to support the response remotely for another two years (2021-2023). I've worked with the California Department of Public Heath, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and various counties and small colleges throughout the American West. My work currently mostly involves hazard mitigation, risk communications planning, and GIS analysis of risk and vulnerabilities.

Outside of my professional life, I'm also an active mountaineer throughout Colorado and California. I'm on the management committee of the Sierra Peaks Section of the Sierra Club, and I volunteer with the national Sierra Club and the Colorado Mountain Club as a GIS expert and statistician. I'm looking to join the Alpine Search & Rescue team in the Front Range mountains of Colorado next year. It's certainly a way to directly experience exposure science!

Hello, my name is In Kyu. From 2018 to 2020, I studied Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. I am 5th year PhD candidate and currently pursuing my studies in the Environmental Health Sciences department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My research focuses on air and noise pollution.

Jennifer Freiman is a senior epidemiologist with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She joined FSIS in 2013 and coordinates the Agency’s foodborne outbreak response activities. Prior to working at FSIS, she was assigned to the Department of Homeland Security as a public health analyst and completed a two year applied epidemiology fellowship at Clark County Public Health in Vancouver, WA. Jennifer is a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Health Promotion from Purdue University. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, skiing, and exploring new parks, trails and museums in the Washington, DC area.

Jennifer Shearer is the Director of Emergency Preparedness supporting Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass Eye and Ear, and Cooley Dickinson Hospital. As part of this work, she manages and implements the institution’s emergency preparedness and response program to establish and maintain resilience to a variety of emergency situations while ensuring the continuation of safety for patients, staff, visitors, and facilities. Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Health in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Woo holds an MHSA from the School of Public Health at Michigan, and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati. She has been on faculty at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for over 20 years, where she directs a research program focused on lifecourse epidemiology and the role of childhood growth and cardiovascular risk factors on adult cardiovascular disease. She is dedicated to the development of the next generation of scientists and healthcare leaders, and has mentored over 40 people ranging from undergraduate students to junior faculty members. She participated as an SPH Student-to-Alumni mentor last year, and is looking forward to working with someone again this year. Go BLUE!

Studied global health epidemiology working in sleep research and global health collaborations surrounding antibiotic resistance. Worked on the Covid vaccine efforts and now focus on care management within a health insurance company.

I received a BS in public health from Utah State University, an MPH in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology from the University of Michigan SPH, and an MBA from Southern Utah University. Outside of Internships and academic research, I started my public health career at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System as a Research Health Science Specialist, working on implementing electronic tools to guide personalized risk-based decision making for lung cancer screening. Following this role, I joined BioFire Diagnostics / bioMerieux, an infectious disease diagnostics company. I currently am a global product manager over several molecular diagnostic products. I'm passionate about infectious diseases and the intersection of public health and industry.

 Kaitlin Schwarz, MPH, is an Epidemiologist with Oakland County Health and Human Services, with a primary focus on substance use and overdose. In this role, she is responsible for epidemiological surveillance of fatal and non-fatal overdoses to assess trends in morbidity and mortality across the county. Kaitlin also supports key public health initiatives, including the Overdose Fatality Review and the Opioid Settlement process, aiming to reduce overdose-related harms through data-driven strategies.

Kaitlin holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, along with certificates in Social Epidemiology and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, from the University of Michigan. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology and a certificate in Global Health from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to her current role, Kaitlin served as an Epidemiologist at the Washtenaw County Health Department.

As associate vice president and deputy general counsel, Kara Morgenstern advises on the many complex legal issues for Michigan Medicine and oversees the Michigan Medicine legal team.

Kara joined the U-M Office of General Counsel in September of 2002. Since then, she has advised clients on a variety of healthcare matters including transactions, fraud and abuse, research, graduate medical education, patient rights, medical staff credentialing and peer review, and billing/reimbursement. Prior to accepting the deputy role in 2014, Kara's practice was largely dedicated to supporting U-M's research activities and medical staff matters.

In previous roles, Kara practiced with a national health law firm in Houston, Texas and later worked inhouse with the multi-state health system, CHRISTUS Health. In addition, Kara conducted basic science research at the National Institute of Mental Health, where she co-authored a scientific manuscript, and was a co-inventor on a patent for using Cloned DNA for synthesizing unique glucocerebrosidase. She also served as Program Evaluation Specialist for the San Diego County Health Department.

Kara graduated from the University of Maryland College of the Law, cum laude in 1994, where she served as Vice President of the Student Health Law Association and Assistant Editor of the Maryland Law Review. She obtained her Masters of Public Health degree in Epidemiology at U-M in 1990.

Kellie is a director and health programs leader, experienced in the fields of quality improvement, research, contracting, value-based health care, digital health, project management, non-profit leadership and collective impact work.

   She is an empathetic leader of innovative teams that challenge the status quo and drive positive change. Dedicated to putting community first, understanding and driving equity in health outcomes, building efficient teams, defining and developing impactful and assessable digital tools, and strategic planning that leads to real world solutions and impact.

   She has recently returned to Michigan Medicine after working for over a decade in non-profit leadership and program management. She is focused on clinical quality improvement and leveraging data to drive clinical improvement for the Michigan Medicine Orthopedic Surgery team.

   Her professional passions are related to global health, aging population health, sexual health and wellbeing, and general knowledge exchange from academia/clinic out into the real world. Outside of work she enjoys being active, nature, travel, and spending time with family and friends (including the furry kind).

I'm the Environmental Health Director with the Washtenaw County Health Department. I began my public health career as a Sanitarian performing restaurant inspections and have worked in various roles that now oversee all of our local governmental environmental health programs, including onsite septic system permitting, onsite drinking water well permitting, restaurant inspections, water contamination monitoring, pollution prevention, swimming pool inspections, day care inspections, and more. Local governmental environmental health is a dynamic career with a blend of office and field work, education and regulation and working independently and with the community to improve and protect both public and environmental health.

Kristen Wendorf attended the University of Michigan where she obtained a Medical Degree from the School of Medicine and a master’s degree in clinical research from the School of Public Health. She then came to UCSF where she completed her pediatrics residency with a focus on pediatric critical care and global health. After residency, she participated in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Epidemic Intelligence Service where she served in communicable disease control in the local public health department of Seattle & King County in Washington State. Following this, she worked in vaccine-preventable diseases at the California Department of Public Health with a focus on measles and pertussis outbreaks, treatment, and prevention. Since 2017, she has worked and specialized in tuberculosis treatment, prevention, and policy for the California Department of Public Health. Her focus includes pediatric tuberculosis and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, and she serves as a clinical consultant for the state of California as well as for CDC’s Curry International Center pediatric warmline. Her research has focused on treatment and prevention of tuberculosis among children and pregnant women as well as among people with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

Landon Hughes is an Institute faculty member in the Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL). Dr. Hughes completed a Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan, a postdoctoral fellowship in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BA in Sociology and Political Science at Grand Valley State University. His research utilizes demographic methods to examine morbidity, mortality, and mental health outcomes among LGBTQ populations and considers the effects of social factors on health and aging.

My professional experience has primarily been in the role of an epidemiologist serving health departments at the state and local levels. I've recently transitioned out of the public sector and into the private sector because of actions by the current federal administration and my completion of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. My current role analyzes health utilization data to increase quality of care and reduce costs for clients.

  I am an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Health Economics, Systems, and Policy and Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. I am a cancer care delivery researcher with a focus on improving the quality and equity of cancer care for people with advanced cancer. I use large datasets and mixed-method approaches to identify and address gaps in care. I have a background in social epidemiology, so I am very interested in the systems and norms that pattern the care individuals receive.

Nathan manages the Wastewater Surveillance Program at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (UDHHS). He received a Master of Public Health in 2006 and a doctorate in epidemiology in 2011, both from the University of Michigan. He first joined UDHHS in 2013 working with the Environmental Epidemiology Program on environmental health issues and assessment in Utah. Since March of 2020, he has been working on COVID-19 surveillance and assisting the state’s pandemic response. Nathan has been involved with Utah’s wastewater surveillance efforts from their beginning in the spring of 2020, and strives to continually build and enhance the program.

With a biology degree, an MPH in HBHE and many years in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, I graduated into a recession. After a long job search, I was able to find a position with a joint research center between the Ann Arbor VA and Michigan Medicine. I was a research associate for 9 years working on interdisciplinary social science meets medicine research around genetics communication, medical decision making and bioethics. I am now a training specialist working on workforce development to support research staff in their research roles and career development. 

I’m a current student at UC San Diego pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology. Originally from Los Angeles, I received both my BSPH (UC San Diego, 2017) and MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education (University of Michigan, 2020), before transitioning to Epidemiology. I have worked in a wide range of public health settings including research/academia, private health sectors, and government/community health work. Happy to share my experiences and answer any questions students may have about my time at Michigan, the path that led me there, or my journey since graduating. 

Rebecca Bussa (she/her) is a Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist with the University of Southern Maine and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) located in Augusta, Maine. Currently, she works with Maine's Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), and Maine's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV). Previous to her role, she worked as a Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Applied Epidemiology Fellow with the Maine CDC in maternal and child health and chronic disease. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 2022 from the Epidemiology program with a certificate in Social Epidemiology.

Currently, I work on the data management, analysis, and the dissemination of a study part of the DECIPHeR Alliance. This study aims to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in individuals living with serious mental illness (SMI) by implementing and evaluating strategies based on mental and physical health evidence-based practices. In addition to my work with Big Qual, I have experience working with longitudinal data from large-scale national studies with complex survey designs. I have also been involved in the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases.

Ruby Hickman is an environmental epidemiologist passionate about understanding the links between our environment and neurological and cognitive health across the lifespan. She graduated with her PhD in Population Health Sciences from Harvard School of Public Health in August 2025 and holds a MPH in Epidemiology from University of Michigan School of Public Health. As of January 2026, she will be working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory Rollins School of Public Health. She lives in Chandler Arizona and in her free time enjoys being out on trails, knitting, and playing video games. 

I graduated from UMSPH with an MPH in 1999 and began working as an epidemiologist in local health departments in California. I decided to go back to school and graduated from Duke Medical School in 2017. After completing residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, I completed an Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship at CDC in the Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis. Since 2020, I have been a CDC field assignee to the TB Control Program at the California Department of Public Health. I have enjoyed teaching as a clinical professor in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, as well as mentoring UC-Berkeley MPH students for their summer practicum experience.

 I am a health economist and pharmaceutical professional with a background in pharmacy, epidemiology, and public health. I had 12 years’ experience working with health economics and outcome research (HEOR) consulting, government and non-profit sector, hands-on experience leading HEOR and RWE studies, managed high performing teams, published 30+ scientific literatures with total impact factor of 150+.

Projects include health economic modeling (CEA/CUA/CMA/BIA), evidence synthesis (SR/MA/NMA/MAIC), IQVIA CORE diabetes model, retrospective observational study, preference study (DCE and BWS), and value dossier preparation & value proposition.

   Current manager with Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services. I work with state and local governments to help them respond, transform, and stabilize in times of change, whether due to external factors (HHS/CMS regulatory changes, budgets) or internal (leadership changes).

Previously, I was with Guidehouse, where I supported NIH clients in different public health and research projects and transformations.

My background is in public health and epidemiology (from UMSPH) and biology and clinical research.

• Recently retired after a varied and successful career in the public and private sectors

• Hired and/or mentored many early in career professionals; four year participant in SPH’s Student-to-Alumni Mentoring Program; father of three and grandfather of five

• Proud Michigan alum with three UM degrees:  BS in Microbiology (‘81), MPH in Environmental & Industrial Health (‘83), and MS in Environmental Health Sciences (‘85)

• Began working at Ann Arbor’s county health department part time (as the public swimming pool inspector) while a graduate student and became a Registered Sanitarian and leader of a novel program to identify and eliminate illicit connections to the county storm drain system (4 years)

• Moved to a Fortune 500 agricultural firm with over 100 manufacturing and distribution facilities and over 3,000 employees engaged in grain, fertilizers, lawn care products, ethanol production, rail car repair, and more; served as Director, Corporate Hazard Management and led a team of over 20 dedicated professionals responsible for safety, occupational health, environmental protection, fire protection, security, regulatory compliance, due diligence, and related areas (31 years)

• Took on a newly created position with a Fortune 250 auto parts manufacturer with over 100 facilities and over 40,000 employees worldwide; served as Senior Manager, EHS Systems & Training and focused on ISO 14001 and 45001 certification programs (with over 100 facilities certified); development and implementation of a corporate-wide “Safety Certified” employee training program (requiring completion of 66 courses over 40+ hours contact time); corporate EHS policy and procedure development and maintenance; contractor safety management; and corporate COVID-19 response / prevention programs; among others (8 years)

Hello, my name is Stephen and I have been an Infection Preventionist for about 2 years. While at Umich, I was part of the Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology program. I was also a CHIP intern. Before that I worked in a hospital laboratory for over 5 years in rural Michigan.

I am an epidemiologist currently working in clinical research around perioperative pain and opioid use, which has allowed me to have a more patient facing role in addition to the data (blood draws, MRIs, functional/pain testing). In my previous role I worked as a project manager on a suicide prevention center for recently incarcerated individual, which allowed to be more involved in the IRB and study creation side of things. Throughout my education and career, I've worked with many vulnerable populations in various capacities including but not limited to pregnant women/new mothers and children, recently incarcerated individuals, individuals suffering from mental illness including ppl declared NGRI/IST, individuals struggling with addiction, low income African American, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals, etc. Outside of my career I also have many interests including traveling, going to concerts, plants, working out, puzzles, cooking and spending time with friends/family

   I am a biostatistician in the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in oncology, neuroscience, and rare diseases, with a career dedicated to advancing innovative therapies through early-stage clinical development. Currently, I serve as Head of Oncology Biostatistics at Eisai Inc., driving statistical strategy for experimental cancer therapies.

   Previously, I led the gene therapy biostatistics program at Sarepta Therapeutics for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, building on my earlier impact at Eli Lilly, where I contributed to Emgality’s global approvals and advanced statistical innovation in oncology.

   My expertise spans clinical trial design, survival analysis, and cross-functional collaboration, with a consistent focus on translating data into decisions that bring meaningful treatments to patients.

• A.B. Economics, U.C. Berkeley (1978)

• Union steward, Local 42, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers (California)

• Union steward, Lodge 1305, International Assn of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

• Lodge 606, International Assn of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (Colorado)

• M.P.H., University of Michigan School of Public Health (1981)

• J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (1984)

• President, Asian Pacific American Bar Assn, Pennsylvania,

• Vice President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Urvi Mujumdar recently pivoted her career to higher education as a Learning Facilitator at Boston University (BU) School of Public Health online Master of Public Health (MPH) program. She is also beginning the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program at BU this fall. 

She brings a multidisciplinary background in academic research, consulting, and the pharmaceutical industry, with experience in epidemiology and health outcomes research. Her academic and professional interests include health equity, addressing racial and gender disparities, population health, minority women’s health, maternal and child care, and applying real-world public health concepts to enhance teaching and learning. 

She holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, and a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology and Cognitive Science, both from the University of Michigan. 

Victoria is a computational epidemiologist and research associate in the College of Family Medicine at MSU where she focuses on exploring novel statistical methods for better understanding root causes of health inequities. Her work primarily looks at how role of place and forces behind placemaking impact population health outcomes.

• worked as public health dentist for 10 years

• worked as public health lecturer at Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University for 10 years

• Present: work at Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry,Mahidol University