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Institute for Health Policy Directory of Faculty and Staff

Ann Annis, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor, MSU College of Nursing
annisann@msu.edu
(517) 355-8348

Kevin Brooks, MSc, PhD

Director, Program Evaluation & Health Services Research Unit
brooks52@msu.edu
(517) 432-8385

Health information technologies, health information exchange, biopharmaceutical and big-data analytics.
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Taegan A. Byers, BS

Student Research Assistant IV
byerstae@msu.edu

Jing Chen, MS

Data Resource Analyst
chenj172@msu.edu
(517) 353-2526

Rebecca D'Angelo

Student Research Assistant IV
dangel39@msu.edu

Debra Darling, RN, BSN

Consultant
darlin22@msu.edu
(517) 432-9822

Joan Deschamps, BA

Consultant
descha14@msu.edu
(517) 432-9821

Community-based services, mental health, public health, special health care services, vulnerable populations.
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Sabrina Ford, PhD, LCP

Director, Health Quality and Equity Unit and Associate Professor, Department of OB/GYN
sford@msu.edu
(517) 432-8369

Health prevention programs evaluation, Medicaid, rural and urban health equity, health risk research, maternal and infant health, women’s health.
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Neville Francis, PhD

Consultant
nfrancis@unc.edu

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Ariel Hawthorne, MPH

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
george51@msu.edu
(517) 353-1664

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Laura Houdeshell-Putt, DrPH

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
houdeshe@msu.edu
(517) 432-7229

Quality improvement, health information technologies, public health, epidemiology.
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Joan Ilardo, PhD, LMSW

Director of Research Initiatives, College of Human Medicine and Associate Professor/Senior Associate Chair, CHM's Department of Family Medicine
ilardo@msu.edu

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Christine Karl, RN, BA

Health Care Quality Project Coordinator
ckarl@msu.edu
(517) 432-9829

Chronic disease management, health care ethics, maternal health, pediatrics, philosophy, quality improvement, vulnerable populations.
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