Director, Analytic Core

Rod Dunn
Director, Analytic Core
Rod is a senior biostatistician and Director, specializing in health services research, quality of life, clinical trials, & study design while overseeing all core activities.
Analysts

Stephanie Daignault-Newton
Statistician Expert
Stephanie is a senior biostatistician who supports the global Dept of Urology research and the MUSIC team. She specializes in clinical trials with a long history in cancer research collaborations.
Samuel Kaufman
Statistician Expert
Sam joined us in 2011. He works mainly with Medicare data, focusing on the relationship between physician organization and healthcare quality. He advises on computer hardware and statistical topics.
Mary Oerline
Statistician Expert
Ms. Oerline joined the HSR division in 2016. She has co-authored many papers published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to abstracts presented at major scientific meetings.

Ji Qi
Statistician Lead
Ji joined Urology in 2016 and is part of the MUSIC team. His work revolves around quality improvement and academic projects on prostate cancer and kidney cancer care.
Addison Shay
Statistician Intermediate
Addison joined the HSR division in 2020. She primarily works with Medicare and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) data.
Monica Van Til
Statistician Intermediate
Monica joined Urology in 2022. She supports the global Department of Urology research and the MUSIC team.

Phyllis Yan
Statistician Lead
Phyllis joined the HSR division in 2015, primarily working with **Optum** data. Her specialties include large data analysis and mixed models. She is excellent at dodgeball.

Ziwei Zhu
Statistician Intermediate
Ziwei joined the HSR division in 2018. She supports multiple investigators and works with Medicare, SEER-Medicare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) data.
Research Associates

Noah Krampe
Research Associate
Noah provides project management support to Dr. John Hollingsworth and Dr. Brent Hollenbeck and is actively involved in the department's ongoing research projects.