Director, Analytic Core
Rod Dunn
Director, Analytic Core
Rodney L. Dunn is a Biostatistician and Director of the Health Services Research Analytic Core.
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.
Sabir Meah
Statistician Intermediate
Sabir joined Urology in 2023. He works as a part of the MUSIC team, focusing on quality improvement, academic, and operational projects relating to prostate cancer and kidney stone care.
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.
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 is a Statistician for MUSIC. She provides analytic support on quality improvement, academic, and operational projects, with a primary focus on the KIDNEY program.
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 Senior
Ziwei works with multiple investigators in studying the quality and cost of health care, focusing on vulnerable populations, telemedicine, and Medicare payment models.
She works with data from Medicare, SEER-Medicare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM).