WHO WE ARE
FACULTY
Dr. Chung’s research goal is to incorporate evidence-based medicine and patient-reported outcomes into hand surgery. He is the Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded multi-center Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial (WRIST). He is committed to teaching research methodology and holds K24 mentorship funding from the NIH. Finally, he ensures the spread of clinical knowledge by hosting international research fellows at UM and traveling frequently with GlobalREACH.
Charles B.G. de Nancrede Professor of Surgery
Twitter: @kecchung
Dr. Sears’ research focuses on studying treatment and process variation in surgery outcomes, efficiency and value of surgical care, and implementation of patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice. Her frequent topics included appropriateness and efficiency of advanced diagnostic testing on different health conditions. She is also serving as a Principal Investigator at the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.
Assistant Professor
Twitter: @ErikaDSears
Dr. Waljee's research focuses on improving patient-centered outcomes following surgery across a variety of patient populations. Frequent topics include the efficacy of patient-reported outcomes as quality metrics in surgical collaborative quality improvement programs and variation in postoperative patient outcomes. Additionally, Dr. Waljee serves as a Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (M-OPEN), a project focused on improving perioperative opioid practices statewide.
Associate Professor
Twitter: @waljeejenn
Lu Wang is Associate Professor of Biostatistics. She received her Ph.D in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 2008 and joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in the same year. Dr. Wang's research focuses on statistical methods for evaluating dynamic treatment regimes, personalized health care, nonparametric and semiparametric regressions, missing data analysis, functional data analysis, and longitudinal (correlated/clustered) data analysis. She has been collaborating with investigators at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
FELLOWS
JOSEPH FAHMY, MD, MS
Adee Heiman, MD
T32 Research Fellow
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine
T32 Research Fellow
University of Louisville
School of Medicine
RESEARCH COORDINATORS
SANDRA KOTSIS, MPH
SUNITHA MALAY, MPH
University of Michigan
Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology
MEDICAL & GRADUATE STUDENTS
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MEGHAN CICHOCKI, BS
RODNEY AHDOOT, BS
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
University of Michigan, BS
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University of Michigan
Medical School (M3)
University of California, Los
Angeles BS
ANNE SEYFERTH, BS
Sidney Kimmel Medical School - Thomas Jefferson University (M1)
University of Michigan, BS
Twitter: @seyferth_anne
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ERIN O'CONNOR, BA
University of Michigan
Medical School (M3)
The College of Wooster, BA
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
BRENNEN MCMANUS, BSE
GORETTI TRAN, BS
JAYNAB AKHTAR, BS, MS
University of Michigan
Organizational Studies
University of Michigan
Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Biology, Healthy, and Society & History of Art
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RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS
ROHIT AGARWAL
SARAH MINITER
University of Michigan
Biology, Health, and Society
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University of Michigan
Biology, Health, and Society
JACQUELINE KO, BS
University of Michigan
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
VICTOR ZHAO, BS
DAANIYAH MIRZA
University of Michigan
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Biology, Health, and Society