Ruchi Aggarwal
Healthcare Consulting Manager, Accenture
Ruchi Aggarwal currently works as a manager in the healthcare practice of Accenture specialized in clinical innovation and change management. She graduated with her Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan in 2017 and is particularly interested in HSA-High Deductible Health Plans and Specialty Pharmaceuticals. Ruchi holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Management from Saint Louis University.
Crystal An
Student, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Crystal is a medical student at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. After graduating from Case Western Reserve University as part of the combined BA/MD program, she worked with a nonprofit in Vietnam to improve educational and business opportunities for marginalized womens' groups. She is passionate about improving health equity and addressing affordability issues through cost-effective systems, both in the US and abroad.
Christian Balcer
Manager of Nursing Operations, Anne Arundel Medical Center
Christian currently works as the Manager of Nursing Operations at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis, Maryland. He moved into this role in June 2018 after completing a one-year Administrative Fellowship working for AAMC CEO Tori Bayless. Christian graduated with his Masters in Health Services Administration Degree from the University of Michigan in 2017. As Manager, he overss the 100-staff member Central Staffing Office and is responsible for supporting throughput initiatives in the main hospital and various business-related functions within the department. Christian is a graduate of the University of Michigan (M.H.S.A., 2017) and Calvin University (B.A., 2015). Outside of work, he is a Division I college soccer referee and enjoys traveling, reading, and staying physically active.
Marie Benoit Finch
Manager of Global Sickle Cell Disease Initiatives, American Society of Hematology
Marie is a Manager of Global Sickle Cell Disease Initiatives at the American Society of Hematology in Washington, DC. She completed her MPH in 2022 at George Washington University. During her time at the V-BID Center, Marie gained insight on the health care system and how the current system can be reformed to increase equity and accessibility for all. In her free time, Marie enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, playing piano, and spending time with friends and family.
Grace Bowden
Student of Health Law, UCLA School of Law
Grace Bowden graduated from the University of Michigan in 2012 with a degree in Women’s Studies. During her time with the V-BID Center, Grace became interested in the legal and policy aspects of healthcare, and graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2018. Gracie is a licensed attorney in Texas and is currently consulting on various projects. Her interests include camping, trivia nights, and her 15 year old dog Ned.
Michael Budros
Policy Director, Healthsperien LLC
Michael works for Healthsperien, LLC, a DC-based health policy and strategy consulting firm. Michael offers a wide-range of legislative and regulatory guidance and analysis across Healthsperien’s clients, with specific expertise in value-based payment and benefit design in the commercial market and government programs. In partnership with Healthsperien, Michael serves as the Policy Director for the National Coalition on Health Care and the Smarter Health Care Coalition, among other roles.
Jason Buxbaum
PhD Student, Harvard University
Jason is currently studying in the Health Policy PhD program at Harvard University. In addition to his time as an intern and then research associate with the V-BID Center, Jason has held positions with the Task Force on Low-Value Care, the Michigan Public Health Institute, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the National Academy of State Health Policy. Jason received his MHSA from the University of Michigan in 2014 and his BA from Bates College in 2008.
Laura Chen
Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Laura Chen is a medical student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Public Health Studies, she completed the Master of Health Science program in the Department of Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her interests include urban health and improving access to care.
Dr. Betsy q. cliff
Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago, Department of Public Health Sciences
Dr. Betsy Q Cliff is on the faculty in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cliff researches topics related to how incentives affect consumer behavior and spending in the medical system. Her studies have looked the effects of cost-sharing on low-value care, benefit design in commercial insurance and Medicaid, determinants of hospital prices, and price transparency initiatives. She has used both quantitative and qualitative methods in research, though primarily focuses on using econometric techniques to identify relevant policy effects. Dr. Cliff earned a Doctorate of Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, a Master of Journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism, and a Bachelor of Government from Dartmouth College.
Rebecca Copeland
Graduate Student, University of Michigan Health Management and Policy
Rebecca is a second year Master of Public Health student in Health Management and Policy and a Master of Public Policy student at the University of Michigan School, Gerald R. Ford School. She completed her first graduate summer internship at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Previously, she was a Senior Research Analyst at The Lewin Group. Rebecca graduated from Vanderbilt University in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Medicine, Health, and Society.
"I credit my experience interning at the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design for introducing me to the field of health policy."
Lia Daniels
Director of Health Policy, Illinois Health and Hospital Association
Lia Daniels is the Director of Health Policy at the Illinois Health and Hospital Association.
“My work with V-BID aligned with my desire to pursue a career in healthcare policy development, implementation, and advocacy. The research, policy writing, and network I developed at V-BID helped to prepare me for an Administrative and Public Policy Fellowship with my current organization. I appreciated the opportunity to work with health insurers implementing and studying value-based benefits, which we incorporated into V-BID issue briefs."
Jillian (Davenport) Barry
Manager, Clinical Payer Practice, Accenture
Jillian Davenport graduated from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health in 2015 with a Masters in Health Services Administration. While at U of M, she was involved in the IHI Open School, the Michigan Women in Health Leadership, as well as V-BID. She currently works as a Manager in Clinical Payer Practice for Accenture.
“My writing and interviewing skills that I built upon at V-BID helped me to lead meetings and reach out to various stakeholders in my current role. Having knowledge of the health plan space has helped me gain credibility. V-BID directed me toward health plans and the future consumerism of health care specifically. I hear CEOs of health plans today talking about directing healthcare consumers toward the ‘right services’, which directly feeds back to V-BID research.”
Prisca Diala
Obstetrics and Gynecology Student, University of California
Prisca Diala, MD, is a PGY-3 in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is an aspiring Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. Her academic and research interests focus on global maternal and child health, health equity, and peripartum cardiomyopathy. She is passionate about community health, research, advocacy, and mentorship.
Ali Fendrick
Policy Liaison, Chicago Public Schools Government Affairs Team
Alison is a Policy Liaison for Chicago Public Schools' Government Affairs team, where she supports with bill analysis, strategic planning, advocacy, and legislator engagement. Alison graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 with a degree in Psychology, Spanish, and Community Action & Social Change, and from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy with a Master's Degree in 2019. She interned at the V-BID Center in-between her two years of teaching with the Teach for America program in Miami, Florida.
“While at V-BID, I helped to redesign the Center’s website and worked on social media outreach. I also wrote a brief on health care disparities. I found the research and writing skills to be extremely beneficial and valuable. Due to all of the work I did at V-BID, I developed a passion for policy work and currently work as a community organizer on Airbnb’s public policy team.”
Peter Geppert
Associate Consultant, The Chartis Group
Peter Geppert is an Associate Consultant with The Chartis Group, with a focus on EHR implementations, revenue cycle optimizations and operational improvement initiatives. His experiences have had an emphasis on physician billing processes and systems. Prior to The Chartis Group, he worked in Implementation Services at Epic Systems, where he worked to roll out the company’s physician billing application. Additional work includes an administrative internship with Massachusetts Hospital, a research role at the University of Michigan’s Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and a collaboration with Henry Ford Health System. Mr. Geppert received his Master of Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan, and his Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations and Technology Management from the University of Wisconsin.
Sunil Gollamudi
Strategy Consultant, Intermountain Healthcare
Sunil is a Strategy Consultant with Intermountain Healthcare's Enterprise Initiative Office. His work focuses around initiatives that drive enterprise strategy and innovation, as identified by Intermountain's Executive Leadership Team. Sunil completed his Masters in Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan in 2019. During graduate school he worked with the V-BID Center and interned at Deloitte Consulting. Outside of work, Sunil loves reading, cooking, swimming, and when he can, traveling and scuba diving.
Molly Gordon
Molly graduated from the University of Michigan’s Health Management and Policy Program in 2017 with a Master of Health Services Administration. She currently works at Accenture as a Management Consulting Manager in the Health & Public Service practice, where she is focused on hospital operations strategy and process improvement work. Molly is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Chelsea Grimmé
Second-Year Dual Degree Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Chelsea Grimmé is a second-year dual degree student pursuing a Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Michigan. Prior to graduate school, Chelsea spent four years working as a Medication Process Consultant for Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri where she focused on software implementation and workflow optimization for large integrated delivery networks. In 2014, Chelsea graduated from Tulane University with a Spanish Major and Business Minor.
Ashley Haglund
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, UH HEALTH
Ashley Haglund is the Assistant Director of Marketing at UI Health. She continues to remain committed to ensuring value in care for patients and providers. She aligns her current work with her mission to put the patient at the center of health care. Recently her interests have expanded to include hospitality in health care, digital experiences, and culturally competent care. She graduated from the Health Management and Policy program at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health in 2018 with an MHSA. She has a BA and a BS from Michigan State University.
Marianthi Hatziegeorgiou
Head of Client and Operations
Marianthi is the Head of Client and Operations at an early stage dementia care start-up. She oversees Client Success, Implementation, Clinical Operations, and patient billing functions. She also is leading a team on the development of SOPs and company strategy. She was previously the AVP of Business Operations and Transformation at apree health; she managed internal operations and customer success operations, ensured cohesion between strategic planning and daily operations, and was the strategic manager for about 15 clients. She has also previously held roles at several large health systems and has international project management experience at Siemens global headquarters. Her areas of expertise include systems integrations, mergers & acquisitions, new market development, and enterprise program management. She has authored numerous publications on healthcare delivery and management. Marianthi has a Doctorate in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Master of Health Services Administration degree from the University of Michigan. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Bachelor of Arts in English, and Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Jocelyn Hsu
Head of Community, Hint Health
Jocelyn graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s of Public Health in 2017. Since then, she has dived into the world of community engagement – first at Spoon University , then Udemy, and now Hint Health – where she brings a public health mindset of upstream problem solving to everything she does.
Alison Jensen
Business Agent and Political Coordinator, Teamsters
Ali is currently a Business Agent and Political Coordinator for the Teamsters Labor Union Local 231. After over a decade of public health work addressing the symptoms of poverty, she now supports working families to gain respectful wages, comprehensive health insurance, and dignified retirements.
Jaren Kirkland
Jaren Kirkland is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Community and Global Public Health. He wants to bring about change to the healthcare system in order to improve the lives and health of underrepresented minorities.
Louisa Laidlaw
Administrative Director, Precision Medicine Program; Program Coordinator, Administrative Fellowship Program - Henry Ford Health System
As the Director of the HFCI Precision Medicine Program, Louisa is responsible for ensuring HFCI patients receive the most highly personalized, targeted treatment for their cancer. Louisa oversees program staff and multidisciplinary committees working on the foundational elements critical to the practice of Precision Medicine, including the Syapse point-of-care data platform, genomic testing, the molecular tumor board, and the biorepository. In partnership with the Precision Medicine Medical Director Tom Mikkelsen, M.D., Louisa is building on the HFCI Precision Medicine infrastructure for a non-cancer Precision Medicine initiative. The goal is to offer genomics-based prevention and screening, diagnostics, pharmacogenetics and other treatments, for specialties including Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Behavioral Health, Transplant and Neurology.
Kerry Lindquist
Student, Community and Global Public Health, University of Michigan
Kerry Lindquist is a Senior at the University of Michigan pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Community and Global Public Health in the School of Public Health. Kerry previously worked as a Policy Analyst for the CLOSUP research center affiliated with Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, helping to coordinate and market events involving local, state, and urban policy. She is particularly interested in ethical approaches to health policy and infectious disease control. This past summer, Kerry worked for Dr. Dana Telem in the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, providing research assistance and consultation on workplace conflicts between women surgeons and other non-physician healthcare staff. In her spare time, Kerry loves try new restaurants in downtown Ann Arbor with friends and rewatch episodes of ‘Criminal Minds'.
Hannah Lucas
Medical Student, Washington University in St. Louis
Hannah Lucas is a medical student at Washington University in St. Louis where she plans to pursue a combined MD/MPH. Though she majored in Neuroscience and German as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Hannah’s minor in Gender & Health and time spent abroad led her to develop an interest in health policy and its impact on health disparities. Now that she is studying to become a physician and involved in caring for a diverse patient population in St. Louis, Hannah routinely sees the impact of these policies and is using skills she learned in her time with the V-BID Center to study resulting disparities, especially those in maternal and child health outcomes.
Kristen Lunde
Winston Health Policy Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Kristen is currently a Winston Health Policy Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. She graduated in 2018 with a Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She previously interned with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group and held positions at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the International Rescue Committee. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Adwaiy Manerikar
Medical Student, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Adwaiy is a medical student at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He went to Northwestern for his undergraduate degree and majored in Neuroscience. After working at V-BID, he began to focus on his research interests of technology and medicine. His work encompassed the use of machine learning to help individuals monitor their diet and caloric intake. He is currently focused on his medical studies and excited to learn about how he can best improve the health of his patients in the future.
Hannah Markus
National Coverage for Innovation Intern, Families USA
Hannah Markus is currently a full-time Intern at Families USA in Washington D.C. where she works on the National Coverage for Innovation team. She recently graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Public Health. Before entering her senior year, Hannah worked as a Research Assistant at the V-BID Center. In her current work, she integrates the V-BID framework and concepts into her projects that advise state and federal policymakers how to expand access to healthcare coverage. Hannah credits V-BID for her sparking her interest in addressing health inequities through improved public insurance plans.
Ruth McDonald
Consultant, Avalere Health, LLC
Ruth currently works at a health policy consulting firm, Avalere Health, where she helps companies, advocacy organizations, and trade associations navigate the ever-changing legislative and regulatory landscape. Prior to Avalere, Ruth worked in the Office of Health Policy for the US Department of Health and Human Services for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). She also provided technical assistance to state Medicaid programs at the Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University. In Congress, Ruth served nearly 7 years as a healthcare staffer for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) and Congressman Jim Cooper (TN) during the enactment and early implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Ruth began her career working on communications campaigns for healthcare clients at public relations and production firm GMMB. Ruth has an MPH in health management and policy and an MPP from the University of Michigan. She earned her BA in the history of science and medicine from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Rick McKellar
Senior Associate, Stanton Road Capital
Michael Richard (Rick) McKellar, MHSA is a Senior Associate at Stanton Road Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in middle market healthcare acquisitions. Mr. McKellar oversees diligence and underwriting of potential acquisitions with a particular focus on financial modeling. Prior to joining Stanton Road, Mr. McKellar spent three years at Paladin Healthcare where he conducted financial diligence of potential hospital acquisition and supported the operations of six community hospitals.
Justin Mitchell
Vice President, Asserta Health
Justin is currently a Vice President at Asserta Health, a patient advocacy service, where he leads the creation of the processes and technology for managing cash payment for complex surgical procedures and professional services to help individuals, employers, TPAs, and fully-insured health plans save money and receive high-quality care. Prior to his work at Asserta Health, Justin worked at Dossia, a Personal Health Record company that was working to make population health personal. At Dossia, Justin led the creation of a Health Rules engine for encouraging effective utilization of health care services by individuals who signed up for a personal health record account. Justin joined Dossia immediately following his time with V-BID.
Neetha Mony
Electronic Laboratory Reporting Coordinator, Washington State Department of Health
Neetha Mony is a macro social worker with nearly two decades of experience dedicated to empowering individuals and communities. From leading Washington State's Suicide Prevention Program to serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, her career has been driven by a deep commitment to meaningful stakeholder engagement, building trust and consensus among diverse partners to create culturally responsive, community-driven solutions. With an MSW from the University of Michigan and a PMP certification, Neetha brings a person-centered approach to every initiative she leads, turning collaboration into lasting, equitable impact.
“People in social services are often divided into two categories: prevention and postvention. Prevention efforts focus on decreasing the number of people who can be affected by an issue. This can include education, stakeholder outreach and engagement, and advocacy efforts on policy change. Postvention is what most people think social workers do. These are the counselors and therapists who enter the picture after the damage has occurred. V-BID’s efforts align with my own desire to decrease the number of people who are exposed to experiences that would require postvention efforts. Working at V-BID helped me see a client-centered, for-profit business model. It wasn’t until I started my current position that I realized how V-BID has changed my problem-solving perspective.”
Ana Sofia Moreno-Mesa
Medical Student, Northwestern Feinber School of Medicine
Ana Sofia is currently a fourth-year medical student at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine applying into Family Medicine. Her interests include community health, quality improvement research, and social justice advocacy. Prior to beginning medical school, Ana Sofia served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with El Rio Community Health Center, a federally-qualified health center located in Tucson, AZ. She is a recipient of the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship and plans to begin a military medical career upon her graduation from medical school in 2021.
“Learning to manage social media and learning the basics of lobbying have been invaluable skills since leaving V-BID, but what I found most valuable during my experience was learning the vocabulary and base knowledge to understand the healthcare system. Now that I’ve read more widely on the problems plaguing our healthcare system, I’ve decided to pursue an MD/MPH with a focus in public policy, and my summer at V-BID has helped me direct my career interests.”
Andy Mychkovsky
Director of Strategy, Evolent Health & Digital Health Bloggerm Healthcare Pizza
Andy is a Director at Evolent Health, where he is responsible for developing long-term value-based care operating partnerships with leading health systems, physician groups, and health plans across the country. In addition, Andy is the creator, editor, and head chef, of the digital health-focused blog, Healthcare Pizza. Prior to Evolent, Andy worked for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield in their MBA/MHA graduate development program and Blue Cottage Consulting, an independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in strategy, operations, and facility planning services for hospitals and health systems. Andy holds and MHSA from the University of Michigan and BS from Grand Valley State University.
Hope Norris
Healthcare Analytics Manager, Milliman
Hope is a Healthcare Analytics Manager in Milliman’s New York-Atlanta Health practice. She leads data analytics teams to help stakeholders better understand population health and healthcare costs. Her expertise is focused on the development and implementation of grouping algorithms and analytic models to support value-based payment arrangements, quality measure reporting, and assessments of healthcare utilization and spending. She also analyzes the impacts of health policy and social determinants of health on costs and utilization. Hope is grateful to have had the opportunity to start her career at the V-BID Center, where she gained a greater understanding of the American health policy landscape. Hope holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan (2019) and a Master of Public Health degree from New York University (2022).
Esther Oh
Research Area Specialist, University of Michigan Medical School
Esther works as a Research Area Specialist at the University of Michigan Medical school and is affiliated with the Center for Healthcare Outcome and Policy. She manages projects under topics of Medicaid expansion and improvement of hospital architecture for better patient outcomes. Esther holds a Master of Public Policy degree and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Pat Oungpasuk
Health Care Consulting Manager, Moss Adams
Pat is currently a Health Care Consulting Manager at Moss Adams in the Performance Excellence practice where she uses her analytical skills and understanding of the healthcare system - part of which she gained at V-BID - to work with hospital clients to improve their operations. Pat holds a Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy from University of Michigan, and received her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology from Tufts University.
Madhu Parigi
Student of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Madhu is currently a student at University of Michigan studying Biomedical Engineering. She worked within the V-BID Center during her freshman year, and continued on to be a lab assistant at the Center for Arrhythmia Research in the Department of Internal Medicine.
Madeleine Peters
Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Madeleine is a second-year graduate student pursuing a Master of Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with a minor in Gender and Health from the University of Michigan.
Haley Richardson
Americorps
Haley recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Health and Society and Southeast Asian Studies. She is a previous V-BID Center Summer Intern, and continued her work with us during her gap year. While at the V-BID Center, Haley learned more about the role that clinically nuanced benefit design can play in providing better care and promoting health equity for consumers. In her free time, Haley enjoys volunteering at the Humane Society of Huron Valley, reading, baking and visiting new places.
Caroline Richburg
General Surgery Resident, Yale New Haven Health
Dr. Caroline Richburg is a General Surgery Resident and Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University. She is interested in qualitative and mixed methods research in colorectal surgery. Dr. Richburg completed her undergraduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Michigan. She earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. She was a V-BID intern during the summer of 2018.
Sarah Rubin
Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Sarah is currently a third-year graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012 with a BA in Urban Studies and Medical Anthropology. She previously worked at L&M Policy Research, a health services research and consulting firm in Washington, D.C and completed internships at PwC and UnitedHealthcare. Her interests include consumer engagement with health insurance, improving health equity, and the intersection of health policy and business strategy.
Sarah Sanna
Managing Consultant, Mathematica
Sarah is a Managing Consultant within the Medicare Value Based Care space at Mathematica, a Princeton-based policy research and advisory services firm. In this role, she works directly with the CMS Innovation Center to implement new payment models with hospitals and health systems across the country. Prior to Mathematica, Sarah was a Management Consultant at Accenture after graduating with her MPH in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan in 2020.
Arnav Shah
Researcher, Programs, Commonwealth Fund
Arnav Shah works as a researcher at the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. In this role, Mr. Shah provides research and analytic support to the Fund’s work in all of its core areas, including working on survey design and analysis, working with staff to develop the research design of grant proposals and future publications, as well as reviewing those proposals or publications. He contributes research and analytic support to publications across the Fund’s program areas. Mr. Shah joined the Fund from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where he completed a master’s degree in public policy. During graduate school, he worked for the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation and the University of Michigan’s Center for Value-Based Insurance Design. Prior to graduate school, Mr. Shah was a research assistant in the Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute and a health policy intern for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Center for American Progress. Mr. Shah obtained his B.A. in political science at George Washington University.
Maggie Shope
Pediatrics Resident, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Maggie graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 and completed her medical degree at the University of Chicago in 2023. She is now training in pediatrics at Stanford. She worked as an intern and research assistant at the V-BID Center from 2017-2019. As her career progresses, she continues to integrate lessons learned in systems-based-practice and advocacy during her time at the V-BID Center into her work in pediatrics.
Beth Shrosbree
Medical Student, University of Michigan Medical School
Beth is a first year medical student at the University of Michigan. She is interested in the interplay between healthcare policy and population hopes to pursue a career in primary care and healthcare advocacy. During her time at the V-BID Center, she was very grateful to learn strategies to advocate for patients in her future career. Outside of work, Beth likes to play intramural walleyball, read, and try new restaurants.
Rashna Soonavala
Medical Student, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Rashna graduated from the University of Michigan in 2020 and is a medical student at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. During her undergraduate years at the V-BID Center, Rashna developed an interest in innovative approaches to affordable healthcare and in making complex health insurance topics easier to understand. Rashna previously worked at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model, as well as for the National Cancer Institute's Healthcare Delivery Research Program. Her experiences at the V-BID Center continue to shape her career as she works on improving healthcare access for underserved populations. Apart from work, Rashna loves swimming, hot yoga, and spicy food.
Bhavya Sukhavasi
Research Assistant, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Bhavya Sukhavasi is a recent graduate of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy with a minor in Writing at the University of Michigan. As a public policy student, Bhavya always knew her concentration would be health care policy. While at the V-BID Center, Bhavya gained insight into how the system can deliver high-value care to the people that need it.
Monica Sridhar
Medical Student, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Monica Sridhar graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 2014 as a Chemistry major and Business Management minor. During this time, Monica worked at V-BID because because she became interested in process improvement and ways to enhance the American healthcare system. Here, she was able to understand a unique approach to lowering the cost of health care while increasing its quality. She used this experience to continue her progress in the healthcare policy field and landed an internship during her gap year at the Patient and Family Centered Care Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sharon Thomas
Fellow, Henry Ford Health System Office of the CEO
Sharon Thomas is currently an Administrative Fellow at Henry Ford Health System. Sharon grew up in Chennai, India and Farmington Hills, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with a minor in Gender & Health (Women’s Studies) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2014. Following graduation, she then pursued a Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) at the University of Michigan (’20). During her time at the University of Michigan, she worked at the V-BID Center as a Graduate Research Analyst as well as Michigan Medicine as a Clinical Research Analyst with the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) team on numerous clinical research studies and quality improvement initiatives. Sharon completed her administrative internship at Sutter Health with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) in Fremont, California. Sharon's interests include strategy, operations, value-based care, population health, chronic health conditions, and health disparities. Outside of work, Sharon enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, dancing, and exploring new cuisines and restaurants.
Ryan Zayance
Manager, Innosight
Ryan currently works at Innosight as a Manager focused on growth and transformation of healthcare organizations. Previously, Ryan spent four years in Accenture's Health Strategy business, where he advised both payer and provider executives on enterprise transformation, growth strategy, mergers & acquisitions, operating model redesign, and AI strategy & activation. He began his career working in strategy and operations at large health systems, first at Corewell Health in Michigan, then at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. Ryan is a Michigan native and earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Health Services Administration degrees from the University of Michigan. In his free time, Ryan is an avid runner, nonfiction reader, weekend traveler, and shameless Michigan and Detroit sports fan. As a Chicago resident, he also dutifully roots for the Chicago Cubs.
Charles Yoo
Student, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Charles Yoo is a dual degree Pharm.D / M.S. student at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Charles is interested in creating an affordable and sustainable healthcare environment by promoting high value medications and improved primary care system. He is interested in innovative healthcare practices, medication affordability, and medications that improve patient outcomes.