Meet Our People

Jamie Studts, PhD

Co-Director

Marcelo Perraillon, PhD

Co-Director

Marcelo Coca Perraillon, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health, Systems, Management & Policy at the University of Colorado Anschutz, with a secondary appointment in the Economics Department at the Denver campus. His research focuses on the evaluation of the effects of healthcare policy on costs, quality, and outcomes using statistical designs that permit the estimation of causal effects from observational data. Areas of interest include long-term care research, Medicare/Medicaid policy evaluation, and cancer care.

Elizabeth Molina Kuna, MPH

PHSR Manager, Senior Data Analyst

Elizabeth received her MPH in Global Health from George Washington University and BS in Biology from the University of Wisconsin. She has completed the Management Certification Program through CU and is thrilled to lead our team of PHSR analysts and support the exciting population-level cancer prevention and control research in the Cancer Center. She is experienced in SEER, SEER-Medicare, Colorado All Payers Claims Database, Colorado Central Cancer Registry, and EHR data, including Health Data Compass and CancerLinQ. Her technical skills include SAS, Stata, and ArcGIS.

Kaitlyn Hoover, MS

Team Lead, Senior Behavioral Science Research Associate

Kaitlyn received her MS in Clinical Science at the University of Colorado Anschutz and her BA in Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. She specializes in qualitative methods and behavioral science research. She has additional experience in project coordination and study recruitment, and skilled in REDCap.

Ameesah Cotten, MPH 

Senior Behavioral Science Research Associate

Ameesah received her MPH in Epidemiology from George Washington University and her BS in Public Health from Colby-Sawyer College. She has experience in data collection, research participant engagement and retention, and project coordination, as well as proficiency in SAS, data quality assessments, and EMR systems.

Rifei 'Faye' Liang, MA

Data Analyst

Faye received her MA in Statistics at the University of Missouri-Columbia and her BS in Statistics from Guangdong University of Technology, China. She primarily works with claims, cancer registry data and data from population-based health surveys, including CAHPS surveys, BRFSS, NIS, NHIS, and MEPS. She also has experience in statistical analysis, health services research and data visualization, using software including SEER*Prep, SEER*Stat, SAS, R, Python, Stata and Tableau.

Nadya Nafoui, BA

Senior Behavioral Science Research Associate

Nadya received her BA in the History of Science with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard University. Along with a background in historical and behavioral science research, she has experience in project coordination and recruitment. She is familiar with R and REDCap and is excited to support investigators on their research projects.

Kaylee Ortega, MPH

Senior Behavioral Science Research Associate 

Kaylee received her MPH in Community and Behavioral Health from the University of Colorado Anschutz. Prior to joining PHSR, she worked in evaluation at the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment. Her experience includes qualitative and mixed-methods research, evaluation methods, and project coordination. She also has experience using software tools such as ATLAS.ti and NVivo.

Adam Warren, MPH

Data Analyst

Adam has both an MPH in Biostatistics and BS in Statistics. Adam collaborates with investigators and physicians to service many of their research needs. His efforts with PHSR include working SEER-Medicare, Colorado Central Cancer Registry, CancerLinQ, and population-based surveys. Adam has analytical skills in R, SAS, and ArcPro and is ready to tackle whatever you have in store for him.