Meet Our People
Jamie Studts, PhD
Co-Director
Dr. Studts is a Professor of Medical Oncology and serves as Co-Leader for the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Program within the University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) as well as the Co-Director of PHSR. He is a licensed clinical health psychologist and cancer control researcher with over 20 years of experience conducting mixed methods research in clinical and community-based settings using patient-reported outcomes and behavioral research. Areas of focus for research include behavioral aspects of lung cancer early detection and survivorship.
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 Medical Campus, 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.
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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 Medical Campus 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.
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.
Joshua Pasek, MPH
Behavioral Science Research Associate
Joshua received his MPH in Epidemiology – Global Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and his BS in Biology with a Psychology minor at the University of Dayton (OH). Before joining the CU Anschutz team, he spent time working in Clinical Research trials under Dr. Tristan Weaver with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center- Department of Anesthesia. He also brings experience in social psychology research, behavioral science, as well as study recruitment, IRB protocol management, and trial coordination. He is familiar with Stata, SAS, and Tableau.
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.