Meet Our People

Jamie Studts, PhD

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

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, MPH

Elizabeth Molina, MPH

Lead Data Analyst

Elizabeth received her MPH in Global Health from George Washington University and BS in Biology from the University of Wisconsin, and currently leads our team of fantastic analysts. She is experienced in SEER, SEER-Medicare, Colorado All Payers Claims Database, Colorado Central Cancer Registry, and EHR data. Her technical skills include SAS, Stata, and ArcGIS.    

 

Levi Bonnell, MPH

Levi Bonnell, MPH

Data Analyst

Levi received his MPH in Epidemiology from the Colorado School of Public Health. He is a data analyst and programmer with experience building complex databases and automating processes in REDCap, as well as analyzing cancer data. He is familiar with R, Stata, SAS, Python, SQL, and ArcGIS.

Kaitlyn Hoover, MS

Kaitlyn Hoover, MS

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.

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Rifei Faye Liang, MA

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.

Adam Warren, MPH

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 with claims data, cancer registries, and population-based surveys. Adam has analytical skills in R and SAS and is ready to tackle whatever you have in store for him.