Members
Elham Mahmoudi, PhD, FGSA
Elham is an Associate Professor of Health Economics at the U-M Department of Family Medicine. Her research aims to reduce disparities in healthy aging by identifying the importance of social determinants of health and improving equity and efficacy in healthcare. Dr. Mahmoudi has extensive experience using various large secondary data (including nationally representative survey data, public and private administrative health insurance data, and electronic health records), quantitative analysis, and mixed methods approach (integration of quantitative and qualitative data analysis). She collaborates internationally with health services researchers at Pecking University in China. Dr. Mahmoudi has published over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts and received funding from federal agencies (NIH and the Department of Defense) and private foundations (Craig Neilsen Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association). Elham is also a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
She advises a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows at different research levels and institutions. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences and serves in leadership roles in many national and international committees. View CV
Elizabeth A. Katz, M.A.
Liz is a science communicator and senior research area specialist with the U-M Department of Family Medicine. She collaborates with Elham to edit her manuscripts and grant applications and to promote her work to internal and external audiences at U-M. She also serves as webmaster for this site. Liz has more than 25 years of editorial experience, including work in academic publishing, health writing, public and media relations, marketing and communications, and print journalism. She earned a master’s degree in Public Relations and Organizational Communications at Wayne State University in Detroit, where she also obtained a graduate certificate in Health Communication.
Brian Madden
Brian Madden is a programmer and data analyst with MS degrees in Psychology and Survey Methodology. He has worked on research projects in several disciplines, including psychology, demography, pediatrics, OBGYN, and family medicine.
