Jeffrey Taylor, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Central Administration
Phone: (517) 324-8302
Email: jtaylor@mphi.org

Jeffrey Taylor is the Executive Director of the MPHI, a non-profit healthcare research, development and education institute with offices in Okemos Michigan, a position he has held since February 1994. MPHI has 66 clients and customers and manages 175 projects annually. Dr. Taylor received his BA and Masters from the University of Washington in Seattle. He earned his doctorate from Michigan State University. Currently, Dr. Taylor is a board member of the Michigan Association of Health Plans Foundation, and participates on the advisory committees for the General Preventive Medicine Residency Program. In December 2004, Dr. Taylor served on a Robert Wood Johnson panel at the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine to make recommendations for establishing a national accreditation program for state and local governmental health agencies. In 2006 he served on two other national panels, one on expanding and communicating the role of hospitals in public health, and a second to establish governance structures for accrediting state and local health agencies. He is past President, and a founding board member of the National Network of Public Health Institutes.

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Cynthia Cameron, Ph.D.
Director of Corporate Planning
Central Administration
Phone: (517) 381-8247
Email: ccameron@mphi.org

After 13 years as a Program Director, Dr. Cameron was dually appointed to the position of Director of Corporate Planning. In this capacity, she works with the Board of Directors and staff on strategic planning and training. Dr. Cameron serves on the board of the National Network of Public Health Institutes and mentors emerging public health institutes.

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Liz Noe
Grant Development Coordinator
Central Administration
Phone: (517) 381-8247
Email: lnoe@mphi.org

Liz Noe joined MPHI in 2009. Liz has 19 years of experience with consulting firms, including: managing development of proposals; authoring promotional material; developing and maintaining a database of firm and staff qualifications and proposal submissions to track success rate; researching and identifying new proposal opportunities; authoring external communications; and developing design award submissions.

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Sally Hiner
Director of Research Integrity and Institutional Review Board
Central Administration
Phone: (517) 381-8247
Email: shiner@mphi.org

Sally Hiner has served as panel member of both the MPHI Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Michigan State University’s Community Research Institutional Review Board (CRIRB) for the past 6 years. In February, 2008 she accepted the position of MPHI Director of Research Integrity. In this role, Ms. Hiner is responsible for the day-to-day operations of MPHI’s Quality Assurance Office which provides oversight and guidance to ensure institution-wide compliance with policy and procedure concerning project documentation and privacy and confidentiality, in addition to human subjects’ research protection.

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Kelly Coyle, J.D.
Privacy Officer
Central Administration
Phone: (517) 324-6042
Email: kcoyle@mphi.org

Kelly K. Coyle received her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2002, graduating with a concentration in Constitutional Law and Civil Rights. During her seven years with MPHI, Ms. Coyle has specialized in issues related to the privacy of medical information. Her work has been focused on the implementation and variation in federal privacy law and the relationship between federal and state law. She has assisted in drafting privacy and security policies and procedures for the Michigan Department of Community Health, in making policy recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator and in training employees in HIPAA Privacy and Security. She was part of the project management team for the Michigan Health Information Network project and served as a national co-chair for the Office of the National Coordinator’s Health Information Privacy and Security Collaborative. Ms Coyle is currently MPHI’s Privacy Officer and is also Project Operations manager for Interactive Solutions Group.

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May Yassine, Ph.D.
Program Director
Cancer Control Services Program
Phone: (517) 324-7308
Email: myassine@mphi.org

May Darwish-Yassine, Ph.D., has more than 15 years of experience in designing epidemiological research, and evaluation studies. Dr. Yassine has wide expertise in developing and integrating surveillance data to portray disease burden in populations. Her work supports evidence-based public health planning at the state level, and initiatives such as the Michigan Cancer Consortium and Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs. She has a special interest in analyzing disparity in disease outcomes and behavioral risk factors across population groups. Previous positions included directing the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) ‘Data-based Cancer Intervention Research Program’ at the Indiana State Department of Health. She has worked as part of her post-doctoral studies at the department of internal medicine at the University of Michigan where she researched the epidemiology of type II diabetes mellitus. She has taught in chronic disease epidemiology, epidemiological principles and methods, and social medicine. Dr. Yassine received her Ph.D. in Epidemiologic Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with specialty in chronic disease. She earned a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology and a BS in environmental health from the American University of Beirut.

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Christopher Wojcik, MPH
Associate Director
Center for Data Management and Translational Research
Phone: (517) 324-8394
Email: cwojcik@mphi.org

Chris Wojcik received a Master’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Health and Epidemiology from the University of Michigan in 1996. Mr. Wojcik has been with MPHI for more than 11 years and currently serves as the Associate Program Director for MPHI’s Center for Data Management & Translational Research. During his time at MPHI, Mr. Wojcik has served in a variety of roles including Senior Data Analyst on many data intensive projects at the federal, state, and local levels. Most recently, Mr. Wojcik has been the project leader for the Sentinel Centers Network (SCN). The SCN is a Department of Health and Human Services funded initiative designed to collect encounter level patient data from a nationally representative sample of 64 Community Health Centers to direct decision-making and guide policy. Mr. Wojcik also has served as the project leader on a large statewide survey project designed to determine the extent of uninsurance in Michigan and at regional levels and identify the reasons for lack of healthcare coverage. Mr. Wojcik has been an integral part of MPHI’s Survey Research Unit since its inception in 1998 serving as a sample design methodologist, CATI programmer, and data manager.

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Clare Tanner, Ph.D.
Program Director
Center for Data Management and Translational Research
Phone: (517) 324-7381
Email: ctanner@mphi.org

Dr. Clare Tanner received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. Dr. Tanner has extensive experience in coordinating quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation projects across multiple sites. Dr. Tanner’s skills include: facilitation of objectives and methods among researchers at multiple universities and departments, assessing needs and drafting policy recommendations across public service systems, research design, sampling design, writing survey questions, assessing data needs based on existing resources, reliability and validity assessment, and statistical analysis. Dr. Tanner has experience in database management: collecting data from different sources, standardizing and reformatting data, and building database structures. Dr. Tanner has been with MPHI since 1999 – serving in a leadership capacity since 2001. Current projects include design of an ongoing data collection and reporting system to collect and report on primary care services, financial indicators, and quality indicators across safety-net primary care health centers nationwide. These projects are funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Another project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Care and involves collection and standardization of electronic billing data from a sample of Community Health Centers, and serving as a forum for standardization and national reporting of quality indicators. In the public service arena, Dr. Tanner facilitated a consensus process – including multiple state and local agencies, private providers and consumers – to assess the long-term care system for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and to recommend policy solutions. Dr. Tanner’s team collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources, convened and wrote a State Action Plan to address gaps and build on strengths. Dr. Tanner’s team created highly regarded multi-media educational products which they continue to disseminate statewide. These products are in use and emulated by other states.

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Julia Heany, Ph.D.
Program Director
Center for Healthcare Excellence
Phone: (517) 324-7349
Email: jheany@mphi.org

As Program Director, Dr. Heany provides scientific, fiscal, and managerial oversight of the operations of the Center for Healthcare Excellence at MPHI. She is the principle investigator on several of the Center’s studies and projects, including the Multi-State Learning Collaborative, Public Health Agency Accreditation Finance Study, BCBS Active Living Minnesota Evaluation, Improving Performance in Practice Evaluation, and Zero to Three Secondary Prevention Evaluation projects. In addition, Dr. Heany directs MPHI-CHE’s Geographic Information Systems Lab. Dr. Heany completed her Ph.D. in Community Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2005. Dr. Heany’s research interests involve identifying ways communities can support family health and wellbeing through studying the interconnections between multiple levels of the human ecological context. More specifically, Dr. Heany has worked in the areas of the legal response to violence against women, the prevention of child maltreatment, and child and family policy. Dr. Heany’s expertise includes empowerment evaluation and community based research using multi-method, multi-level design. She has experience working closely with clients and partners to shape research and evaluation projects, designing research and evaluation plans, designing instruments and data collection procedures, managing data collection, conducting statistical analysis and using qualitative analytical techniques, and disseminating results. In addition, Dr. Heany has three years teaching experience in higher education, having taught Psychology of Women, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, and Introduction to Psychology.

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Elaine Beane, Ph.D.
Senior Program Director
Center for Nursing Workforce & Policy
Phone: (517) 324-8373
Email: ebeane@mphi.org

G. Elaine Beane, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Nursing Workforce & Policy at MPHI. Dr. Beane has nearly 40 years of experience in teaching, development and management related to public health, and has been associated with MPHI since 1990. She built and directed the first MPHI unit with data systems capacity; and served for five years as MPHI Director of Programs & Operations, responsible for oversight and quality assurance for all MPHI programs as well as management of MPHI human resources, operations, and technology systems. Now that she has retired, Dr. Beane consults and provides technical assistance on issues and programs related to the nursing workforce policy, health policy, and public health institute development. Dr. Beane has taught at several Michigan universities, consulted with state agencies, and has received funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and various state and federal agencies. Her professional interests include systems analysis, game theory, and demographics. Dr. Beane holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh and an SB degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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John Beasley, MA
CTPR Program Director
Center for Tobacco Use Prevention and Research
Phone: (517) 381-5406
Email: jbeasley@mphi.org

Mr. Beasley is Program Director for Center for Tobacco Use Prevention and Research. Previously, Mr. Beasley was employed by the Michigan Department of Community Health. During 30 years of service in Michigan’s state health agency, Mr. Beasley was responsible for developing chronic disease control programs in diabetes, cancer and tobacco. He has also been the administrator of the hypertension control program. Mr. Beasley has served as the state health agency’s equal opportunity contract compliance officer. He has overseen a number of special projects including a Minority Health Task Force, which led to the establishment of the department’s Office of Minority Health, and the 1989 Michigan Tobacco Use Reduction Task Force. Mr. Beasley also coordinated the installation of the department’s original program planning and budgeting system and served as the local health department program planning consultant. Prior to joining the state health agency Mr. Beasley was the Assistant Director of the Escambia County Community Action Agency in Pensacola, Florida and he was a VISTA Volunteer in northern Florida. Mr. Beasley has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

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Shannon Stotenbur - Wing, MSW
Program Director
Child and Adolescent Health
Phone: (517) 324-7353
Email: swing@mphi.org

Shannon Stotenbur-Wing, MSW, Program Director, has worked in the area of child welfare/human services for 13 years including state level child welfare policy and government relations for the Department of Human Services (DHS). She has extensive experience in training professionals on child abuse, child maltreatment, forensic interviewing, children with special health care needs, and infant and child mortality. Ms. Stotenbur-Wing has a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work.

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Hope Rollins
Director of Education & Training
Education and Training
Phone: (517) 324-8357
Email: hrollins@mphi.org

Ms. Rollins currently provides supervision for the Education and Training team as well as, administrative, operational, budgetary and project oversight for all Education and Training projects which produce over 70 events annually. Additionally, Ms. Rollins provides consulting services in group facilitation, public relations, grant proposal writing, grant reviewer, grantee mentoring, and focus groups. Prior to joining MPHI in 1999 as an Education and Training Associate, she worked over seven years at Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit, MI as a Special Projects Coordinator, in Patient Access and Referral involved in Medicare Risk Management initiatives involving CQI processes for increased patient satisfaction and enhanced quality of care in meeting Health Alliance Plan's HEDIS requirements. She received her BS in Multidisciplinary Health Studies (majoring in Anthropology, Physiology and Psychology) from Michigan State University in 1992 and has taken graduate course work in the Master’s Public Administration program at Western Michigan University specializing in health care policy and health care administration. Ms. Rollins currently serves as an Affiliate Representative Governing Council for the American Public Health Association (APHA) and Past President for the Michigan Public Health Association and Editor of the association’s newsletter, IMPACT. Ms. Rollins is a member of APHA and American Society of Training and Development.

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Donna McLean, Ph.D.
HPDP Program Director
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Phone: (517) 324-7323
Email: dmclean@mphi.org

Donna McLean received her Ph.D in Nutrition from Michigan State University in 1995. Dr. McLean is currently the Program Director for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention at MPHI. She has extensive experience in developing and implementing research and demonstration projects, facilitating community collaboration, evaluating results, and ensuring efficient operation of program initiatives. Dr. McLean has served as Principal Investigator for numerous state and federal funded grants that address healthy eating, physical activity promotion, and obesity prevention and control. She provides guidance, leadership and proposal design for successful grant writing teams. Dr. McLean has been with MPHI since 1995.

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Jeffrey Weihl, MA
Senior Program Director
Interactive Solutions Group
Phone: (517) 324-8325
Email: jweihl@mphi.org

Mr. Weihl is responsible for the daily operation, ongoing performance, and business development of the organization including MPHI’s practice in healthcare informatics, health data interchange, and online learning services. Mr. Weihl has 10 years of information technology project management in government health care, 3 years of experience in communication/outreach with Michigan Medicaid provider groups on uniform billing conversion, and national implementation of electronic transaction standards for immunization data registries.

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Theresa Covington, MPH
Senior Program Director
National Resource Center for Child Death Review (Policy and Practice)
Phone: (517) 324-7332
Email: tcovingt@mphi.org

Teri is the director of the resource center. She provides technical assistance to help States and communities conduct comprehensive investigations and case reviews of child deaths and serious injuries. Teri manages a number of efforts to develop effective strategies to prevent deaths and injuries across a broad spectrum of causes. She serves on many national child health advisory boards and provides consultation on maternal and child welfare to national organizations, as related to health and injury prevention. She manages the MPHI Washington DC office. She developed and managed the Michigan Child Death Review Program and the Michigan Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program for ten years prior to assuming national responsibilities. In this capacity, she facilitated a process to establish statewide protocols for the investigation of sudden and unexplained infant deaths. Teri has established adolescent school-based health centers, comprehensive teen parenting programs, early childhood intervention services, young father support services, and child abuse and neglect community education programs. She earned a MPH at the University of Michigan.

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Cynthia Cameron, Ph.D
Systems Reform Senior Program Director
Systems Reform
Phone: (517) 381-8247
Email: ccameron@mphi.org

Cindy is active in the effort to reform Michigan’s health and human service systems to better meet children’s and families’ needs. Early work centered on evaluating prevention programs at local and state levels. She currently focuses on providing oversight and management, to facilitate the work of regional, state, and local groups of diverse partners to develop and implement collaborative strategic plans. An area of interest is expanding consumers’ input in reforming services systems. She has employed more than 25 parents of children with special needs to assist in project development and implementation. She is currently the director of the Region 4 Genetics Collaborative, involving more than 120 partners in seven states. She also works with Boards of Directors on strategic positioning, and provides consultation services to public health institutes and non-profit and governmental entities across the country. In addition to her Program Director duties, Cindy is also the Director of Corporate Planning for MPHI. Cindy received her Ph.D. in Family Ecology with a cognate in public policy analysis from Michigan State University.

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