Leadership & Team
An interdisciplinary team spanning clinical medicine, engineering, public health, and community engagement — united by a shared commitment to equitable maternal care.
Director
Julie Ivy
Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Decision Modeling
Operations Research
Simulation
Co-Director
Alex Peahl
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Michigan Medicine
OBGYN
Prenatal Care
Implementation Science
Co-Director
Jenna Wiens
Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering
AI & ML
Healthcare
Risk Stratification
Core Faculty & Co-Investigators
Raed Al Kontar
IOE, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Data Analytics & Personalization
Briaa Baldwin
Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Patient & Community Engagement
Liz Bondi-Kelly
CSE, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Human-AI Collaboration
Amy Cohn
IOE, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Optimization & Simulation
Karen Hicklin
Population Health Science & Policy, Mount Sinai
Economic Evaluation & Women’s Health
Amanda Kowalski
Economics, LSA, University of Michigan
Health Economics
Rosalyn Maben-Feaster
OBGYN, Michigan Medicine
Clinical Operations & Implementation
Maria Muzik
IOE, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Optimization & Simulation
Thuy Nguyen
Health Management & Policy, SPH, University of Michigan
Health Economics & Policy
Kathleen Sienko
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Socially Engaged Engineering
Shawna Smith
Health Management & Policy, SPH, University of Michigan
Implementation Science
Molly Stout
OBGYN, Michigan Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Krithika Suresh
Radiation Oncology, Michigan Medicine
Biostatistics & Prediction
Yixin Wang
Statistics, LSA, University of Michigan
Machine Learning & Causal Inference
Kara Zivin
Psychiatry, Michigan Medicine
Mental Health Policy
Research and Medical Scholars
Hayley Falk
Post Doctoral Scholar
IOE, College of Engineering
ML & Computational Medicine
Mary Elmore DeMott
Medical Student
OBGYN, Michigan Medicine
Equity-Centered Health Policy
Operations & Support
Stephanie Shepard
CSE, College of Engineering
Project Manager