John Rice, PhD is currently a research assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics and a biostatistician with the Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS). He received his PhD in biostatistics in 2015 from the University of Michigan, followed by a postdoc at the University of Rochester. His methodological research is focused on missing and coarsened outcomes, longitudinal/correlated data analysis, and recurrent events. Areas of application include cancer survival, HIV screening, vaccine hesitancy, and other health outcomes.

Kate Ytell, MPH, works as a PRA for the D2V initiative, where she supports various research and evaluation efforts including the Stakeholder Engagement Core and the Post-Acute Care Research and Team Science group. Her research interests include refugee health, culturally effective research, and stakeholder engagement.

Rinad Beidas, PhD, is a leading implementation scientist who has published over 150 articles. She has a strong record of NIH-funded implementation research serving as MPI or PI of nine NIH grants totaling approximately 23 million dollars since 2012. Her research program is designed to improve the quality of health and mental health services through implementation science. To conduct this work, Beidas collaborates closely with key stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, health system leaders, payers, and policymakers, to develop natural laboratories in which to answer questions of interest.