The University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center
John D. Kalbfleisch, Ph.D., Biostatistics - Director
Robert Merion, M.D., Surgery - Associate Director
Rajiv Saran, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Director
Richard Hirth, Ph.D., Health Management and Policy - Associate Director
Randall Web, B.A., Managing Director
| History of KECC | Faculty |
| Associated Agencies | KECC Staff |
The University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center is an interdisciplinary research group comprised of faculty, staff, students and research fellows, from the following Schools and Departments at the University of Michigan.
School of Public Health
Medical School
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology Division
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
- Surgery
- General Surgery
- Gastroenterology
Cardiovascular Center
Transplant Center
Other Associations
UM-KECC carries out epidemiological, clinical, medical outcomes, public policy, and economic research relating to: End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), and Organ transplantation.
Funding for this research is provided by these agencies:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health Resources and ServicesAdministration (HRSA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute of Diabetesand Digestive and KidneyDiseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Renal Research Institute
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
UM-KECC research typically involves statistical analysis of large data sets drawn from clinical and administrative data systems. Some projects also involve primary data collection. UM-KECC maintains a comprehensive historical patient and provider level data on about 1.8 million ESRD patients drawn primarily from Medicare data. The University of Michigan is a subcontractor to Arbor Research Collaborative for Health for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), the national organ transplant registry The UM-KECC offices are located in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Faculty and Staff
Faculty and collaborators at UM KECC
| Name | University Department or Division |
| Brad Dyke, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Cardiology |
| Brenda Wilson Gillespie, Ph.D. | Office of the Vice President for Research & Public Health/ Biostatistics |
| Richard A. Hirth, Ph.D. | Public Health/Health Management & Policy |
| Michael Heung, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| John D. Kalbfleisch, Ph.D. | Public Health/Biostatistics |
| Alan B. Leichtman, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Anna Lok, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology |
| John C. Magee, M.D. | Surgery/Transplantation |
| Fernando Martinez, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care |
| Joseph Messana, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Robert Mark Merion, M.D. | Surgery/Transplantation |
| Susan Murray, Ph.D. | Public Health/Biostatistics |
| Akinlolu O. Ojo, M.D., Ph.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Pandu Rao, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Rajiv Saran, M.D., M.S. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Douglas E. Schaubel, Ph.D. | Public Health/Biostatistics |
| Vahakn B. Shahinian, M.D., M.S. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Randall S. Sung, M.D. | Surgery/Transplantation |
| Richard D. Swartz, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
| Marc Turenne, Ph.D. | Public Health/Health Management & Policy |
| John R. C. Wheeler, Ph.D. | Public Health/Health Management & Policy |
| Robert A. Wolfe, Ph.D. | Public Health/Biostatistics |
| Eric W. Young, M.D. | Internal Medicine/Nephrology |
UM KECC Staff
| Name | Position |
| Valarie B. Ashby | Senior Research Analyst |
| Robin Ayoub | Research Analyst |
| Cora Brunton | Senior Programmer/Analyst |
| Sandra Callard | Programmer/Analyst |
| Richard Eikstadt | Programmer/Analyst |
| Peg Hill-Callahan | Project Manager |
| Charlene Cole | Project Manager |
| Terese Howell | Clinical Monitor |
| Lingqun Liu | Programmer/Analyst |
| Monique Lowe | Associate Project Coordinator |
| Sangeetha Mahadevan | Research Area Specialist Inter |
| Samia Majied | Project Coordinator |
| Kassandra Messer | Programmer/Analyst |
| Jeffrey M. Pearson | Research Analyst |
| Susan Reimann | Senior Administrative Assistant |
| Tempie Shearon | Senior Research Analyst |
| Kathryn K. Sleeman | Programmer/Analyst |
| Philip J. Tedeschi | Senior Programmer/Analyst |
| Anca Tilea | Research Analyst |
| Lan Tong | Research Analyst |
| Randall Webb | Managing Director |
| Karen Ann Wisniewski | Research Analyst |