ABOUT 
SPECIALTY CARE
Program Directors
Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH
Program Director
Dr. Oshman is a family physician and clinical associate professor in the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine. Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2020, she practiced for five years in Concord, New Hampshire, then served as a residency faculty member and vice-chair for quality at NorthShore University Health System in Chicago.
Heidi L. Diez, PharmD, BCACP
Co-Director
Dr. Diez is a clinical pharmacist specialist and clinical assistant professor in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. She graduated from the University of Michigan (UM) College of Pharmacy (2004) and completed a community practice residency at the University of Washington and Kelley Ross Pharmacy in Seattle, WA (2005).
Coordinating Center Team
Jackie Rau, MHSA, PMP
Program Manager
Jackie Rau, MHSA leads the overall management, performance, and coordination of the Michigan Collaborative on Type 2 Diabetes (MCT2D) Program and Coordinating Center Team. Jackie began her career on a multidisciplinary healthcare team at Michigan Medicine and has since worked on quality improvement projects in insurance and provider organizations.
Jake Reiss, MHSA
Associate Program Manager
Jake’s role involves working closely with participating sites to help disseminate and implement quality initiatives, developing materials and resources for healthcare providers and their patients, and organizing trainings for clinicians and their teams. He has a Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan.
Lypha Yang, BS
Administrative Specialist
Lypha is originally from Arizona and is an alumni of Arizona State University, where she obtained her B.S. in Communications. Before joining the Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes, Lypha was an Executive Assistant at a local tech start up, where she supported several Executives.
Amy Kuehls
Administrative and Project Coordinator
Amy joined the MCT2D team in March 2024. As AC/PC, Amy supports event planning for MCT2D regional and collaborative-wide in-person meetings and provides leadership and support on cross-functional projects with the design, informatics, data, and operation teams.
Neha Bhomia, MHI
Data Lead
Neha manages the interoperability between the different systems, integration of device data, and generation of datasets from the CQI Data Hub. Leveraging her background as a healthcare provider, Neha converges healthcare and technology to improve quality of patient care. In addition to her work with MCT2D, Neha serves as Applications Systems Programmer Analyst at the University of Michigan and as Adjunct Lecturer in Information at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Rina Hisamatsu, MPH, RDN
Registered Dietitian
Rina Hisamatsu, MPH, RDN, is a registered dietitian who joined Michigan Medicine in the summer of 2021. Her role is split between lead dietitian for The Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes and primary care dietitian at Domino’s Farms Family Medicine.
Noa Kim, MSI
Informatics Design Lead
Noa is the Clinical Informatics Design Lead for the Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes (MCT2D) and Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan (HBOM). They strive to design stories, services, and systems that make room for the humanity of healthcare experiences.
Larrea Young, MDes
Multimedia Design Project Manager
Larrea is a designer, illustrator, and educator creating human-centered design solutions with a focus on food, health, and the environment. She is passionate about using design research to create solutions that help people live happier, healthier lives.
Julian Weisensel, BFA
Multimedia Design Specialist
Julian is a Multimedia Design Specialist for the Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes. His role involves working with the design and informatics team. He studied information technology and computer science before committing to graphic design. Prior to his role in MCT2D Julian worked at the University of Michigan, University Health Service, Wolverine Wellness as a graphic designer in the communications team.
Ryan Carpus
Software Developer Senior
Ryan is the web applications developer for the Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes (MCT2D). Ryan has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, both from the University of Michigan.
Content Experts
Joyce Lee, MD, MPH
Dr. Lee’s research focuses on the use of emerging technologies (mobile technology, data visualization, participatory game design, social media) and the creation of learning health systems (incorporating health systems design and design/ethnography) for improving outcomes in type 1 diabetes.
Kara Mizokami-Stout, MD, MS
Dr. Mizokami-Stout’s research interest is in diabetes health services research with a particular focus on implementing technologies to improve diabetes self-management and preventing diabetes complications.
Dina Hafez Griauzde, MD, MS
Dr. Hafez Griauzde’s research interests include understanding both the provider and patient factors that influence diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes. Additionally, she is interested in the implementation and evaluation of novel interventions focused on primary obesity prevention in infancy and early childhood.
Jonathan Gabison, MD
Dr. Jonathan Gabison, an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Michigan, stands at the forefront of chronic disease management with a focus on obesity and diabetes. Board-certified in Obesity Medicine, his expertise extends to the development of innovative programs and curricula aimed at improving the treatment and understanding of obesity and related metabolic diseases within primary care settings.
Senior Advisors
Caroline R. Richardson, MD
During her time at the University of Michigan, Dr. Richardson served associate chair for research programs in the Department of Family Medicine and as the director of the Veterans Administration Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative (QUERI). Additionally, she was the founding director of MCT2D. Dr. Richardson currently serves as Chair of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In addition, she serves as editor-in-chief of the Annals of Family Medicine.
Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD
Dr. Pop-Busui is the Larry D. Soderquist Professor of Diabetes, vice chair for Clinical
Research in the Department of Internal Medicine, and the director of Clinical Research,
Mentoring and Development of the M-Diabetes. Her research interests involve chronic
complications of diabetes, diabetic peripheral and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy,
and implementing the use of technologies in treating type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
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Support for The Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes (MCT2D) is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program.
Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and MCT2D work collaboratively, the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of BCBSM or any of its employees.