Our Team

From the beginning, MiUmbrella has been committed to providing state of the art solutions to problems faced by both public and private health officials. Through the use of cutting-edge tech stacks and intensive user research, MiUmbrella provides beautiful and functional resources that help visualize epidemiological data and support public health efforts.

We are excited to announce that MiUmbrella is now part of the Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling (MICOM). Our aim is to continue to work closely with public and private health officials to integrate outbreak analytics, modeling, and forecasting into public health practice and improve public health in Michigan and beyond.

Principal Team Members

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Marisa Eisenberg

Principal Investigator

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Michael L. Hess

Tech Lead and Sr. Architect

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Krista Dunger

Senior Project Manager

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Michael Hayashi

Qualitative Research/SME

Mohammed Abouzahr

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Dhruvil Shah

Sr. Data Architect

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Trevor Harkness

Intermediate Full-Stack Engineer

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Julie (Jules) Gilbert

Data Analyst/Public Health SME

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Danny Teng

Intermediate Data Engineer

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Jiming Song

Qualitative Researcher

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Emily Andrus

DearEpi Lead

Amruta Tendolkar

DearEpi Writer

Our Interns: Past and Present

MiUmbrella is very proud of its history of working closely with students and student interns to develop solutions for public health concerns. Applications are received on a rolling basis and can be sent to miumbrella@umich.edu.

Zehua Wang

Data analyst and developer with a graduate degree in Data Science from University of Michigan with a wide range of experience in investment banking, public health and education.

Haley Shah

A senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pursuing a Bachelor’s in Computer Science with a minor in Business. Currently a data engineering intern in MiUmbrella's pipeline team focusing on analyzing public health data related to COVID, FLU, and MMR. Passionate about building meaningful solutions and transforming ideas into reality. Enjoys crocheting, reading, and playing tennis.

Github: https://github.com/hmshah2

Sarah Stec

Curious and inquisitive student pursuing a Master's degree focused in Computer Science from the University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School. Demonstrated history in software development, statistical data analysis, and collaborative problem solving at Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan and Dynamic Map Platform N.A. (formerly Ushr Inc). Passionate Graduate Student Instructor for Data Structures and Algorithms at the University of Michigan. Enthusiastic about academia, theoretical computer science and advanced calculus topics, and algorithmic bias.