An exciting new collaboration is supported by 2021 Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) grant from Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS). The project title is “Structured Latent Variable Methods for High-Dimensional Electronic Health Records and Administrative Claims Data”. The faculty investigators are Zhenke Wu (PI; Biostatistics, Public Health), Jordan Schaefer (Co-I; Hematology, Internal Medicine), and Andrew Ryan (Co-I; Health Management and Policy, Public Health). The primary data source will be based on UnitedHealthcare OptumInsight claims data via Data and Methods Hub (DMH) at UM Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI).