Melissa Riba, MA

Research and Evaluation Director
Center for Health and Research Evaluation, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Melissa Riba is the Director of Research and Evaluation at CHRT. She has more than 20 years of experience conducting applied research to inform policy and program improvements, including program evaluation and survey research. She manages CHRT’s portfolio of evaluation and survey research projects, which includes two statewide surveys: Cover Michigan, a consumer survey conducted since 2009 and the Michigan Physician Survey, conducted since 2012. She has expertise in conducting capacity and needs assessments, environmental scans, cost effectiveness analyses, and resource stewardship and appropriateness of health care delivery studies. She also works in partnership with health service researchers to implement and evaluate interventions to improve health care practice and sustainability. Currently, she directs the evaluation for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services of the Michigan Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics demonstration project and expansion as well as a number of other behavioral health evaluations. Her experitse is in applied, collabortive, and equitable evaluation frameworks, social determinants of health and evaluation capacity building for non-profits.

Presentation(s):

• E6 - Michigan's CCBHC Demonstration: Impact​ and Lessons Learned on Access, Care Improvement and Serving Those With Unmet Needs

  Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MDT