At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, more than 200 professors and research scientists teach tomorrow’s public health leaders and perform cutting-edge research that helps advance the field of public health. Many faculty members are leading experts in their fields who consult with governments, communities, and nongovernmental organizations.
Meet Our Faculty
Epidemiology Faculty
Department Chair
- Chair, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Racism, Social Epidemiology
Department Associate Chair
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Disease, Community-Based Participatory Research, COVID-19, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Occupational Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Sleep, Women’s Health
Director of Graduate Programs
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director of Doctoral Studies, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response
- Co-Director, Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director of Masters Studies, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Epidemiology
Core Faculty
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Air Quality, Brain Disorders, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Urban Health
- Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Editor-in-Chief, PREPSS (Pre-Publication Support Service)
- Clinical Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Communication
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Data Management and Statistical Core Leader, Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Toxicology
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Program Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Care, Nutrition, Public Health Practice
- Professor of Epidemiology
- Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health
- Associate Director, U-M Center for Global Health Equity
- Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health
- Professor of Preventive Medicine
- Director, Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program
- Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Professor of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Michigan Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice, Vaccines
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Modeling, Respiratory Viruses, Substance Use, Tobacco
- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy, Mental Health, Nutrition, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use, Tobacco
- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
- Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Child Health, Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health
- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Epidemiology, Tobacco
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Mental Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Modeling, Water Quality
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling (MICOM)
- Professor, Complex Systems
- Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems
- Professor, Mathematics
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Modeling, Public Health Practice, Vaccines, Water Quality
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
- Co-Director, Certificate in Social Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, LGBT Health, Occupational Health, Racism, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
- Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Professor of Epidemiology
- Director, Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- Director, Integrated Training in Microbial Systems
- Director, Certificate in Healthcare Infection Prevention & Control (CHIP)
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Genomics, Infectious Disease, Maternal Health, Respiratory Viruses, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Director, Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats and Pandemic Preparedness
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Brain Disorders, Child Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Occupational Health, Racism, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Women’s Health
- Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Health Informatics, Modeling, Tobacco
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Modeling
- Research Investigator
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Occupational Health
- Associate Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Modeling, Substance Use, Tobacco
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, Opioids, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
- Associate Dean for Education
- Millicent W. Higgins Collegiate Professor of Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Disease, Community-Based Participatory Research, COVID-19, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Occupational Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Sleep, Women’s Health
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
- Faculty Affiliate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
- Associate Professor of Global Public Health
- Co-Director, Certificate in Social Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Social Epidemiology
- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health Informatics, Precision Health, Respiratory Viruses, Social Epidemiology, Vaccines, Women’s Health
- Lecturer III, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Professor, Neurology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Equity, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director of Doctoral Studies, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response
- Co-Director, Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
- Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director of Masters Studies, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Precision Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Neurology Emergency Medicine and Neurosurgery
- Director, Stroke Program
Areas of Expertise
Brain Disorders, Health Care, Health Equity, Social Epidemiology
- Chair, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Racism, Social Epidemiology
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Environmental Justice, Occupational Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Medical School
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Women’s Health
- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Brain Disorders, Child Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
- Director, Office of Public Health Practice
- Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Clinical Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Faculty Affiliate, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
- Faculty Affiliate, Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Trials, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Racism, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use, Urban Health, Women’s Health
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
- Research Associate Professor, Survey Research
- Director, Certificate in Public Health Genetics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Disease, Epigenetics, Genetics, Genomics, Precision Health, Social Epidemiology, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Nutrition, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
- Research Investigator
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cancer, Health Equity, Social Epidemiology
- Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Director, U-M Injury Prevention Center
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Global Public Health
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Vaccines
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, COVID-19, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Modeling
Faculty with Joint Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
- Associate Investigator, VA Center for Clinical Management Research
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Health Care, Health Informatics, Modeling, Respiratory Viruses
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Anesthesiology
Areas of Expertise
Substance Use
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Sociology
- Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Urban Health
- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research, Survey Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Air Quality, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Economics
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Stefan S. Fajans/GlaxoSmithKline Professor of Diabetes
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Associate Medical Director, Blue Care Network
Areas of Expertise
Diabetes, Health Economics
- Research Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center
- Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center
- Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Racism
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
- Professor, Department of History
Areas of Expertise
LGBT Health
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Areas of Expertise
Diabetes, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Evaluation Program
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Women’s Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Amanda Sanford Hickey Professor of Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Aging
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Public Health Practice
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship, University of Michigan Medical School
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Director, Child Health Evaluation and Research Fellowship
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Child Health, Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Florence E Bingham Research Professor, Nephrology
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Research Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Dean, Research Faculty, University of Michigan Medical School
- Chief and Professor, Dow Division of Health Services Research, Department of Urology
- Research Professor, Department Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Dept. of Afroamerican and African Studies
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Policy
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery
- Director of Analytic Strategy, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy
- Co-Director, Michigan Value Collaborative
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine
- Co-lead, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Rogel Cancer Center
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cancer, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Equity
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Health Equity, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
Lecturers
- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
- Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Child Health, Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health
- Lecturer III, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
- Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology
- Director, HIV Counts
Areas of Expertise
LGBT Health
- Research Area Specialist Intermediate and
- Intermittent Lecturer in Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Genetics
Adjunct Faculty
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epidemiology
- Chief Medical Executive
- Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan, Department of Health and Human Services
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Opioids, Respiratory Viruses
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Program Director, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center
Areas of Expertise
Diabetes, Public Health Practice, Substance Use
- Adjunct Clinical Professor of Epidemiology
- Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
- Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Epidemiology
- Epidemiologist, Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System
- Director, HFHS Health Disparities Research Collaborative
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Racism
- Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- President/CEO, Jackson Health Network
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Health Care, Occupational Health, Public Health Practice
- Adjunct Clinical Professor, Epidemiology
- Adjunct Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
- Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Special Pathogens at Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Respiratory Viruses
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Medical Director, Washtenaw County Health Department
- Medical Director, Livingston County Health Department
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Infectious Disease, Opioids, Public Health Practice
- Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
- BC Cancer Research Distinguished Scientist
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
- Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology
- Director, HIV Counts
Areas of Expertise
LGBT Health
Emeritus Faculty
- Associate Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Genetics, Women’s Health
- Professor Emeritus, Dental Public Health
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Faculty Associate, Southeast Asian Studies
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Emergency Medicine
- Professor Emerita, Epidemiology
- Robert Kelch Research Professor Emerita, Pediatrics
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Psychology
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease
- Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
- Professor Emeritus, Sociology
- Research Professor Emeritus, Survey Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Informatics
- Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Founder, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH)
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, Modeling, Social Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
- Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health
- Co-Director, Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Urology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Racism, Social Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Policy, Public Health Practice
- Harold F. Falls Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Director, Glaucoma Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Genetics
- John G. Searle Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
- Director 1988-2004, University of Michigan Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Cancer
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
- Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease