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
Faculty who have expertise in Global Public Health

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Air Quality, Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Modeling

- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Global Public Health, Health Communication, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health

- Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Editor-in-Chief, PREPSS (Pre-Publication Support Service)
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Communication

- Chief Medical Executive
- Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan,
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Opioids, Respiratory Viruses

- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Professor, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Occupational Health, Urban Health, Water Quality

- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Nutrition

- Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Genetics, Genomics, Global Public Health, Precision Health

- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Global Public Health

- Associate Director, U-M Center for Global Health Equity
- Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health
- Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health
- Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Global Public Health, Health Equity, 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

- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
- Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Air Quality, Child Health, Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health

- Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
- Research Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Policy

- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Health Policy, Racism

- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Mental Health

- Research Professor, Family Medicine
- Research Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Global Public Health, Nutrition

- Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Associate Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Environmental Health, Global Public Health

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Complex Systems
- Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems
- Associate 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

- 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

- Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of PediatricsProfessor, Health Management and Policy
- Director of Faculty Programs, Office of Health Equity and Inclusion
- Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Government Relations
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Public Health Practice

- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
- Research Professor Emeritus, Institute of Gerontology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Child Health, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Policy, Mental Health

- Research Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Global Public Health Faculty Associate
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Environmental Health, Genetics, Global Public Health, Maternal Health, Occupational Health, Precision Health, 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

- Professor Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Professor (by courtesy), Political Science
Areas of Expertise
Aging, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Policy

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- 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

- Adjunct Faculty, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health

- Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Precision Health

- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Research Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research
- Staff Physician
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Urban Health

- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Chair, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Nutrition, Sustainable Food Systems
- Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease

- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Associate Professor of Global Public Health
- Director of the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Health Policy, Reproductive Health, Substance Use, Women’s Health

- John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
- Faculty Affiliate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
- Assistant 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

- M. Anthony Schork Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Firearm Injury Prevention, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Substance Use

- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Director, Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Occupational Health

- Professor, Health Behavior Health Education
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Director, UM Center for Managing Chronic Disease
- VA Senior Career Scientist
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Informatics, Mental Health, Opioids, Precision Health

- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Policy, Public Health Practice

- CEO, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
- Adjunct Faculty, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Nutrition, Public Health Practice, Women’s Health

- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Dept. of Afroamerican and African Studies
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Policy

- 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

- Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Health
- Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Policy, Substance Use

- Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Director, U-M Injury Prevention Center
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Global Public Health

- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Water Quality

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Vaccines
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Brain Disorders, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Mental Health, Modeling, Nutrition, Precision Health, Substance Use, Vaccines, Women’s Health