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 Infectious Disease

- 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

- 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

- Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Substance Use

- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Infectious Disease

- 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 Informatics, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice

- Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Professor of Epidemiology
- Director, Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- Director, Integrated Training in Microbial Systems
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Infectious Disease, Maternal Health, Women’s Health

- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Racism, Substance Use

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate 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, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use

- John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Occupational Health, Public Health Practice, Racism

- 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

- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Faculty member, Graduate Program in Immunology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Nutrition

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease

- 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
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease

- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Child Health, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Nutrition

- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Communication, Infectious Disease

- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use

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

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Infectious Disease

- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, COVID-19, Health Equity, Infectious Disease

- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use

- Chief Medical Executive
- Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan,
- Adjunct Faculy, Department of Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Care, Infectious Disease
- Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease

- 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

- Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Faculty Associate, Southeast Asian Studies
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Reproductive Health

- Professor Emerita, Epidemiology
- Robert Kelch Research Professor Emerita, Pediatrics
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease

- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice

- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice

- Dow Professor Emeritus, Toxicology
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Neurology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease

- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
- Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease

- Lecturer, Public Health Law
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Maternal Health, Public Health Practice, Reproductive Health, Substance Use, Women’s Health

- Lecturer III, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice