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 Mental Health

- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Mental Health

- Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Mental Health, Substance Use

- 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

- Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Mental Health, Racism

- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Data Management and Statistical Core Leader, Michigan
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Genetics, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health

- Dean, School of Public Health
- Roderick J. Little Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Mental Health, Substance Use

- Research Investigator, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy, Mental Health, Nutrition

- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Mental 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

- Richard Carl Jelinek Professor of Health Services Management and Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Psychiatry
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Mental Health

- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, COVID-19, Mental Health

- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Associate Professor, Combined Program in Education and Psychology
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Mental Health, Substance Use

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

- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition

- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Faculty Co-Lead, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Associate Director, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, Mental Health, Racism

- 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, Precision Health

- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Director, ELSI Research Training Program
- Co-Director, Dual Degree Program in Public Health and Genetic Counseling
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Genetics, Health Communication, Mental Health, Precision Health

- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Health Communication, Mental Health, Nutrition

- Research Professor, Biostatistics
- Director of the Statistical Analysis, Biomedical and Educational Research (SABER) unit
- Director of Biostatistics, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Child Health, Mental Health, Precision Health, Women’s Health

- Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health

- Research Investigator, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health

- Research Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Environmental Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health

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

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

- Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Combined Program in Education and Psychology
- Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Firearm Injury Prevention, Mental Health

- Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance
- Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Substance Use

- Associate Professor, Nursing
- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Co-Director, Training and Education Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Firearm Injury Prevention, Health Equity, Mental Health, Substance Use, Urban Health

- Marcia A. Valenstein, MD Collegiate Professor, Psychiatry
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Research Career Scientist, Center for Clinical Management
- Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Substance Use, Women’s Health

- Lecturer, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Nutrition

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

- 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 Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Psychology
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health