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 COVID-19
![Philip Boonstra](/faculty-profiles/images/philb.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Global Public Health
![Andrew Brouwer](/faculty-profiles/images/brouweaf.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Modeling, Respiratory Viruses, Substance Use, Tobacco
![Fan Bu](/faculty-profiles/images/fbu.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, COVID-19, Diabetes, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Modeling, Social Epidemiology, Vaccines
![James Buszkiewicz](/faculty-profiles/images/buszkiew.jpg)
- Research Investigator, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy, Mental Health, Nutrition, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use, Tobacco
![Ifeolu David](/faculty-profiles/images/ifedavid.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Mental Health
![J. Tim Dvonch](/faculty-profiles/images/dvonch.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Associate Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Environmental Health, Global Public Health
![Marisa Eisenberg](/faculty-profiles/images/marisae.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling (MICOM)
- 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
![Michael Elliott](/faculty-profiles/images/mrelliot.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Research Professor, Survey Methodology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Health Policy, Maternal Health, Substance Use, Women’s Health
![Nancy Fleischer](/faculty-profiles/images/nancyfl.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Certificate in Social Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, LGBT Health, Racism, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
![Lars Fritsche](/faculty-profiles/images/larsf.jpg)
- Associate Research Scientist, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Genetics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
![Aubree Gordon](/faculty-profiles/images/gordonal.jpg)
- 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
![Scott Greer](/faculty-profiles/images/slgreer.jpg)
- 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
![Peisong Han](/faculty-profiles/images/peisong.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Brain Disorders, COVID-19, Mental Health
![Kevin He](/faculty-profiles/images/kevinhe.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Precision Health
![Jian Kang](/faculty-profiles/images/jiankang.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use
![Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez](/faculty-profiles/images/ckarvone.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Reproductive Health, Sleep, Women’s Health
![Elizabeth King](/faculty-profiles/images/eking.jpg)
- 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
![Aleda (Allie) Leis](/faculty-profiles/images/aledat.jpg)
- Research Investigator, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health Informatics, Precision Health, Respiratory Viruses, Social Epidemiology, Vaccines, Women’s Health
![Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg](/faculty-profiles/images/lizlevin.jpg)
- Lecturer III, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
![Yi Li](/faculty-profiles/images/yili.jpg)
- 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
![Peter Mancuso](/faculty-profiles/images/pmancuso.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Faculty member, Graduate Program in Immunology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Infectious Disease, Nutrition
![Emily Martin](/faculty-profiles/images/etmartin.jpg)
- Associate Professor, 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
![Thuy Nguyen](/faculty-profiles/images/thuydn.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy, Opioids, Substance Use
![Peter Song](/faculty-profiles/images/pxsong.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Child Health, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Nutrition
![Abram Wagner](/faculty-profiles/images/awag.jpg)
- 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
![Zhenke Wu](/faculty-profiles/images/zhenkewu.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use
![Chuanwu Xi](/faculty-profiles/images/cxi.jpg)
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Environmental Health, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease, Water Quality
![Jon Zelner](/faculty-profiles/images/jzelner.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, COVID-19, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Modeling
![Donglin Zeng](/faculty-profiles/images/dzeng.jpg)
- 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
![Andrew Admon](/faculty-profiles/images/ajadmon.jpg)
- 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
![Mark Bicket](/faculty-profiles/images/mbicket.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Care, Health Policy, Opioids, Substance Use, Women’s Health
![HwaJung Choi](/faculty-profiles/images/hwajungc.jpg)
- 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
![Howard Stein](/faculty-profiles/images/howstein.jpg)
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Dept. of Afroamerican and African Studies
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Policy
![Natasha Bagdasarian](/faculty-profiles/images/nghazi.jpg)
- 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
![Victoria Convertino](/faculty-profiles/images/vlconv.jpg)
- 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
![William Gruber](/faculty-profiles/images/wgruber.png)
- 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 Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Infectious Disease
![Khaldun](/faculty-profiles/images/jkhaldun.jpg)
- Adjunct Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, CVS Health
- Appointee, Biden-Harris Administration COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy
![Anurag Malani](/faculty-profiles/images/malanian.jpg)
- 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
![Christine Stead](/faculty-profiles/images/scheible.jpg)
- 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
![Brant Fries](/faculty-profiles/images/bfries.jpg)
- 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
![James Koopman](/faculty-profiles/images/jkoopman.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice
![Rudy Richardson](/faculty-profiles/images/rjrich.jpg)
- Dow Professor Emeritus, Toxicology
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Neurology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Modeling, Toxicology