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 Cancer
![Philip Boonstra](/faculty-profiles/images/philb.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Global Public Health
![Thomas Braun](/faculty-profiles/images/tombraun.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Member, Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA)
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Child Health, Clinical Trials, Maternal 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
![Dana Dolinoy](/faculty-profiles/images/ddolinoy.jpg)
- NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Child Health, Environmental Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Toxicology
![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
![Lars Fritsche](/faculty-profiles/images/larsf.jpg)
- Associate Research Scientist, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Genetics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
![Wei Hao](/faculty-profiles/images/weihao.jpg)
- Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Environmental 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
![Jihyoun Jeon](/faculty-profiles/images/jihjeon.jpg)
- Associate Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Modeling, Substance Use, Tobacco
![Hui Jiang](/faculty-profiles/images/jianghui.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Genetics, Precision Health
![Kelley Kidwell](/faculty-profiles/images/kidwell.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Mental Health
![Lindsay Kobayashi](/faculty-profiles/images/lkob.jpg)
- 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
![Thuy Le](/images/thuyttle.jpeg)
- Assistant Research Scientist, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Health Policy, Tobacco
![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
![Alison Mondul](/faculty-profiles/images/amondul.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Precision Health
![Minal Patel](/faculty-profiles/images/minalrp.jpg)
- Associate Chair and Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Equity
![Ashly Westrick](/faculty-profiles/images/acwestr.jpeg)
- Research Investigator
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cancer, Health Equity, Social Epidemiology
![Menggang Yu](/faculty-profiles/images/menggang.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Clinical Trials, Modeling, Precision Health
![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
![Xiang Zhou](/faculty-profiles/images/xzhousph.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Genetics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
![John Ayanian](/faculty-profiles/images/ayanian.jpg)
- Alice Hamilton Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Insurance, Health Policy
![Zora Djuric](/faculty-profiles/images/zoralong.jpg)
- Research Professor, Family Medicine
- Research Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Global Public Health, Nutrition
![Katrina R Ellis](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Racism
![Christopher Friese](/faculty-profiles/images/cfriese.jpg)
- Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing
- Professor, Nursing
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Health Care, Health Policy
![Mats Ljungman](/faculty-profiles/images/ljungman.jpg)
- Professor, Radiation Oncology
- Professor, Environmental Health Science
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Genetics, Precision Health
![Sofia Merajver](/faculty-profiles/images/smerajve.jpg)
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Evaluation Program
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Women’s Health
![Matthew Schipper](/faculty-profiles/images/mjschipp.jpg)
- Professor, Radiation Oncology
- Director, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Radiation Oncology
- Research Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Precision Health
![Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Research Professor, Family Medicine in Michigan Medicine
- Research Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Director, New York Physicians Against Cancer (NYPAC), New York, New York
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Equity
![Lauren Wallner](/faculty-profiles/images/lwallner.jpg)
- 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
![Hal Morgenstern](/faculty-profiles/images/halm.jpg)
- 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
![David Schottenfeld](/faculty-profiles/images/daschott.jpg)
- 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