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
![K Rivet Amico](/faculty-profiles/images/ramico.jpg)
- 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
![Kelly Bakulski](/faculty-profiles/images/bakulski.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Data Management and Statistical Core Leader, Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Toxicology
![F. DuBois Bowman](/faculty-profiles/images/fdbowman.jpg)
- Dean, School of Public Health
- Roderick J. Little Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Brain Disorders, Mental Health, Substance Use
![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
![Cathleen Connell](/faculty-profiles/images/cathleen.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Mental Health
![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
![Kristi Gamarel](/faculty-profiles/images/kgamarel.jpg)
- Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Racism, Substance Use
![Kyle Grazier](/faculty-profiles/images/kgrazier.jpg)
- 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
![Peisong Han](/faculty-profiles/images/peisong.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Brain Disorders, COVID-19, Mental Health
![jheinze2](/faculty-profiles/images/jheinze.jpg)
- 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
![Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos](/faculty-profiles/images/lisgle.jpg)
- Research Investigator
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Occupational 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
![Kelley Kidwell](/faculty-profiles/images/kidwell.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Mental Health
![Briana Mezuk](/faculty-profiles/images/bmezuk.jpg)
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
![Alison Miller](/faculty-profiles/images/alimill.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition
![Enrique Neblett](/faculty-profiles/images/eneblett.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Associate Director, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, Mental Health, Racism
![Libby North](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Research Investigator, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Mental Health
![John Piette](/faculty-profiles/images/jpiette.jpg)
- 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
![Sari Reisner](/faculty-profiles/images/sreisner.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Faculty Affiliate, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
- Faculty Affiliate, Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Trials, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Racism, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use, Urban Health, Women’s Health
![Scott Roberts](/faculty-profiles/images/jscottr.jpg)
- Interim Chair and 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
![Kendrin Sonneville](/faculty-profiles/images/kendrins.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Eating Disorders, Health Communication, Mental Health, Nutrition
![Cathie Spino](/faculty-profiles/images/spino.jpg)
- 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, Clinical Trials, Mental Health, Precision Health, Women’s Health
![Eduardo Villamor](/faculty-profiles/images/villamor.jpg)
- Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
![Xin Wang](/faculty-profiles/images/xwangsph.jpg)
- Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Nutrition, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
![Deborah Watkins](/faculty-profiles/images/debjwat.jpg)
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Environmental Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
![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
![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
![Marc Zimmerman](/faculty-profiles/images/marcz.jpg)
- 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
![Tom Buchmueller](/faculty-profiles/images/tbuch.jpg)
- 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 Insurance, Health Policy, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Substance Use
![Sarah Stoddard](/faculty-profiles/images/sastodda.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nursing
- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Co-Director, Training and Education Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
- Director, Certificate in Injury Science
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Firearm Injury Prevention, Health Equity, Mental Health, Substance Use, Urban Health
![Elyse Thulin](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Assistant Research Professor, Health Behavior Health Education
- Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Global Public Health, Mental Health
![Wei Zhao](/faculty-profiles/images/zhaowei.png)
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Health Equity, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
![Kara Zivin](/faculty-profiles/images/kzivin.jpg)
- 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
![Angela Beck](/faculty-profiles/images/ajbeck.jpg)
- Vice President of Social Impact, Duly Health and Care, Downers Grove, IL
- Clinical Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health, Occupational Health, Substance Use
![Brad Stulberg](/faculty-profiles/images/bradstul.jpeg)
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Author
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health
![Kathleen Ford](/faculty-profiles/images/kford.jpg)
- 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
![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
![Ernest Harbug](/faculty-profiles/images/eharburg.jpg)
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Research Scientist Emeritus, Psychology
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health