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, 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

- 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

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

- 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

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

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

- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Infectious Disease, Mental Health

- 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

- 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

- Associate Chair and 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, Brain Disorders, COVID-19, Mental Health

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

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

- 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

- Research Investigator
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Occupational Health

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

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

- Professor, Epidemiology
- Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health [on sabbatical 2023-2024]
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use

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

- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- 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, Opioids, Precision Health

- 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

- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Eating Disorders, 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, Clinical Trials, Mental Health, Precision Health, Women’s Health

- 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

- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Author
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health

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

- 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

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

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

- Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Epigenetics, Genetics, Health Equity, Mental Health, Precision Health, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, 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

- 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