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
Biostatistics Faculty
Department Chair
Department Associate Chair
Jian Kang, PhD, MS
- Associate Chair for Research
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use
Kelley M. Kidwell, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Mental Health
Core Faculty
Goncalo Abecasis, DPhil
- Felix E. Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Mousumi Banerjee, PhD
- Anant M. Kshirsagar Collegiate Research Professor of Biostatistics
- Research Professor, Global Public Health
- Director, Global StatCore
- Director of Biostatistics, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) Analytic Center
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Michael Boehnke, PhD
- Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Genetics, Genomics, Global Public Health, Precision Health
Philip S Boonstra, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Global Public Health
F. DuBois Bowman, PhD
- Dean, School of Public Health
- Roderick J. Little Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Brain Disorders, Mental Health, Substance Use
Thomas M Braun, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Member, Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA)
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Child Health, Clinical Trials, Maternal Health
Fan Bu, PhD
- 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
Dylan Cable, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Genetics, Genomics, Modeling
Michael R. Elliott, PhD
- 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
Lars G. Fritsche, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, COVID-19, Genetics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
Irina Gaynanova, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Diabetes, Health Informatics, Precision Health
Wei Hao, PhD
- Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Environmental Health
Kevin He, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Precision Health
Nicholas Henderson, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Clinical Trials
Hui Jiang, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Genetics, Precision Health
Jian Kang, PhD, MS
- Associate Chair for Research
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use
Hyun Min Kang, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Genetics, Genomics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
Kelley M. Kidwell, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Mental Health
Yi Li, PhD
- 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
Roderick Joseph Little, PhD
- Richard D. Remington Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
- Professor, Department of Statistics
- Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Clinical Trials
Jean Morrison, PhD
- John G Searle Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Trivellore Eachambadi Raghunathan, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Peter X. K. Song, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Child Health, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Nutrition
Cathie Spino, ScD
- 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
Jeremy M G Taylor, PhD
- Professor, Department of Biostatistics
- Pharmacia Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics
- Associate Director for Biostatistics, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Professor, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Tobacco
Bingkai Wang, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Infectious Disease
Zhenke Wu, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Child Health, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Health Informatics, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Precision Health, Substance Use
Wen Ye, PhD
- Research Scientist, Biostatistics
- Assistant Director, SABER
- Associate Director of Method and Measurement Core, MCDTR
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Menggang Yu, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Clinical Trials, Modeling, Precision Health
Matthew Zawistowski, PhD
- Clinical Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Donglin Zeng, PhD
- 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, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Genetics, Health Informatics, Precision Health
Sebastian Zollner, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics Department
- Professor, Psychiatry Department
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Faculty with Joint Appointments
Andrzej T Galecki, MD, PhD
- Research Professor, Internal Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
- Research Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics
Lana Garmire, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Professor, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Brenda Gillespie, PhD
- Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Director, CSCAR
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Niko Kaciroti, PhD
- Research Scientist, Biostatistics
- Research Scientist, Pediatrics
- Research Scientist, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Clinical Trials
Hyungjin Myra Kim, ScD
- Research Scientist, Center for Statistical Consulting and Research
- Adjunct Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Snigdha Panigrahi, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
- Assistant Professor of Statistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Stephen Parker, PhD
- Associate Professor of Biostatistics
- Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Genetics
Arvind Rao, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
- Associate Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
- Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Maureen A Sartor, MS, PhD
- Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
- Professor, Biostatistics
- Co-Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Matthew Schipper, PhD
- Professor, Radiation Oncology
- Director, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Radiation Oncology
- Research Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Precision Health
Ananda Sen, PhD
- Lee A. Green Collegiate Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics
- Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Yajuan Si, PhD
- Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research
- Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Krithika Suresh, PhD
- Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
- Research Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
Brady Thomas West, PhD
Research Professor, Department of BiostatisticsResearch Professor, Survey Methodology Program (Institute for Social Research)
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Modeling, Social Epidemiology
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Jack D. Kalbfleisch, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Biostatistics
- Professor Emeritus, Statistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
James M. Lepkowski, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
- Research Professor Emeritus, Survey Methodology, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
- Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Survey Research Center, Institute
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics
