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
Health Management and Policy Faculty
Department Chair
- Rubin Chair of Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Sociology
- Professor, School of Information
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
Department Associate Chair
- UnitedHealthcare Professor of Health Care Management
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Economics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Care, Health Economics
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Policy
Core Faculty
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care
- Rubin Chair of Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Sociology
- Professor, School of Information
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
- Clinical Instructor, Health Management and Policy
- Director, Residential Masters Programs
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Associate Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Health Policy, Racism
- 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
- 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
- S.J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- Associate Director, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Economics, Health Insurance
- Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Professor, Global Public Health, School of Public Health
- Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy, Modeling
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Racism
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Associate Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Assistant Professor, Health Informatics
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Trials
- Assistant Research Scientist, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Health Policy, Tobacco
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Health Economics
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Economics
- Searle Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Policy, Opioids, Substance Use
- UnitedHealthcare Professor of Health Care Management
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Economics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Care, Health Economics
- Marilyn Fisher Blanch Research Professor, Pediatrics
- Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
- Associate Vice President, Research - Health Sciences, University of Michigan Office of Research
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Health Policy
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Policy
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Communication, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Policy, Urban Health
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Policy Core Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Areas of Expertise
Firearm Injury Prevention, Health Policy
Faculty with Joint Appointments
- 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
- 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
- Medical Director, Collaborative Quality Initiatives
- Professor, Internal Medicine and Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
- Professor of Health Management and Policy
- 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 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
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
- Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Frederick A. Coller Distinguished Professor of Surgery
- Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine
- Professor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Director, University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design
Areas of Expertise
Health Insurance
- Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of PediatricsProfessor, Health Management and Policy
- Director of Faculty Programs, Office of Health Equity and Inclusion
- Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Government Relations
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Public Health Practice
- Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical EducationChair, Department of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Informatics
- Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing
- Professor, Nursing
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Health Care, Health Policy
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Equity, Health Policy
- Professor, Anesthesiology
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology Division
- Affiliate, National Center for Poverty, Ford School of Public Policy
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Equity
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Policy
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Director, National Clinician Scholars Program
Areas of Expertise
Health Care
- Professor of Urology, Medical School
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Medical Director of Clinical Quality, Quality Department of the University of Michigan Health System
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, History
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine
- Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
- Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Political Science
- Professor, Sociology
- Director, University of Michigan Center for Global Health Equity
- Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Medicine
- Josiah Macy, Jr., Professor of Health Professions Education
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Equity
- Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical
- Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
- Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical Management Research
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy
- Professor, Public Policy
- Research Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
- Research Professor, Ford School of Public Policy
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Chief, Division of General Medicine
- Professor, Nephrology, Internal Medicine
- Research Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Areas of Expertise
Health Economics, Health Policy
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
- Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Associate Professor, Learning Health Sciences
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Informatics, Health Policy, Precision Health
- Assistant Professor, Surgery
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Edward T and Ellen K Dryer Career Development Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School
- Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery
- Director of Analytic Strategy, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy
- Co-Director, Michigan Value Collaborative
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Systems Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Policy, Precision 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
Lecturers
- Lecturer, Health Management and Policy
- Executive Director for Administration and Chief
- Operating Officer, University of Michigan Medical School
- 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
- Lecturer, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- Vice Dean, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
- Lecturer, Health Management and Policy
- Administrative Director, Congenital Heart Center, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
- Adjunct Faculty, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Director, Multipayer Initiatives, University of Michigan
- 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
- Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
- Senior Advisor, Center for Health and Research Transformation
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Care, Health Policy, Substance Use
- Adjunct Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care
Adjunct Faculty
- Lecturer, Health Management and Policy
- Executive Director for Administration and Chief
- Operating Officer, University of Michigan Medical School
- 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
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy, Public Health Practice
- Lecturer, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- Vice Dean, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
- 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
- Adjunct Faculty, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
- Director, Multipayer Initiatives, University of Michigan
- 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
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Author
Areas of Expertise
Mental Health
- Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
- Senior Advisor, Center for Health and Research Transformation
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Health Care, Health Policy, Substance Use
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Adjunct Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care
Emeritus Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
- Executive Director, UMHS eHealth Center
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- 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
- Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor, Health Management and Policy (Emeritus)
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Policy
- Professor Emeritus, Health Law and Policy
- Co-Director, Mid-States Region, Network for Public Health Law
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Professor, Global Public Health
- Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Health Equity, Health Policy, Urban Health
- Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Senior Fellow and Director - Ann Arbor Office, Mathematica Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Health Insurance
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
- Dean and Richard A. Culbertson Professor of Health Policy and Systems Management at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Health Care, Public Health Practice
- Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Health
- Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Health Policy, Substance Use, Tobacco
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy
- Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Policy
- Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
- Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research