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 Nutrition
![Olivia Anderson](/faculty-profiles/images/oliviasa.jpg)
- Clinical Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Chair of Educational Initiatives
Areas of Expertise
Maternal Health, Nutrition
![Kate Bauer](/faculty-profiles/images/kwbauer.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Health Equity, Nutrition
![Ana Baylin](/faculty-profiles/images/abaylin.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Nutrition
![Melissa Beck](/faculty-profiles/images/melissbe.jpeg)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Program Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Care, Nutrition, Public Health Practice
![Dave Bridges](/faculty-profiles/images/davebrid.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Air Quality, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Genetics, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Precision Health, Reproductive Health
![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
![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
![Alexis Handal](/faculty-profiles/images/ahandal.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Brain Disorders, Child Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Occupational Health, Racism, Reproductive Health, Social Epidemiology, Women’s Health
![Erica Jansen](/faculty-profiles/images/janerica.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Research Assistant Professor, Neurology
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Nutrition, Sleep, Women’s Health
![Andy Jones](/faculty-profiles/images/ajones.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Chair, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Global Public Health, Nutrition, Sustainable Food Systems
![Peter Mancuso](/faculty-profiles/images/pmancuso.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Faculty member, Graduate Program in Immunology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Infectious Disease, Nutrition
![Alison Miller](/faculty-profiles/images/alimill.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Nutrition
![Karen Peterson](/faculty-profiles/images/karenep.jpg)
- Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
- Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Edward Ruiz-Narvaez](/faculty-profiles/images/eruiznar.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Genetics, Nutrition
![Young Ah Seo](/faculty-profiles/images/youngseo.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Environmental Health, Genetics, Nutrition, Precision Health
![Peter Song](/faculty-profiles/images/pxsong.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Child Health, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Nutrition
![Kendrin Sonneville](/faculty-profiles/images/kendrins.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Eating Disorders, Health Communication, Mental Health, Nutrition
![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
![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
![Charles Burant](/faculty-profiles/images/burantc.jpg)
- Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism
- Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![William Chey](/faculty-profiles/images/wchey.jpg)
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Zora Djuric](/faculty-profiles/images/zoralong.jpg)
- Research Professor, Family Medicine
- Research Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Global Public Health, Nutrition
![Brigid Gregg](/faculty-profiles/images/greggb.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
- Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Joyce Lee](/faculty-profiles/images/joyclee.jpg)
- Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
- Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Julie Lumeng](/faculty-profiles/images/jlumeng.jpg)
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Thomas P. Borders Family Research Professor of Child Behavior and Development
Areas of Expertise
Child Health, Nutrition
![Amy Rothberg](/faculty-profiles/images/arothber.jpg)
- Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes
- Adjunct Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Care, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
- Henry King Ransom Endowed Professor, Surgery
- Adjunct Professor, Internal Medicine
- Adjunct Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Suzanna Zick](/faculty-profiles/images/szick.jpg)
- Research Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
- Research Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Cindy Leung](/faculty-profiles/images/cinleung.jpg)
- John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
- Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Wei Perng](/faculty-profiles/images/perngwei.jpg)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health
- Assistant Director, Life Course Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Campus
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition
![Christine Stead](/faculty-profiles/images/scheible.jpg)
- 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