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 Chronic Disease
![Sara Adar](/faculty-profiles/images/sadar.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Air Quality, Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Modeling
![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
![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
![Michael Boehnke](/faculty-profiles/images/boehnke.jpg)
- Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Genetics, Genomics, Global Public Health, Precision Health
![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
![Cathleen Connell](/faculty-profiles/images/cathleen.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Mental Health
![Melissa Creary](/faculty-profiles/images/mcreary.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Health Policy, Racism
![Nancy Fleischer](/faculty-profiles/images/nancyfl.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Certificate in Social Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Health Equity, LGBT Health, Racism, Social Epidemiology, Substance Use
![Arline Geronimus](/faculty-profiles/images/arline.jpg)
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Equity, Maternal Health, Racism, Reproductive Health, Urban Health
![Wei Hao](/faculty-profiles/images/weihao.jpg)
- Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Child Health, Environmental Health
![Kevin He](/faculty-profiles/images/kevinhe.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Genetics, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Precision Health
![Mary Janevic](/faculty-profiles/images/mjanevic.jpg)
- Research Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Health Equity
![Jihyoun Jeon](/faculty-profiles/images/jihjeon.jpg)
- Associate Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Modeling, Substance Use, Tobacco
![Sharon Kardia](/faculty-profiles/images/skardia.jpg)
- Associate Dean for Education
- Millicent W. Higgins Collegiate Professor of Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease
![Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez](/faculty-profiles/images/ckarvone.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Reproductive Health, Sleep, Women’s Health
![Lindsay Kobayashi](/faculty-profiles/images/lkob.jpg)
- John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
- Faculty Affiliate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
- Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
- Co-Director, Certificate in Social Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Equity, Social Epidemiology
![Aleda (Allie) Leis](/faculty-profiles/images/aledat.jpg)
- Research Investigator, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health Informatics, Precision Health, Respiratory Viruses, Social Epidemiology, Vaccines, Women’s Health
![Yi Li](/faculty-profiles/images/yili.jpg)
- 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
![Lynda Lisabeth](/faculty-profiles/images/llisabet.jpg)
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Research Professor, Neurology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Equity, Women’s Health
![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 Mondul](/faculty-profiles/images/amondul.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Precision Health
![Sung Kyun Park](/faculty-profiles/images/sungkyun.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Associate Chair, Epidemiology
- Director of Masters Studies, Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Medical School
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Women’s Health
![Minal Patel](/faculty-profiles/images/minalrp.jpg)
- Associate Chair and Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Communication, Health Equity
![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
![Michael Rubyan](/faculty-profiles/images/mrubyan.jpg)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Communication, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Policy, Urban Health
![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
![Jennifer Smith](/faculty-profiles/images/smjenn.jpg)
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
- Research Associate Professor, Survey Research
- Director, Certificate in Public Health Genetics
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Epigenetics, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Precision Health, Social Epidemiology
![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
![Hao Wang](/faculty-profiles/images/wahao.jpg)
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Brain Disorders, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Toxicology
![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
![Menggang Yu](/faculty-profiles/images/menggang.jpg)
- Professor, Biostatistics
Areas of Expertise
Biostatistics, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Clinical Trials, Modeling, Precision 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
![John Ayanian](/faculty-profiles/images/ayanian.jpg)
- 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
![Mark Bicket](/faculty-profiles/images/mbicket.jpg)
- 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
![Katrina R Ellis](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Racism
![Michele Heisler](/faculty-profiles/images/mheisler.jpg)
- Professor, Internal Medicine
- Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Research Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research
- Staff Physician
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Global Public Health, Health Care, Health Equity, Urban Health
![Gretchen Piatt](/faculty-profiles/images/piattg.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Learning Health Sciences
- Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
- Co-Director, Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Health Care, Health Equity
![Sarah Reeves](/faculty-profiles/images/sleasure.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Director, Child Health Evaluation and Research Fellowship
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Child Health, Health Care, Health Informatics, Health Policy
![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
![Michael Thompson](/faculty-profiles/images/mthompsnew.jpg)
- 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
![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
![Victoria Convertino](/faculty-profiles/images/vlconv.jpg)
- 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
![Lawrence Bielak](/faculty-profiles/images/lfbielak.jpg)
- Associate Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology
Areas of Expertise
Aging, Chronic Disease, Genetics, Women’s Health
![Millicent Higgins](/faculty-profiles/images/higginsm.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease
![Hal Morgenstern](/faculty-profiles/images/halm.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Urology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise
Cancer, Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Racism, Social Epidemiology
![Vasantha Padmanabhan](/faculty-profiles/images/noPicture_person.jpg)
- Professor emerita (In service), Pediatrics
- Professor emerita (In service), Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professor emerita (In service), Molecular and Integrative physiology
Areas of Expertise
Chronic Disease, Child Health, Environmental Health, Maternal Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health