School of Public Health
The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.
Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.
FULL MEMBERS
SHAFI U. BHUIYAN, Associate Professor, PhD (2005), Osaka University, Japan [2030]
YU JIANG, Associate Professor, PhD (2014), University of Kansas Medical Center [2030]
ASHISH JOSHI, Professor, PhD (2012), University of Texas, Houston [2030]
CHUNRONG JIA, Professor, PhD (2007), The University of Michigan [2030]
MARYAM KARIMI, Associate Professor, PhD (2017), The Graduate Center CUNY [2030]
WILFRIED KARMAUS, Professor Emeritus, MD (1994), University of Hamburg [2030]
ILIAS KAVOURAS, Professor, PhD (1998), University of Crete, Greece [2030]
SATISH KEDIA, Professor, PhD (1997), The University of Kentucky [2030]
RICKY C. LEUNG, Professor, PhD (2008), University of Wisconsin Madison [2030]
MARIAN LEVY, Professor, DrPH (1994), University of California-Los Angeles [2030]
COURTNEE MELTON-FANT, Assistant Professor, PhD (2013), University of Tennessee Health Science Center [2030]
XICHEN MOU, Assistant Professor, PhD (2019), University of South Carolina [2030]
FAWAZ MZAYEK, Associate Professor, PhD (2005), Tulane University [2030]
LATRICE PICHON, Professor, PhD (2008), San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego [2030]
MEREDITH RAY, Associate Professor, PhD (2014), University of South Carolina [2030]
ANGELIA M. SANDERS, Professor, PhD (2003), Kent State University [2030]
DALE SANDERS, Professor, DHA (2017), Central Michigan University [2030]
MATTHEW SMELTZER, Associate Professor, PhD (2014), The University of Memphis [2030]
ABU MOHAMMED NASER TITU, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), Emory University [2030]
YONG YANG, Associate Professor, PhD (2007), University of Southampton, UK [2030]
XINHUA YU, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), University of Minnesota [2030]
HONGMEI ZHANG, Professor, PhD (2003), Iowa State University [2030]
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
ASMA M. ALI, Assistant Professor of Research, PhD (2021), University of Georgia
ONOJA MATTHEW AKPA, Associate Professor of Teaching PhD (2009), University of Ilorin, Nigeria
DEBRA BARTELLI, Associate Professor of Research, DrPH (2001), Columbia University
WILLIAM C. BIGLER, PhD, Assistant Professor (2023), Tulane University
FANTA D GUTEMA, Assistant Professor of Research, PhD (2021), Ghent University, Belgium
MARK HENDRICKS, Associate Professor of Teaching, MHA (1982), Washington University, St. Louis
JOHN LYNN JEFFERIES, Professor of Research, MD (1996), University of Tennessee
ALEX R PARKHOUSE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2015), University of New Hampshire
MICHAEL SCHMIDT, Professor, PhD (2019), University of Memphis
LORI WARD, PhD, Associate Professor of Teaching, PhD (2013), Purdue University
EXTERNAL MEMBERS
SYED ARSHAD, DM (1993), University of Southampton [2027]
HEATHER BRANDT, PhD (2003), University of South Carolina [2027]
SU CHEN, PhD (2013), Oklahoma State University [2027]
PATRICIA M. CISARIK, O.D, PhD (2005) University of Houston [2027]
DANIEL CLARK, MHA (2009), University of Memphis [2027]
STEWART DISMUKE, MD (1971), University of Tennessee [2027]
ARAM DOBALIAN, PhD (2001), University of California at Los Angeles [2027]
JANE HANKINS, MD (1993), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [2027]
JASON ROBERT HODGES, PhD (2016), University of Memphis [2027]
JOHN W. HOLLOWAY, PhD (1998), University of Otago, New Zealand [2027]
ARTHUR DANIEL JONES, PhD (1984), The Pennsylvania State University [2027]
CSABA PAL KOVESDY, MD (1995), Medical University of Pecs, Hungary [2027]
CARDELLA L. LEAK, PhD (2019), University of Memphis [2027]
YIMEI LI, PhD (2009), University of North Carolina [2028]
WENDY LIKES, PhD (2009), University of Tennessee [2027]
RAJESH TIRPAUL MELARAM, PhD (2020) Walden University [2028]
NANDINI MUKHERJEE, PhD (2018), University of Memphis [2027]
VIKKI G. NOLAN, DSc (2009), Boston University [2027]
HAITAO PAN, PhD (2017), University of Texas Health Science Center [2027]
JILL ELIZABETH POWELSON, DrPH (2018), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [2027]
INDRANILL BASU RAY, MD (1993) Motilal Nehru Medical College, Univ. of Allahabad, India [2027]
KRIS SANDERS, MHA (2001), University of Memphis [2027]
MARIO SIMS, PhD (1997), University of Wisconsin-Madison [2027]
BRADLEY G. SOMER, MD (1996), Albert Einstein College of Medicine [2027]
JOHAH STEWART, PhD (2023), Oxford University [2027]
LI TANG, PhD (2012), Emory University [2027]
WILLIAM TUTTLE, MHA (1982), Washington University, St. Louis [2027]
JULIE WANG, PhD (1995), University of London, United Kingdom [2027]
KENNETH WARD, PhD (1998), University of Memphis [2027]
HUI ZHANG, PhD (2010), University of Rochester, New York [2027]
NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.
