School of Public Health
Affiliate and Emeritus Faculty
SPH maintains affiliate agreements with professionals from local organizations and institutions to provide a broad array of multidisciplinary expertise.
Epidemiology
Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS
Member, St. Jude Faculty & Director, St. Jude Global Hematology Program, St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital
Csaba P Kovesdy, MD
Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine in Nephrology & Professor in the Department of Medicine,
Division of Medical Nephrology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health
Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis
Environmental Health Sciences
Babu George, PhD
Professor of Management, Alcorn State University
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH
Ethel H. Wise Chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine & Co-Director of the
Institute for Exposomic Research; Professor and System Chair of Environmental Medicine
at Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Heather M. Brandt, PhD
Member- St. Jude Faculty, Director, HPV Cancer Prevention Program & Co-associate Director
for Outreach, St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Wesley James, PhD
Pat E. Burlison Professor & Department Chair, Department of Sociology, The University
of Memphis
Michelle Martin, PhD
Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The University
of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis
Michael Schmidt, PhD
Associate Dean of Research and Community Engagement, Director, Institute for Arts
and Health & Professor, Graphic Design, Department of Art and Design, The University
of Memphis
Megan L. Wilkins, PhD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty, Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences, St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital
Amanda Young, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Communication Department, The University
of Memphis
HSMP Division
William Tuttle, DSc, MHA, LFACHE
Senior Health Administration Fellow, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public
Policy, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Robert Gatewood, JD, MHA
Senior Attorney, Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, Rule 31 accredited Civil and Family
Law mediator
Daniel Clark, MA, MHA
Vice President of Data Science & Process Improvement, West Cancer Center and Research
Institute
Mark Lawrence, MHA
Adjunct Professor of Health Information Technology, Division of HSMP, School of Public
Health, The University of Memphis
Shawna Novak MD, MA, MMSc-GHD, EdD(c), FRSPH
Executive Director of The Canada International Scientific Exchange Program CISEPO
Nila Carrington, MBA, SPHR
Director of Benefits & Well Being at Regional One Health
David Rosenthal, MPA, PhD
IT Leadership and Management Consultant
Rachel Depperschmidt, MPH
Director of Process Improvement at the West Cancer Center and Research Institute
Laurie L. Shanderson, Ph.D., MPA, FACHE
Founder and CEO, Accreditation Insights
Emeritus Faculty
Lisa M. Klesges, PhD
Professor
James G. Gurney, PhD
Professor
