School of Public Health

Faculty

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty

Dr. Ashish Joshi Ashish Joshi, Ph.D., MBBS, MPH
Dean and Distinguished Professor
sphdean@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1673
Office: 236 Robison
Ilias Kavouras Ilias Kavouras, PhD
Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Professor
kavouras@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1696
Office: 228 Robison
Dr. Zhang Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS
Division Director, Professor
hzhang6@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4704
Office: 224 Robison
Variable Selection, Bayesian Network & clustering, Epigenetic studies
Maryam Karimi Maryam Karimi PhD, MPA, MS
Director of Research, Associate Professor
mkarimi1@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4685
Office: 214 Robison
Debra Bartelli Debra Bartelli, DrPH
Associate Research Professor
dbrtelli@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1395
Office: 233 Robison
ACEs, Built Environment, Senior Food Insecurity, WASH, Urban Health
Chunrong Jia Chunrong Jia, PhD
Professor
cjia@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.2655
Office: 337 Robison
Air pollution, Exposure Assessment, Environmental disparity, Urban Health
Yu (Joyce) Jiang Yu (Joyce) Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor
yjiang4@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4641
Office: 216 Robison
Bayesian methods, statistical genetics and epigenetics, latent variable modeling
photo coming soon Xichen Mou, PhD
Associate Professor
xmou@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1491
Office: 218 Robison
Group testing, pooled biomarker data analysis, nonparametric regression, repeated measures  
Fawaz Mzayek Fawaz Mzayek, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
fmzayek@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1662
Office: 300 Robison
Cardiovascular risk, Smoking, Obesity
Meredith Ray Meredith Ray, PhD
Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
maray@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.5390
Office: 220 Robison
Epigenetics, Bayesian clustering, Lung cancer, fMRI brain data
Matthew Smeltzer Matthew Smeltzer, PhD
Research Professor
msmltzer@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3702
Office: 222 Robison
Clinical epi, Lung cancer, Sickle cell, Implementation science
Abu Mohammed Naser Titu Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, PhD, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor 
atitu@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4443
Office: 338 Robison  
Xinhua Yu Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD, MS
Program Coordinator, Professor
xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3433
Office: 305 Robison
Big data, Chronic diseases, Health outcomes
Onoja Akpa Onoja Akpa, PhD
Associate Professor
omakpa@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1716
Office: 226 Robison
John Lynn Jefferies John Lynn Jefferies, MD, MBA, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FAAP, FHFSA, FRCPE, FESC
Research Professor
jljffrs2@memphis.edu
Fanta Desissa Gutema Fanta Desissa Gutema, DVM, MSc, BSc, MPH, PhD, CPH
Assistant Research Professor
fdgutema@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.8694
Office: 339 Robison

Health Systems Management and Policy Faculty

 
Dale Sanders Dale Sanders, DO, DHA, MBA
Interim Division Director, Program Director, Professor
dlsndrs2@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4130
Office: 132 Robison
Courtnee Melton, PhD Courtnee Melton-Fant, PhD
Associate Professor
cemelton@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3361
Office: 130 Robison
State and local public policy, racial health inequities, health outcomes
Asma Ali Asma Ali, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
amali2@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1292
Office: 135 Robison
William C. Bigler William C. Bigler, PhD
Assistant Professor
wcbigler@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3437
Office: 124 Robison
Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, PhD, MBBS, MA 
Health Economist, PH-IDEAS, Assistant Professor
kkbhttch@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4422
Office: 136C Robison

Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty

 
Satish Kedia Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH, MS
Associate Dean, Administration and Faculty Affairs, Professor
skkedia@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1433
Office: 205 Robison
Substance use prevention and treatment, Mental health, Cancer, Mixed methods
Marian Levy Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, FAND
Associate Dean, Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Professor
mlevy@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4514
Office: 230 Robison
Interprofessional Education (IPE), Public health practice, Environmental
Support for Healthy Lifestyles
Ricky Leung Ricky Leung, PhD, MPhil, MS
Division Director, Professor
rcleung@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.2273
Office: 201 Robison
Latrice Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES Latrice Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES
Professor
lcpichon@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1675
Office: 209 Robison
HIV prevention, CBPR
Angelia Sanders Angelia Sanders, PhD, MEd
Professor
angelia.sanders@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.2883
Yong Yang Yong Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
yyang15@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.5018
Office: 203 Robison
Environment & health behavior, Aging & mental health,
Application of Agent-based Models
Alex Parkhouse Alex Parkhouse, PhD, MA
Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor
alex.parkhouse@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.5308
Office: 207 Robison

Undergraduate Studies and Global Engagement

 
Lori Ward Lori Ward, PhD, MS
Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Teaching
lward8@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1687
Office: 223 Robison

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