Affiliate and Emeritus Faculty

SPH maintains affiliate agreements with professionals from local organizations and institutions to provide a broad array of multidisciplinary expertise.

Affiliate Faculty Appointments

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

Emeritus Faculty

• Lisa M. Klesges, PhD, Professor
• Wilfried J.J. Karmaus, MD, Dr.med., MPH, Professor
• James G. Gurney, PhD, Professor