School of Public Health

Faculty and Staff Directory

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Topic Main Contact Persons Information Academic Advising Rebecca Kronenberg

Coordinator, Undergraduate Advising, Student Engagement, and Accelerated Bachelors to Master Program Advisor

rkrnnbrg@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 136C Robison   Shirl Sharpe

Academic Services Coordinator II for Graduate Programs

ssharpe@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1710
Office: 225 Robison
Academic Affairs Ilias Kavouras

Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs

kavouras@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1696
Office: 228 Robison
Accelerated Bachelor to Master Public Health Rebecca Kronenberg

Undergraduate Advising and Student Engagement Coordinator

rkrnnbrg@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 136C Robison
Alumni Relations Brenda Ballance

Research Associate

brenda.ballance@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2612 
Office: 125 Robison
Appointments with Dean Joshi Laura Granack

Administrative Associate to the Dean

lgranack@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1702
Office: 236G Robison
Business, Finance, HR Deanna McMillian

Business Officer III

dmcmilln@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3316 
Office: 236C Robison
Career Services and Experiential Learning Jamecia Richardson

Coordinator, Career Services and Experiential Learning

jamecia.richardson@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2491
Office: 301 Robison
Center for MCHEER Chunrong Jia

Professor of Environmental Health and Urban Health

cjia@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2655
Office: 337 Robison
Center for PH-IDEAS Stella Dockery

Project Manager

stella.dockery@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2655
Office: 326 Fed Ex Institute of Technology
Conference Registration, Travel, and Accommodations Annette Brown-Rhodes

Financial Services Associate

abrown3@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 133 Robison

GA Travel Request E-Form
Communications and Events Meaghan Wolfe
Coordinator, Communications and Events mtwolfe@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1706
Office: 232 Robison

Poster Printing Request E-Form
Food Request E-Form
Marketing Material Requests E-Form
Event Request E-Form
Division Directors Angelia Sanders

Division Director and Professor, Health Systems Management and Policy

angelia.sanders@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4130
Office: 132 Robison   Hongmei Zhang

EBE Division Director, Professor of Biostatistics

hzhang6@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4704
Office: 224 Robison   Satish Kedia

Interim Director and Professor, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

skkedia@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 205 Robison
Dual Enrollment Rebecca Kronenberg

Coordinator, Undergraduate Advising, Student Engagement, and Accelerated Bachelor to Master Program Advisor

rkrnbrg@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 136 Robison
Equipment Requests, Room Requests and Supply Orders Annette Brown-Rhodes

Financial Services Associate

abrown3@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 205 Robison

Office Supply Request E-Form
Faculty Affairs Satish Kedia

Associate Dean of Administration and Faculty Affairs

skkedia@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 205 Robison
Faculty Committee Chairs Curriculum and Academic Program Review
Chunrong Jia

Professor of Environmental Health and Urban Health

cjia@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2655
Office: 337 Robison   Recruitment and Admissions
Xinhua Yu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3433
Office: 305 Robison   Committee on Faculty Affairs and Development (COFAD)
Fawaz Mzayek

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

fmzayek@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1662
Office: 300 Robison   Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
Matthew Smeltzer

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

msmltzer@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3702
Office: 222 Robison   Promotion and Tenure
Hongmei Zhang

Professor of Biostatistics

hzhang6@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4704
Office: 224 Robison   Online Quality Assurance
Xinhua Yu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3433
Office: 305 Robison
Faculty Senate Xinhua Yu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3433
Office: 305 Robison
Financial Aid and Scholarships Marian Levy

Associate Dean, Public Health Practice & Community Engagement, Professor, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

mlevy@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1706
Office: 230 Robison
Grants and Contracts Nyshi Taylor

Grants Coordinator

n.taylor@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4501
Office: 208 Robison
Institutional Equity University of Memphis: Office for Institutional Equity     University of Memphis: Title IX and Sexual Misconduct  
Lactation Support University of Memphis: Lactation Support 114 Robinson Hall
Leadership Dean Ashish Joshi ashish.joshi@memphis.edu
Office: 236 Robison   Associate Dean of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Dr. Marian Levy mlevy@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1706
Office: 230 Robison   Associate Dean of Administration and Faculty Affairs
Dr. Satish Kedia skkedia@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 205 Robison   Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
Dr. Ilias Kavouras kavouras@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1433
Office: 228 Robison
Photocopying, Printing, and Scanning New Printer Instructions     Navigating PaperCut  
Population Health Graduate Certificate Advisor Shafi U. Bhuiyan
Associate Professor and SBS Program Coordinator, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences sbhuiyan@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2921
Office: 200 Robison
Program Coordinators Epidemiology
Xinhua Yu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3433
Office: 305 Robison   Biostatistics
Meredith Ray

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

maray@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5390
Office: 220 Robison   HMSP
Mark Hendricks

Assistant Professor of Teaching

mdhndrck@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2982
Office: 137 Robison   SBS
Shafi Bhuiyan

Associate Professor of SBS

sbhuiyan@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2921
Office: 200 Robison
Public Health Student Association (PHSA) Aniya Bonds ajbonds2@memphis.edu
Public Safety University of Memphis: Public Safety Institute

Emergency Phone: (901) 678-HELP (4357)   University of Memphis: Police Services Non-Emergency Phone: (901) 678-3848
Recruitment and Admissions Brianna McNeil

Coordinator, Recruitment and Admissions

brmcneil@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3740
Office: 116 Robison   Shirl Sharpe

Academic Services Coordinator II for Graduate Programs

ssharpe@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1710
Office: 225 Robison   Christie Rakestraw

Graduate Admissions Counselor

christie.r@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4489
Office: 201 Fed Ex Institute of Technology
Research Brenda Ballance

Research Associate

brenda.ballance@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-2612
Office: 125 Robison   Nyshi Taylor

Grants Coordinator

n.taylor@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-4501
Office: 208 Robison   Xianqiang “Sean” Fu

Institutional Research and Data Analyst

xfu@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-1018
Office: 335 Robison   University of Memphis: Institutional Information     University of Memphis: IRB Guidelines     University of Memphis: Research and Compliance Training  
Student Mentoring and Ambassadors Aniya Bonds ajbonds2@memphis.edu   Aeryn Longuevan lnguevan@memphis.edu   Saloni Patel sbpatel1@memphis.edu
UM Tech (IT Services) University of Memphis: umTech Service Desk
(Make a ticket request for services. In message, request Rob or Martrice.)     Rob Thornton rrthrntn@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5782   Martrice Palmer mdplmer2@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5980
Undergraduate Student Advising Rebecca Kronenberg
Coordinator, Undergraduate Advising, Student Engagement, and Accelerated Bachelor to Master Program Advisor rkrnbrg@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-5688
Office: 136 Robison