Contact Us: Public Health Faculty & Staff

School of Public Health
sphadmin@memphis.edu
901.678.1706
232 Robison Hall

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Dean's Office
Administrative Staff
Academic Support Staff
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty
Health Systems Management and Policy Faculty
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty

Dean's Office

Ashish Joshi

Ashish Joshi, Ph.D., MBBS, MPH

Dean and Distinguished University Professor
ashish.joshi@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1673
Office: 236 A Robison

Dr. Marian Levy

Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, FAND
Associate Dean and Professor
mlevy@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4514
Office: 230 Robison

Vikki Nolan, DSc, MPH
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor
vgnolan@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1696
Office: 228 Robison

Administrative Support Staff

Deanna McMillian

Deanna McMillian
Business Officer
dmcmilln@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3316
Office: 236 C Robison

Meghan Taylor

Meghan Taylor, PhD
Pre-Award Coordinator
mbmadows@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4501
Office: 208 Robison Hall

Katherine Shorter

Katherine Shorter, MPH
Administrative Associate I
kcmiller@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1706
Office: 232 Robison Hall

Academic Support Staff

Shirl Sharpe

Shirl Sharpe, MS
Academic Services Coordinator II for Graduate Program
ssharpe@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1710
Office: 225 Robison

Emma Draluck

Emma Draluck, MPH
Instructor Coordinator for Undergraduate Program
kdraluck@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1687
Office: 223 Robison Hall

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty

	Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS Professor of Biostatistics, Division Director, and PhD Program Coordinator for Biostatistics hzhang6@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4704 Office: 224 Robison Variable Selection, Bayesian Network & clustering, Epigenetic studies
	Debra Bartelli, DrPH Director of Undergraduate Programs, Research Associate Professor of Urban Health dbrtelli@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1395 Office: 233 Robison ACEs, Built Environment, Senior Food Insecurity, WASH, Urban Health
	Chunrong Jia, PhD Professor of Environmental Health and Urban Health cjia@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2655 Office: 337 Robison Air pollution, Exposure Assessment, Environmental disparity, Urban Health
	Yu (Joyce) Jiang, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics yjiang4@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4641 Office: 216 Robison Bayesian methods, statistical genetics & epigenetics, latent variable modeling
	Xichen Mou, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics xmou@memphis.edu 901.678.1491 Office: 218 Robison Group testing, pooled biomarker data analysis, nonparametric regression, repeated measures
	Fawaz Mzayek, MD, PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology fmzayek@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1662 Office: 300 Robison Cardiovascular risk, Smoking, Obesity
	Vikki Nolan, DSc, MPH Assistant Dean, Associate Professor of Epidemiology vgnolan@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1696 Office: 228 Robison Sickle cell, Cancer, Infectious diseases
	Meredith Ray, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics Master Program Coordinator for Biostatistics maray@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.5390 Office: 220 Robison Epigenetics, Bayesian clustering, Lung cancer, fMRI brain data
	Matthew Smeltzer, PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology msmltzer@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.3702 Office: 222 Robison Clinical epi, Lung cancer, Sickle cell, Implementation science
	Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, PhD, MBBS Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Health atitu@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4443 Office: 338 Robison
	Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD, MS Associate Professor of Epidemiology, PhD Program Coordinator for Epidemiology xyu2@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.3433 Office: 305 Robison Big data, Chronic diseases, Health outcomes

Health Systems Management and Policy Division Faculty

	William (Bill) Tuttle, DSc, MHA, LFACHE HSMP Division Director watuttle@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4130 Office: 132 Robison
	Mark Hendricks, MHA Instructor mdhndrck@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2982 Office: 137 Robison
	Wei Lyu, PhD Assistant Professor wlyu@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.3437 Office: 124 Robison
	Courtnee Melton-Fant, PhD Assistant Professor cemelton@memphis.edu 901.678.3361 Office: 130 Robison State and local public policy, racial health inequities, health outcomes

Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty

	Kenneth D. Ward, PhD Professor and Division Director kdward@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1715 Office: 201 Robison Tobacco Control, Smoking Cessation, Chronic disease prevention
	Emma Draluck, MPH Instructor Coordinator for Undergraduate Program kdraluck@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1687 Office: 223 Robison
	Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH Professor and SBS PhD Program Coordinator skkedia@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1433 Office: 205 Robison
	Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, FAND Associate Dean and Professor mlevy@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4514 Office: 230 Robison Interprofessional Education (IPE), Public health practice, Environmental Support for Healthy Lifestyles
	Latrice Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES Associate Professor lcpichon@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1675 Office: 209 Robison HIV prevention, CBPR
	Jennifer Turchi, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor jturchi@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2921 Office: 200 Robison Youth Advocacy, Social and structural inequality; child development and family outcomes, Community collaboration and outreach
	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

Senior Scholars

	Rakesh Kumar, MD Honorary Senior Scholar
	Yonette F. Thomas, PhD Senior Scholar

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