Research

Center for MCHEER

Director: Dr. Chunrong Jia
Contact: cjia@memphis.edu
The center for Memphis Climate Health Environment Equity Research serves as an infrastructure to expand collaboration, build capacity, and engage communities to conduct cross-disciplinary and translational research addressing complex health impacts from climate change and environmental pollution on vulnerable populations in the Greater Memphis Area and beyond.

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Center for PH-IDEAS

Director: Dr. Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro
Contact: ph-ideas@memphis.edu
Bring together a multidisciplinary team with a wide range of expertise in public health research, practice, health informatics and data analysts, policymakers and evaluation experts along with co-participation of the community-based organizations.

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Center for PHIO

Director: Dr. Ashish Joshi
Contact: sphdean@memphis.edu
An international Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the University of Memphis School of Public Health and the College of Public Health and Health Informatics at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (CPHHI-KSAU-HS) in Saudi Arabia. This agreement establishes a first-of-its-kind collaborative center: the “Center for Population Health Interventions and Outcomes”.

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Center for RAIPH

Director: Dr. Ricky Leung
Contact: craiph@memphis.edu
The Center for Responsible AI in Public Health at the University of Memphis is an interdisciplinary center housed within the School of Public Health. CRAIPH is a research and training infrastructure to promote the responsible and transparent use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in public health. We support applied AI research, educational programs, and collaborations that address real-world challenges, particularly those affecting under-resourced communities.

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AIHR Lab

Director: Dr. Ricky Leung
Contact: aihr@memphis.edu
As part of the university’s broader investment in AI and health—including the Center for Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Public Health and the “AI for All” academic programs—the Lab addresses critical challenges across multiple domains. While initially focused on substance use disorder, its scope includes maternal and child health, aging, nutrition, mental health, food, disease prevention, and preventive health.

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CSW Lab

Director: Dr. Alex Parkhouse
Contact: alex.Parkhouse@memphis.edu
The inspiration for the Community Stress and Well-being Lab was driven by a timely need and place for mental health in a public health setting. As one of the first labs to be housed in the School of Public Health, the lab was created to improve outcomes to stress and mental health throughout the Midsouth, train graduate researchers, contribute to the School of Public Health CARES mission, and further increase the visibility and outreach of the School and the University. 

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EH Lab

Director: Dr. Chunrong Jia
Contact: cjia@memphis.edu
The Environmental Health Laboratory (EH Lab) in the School of Public Health is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for environmental health research and training. The Lab has three major components that serve sampling and analysis for a wide range of physical, chemical and biological agents in the environment.

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PHD Lab

Director: Dr. Ashish Joshi
Contact: sphdean@memphis.edu
The Public Health Diplomacy lab at the School of Public Health — the first of its kind in the country — will focus on concepts and theories that can be applied at the intersection of international relations, global health and policy towards attaining Sustainable Development Goals through the understanding of broad stakeholder engagement, consensus building, negotiations and outcomes. 

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