School of Public Health

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health Division

Epidemiology Faculty

Xinhua Yu Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD, MS Associate Professor, Program Coordinator xyu2@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.3433
Office: 305 Robison Big data, Chronic diseases, Health outcomes
James Gurney James G. Gurney, PhD Dean, Professor jggurney@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1673 Office: 236 A Robison Childhood cancer, Pediatric chronic disease, Sickle cell disease
Wilfried Karmaus Wilfried Karmaus, MD, Dr.med., MPH Professor karmaus1@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2491 Office: 301 Robison Epigenetics, Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, Body Mass Index (BMI)
Fawaz Mzayek Fawaz Mzayek, MD, PhD, MPH Associate Professor fmzayek@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1662
Office: 300 Robison Cardiovascular risk, Smoking, Obesity
Vikki Nolan Vikki Nolan, DSc, MPH Assistant Dean, Associate Professor vgnolan@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1696 Office: 228 Robison Sickle cell, Cancer, Infectious diseases
Matthew Smeltzer Matthew Smeltzer, PhD
Assistant Professor msmltzer@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.3702 Office: 222 Robison Clinical epi, Lung cancer, Sickle cell, Implementation science

Biostatistics Faculty

Dr. Zhang Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS
Professor, Division Director, and Program Coordinator
for Biostatistics
hzhang6@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4704 Office: 224 Robison Variable Selection, Bayesian Network & clustering, Epigenetic studies
Yu (Joyce) Jiang Yu (Joyce) Jiang, PhD Assistant Professor yjiang4@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4641
Office: 216 Robison Bayesian methods, statistical genetics & epigenetics, latent variable modeling
Meredith Ray Meredith Ray, PhD Assistant Professor maray@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.5390
Office: 220 Robison Epigenetics, Bayesian clustering, Lung cancer, fMRI brain data
George Relyea George Relyea, MS Associate Professor grelyea@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1716 Office: 226 Robison

Environmental Health Faculty

Chunrong Jia Chunrong Jia, PhD Associate Professor cjia@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2655 Office: 337 Robison Air pollution, Exposure Assessment, Environmental disparity
Pratik Banerjee Pratik Banerjee, PhD, MTech Associate Professor pbnerjee@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.4443
Office: 338 Robison Food safety, molecular epidemiology of food-borne pathogens, food access in metropolitan settings, food regulations and policies
Debra Bartelli Debra Bartelli, DrPH Director of Undergraduate Programs, Research Associate Professor dbrtelli@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1395 Office: 233 Robison ACEs, Built Environment, Senior Food Insecurity, WASH