School of Public Health
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health Division
Epidemiology Faculty
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Fawaz Mzayek, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
fmzayek@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1662 Office: 300 Robison Cardiovascular risk, Smoking, Obesity |
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Vikki Nolan, DSc, MPH Assistant Dean, Associate Professor vgnolan@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1696 Office: 228 Robison Sickle cell, Cancer, Infectious diseases |
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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
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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 |
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Yu (Joyce) Jiang, PhD
Assistant Professor
yjiang4@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4641 Office: 216 Robison Bayesian methods, statistical genetics & epigenetics, latent variable modeling |
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Meredith Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor
maray@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.5390 Office: 220 Robison Epigenetics, Bayesian clustering, Lung cancer, fMRI brain data |
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George Relyea, MS Associate Professor grelyea@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.1716 Office: 226 Robison |
Environmental Health Faculty
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Chunrong Jia, PhD Associate Professor cjia@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.2655 Office: 337 Robison Air pollution, Exposure Assessment, Environmental disparity |
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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 |
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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 |













