School of Public Health
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School of Public Health
sphadmin@memphis.edu
901.678.1706
232 Robison Hall
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Administrative Support Staff
Academic Support Staff
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Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty
Health Systems Management and Policy Faculty
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty
Affiliate, Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty
Dean's Office
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Ashish Joshi, Ph.D., MBBS, MPH Dean and Distinguished University Professor ashish.joshi@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1673 Office: 236 Robison |
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Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, FAND Associate Dean and Professor mlevy@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-4514 Office: 230 Robison |
Administrative Support Staff
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Deanna McMillian Business Officer dmcmilln@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-3316 Office: 236 C Robison |
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Meghan Taylor, PhD Pre-Award Coordinator mbmadows@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-4501 Office: 208 Robison |
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Katherine Shorter, MPH Administrative Associate kcmiller@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1706 Office: 232 Robison |
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Annette Brown-Rhodes Administrative Support abrown3@memphis.edu Office: 133 Robison |
Academic Support Staff
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Shirl Sharpe, MS Academic Services Coordinator II for Graduate Program ssharpe@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1710 Office: 225 Robison |
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Emma Draluck, MPH, CHES Assistant Professor of Teaching/Undergraduate Advisor kdraluck@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1687 Office: 223 Robison |
Recruitment and Admissions
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Briana McNeil, M.Ed Coordinator, Recruitment and Admissions sphadmissions@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-2675 Office: 116 Robison |
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Communications
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Ryan Wigginton Communications rdwggntn@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-3740 Office: 232 Robison |
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Jennifer Christian Digital Marketing Associate jlmason@memphis.edu Office: 133 Robison |
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty
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Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS Professor of Biostatistics, EBE Division Director, PhD Program Coordinator for Biostatistics, and HSMP Interim Division Director hzhang6@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-4704 Office: 224 Robison Variable Selection, Bayesian Network & clustering, Epigenetic studies |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Xichen Mou, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics xmou@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1491 Office: 218 Robison Group testing, pooled biomarker data analysis, nonparametric regression, repeated measures |
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Fawaz Mzayek, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
fmzayek@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1662 Office: 300 Robison Cardiovascular risk, Smoking, Obesity |
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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 |
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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 |
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Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, PhD, MBBS Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Health atitu@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-4443 Office: 338 Robison |
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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
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Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS Professor of Biostatistics, EBE Division Director, PhD Program Coordinator for Biostatistics, and HSMP Interim Division Director hzhang6@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-4704 Office: 224 Robison Variable Selection, Bayesian Network & clustering, Epigenetic studies |
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Mark Hendricks, MHA Instructor mdhndrck@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-2982 Office: 137 Robison |
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Wei Lyu, PhD Assistant Professor wlyu@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-3437 Office: 124 Robison |
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Courtnee Melton-Fant, PhD Assistant Professor cemelton@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-3361 Office: 130 Robison State and local public policy, racial health inequities, health outcomes |
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty
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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 |
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Emma Draluck, MPH Assistant Professor of Teaching/Undergraduate Advisor kdraluck@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1687 Office: 223 Robison |
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Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH Professor and SBS PhD Program Coordinator skkedia@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1433 Office: 205 Robison |
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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 |
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Latrice Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES
Associate Professor
lcpichon@memphis.edu Phone: (901) 678-1675 Office: 209 Robison HIV prevention, CBPR |
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Jennifer Turchi, PhD
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 |
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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 |





























