School of Public Health
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@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1673
Office: 236 A Robison

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

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

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

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

Emma Draluck, MPH
Instructor Coordinator for Undergraduate Program
kdraluck@memphis.edu
Phone: 901.678.1687
Office: 223 Robison Hall
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Faculty
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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 |
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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 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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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 |
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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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William (Bill) Tuttle, DSc, MHA, LFACHE HSMP Division Director watuttle@memphis.edu Phone: 901.678.4130 Office: 132 Robison |
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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 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 Instructor Coordinator for Undergraduate Program 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
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 |
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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 |
Senior Scholars
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Rakesh Kumar, MD Honorary Senior Scholar |
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Yonette F. Thomas, PhD Senior Scholar |





















