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MCW Center for Advancing Population Science Faculty

Center Core Faculty Members

Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

Tavinder Ark, PhD

Associate Professor

Sanjay Bhandari, MD

Associate Professor

Evelyn C.Y. Chan, MD, MS, FACP

Associate Professor

Bradley H. Crotty, MD, MPH, FACP, FAMIA

Associate Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

Aprill Dawson, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Yilu "Bill" Dong, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Amy H. Farkas, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Zeno Franco, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Research Training and Education

Laura C. Hawks, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH

Professor

Adina L. Kalet, MD, MPH

Professor (Tenured)

Carlos Mendez, MD

Associate Professor

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH, MACP

Vice Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Associate Provost for Research; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Principal Investigator, CHDS

Joan Neuner, MD, MPH

Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

Lana M. Minshew, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Clinical Sciences Department in the School of Pharmacy

Mochamad (Muska) M. Nataliansyah, MD, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery; CHDS implementation scientist

Mukoso Ozieh, MD, MSCR

Associate Professor

Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD

Professor and Interim Director, Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin

Ann K. Rosenthal, MD, FACP

Associate Dean, Professor

Melek Somai, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine; CHDS computer scientist

Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH

Professor

Tina W. F. Yen, MD, MS, FACS, FSSO

Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology; Co-Director, GEO Shared Resource; Interim Program Leader, MCW Cancer Center Breast Disease-Oriented Team

Duo Yu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Center Faculty Members

Lolia Abibo, MD

Assistant Professor; Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Pediatrics; Global Health Pathway Advisor, Pediatrics

Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

Rachel K. Bernard, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS

Professor, Division of Epidemiology; Director, PhD Program in Public & Community Health; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway; Co-Director, GEO Shared Resource; Adjunct Associate Professor, Geography, UW-Milwaukee

Youngjoo Cho, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health: Biostatistics

Christopher Stephen Davis, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Christopher M. Dodgion, MD, MSPH, MBA

Associate Professor

Anne Dressel, PhD, CFPH, MLIS, MA

Assistant Professor and Director, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing: Center for Global Health Equity

Jessica Edelstein

Occupational Therapist, Froedtert Hospital

Jonathan S. Ellison, MD

Research Vice-Chair, Associate Professor

Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD

Professor

Tifany Frazer, MPH

Director, Office of Global Health

Kaboni Whitney Gondwe, PhD, GH, UCM, RN

Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing: Center for Global Health Equity

Brian Hilgeman, MD, AAHIVS, FACP

Associate Professor

Mustafa Hussein, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy, UW-Milwaukee Zilber School of Public Health

Cynthia Kay, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Peninnah M. Kako, PhD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC

Associate Professor and Director of Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing: Global Health Focal Area

Anai Kothari, MD, MS

Co-Director, Geospatial, Epidemiology and Outcomes Shared Resource (GEOSR)

Amanda L. Kong, MD, MS

Professor, Surgical Oncology; Chief, Section of Breast Surgery

Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing

Rachel S. Morris, MD

Assistant Professor

Qiyan Mu, PhD, RN

Mentor/Advisor Specialist, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

Anna Palatnik, MD

Associate Professor

Daniel Pinto, PT, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University

Cecilia Scholcoff, MD

Associate Professor

AkkeNeel Talsma, PhD, RN, FAAN

W. Schroeder Chair for Nursing Research and Associate Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing

Adam Neal Wooldridge, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Nicholas D. Young, PhD

Assistant Professor

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