MCW Center for Advancing Population Science Faculty
Center Core Faculty Members
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Sanjay Bhandari, MD
Assistant Professor
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Jennifer A. Campbell, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Evelyn C.Y. Chan, MD, MS
Associate Professor
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Aprill Dawson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Yilu "Bill" Dong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine; Inaugural Milwaukee Community Chair in Health Equity Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)
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Laura C. Hawks, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH
Professor
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Sebastian Linde, PhD, MSc, MPhil
Assistant Professor
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Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH
Associate Provost for Research; Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Principal Investigator, CHDS
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Joan Neuner, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
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Mochamad (Muska) M. Nataliansyah, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery; CHDS implementation scientist
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Mukoso Ozieh, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor
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Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP
Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship
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Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD
Professor, Institute for Health & Equity; Executive Director, Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science
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Purushottam W. Laud, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics
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Rodney Sparapani, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
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Rebekah J. Walker, PhD
Associate Professor, GIM Section Chief for Research
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Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH
Professor
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Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
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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
Center Associate & Affiliate Faculty Members
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Lolia Abibo, MD
Assistant Professor; Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Pediatrics; Global Health Pathway Advisor, Pediatrics
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Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Rachel K. Bernard, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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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
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Youngjoo Cho, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health: Biostatistics
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Bradley Crotty, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine; Practice Integration Director, Medical Informatics Liaison, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
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Christopher Stephen Davis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Christopher M. Dodgion, MD, MSPH, MBA
Associate Professor
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Anne Dressel, PhD, CFPH, MLIS, MA
Assistant Professor and Director, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing: Center for Global Health Equity
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Jessica Edelstein
Occupational Therapist, Froedtert Hospital
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Jonathan S. Ellison, MD
Research Vice-Chair, Associate Professor
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Amy H. Farkas, MD, MS
Associate Professor
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Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD
Professor
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Tifany Frazer, MPH
Director, Office of Global Health
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Kaboni Whitney Gondwe, PhD, GH, UCM, RN
Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing: Center for Global Health Equity
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Brian Hilgeman, MD, AAHIVS, FACP
Associate Professor
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Mustafa Hussein, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy, UW-Milwaukee Zilber School of Public Health
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Cynthia Kay, MD, MS
Associate Professor
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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
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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
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Carlos Mendez, MD
Associate Professor
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Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing
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Rachel S. Morris, MD
Assistant Professor
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Qiyan Mu, PhD, RN
Mentor/Advisor Specialist, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
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Anna Palatnik, MD
Associate Professor
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Daniel Pinto, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University
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Cecilia Scholcoff, MD
Associate Professor
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Sakthi Sundararajan, MD
Cardiology Fellow
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AkkeNeel Talsma, PhD, RN, FAAN
W. Schroeder Chair for Nursing Research and Associate Professor, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing
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Adam Neal Wooldridge, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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