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Epidemiology
Epidemiology & Social Sciences

Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Epidemiology Team

Director of Epidemiology

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Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD

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

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Core Faculty Members

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Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

ranguzu@mcw.edu

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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

kbeyer@mcw.edu

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Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director, Institute for Health & Equity; Director of Community Health; Associate Dean Global Health

lcassidy@mcw.edu

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Matthew Dellinger, PhD

Associate Professor

mdellinger@mcw.edu

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Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD

Professor

jdickson@mcw.edu

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Brian Jackson, MS, EdD

Assistant Professor

brjackson@mcw.edu

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Joseph E. Kerschner, MD

Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine; Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

jkerschner@mcw.edu

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Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Suicide Research and Healing

skohlbeck@mcw.edu

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Constance Kostelac, PhD

Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Data Surveillance and Informatics

ckostelac@mcw.edu

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Mara Lord, PhD, MBA

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer and Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Social Sciences and Global Engagement

mlord@mcw.edu

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Constance Shumba, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Equity, Director, Master of Science Global Health Equity

cshumba@mcw.edu

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Carissa W. Tomas, PhD

Assistant Professor

ctomas@mcw.edu

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Wei Xu, PhD

Assistant Professor

weixu@mcw.edu

Epidemiology Staff Members

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Alenna Beroza, MS

Research Support Specialist

aberoza@mcw.edu

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Kelli Brown, MPH, DrPH

Program Manager

kelbrown@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4105

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Thomas Chelius, MS

Biostatistician

tchelius@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8040

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Elizabeth De Leon

Research Program Coordinator II

edeleon@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8044

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Courtney Jankowski, MPH

Program Manager

cjankowski@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8325

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Lan Jiang, MS

Database Analyst

ljiang@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7515

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Tiffini Lawrence

Research Program Coordinator II

tlawrence@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8366

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Kia Lechleitner

Research Support Specialist

klechleitner@mcw.edu

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Kellie LeGrave, BA

Education Program Coordinator III for the Precision Medicine MS degree and certificate & Public & Community Health PhD programs

klegrave@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4139

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LuLu Liu

Student Worker

lululiu@mcw.edu

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Angela R. Montgomery, BSW

Social Worker

amontgomery@mcw.edu

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Jessica Ohlrich, MPA

Research Coordinator

johlrich@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4124

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Amy Parry, MPH, MPT

Program Manager II

aparry@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4120

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Chelsea Rowley, MLIS

Program Coordinator II

crowley@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8106

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Caitlin Struck

Business Manager

cstruck@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8108

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Charles Vear, MPH

Research Analyst

cvear@mcw.edu

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Victoria Wright, APSW, TIC, SAC-IT

Social Worker 1 BSW

vwright@mcw.edu

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Yiming Zhang

Student Worker

yimzhang@mcw.edu

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Yuhong Zhou, PhD, MS, ME

Research Scientist

yuzhou@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4302

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