Faculty

Please click on the name for a professional summary of each faculty member.

Current Project Faculty Leaders

Alan Baptist, MD
Instructor of Medicine, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School
abaptist@umich.edu

Randall Brown, MD MPH 
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University
docrbrown@gmail.com

Noreen M. Clark, PhD
Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor
Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
nmclark@umich.edu

Cathleen M Connell, PhD
Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Associate Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
cathleen@umich.edu

Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Co-Associate Director, Program for Research on Black Americans
cleoc@umich.edu

Mary Janevic, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, Health Behavior and Health Education
mjanevic@umich.edu

Nancy K. Janz, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair, Health Behavior and Health Education
Associate Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
nkjanz@umich.edu

Timothy R. Johnson, MD
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children
Chair and Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor, Women's Studies
Research Professor, Center for Human Growth and Development
tbrj@umich.edu

Laurie Lachance, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, Health Behavior and Health Education
Head of Evaluation, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
lauriel@umich.edu

Harvey Leo, MD
Assistant Research Scientist, Health Behavior and Health Education
Adjunct Clinical Associate, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and Attending Physician, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
hleo@umich.edu

Roderick Little, PhD, MSC
Chair and Richard D. Remington Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Professor, Statistics
rlittle@umich.edu

Michelle Meade, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychologist, Medical School
mameade@umich.edu 

Belinda Nelson PhD
Research Investigator, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
belindan@umich.edu

Georgiana Sanders, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Allergy, and Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Co-Director, Asthma and Airways Clinic
gsanders@umich.edu

Peter X.K. Song, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
pxsong@umich.edu

Melissa A. Valerio, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Assistant Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
mvalerio@umich.edu

Center for Managing Chronic Disease Faculty

Claire Duvernoy, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Director, Women's Heart Program
Acting Chief, Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System
duvernoy@umich.edu

Kim Eagle, MD
Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Center
keagle@umich.edu

Martin Hurwitz, MD
martinh@umich.edu

Terence Joiner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Medical Director, Marshall H. Becker Memorial Clinic
tjoiner@umich.edu

Christine Joseph, PhD
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Epidemiology and Health Behavior and Health Education and Associate Director of Research, Institute on Multicultural Health and Senior Research Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Hospital
cjoseph1@hfhs.org

Niko Kaciroti, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development
nicola@umich.edu

Toby Lewis, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences & Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health
tobyl@umich.edu

Jersey Liang, PhD
Professor, Health Management and Policy
Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research; Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies
jliang@umich.edu

Alison Miller, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Assistant Research Professor, Psychology
Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development
allimill@umich.edu

John D. Piette, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
jpiette@umich.edu

John Wheeler, PhD
Professor of Health Management and Policy
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Faculty Associate and Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
jackwhee@umich.edu