MCW Center for Advancing Population Science Faculty
Center Core Faculty Members
 
        Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH
Milwaukee Community Chair in Health Equity Research; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS); Associate Professor with Tenure
 
        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
Associate Professor
 
        
            Yilu "Bill" Dong, PhD
        
            Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
 
        Amy H. Farkas, MD, MS
Associate Professor
 
        Zeno Franco, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Research and Education, Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, RAPID-EM Fellowship Program
 
        Laura C. Hawks, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
 
        Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH
Professor
 
        
            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
 
        Lana M. Minshew, PhD
Adjunct 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 Nwamaka Ozieh, MD
Associate Professor
 
        Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD
Professor and Interim Director, Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Humanity
 
        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 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, FACS
Research Vice-Chair, Associate Professor
 
        Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD
Professor
 
        Tifany Frazer, MPH
Director
 
        
            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
Associate 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
