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