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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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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, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

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Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

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Rebekah J. Walker, PhD

Associate Professor, GIM Section Chief for Research

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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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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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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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Nicholas D. Young, PhD

Assistant Professor