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MCW Institute for Health & Equity Directors

The Institute for Health & Equity is comprised of four divisions: Dr. John Meurer is the director of the Institute for Health & Equity as well as the director of the Community Health Division. Dr. Laura Cassidy is the director of the Epidemiology Division. Dr. Art Derse is the director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Dr. Brent Logan is the director of the Biostatistics Division.

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John Meurer, MD, MBA

Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics; Director of the Institute for Health & Equity

jmeurer@mcw.edu

(414) 510-0375

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Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director of Epidemiology; Associate Dean Global Health

lcassidy@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8546

GHE Course: Epidemiologic Research Methods

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Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP

Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine

aderse@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8498

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Christa L. Wagner, PhD

Founding Center Director, Assistant Professor

christawagner@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4450

IHE Staff Leadership

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Christopher Edwards, BS

IS Project Manager I

cedwards@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8230

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Jennifer Foley

Administrator II

jefoley@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8031

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Caitlin Struck

Business Manager

cstruck@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8108

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Kristen Tym, MA

Program Manager

ktym@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4299

IHE Faculty Members

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Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

ranguzu@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7384

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Paul Auer, PhD

Cancer Center Core Director & Professor

pauer@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8375

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Anjishnu Banerjee, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics

abanerjee@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8358

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Bud Beatty, PhD

Senior Director for Evaluation; Kern National Network for Caring & Character in Medicine; Assistant Professor, Institute for Health and Equity

dbeatty@mcw.edu

(414) 955-2851

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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

(414) 955-7530

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Annie Friedrich, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

afriedrich@mcw.edu

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Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC

Assistant Professor; Program Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program

jgeurts@mcw.edu

(414) 955-5899

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Victor X. Jin, PhD

Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair of Bioinformatics and Data Analytics; Professor, IHE/Biostatistics

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C. Greer Jordan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Institute of Health and Equity; Vice President, Inclusion and Diversity

gjordan@mcw.edu

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Fabrice Jotterand, PhD, MA

Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Director, Graduate Program in Bioethics

fjotterand@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8451

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Constance Kostelac, PhD

Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Data Surveillance and Informatics

ckostelac@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8670

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Jamila Kwarteng, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Community Health

jkwarteng@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4163

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Purushottam W. Laud, PhD

Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

laud@mcw.edu

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Garson Leder, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

gleder@mcw.edu

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Mara Lord, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Social Sciences and Global Engagement; Senior Vice President University Engagement & Strategic Planning

mlord@mcw.edu

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David Nelson, PhD

Professor

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Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Community Health

jeolson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8656

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Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD

Professor, Institute for Health & Equity; Executive Director, Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science

lpezzin@mcw.edu

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Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen, PhD, MS

Associate Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (CCSG)

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Constance Shumba, PhD

Assistant Director, Assistant Professor

cshumba@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

rspellecy@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8763

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Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

rsparapa@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8786

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Aniko Szabo, PhD

Biostatistical Consulting Center Director and Professor

aszabo@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4096

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Ben Weston, MD, MPH

Associate Professor; Associate Fellowship Director, EMS Fellowship

beweston@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Duo Yu, PhD

Assistant Professor

duoyu@mcw.edu

IHE Staff Members

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Kelli Brown, BS, MPH

Education Program Coordinator II for the MS Global Health Equity program

kelbrown@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4105

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McKenna Busse

Financial Assistant II

mbusse@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Bethany Canales, MPH

Statistician

bcanales@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8030

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Lavanya Choppavarapu, PhD

Research Scientist I

choppavarapu@mcw.edu

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Farheen Chunara

Biostatistician I

fchunara@mcw.edu

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Sarah Curry-Link, MEd

Program Manager I

scurry@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4527

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Elizabeth De Leon

Research Program Coordinator I

edeleon@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8044

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Mackenzie Drozdowicz

Education Program Coordinator II

mahoffman@mcw.edu

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Shannon Edminster, MEd

Education Program Coordinator III

sedminster@mcw.edu

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Justine Espisito

Research Coordinator II

jespisito@mcw.edu

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Kun Fang

Postdoctoral Fellow

kfang@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Manzur Rahman Farazi, PhD

Statistical Research Scientist II

mfarazi@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Jacqueline Guzman

Postdoctoral Fellow

jguzman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-6040

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Courtney Jankowski, MPH

Program Manager

cjankowski@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8325

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Simran Kaur, MBBS

Programmer Analyst I

ssethi@mcw.edu

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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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Tianxiang Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow

tiliu@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Xiaolong Ma

Bioinformatics Analyst I

xima@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 I

aparry@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4120

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Kelly Rifelj

Research Grants Coordinator

krifelj@mcw.edu

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Irma G. Rodas

Clinical Research Coordinator I

irodas@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Chelsea Rowley, MLIS

Program Coordinator I

crowley@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8106

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Charles Vear, MPH

Research Analyst

cvear@mcw.edu

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Jennifer Ward

Research Program Coordinator III

jward@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7439

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Gabrial Williams

Administrative Assistant

gwilliams@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Victoria Wright

Social Worker 1 BSW

vwright@mcw.edu

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Yushan Yang

Biostatistician I

yushanyang@mcw.edu

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Yiming Zhang

Student Worker

yimzhang@mcw.edu