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91ɫƵ Institute for Health & Equity Directors

The Institute for Health & Equity is comprised of four divisions: Dr. Laura Cassidy is the director of the Institute for Health & Equity as well as the director of the Community Health Division. Dr. Liliana Pezzin is the director of the Epidemiology & Social Sciences Division. Dr. Art Derse is the director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Dr. Christa Wagner is the director of the Center for Sustainability, Health, and the Environment.

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Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director, Institute for Health & Equity; Director of Community Health; 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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Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD

Professor and Interim Director, Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, 91ɫƵ

lpezzin@mcw.edu

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Christa L. Wagner, PhD

Director, Center for Sustainability, Health, and the Environment; Assistant Professor, Division of Community Health

christawagner@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4450

IHE Faculty Members

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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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C. Greer Jordan, PhD

Vice President Anchor Partnerships and CDIO; Assistant Professor, Community Health Division, Institute for Health and Equity

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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Joseph E. Kerschner, MD

Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine; Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

jkerschner@mcw.edu

(414) 266-6486

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Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Suicide Research and Healing

skohlbeck@mcw.edu

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Constance Kostelac, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Data Surveillance and Informatics, Comprehensive Injury Center

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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Garson Leder, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

gleder@mcw.edu

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Mara Lord, PhD, MBA

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer and Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Social Sciences and Global Engagement

mlord@mcw.edu

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John Meurer, MD, MBA

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

jmeurer@mcw.edu

(414) 510-0375

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David Nelson, PhD

Director Master of Public Health, Director Doctor of Public Health, Professor

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Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Community Health

jeolson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8656

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Lisa Sanchez-Johnson, PhD, MS

Professor, Institute for Health & Equity and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; 91ɫƵ Cancer Center Research Scholar Endowed Chair Associate Director for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Office of EDIB

lsanchezjohnsen@mcw.edu

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Theresa Shuck, MS, MA, CGC, LPC

Associate Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program

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Constance Shumba, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Equity, Director, Master of Science Global Health Equity

cshumba@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Christopher Simenz, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Associate Director- Master’s and Doctor of Public Health Programs

csimenz@mcw.edu

(414) 915-3038

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Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Assistant Provost and Director, 91ɫƵ Human Research Protection Program, 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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Ben Weston, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of EMS Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief Health Policy Advisor, Milwaukee County; Chief Medical Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management

beweston@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Staci A. Young, PhD

Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement, School of Medicine; Director, Office of Community Engagement; Professor of Family and Community Medicine; Director, Center for Healthy Communities and Research; Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Center

(414) 955-8868

IHE Staff Members

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Megan Amarbayan, MPP

Project Manager for Chief Health Policy Advisor

mamarbayan@mcw.edu

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Alenna Beroza, MS

Research Support Specialist

aberoza@mcw.edu

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Elizabeth De Leon

Research Program Coordinator II

edeleon@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8044

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Mackenzie Drozdowicz, MS

Education Program Coordinator III

mahoffman@mcw.edu

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Shannon Edminster, MEd

Education Program Coordinator III

sedminster@mcw.edu

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Carlos Galvan

Clinical Research Assistant I

cgalvan@mcw.edu

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Angie Jimenez

Research Program Assistant

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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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Grace Murphy

Program Coordinator II

mgmurphy@mcw.edu

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Kelly Rifelj

Research Grants Coordinator

krifelj@mcw.edu

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Alexandra Skeeter, MD

Program Coordinator II

askeeter@mcw.edu

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Charles Vear, MPH

Research Analyst

cvear@mcw.edu

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Gabrial Williams

Administrative Assistant, Biostatistics

gwilliams@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8800

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Yiming Zhang

Student Worker

yimzhang@mcw.edu