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List of Professors

Name Years at Michigansort icon Position

Thomas Francis

1941 - 1969
Henry Sewall University Professor of Epidemiology
Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

Richard Janvier Porter

1941 - 1978
Professor of Protozoology

Elizabeth Marcena Dusseau

1942 - 1978
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Jonas Edward Salk

1942 - 1947
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Fellow in Medical Science of the National Research Council

Gordon Campbell Brown

1942 - 1975
Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine

Wilbur W. Ackermann

1949 - 1985
Professor of Epidemiology

Fred M. Davenport

1949 - 1977
Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine

Albert Vincent Hennessy

1951 - 1984
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Professor of Epidemiology.

Robert J. M. Horton

1951 - 1961
Professor of Epidemiology

Pearl Luelle Kendrick

1951 - 1960
Lecturer in Epidemiology

Kenneth W. Cochran

1952 - 1989
Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Byron S.
 Berlin

1954 - 1967
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Hunein F. Maassab

1956 - 2002
Professor of Epidemiology

Frederick
 H. Epstein

1957 - 1973
Professor of Epidemiology

Francis E. Payne

1958 - 1980
Professor of Epidemiology

Millicent W. (Payne) Higgins

1959 - 1985
Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine

Robin Barlow

1961 - 2000
Professor of Epidemiology

Walter E. Ruch

1962 - 1968
Lecturer and Research Associate in Epidemiology

Edward A. Eckert

1964 - 1983
Professor of Epidemiology

Ernest Harburg

1964 - 1991
Research Scientist of Epidemiology and Psychology

Arnold S. Monto

1965 - 2021
Professor of Epidemiology and Gobal Public Health

Ian T. T. Higgin

1967 - 1985
Professor of Epidemiology, Environmental and Industrial Health

F. Robert Fekety Jr

1967 - 1995
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology

Mara Julius

1970 - 1993
Assistant Research Scientist

Bruce Friedman

1973 - 2006
Professor of Pathology

Brian A. Burt

1974 - 2005
Professor of Dental Public Health

Friedrich K. Port

1974 - 2002
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology

Lawrence B. Brilliant

1977 - 1988
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Rosemarie Haag Rowney

1977 - 1981
2002 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Nursing 1977-1981
Clinical Instructor of Nursing & Epidemiology 2002-2008

Victor M. Hawthorne

1978 - 1991
Professor of Epidemiology

Richard Evan Isaacson

1978 - 1983
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Stanley A. Schwartz

1978 - 1992
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and Microbiology – Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology - Public Health

James S. Koopman

1978 - 2015
Professor of Epidemioogy

James S. House

1978 - 2014
Professor of Sociology
Research Scientist in Epidemiology
Professor of Public Policy

Stephen A. Eklund

1979 - 2004
Professor of Dental Public Health
Professor in Service, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences & Endodontics

Halley S. Faust

1979 - 1981
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Practice

Gene I. Higashi

1979 - 1991
Professor of Epidemiology

F. DeWolfe Miller

1979 - 1983
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Industrial Health and Epidemiology

Thomas Jack Schnitzer

1979 - 1985
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Patricia A. Peyser

1979 - 2020
Professor of Epidemiology

Dennis R. Schaberg

1980 - 1993
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Kazim Sheikh

1981
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Janet Reed Gilsdorf

1982 - 2015
Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases
Research Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases
Professor of Epidemiology

Jill G. Joseph

1983
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

David Steinmuller

1984 - 1988
Professor of Immunobiology in Department of Surgery
Professor of Epidemiology

June E. Osborn

1984 - 1996
Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Dean of the School of Public Health

Mark C. Steinhoff

1984 - 1986
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases – Public Health
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases - Medicine

Carl F. Marrs

1985 - 2020
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

David Shottenfeld

1986 - 2004
John G. Searle Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine
Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

David Schottenfeld

1986 - 2004
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology

Ruth E. Little

1987 - 1991
Professor of Epidemiology

MaryFran R Sowers

1987 - 2011
John G Serle Professor of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Internal Medicine & Obstetrics

David Hay Garabrant

1988 - 2007
Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Profesor of Internal Medicine

Michael W. Shaw

1988 - 1993
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Sherman A. James

1989 - 2003
Chair & Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture & Health

Mack T. Ruffin IV

1990 - 2016
Professor of Family Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology

Steven R. Meshnick

1991 - 2001
Professor of Epidemiology

Carol E. Chenoweth

1991 - 2022
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine & Epidemiology

David R. Williams

1992 - 2013
Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology
Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology

Lori J. Mosca

1992 - 2000
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology – Public Health

Siobán D. Harlow

1992 - 2021
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor of Epidemiology & Global Public Health

George W Taylor

1993 - 2011
Professor of Dentistry
Professor of Epidemiology

Lawrence F. Bielak

1993 - 2020
Associate Research Scientist
Associate Research Scientist Emeritus

Rosemary A. Rochford

1995 - 2003
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Elizabeth H. Bates

1996
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

George A. Kaplan

1997
Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology
Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

Mark L. Wilson

1997 - 2018
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

John W. Lynch

1999 - 2005
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Mary N. Haan

2000 - 2009
Professor of Epidemiology

Carlos Santos-Burgoa

2000 - 2001
Professor of Epidemiology

Christine A. Erdmann

2003 - 2009
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Allison Elizabeth Aiello

2003 - 2014
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Amr S. Soliman

2003 - 2012
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Medical Education

Ana V Diez Roux

2003 - 2014
Professor of Epidemiology
Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, ISR

Hal Morgenstern

2003 - 2016
Professor of Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences
Professor of Urology
Chair of Epidemiology 2003-2008

Yan Sun

2004 - 2011
Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Diya Patel

2004 - 2010
Research Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Adjunct Lecturer & Research Investigator Epidemiology

Sonja R. Gerrard

2004 - 2010
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Katherine Joann Hoggatt

2006 - 2010
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Robert M. Chamberlain

2009 - 2013
Research Professor of Epidemiology

Erik McCullough Volz

2009 - 2013
Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Pejman Rohani

2009 - 2015
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Complex Systems
Professor of Epidemiology