Faculty & Administration

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Welcome to the Department of Public Health Sciences website. Our departmental mission describes our unique role in leadership and collaboration in research and education in the School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, and the community at large. PHS faculty provide leadership and collaborate on a wide range of clinical and population health research ranging from clinical trials, clinical outcomes and comparative effectiveness research to population health & prevention, and health policy and health equity research. The Faculty and Staff Directory provides links to information about each faculty and staff member.

Faculty & Staff

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Al Manir, M. Sadnan	Research Scientist	ma3xy@virginia.edu
Anderson, Roger	Professor	ra2ee@virginia.edu	434-982-2480
Balkrishnan, Rajesh	Professor	rb9ap@virginia.edu	434-243-7022
Bernheim, Ruth	William Hobson Professor	rg3r@virginia.edu	434-243-7340
Bolmey, Armando L.	Lecturer, Executive Director	alb9b@virginia.edu	434-924-8513
Bousquet, Christina B.	Director of Administration	cbb9r@virginia.edu	434-982-6829
Brighton, David Stewart	Staff Biostatistician	gca6xx@virginia.edu
Brock, Donna Jean	Research Program Director	dpb2n@virginia.edu	434-962-5870
Brookman, Tracey	Director of Academic Programs and Registrar	tlc5q@virginia.edu	434-924-8646
Camacho, T. Fabian	Senior Biostatistician	tfc2r@virginia.edu	434-924-1687
Chen, Donna	Professor	dtc6k@virginia.edu	434-243-5804
Chen, Mu-Hsun Theresa	Biostatistician	kka2sn@virginia.edu
Chen, Wei-Min	Associate Professor	twc8q@virginia.edu	434-924-8298
Chernyavskiy, Pavel	Assistant Professor	pchern@virginia.edu
Clark, Timothy W.	Associate Professor	twc8q@virginia.edu	434-982-3288
Cohn, Wendy F	Professor	wfc2r@virginia.edu	434-924-8565
Colvin, Christopher	Professor	cjc5r@virginia.edu	434-924-0496
Comeau, Maggie	Senior Administrative Assistant	mc7cs@virginia.edu	434-297-8728
Conaway, Mark	Professor & Associate Chair for Faculty Development	mrc6j@virginia.edu	434-924-8510
Copeland, Carol	Principal Scientist	cc9pa@virginia.edu
Davis, Kenny	Student Affairs Assistant Director	tet3uc@virginia.edu
Day, Kelsey	Postdoctoral Research Associate	krd4c@virginia.edu	(434) 297-7999
Dean-McKinney, Melissa	Grants and Contracts Administrator	mdd3a@virginia.edu	434-924-2074
Detmer, Don E.	Professor	ded2x@virginia.edu	434-924-0198
Eby, Jean	Assistant Professor	jmg5b@virginia.edu	434-243-4953
Engelhard, Carolyn L.	Lecturer & Professor Emeritus	cle6z@virginia.edu	434-982-6744
Farber, Charles	Professor & Director of Center for Public Health Genomics	crf2s@virginia.edu	434-243-8584
Foreman, Breanna	Research Program Specialist	zvg5up@virginia.edu	757-779-3282
Ghosal, Soutik	Assistant Professor	soutik.ghosal@virginia.edu	434-924-8222
Glasgow, Trevin, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	mdx4ps@virginia.edu	434-924-1687
Gurka, Matthew J., Ph.D.	Department Chair and Professor	mjg3p@virginia.edu	434-924-8430
Hagiwara, Nao	Professor	nh6ty@virginia.edu	434-924-8784
Halbert, Jennifer	Research Specialist Intermediate	jph2j@virginia.edu	434-924-1936
Hornsby, Paige	Associate Professor	pph8c@virginia.edu	434-924-8638
Horton, Bethany	Associate Professor	bjh8f@virginia.edu	434-243-7236
Hu, Xin	Assistant Professor	grg3dw@uvahealth.org
James, Susan	Director, Budget & Financial Affairs	sej7k@virginia.edu	434-924-8539
Jin, Ruyun (Rachel), M.D., M.C.R.	Senior Staff Biostatistician	jhp8jc@virginia.edu
Jones, Marieke K., PhD	Staff Biostatistician	mkj3c@virginia.edu	434-924-5464
Keene, Keith L.	Professor and Director of Center for Health Equity & Precision Public Health	klk4a@virginia.edu	434-243-5395
Kelly Smith, Kelsie D.	Assistant Professor, PHS, and Associate Dean, Office of African-American Affairs	kdk5eq@virginia.edu	434-297-4659
Kinchen, Wes	Research Specialist, Intermediate	weskinchen@virginia.edu
Kirkpatrick, Brittany McCormick	Research Scientist	bam6vk@virginia.edu	540-251-3175
Klesges, Robert C.	Professor	rck2n@virginia.edu	901-283-6074
Krukowski, Becca	Professor	bkrukowski@virginia.edu
Kundu, Debamita	Research Assistant Professor	debamita.kundu@virginia.edu
Levinson, Maxwell	Software Engineer 2	mal8ch@virginia.edu	434-924-8836
Little, Melissa	Associate Professor	mal7uj@virginia.edu	901-292-3813
Lobo, Jennifer Mason	Associate Professor	jem4yb@virginia.edu	434-924-2813
Lyman, Jason	Associate Professor & Director of Biomedical Informatics	jl3de@virginia.edu	434-924-8240
Lyons, Genevieve	Senior Staff Biostatistician	grl2b@virginia.edu	434-297-4660
Ma, Jennie	Professor	jzm4h@virginia.edu	434-243-5778
Mallawaarachchi, Indika	Staff Biostatistician	im2wz@virginia.edu	434-243-2576
Manichaikul, Ani	Associate Professor	am3xa@virginia.edu	434-982-1612
Marshall, Mary Faith	Professor	mfm@virginia.edu	434-924-5695
Mesner, Larry	Assistant Professor	ldm2v@virginia.edu	434-243-5946
Miller, Clint	Associate Professor	cm6bt@virginia.edu	434-982-0502
Moore, Priscilla	Grants & Contracts Administrator	spk8ug@virginia.edu
Mychaleckyj, Joe	Professor	jcm6t@virginia.edu	434-982-1107
Nayak, Uma	Assistant Professor	un8x@virginia.edu	434-982-3749
Novicoff, Wendy	Professor	wmn2v@virginia.edu	434-924-9914
Odom, Charlotte B.	Administrative Generalist	cbo9f@virginia.edu	434-924-8653
Oliver, M. Norman	Professor	mno3p@uvahealth.org
Onengut-Gumuscu, Suna	Associate Professor	so4g@virginia.edu	434-982-0366
Pannone, Aaron	Associate Professor	afp2n@virginia.edu	434-924-9032
Patel, Rahul	Research Specialist	rp2nq@virginia.edu	434-924-1000
Patrie, James T	Senior Staff Biostatistician	jp4h@virginia.edu	434-924-8576
Petroni, Gina	Professor & Director of Translational Research & Applied Statistics	grp4c@virginia.edu	434-924-8363
Pilehvari, Asal, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	ap4tq@virginia.edu
Platig, John H.	Assistant Professor of PHS, Center for Public Health Genomics	kyk5kp@virginia.edu
Porter, Kathleen J.	Associate Professor of Research	kjporter@virginia.edu	434-270-6599
Quissell, Kathryn	Assistant Professor	kq4ue@virginia.edu	434-297-5427
Ratan, Aakrosh	Associate Professor	ar7jq@virginia.edu	434-982-6583
Ratcliffe, Sarah J.	Professor, Vice Chair, & Director of Biostatistics	sjr7pc@virginia.edu	434-924-8649
Reid, Annie L,	Research Specialist Senior	aml8ap@virginia.edu	540-251-3175
Rich, Stephen	Professor	ssr4n@virginia.edu	434-243-7356
Sheffield, Nathan	Associate Professor, CPHG	ns5bc@virginia.edu	434-924-8278
Shen, Jie	Assistant Professor	cua9zd@virginia.edu
Shen, Shiyi	Staff Biostatistician	zjn4fm@virginia.edu
Shepherd, Lois	Professor	lls4b@virginia.edu	434-982-3970
Shifflett, Stephanie	Finance Generalist	ss2bj@virginia.edu
Smolkin, Mark	Senior Staff Biostatistician	mes6r@virginia.edu	434-982-1032
Talcott, G. Wayne	Professor	gwt3a@virginia.edu	210-292-4739
Taylor, Marquita	Assistant Professor and Associate Director for Diversity, Education and Inclusion in the Cancer Center	ksm3rt@virginia.edu
Valdez, Rupa	Associate Professor	rsv9d@virginia.edu	434-982-2510
Walters, Hannah	Research Specialist	zuz8pa@virginia.edu	540-818-3259
Wanchek, Tanya	Associate Professor	tnw4j@virginia.edu
Wang, Xin-Qun	Senior Staff Biostatistician	xw9r@virginia.edu	434-924-8519
Wells, Kristen	Assistant Professor	kw2fm@virginia.edu	434-924-8520
Wibberly, Katharine Hsu	Associate Professor of Research	khw2k@virginia.edu	434-906-4960
Wiseman, Kara P.	Assistant Professor	kps9h@virginia.edu	434-243-8126
Woolfolk, Bill	Computer Systems Engineer	wdw7m@virginia.edu	434-924-8276
Yan, Guofen	Professor	gy4g@virginia.edu	434-982-6422
Yang, Yaohua	Assistant Professor and Microbiome and Cancer Epidemiology Research Program (Macer), Scientific Leader	vta8we@virginia.edu
You, Wen	Professor	wenyou@virginia.edu
Yu, Wei	Clinical Data System Developer	wy8n@virginia.edu	434-243-5794
Zelle, Heather	Associate Professor of Research	hz3j@virginia.edu	434-924-8321
Zang, Chongzhi	Associate Professor	cz3d@virginia.edu	434-243-5397
Zhao, Hua	Professor	qqx7mw@virginia.edu
Zhu, Hong	Professor and Director, Cancer Center Biostatistics Core	wkf3wh@virginia.edu
Zoellner, Jamie	Professor	jz9q@virginia.edu	434-962-4488