Public Health Sciences Faculty
The Henry Ford Public Health Sciences Faculty is comprised of researchers each of whom do their part to ensure excellence in research.
Christine Cole Johnson, PhD, MPH
Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests:
Early life exposures, Microbiome, Asthma
Early life exposures, Microbiome, Asthma
Eric Adjei Boakye, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: HPV vaccination, Patient-reported outcomes, Health disparities/Social determinants of health, Cancer survivor's psychosocial outcomes improvements
Indra Adrianto, PhD
Associate Scientist, Bioinformatics
Research Interests: Multiomics approaches for disease risk prediction, Single-immune cell transcriptomics and epigenomics, Predictive modeling of patient outcomes
Gwen Alexander, PhD
Assistant Scientist,
Health Behavior
Health Behavior
Research Interests: Behavior change interventions, Cancer communication, Survey design, Program evaluation
Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, PhD
Senior Scientist,
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Research Interests: Developmental origins of health and disease, Cardiovascular and renal disease, Racial disparities
Andrew Bossick, PhD, MPH
Assistant Scientist, Health Services Research
Research Interests: Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Women’s Health
George Divine, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests:
The Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, Sample size estimation
The Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, Sample size estimation
Sunita Ghosh, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology, Statistical design and analysis for clinical trials, Predictive analysis, Prognostic study design and analysis, Longitudinal and Missing data analysis
Christine Joseph, PhD
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Adolescent health, Asthma and Allergy, Comparative effectiveness, Health disparities/Social determinants of health
Albert Levin, PhD
Vice- Chair, Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Genetic-epidemiological study design, Statistical methods for disease gene mapping, DNA analysis of copy number & gene expression data
Mei Lu, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests:
Clinical trial DCC management, Comparative effectiveness statistical methods, Risk-model design and validation, Chronic hepatitis
Clinical trial DCC management, Comparative effectiveness statistical methods, Risk-model design and validation, Chronic hepatitis
Christine Neslund-Dudas, PhD
Associate Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests:
Cancer epidemiology, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer & Lung Cancer Screening, Cancer disparities
Cancer epidemiology, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer & Lung Cancer Screening, Cancer disparities
Cathy Peltz, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Research Interests: Patient-Centered Research, Precision Medicine Research
Laila Poisson, PhD
Vice-Chair, Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Disease progression, Molecular marker identification, Statistical and study design education
Benjamin Rybicki, PhD
Vice-Chair, Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Prostate Cancer Biomarkers, Sarcoidosis Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology Methods, Case-control studies
Sara Santarossa, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Research Interests: Patient-Centered Research, qualitative and mixed-methods design, digital technologies, knowledge translation and exchange
Lonni Schultz, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Neurology, Neurosurgery, MSSIC (MI Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative)
Byran Smucker, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Experimental design, High-throughput screening, Applied predictive modeling
Jennifer Straughen, PhD
Associate Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Perinatal epidemiology, Developmental origins of health and disease, Placental function, Neurodevelopment
Laura Susick, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Breast cancer, Health outcomes, Research development
Menghua Tao, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology, Nutrition epidemiology, Health disparity, Clinical care research
Wan-Ting Su, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Medical Informatics
Research Interests: EHR Data-driven Risk Predictive Modeling of Health Outcomes, Women's Health, Cancer Informatics, Natural Language Processing
Ivana A. Vaughn, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Gerontology, Health Services Research and Economic Evaluation, Pharmacoepidemiology and Health Outcomes Research, Implementation Science
Ganesa Wegienka, PhD
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Women’s Health, Children’s Health, Clinical Care Research
Kim Woodcroft, PhD
Associate Scientist,
Lab Science
Lab Science
Research Interests: Childhood immune development, Immune markers of disease, Biospecimen collection and processing methodology