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

Nirajan Budhathoki, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests:
Statistical Distribution Theory, Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials and Observational Studies, Applied Machine Learning
Statistical Distribution Theory, Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials and Observational Studies, Applied Machine Learning

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

Jamie Joseph, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Causal Inference, Instrumental variables, Text message-based intervention analysis, Quantifying effects of user engagement in trials, Women’s health research

Jin Ju, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology, Transfer/Federated learning, Precision medicine

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

Jamie Roberman, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Social determinants of health, Behavioral health, Bayesian statistical models, Immunology

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)

Hwasoo Shin, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Neurology/Neuroscience, Bayesian Statistics, Spatiotemporal Analysis, Clustering Methods

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