School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine















 


Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Faculty

Ager, Joel, Ph.D.

Ager, Joel, Ph.D.


Title

Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-9185
Email: jager@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role

During my career at WSU, I have served as PI on four NIH grants in the area of family planning service provision and as Co-PI on numerous other grants including several in the area of effects of fetal toxic substance exposure on child development. Currently my main methodological interests are in specification of control variables in regression analyses and in development of non-parametric analogues to Analysis of Variance.

Albrecht, Terrance, Ph.D.


 


Title

Professor

Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology

Phone: (313) 966-7335
Email: albrecht@karmanos.org


Department Role
As a faculty member since April, 2003, my departmental role is to serve as a source of expertise in public health communication, physician-patient-family interaction and behavioral oncology and disparities research.
Arnetz, Bengt, MD, PhD, MPH, MScEpi

 Arnetz, Bengt, MD, PhD, MPH, MScEpi


Title

Professor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577-6858
Email: barnetz@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
Based on my broad training in public health, organizational health and occupational and environmental medicine, I am engaged in research in the areas of stress medicine, wireless technologies and health, and sustained performance.
Arnetz, Judy E., PhD, MPH, PT

Arnetz, Judy E., PhD, MPH, PT


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577-2015
Email: jarnetz@med.wayne.edu



Department Role
My role in the department is to contribute to research and education in survey design and instrument validation, work-related violence, quality of care, and the design and implementation of workplace-based intervention studies.
Bassett, David B.Sc. (LON), Ph.D.

Bassett, David B.Sc. (LON), Ph.D.


Title

Professor

Area
MPH Program

Phone: (313) 577-1424
Email: dbassett@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I am the Graduate Student Officer of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program and the graduate program coordinator, with responsibilities for the occupational and environmental health MS degree and the MPH degree subspecialties. My departmental roles include developing multi-disciplinary problem-based didactic and practicum courses and establishing and evaluating mechanisms for assessing competence-based educational outcomes.

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Binienda, Juliann, Ph.D.

Binienda, Juliann, Ph.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone: (313) 577-5987
Email: jbinien@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
In the Family Medicine residency program, I implement curricula related to psychosocial healthcare, direct an integrated family medicine rotation, and direct the resident well-being program. In the Undergraduate Medical Education program, I provide curricular development in the family medicine clerkship, coordinate the Year III hospice site visit program, and teach interpersonal violence assessment and other behavioral science topics.

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Blessman, James, MD, MPH

Blessman, James, MD, MPH


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 224-9154
Email: jambles@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
As a member of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, much of my time is spent serving as the Medical Director for Detroit City Employees. I address occupational safety and health issues for municipal workers, with an emphasis on police officers and firefighters.
Bridge, Patrick, Ph.D.

Bridge, Patrick, Ph.D.


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone: (313) 577-5076
Email: pbridge@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
My contribution has been directed at educating and consulting with faculty and staff in the department and in the Behavioral Field Research Core of the Karmanos Cancer Institute, as well as with personnel in the Office of Academic and Student Programs. I serve as the School of Medicine’s Assistant Dean for Evaluation, Student Information & Education Research. .

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Campbell-Voytal, Kim Ph.D.

Campbell-Voytal, Kim Ph.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-9454
Email: kvoytal@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role

As a medical anthropologist and an applied researcher, I contribute to research and education regarding the translation of effective health promotion and disease prevention practices in diverse urban settings and populations. I am responsible for teaching FPH 7320 Psychosocial Aspects of Health and Health Care.

 

Cline, Rebecca J., Ph.D

 Cline, Rebecca J., Ph.D


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology

Phone: (313) 576-8703
Email: cliner@karmanos.org


Department Role
My expertise is in health communication. I specialize in communication and behavioral aspects of cancer and chronic disease, interpersonal communication in health care, the roles of everyday communication in health and health behavior (e.g., peer, family, community, popular culture), and the complex challenges of analyzing how populations interpret and respond to health messages (planned and unplanned), and designing effective health messages.

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Coumarbatch, Jira., M.D.

Coumarbatch, Jira., M.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone: (313) 577-8867
Email: jcoumarb@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as Director for the Family Medicine Clerkship, developing and implementing this program as well as delivering didactic lessons. In addition, I serve as a small group instructor for the School of Medicine Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. I also provide primary health care to patients in our Family Medicine outpatient clinic and inpatient Family Medicine service.

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Crawford-Johnson, Tywanda, M.D.

Coumarbatch, Jira., M.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone:(248) 453-0171
Email:tcrawfor@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as a clinician/educator in the WSU Family Medicine Residency Program.  As an educator, I teach and supervise family medicine residents and medical students in both the inpatient and ambulatory milieu.  I am also involved in the direct care of the obstetrical patient in our Rochester Family Medicine Center.  I instruct residents in caring for the obstetrical patient through regular didactic sessions and hands on training while in both the Family Medicine Center and on the Labor and Delivery Unit at Crittenton Hospital.  I am also involved in scholarly projects and also advise residents with their projects.

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Gallagher, Richard, Ph.D.

Gallagher, Richard, Ph.D.


Title

Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone: (313) 577-6861
Email: rgallagh@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I serve as a Professor and Director of the Division of Medical Education. The Division of Medical Education provides professional medical educational expertise in the areas of curriculum development, instructional skill development, learner assessment and program evaluation. I have a long-time personal and professional interest in the areas of cancer education and cancer control.  I have an Adjunct Scientist appointment with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute where I serve as a co-investigator on a National Cancer Institute funded Community Network Program to address cancer prevention and early detection of cancer in elderly, underserved African Americans in southeast Michigan. I also serve as a member of the Core Faculty of the department’s MPH program.
Gleason-Comstock, Julie, Ph.D., CHES
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Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-9143
Email:jgleason@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I am a public health researcher and educator with a joint appointment in Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Center for Urban Studies in the Office of the Provost. As an applied researcher and Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), I focus on translational research in urban health disparities and public health education.  My work emphasizes public health practice and communicable disease control (e.g., HIV/AIDS) and community and international health promotion (e.g., tobacco and smoking).  I advise graduate MPH students.

González, Hector, M. Ph.D.

González, Hector, M. Ph.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-2297
Email: hmgonzalez@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I am a clinical neuropsychologist with a joint appointment in Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Institute of Gerontology. My research interests are in neuroepidemiology, including psychiatric epidemiology.

Graff, John, PhD, MS

Graff, John, PhD, MS


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: 313-578-4205
Email: jgraff@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
John Graff is an assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Chief of Cancer Surveillance Research at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. His research interests include cancer registry based investigations of mesothelioma, breast and oral cancers, and investigations of exposure to occupational and environmental asbestos.   Dr. Graff's current work as a coinvestigator in the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-related Cancers includes a population-based characterization of mesothelioma in metropolitan Detroit and a pilot study of vermiculite attic insulation exposures in relation to asbestos-related disease.  

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Gutai, James, M.D.
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Gutai, James, M.D.


Title

Professor

Area

Phone: (313) 577-1033
Email: jpgutai@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role

I am a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences. I was previously in the Department of Community Medicine where I was responsible for the Outstate Outreach Program of the Morris J. Hood Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Since 1999, this program has been funded by the Michigan Department of Community Health and is a unique program to bring the expertise of the medical school to children with diabetes and Endocrine disorders who are financially disadvantaged and / or geographically isolated.  In 2006-2007 clinics were held in Marquette, Alpena, Jackson, Port Huron and Traverse City, Michigan. With Kimberly Campbell-Voytal, PhD, we have a funded a program “Obese Minority Children at Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes Project.” I am a graduate of Lafayette College and Temple University School of Medicine. I received post graduate training at the University of Michigan and John Hopkins. I am Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology.

Harper, Felicity, Ph.D.


Harper, Felicity, Ph.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology

Phone: (313) 576-8763
Email: harperf@karmanos.org


Department Role
I am a clinical psychologist with research and clinical interests in
psychosocial oncology. At the Karmanos Cancer Institute, I am a scientist in the Communication and Behavioral Oncology Research Program and provide clinical mental health services through the Wertz Counseling Service. I focus on using my training and experience in psychosocial oncology and family violence to help improve the emotional well-being, quality of life, and health behaviors of cancer patients and their families, including those in underserved populations.

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Jamil, Hikmet, MD, MS, Ph.D., FFOM.I.

Jamil, Hikmet, MD, MS, Ph.D., FFOM.I.


Title

Professor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577-2048
Email: hjamil@med.wayne.edu

 

Department Role
I use the knowledge I have gained from my 30 years of experience in occupational & environmental health to promote a healthy and safe working and everyday living environment. I am active in teaching the various courses and seminars offered by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health. I am also active in local and international research conducted by the division. My work emphasizes building research collaborations with non-profit organizations locally and with institutions in several Middle East countries.

Janisse, James, Ph.D.

Janisse, James, Ph.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-9812
Email: jjanis@med.wayne.edu


Department Role

In the department I have two main roles. The first is as a core faculty of the MPH program. I co-teach the FPH7015 and FPH7020 biostatistics courses and I mentor MPH graduate students. My second primary role is providing statistical and methodological support to other faculty within the department and School of Medicine.

 

Juratli, Sham Maghout, M.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577-8167
Email: smjuratli@med.wayne.edu


Department Role

My role in the department is to engage in research in the areas of stress medicine, fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders and to participate in the teaching activities offered by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health.

 

Lauder, Nehman, MD

Lauder, Nehman, MD


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone: (313) 340-4300
Email: nlauder@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
As a board certified Family Physician, my contribution to the department is the education of a number of types of learners, including medical students and residents, not only from Family Medicine, but from other specialties as well.
Lucas, Todd, PhD

Lucas, Todd, PhD


Title

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577- 2124
Email: tlucas@med.wayne.edu

 

 

 


Department Role

I recently joined the Department of Family Medicine with an appointment in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health.  As a social and health psychologist, I conduct research on the relationships between psychosocial perception, stress, and health.  Some of my past and ongoing research has explored relationships between perceived fairness and well being.  I also collaborate with other members of the department on applied research topics that have ranged from resettlement of Iraqi refugees in Metro Detroit to identifying and reducing occupational stress in police officers.  Finally, I play an active role in the educational mission of the department both through formal instruction of medical and MPH students, and also through my participation in various student research collaborations. 


Markova, Tsveti, MD

Markova, Tsveti, MD


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone: (248) 601-4900
Email: tmarkova@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as the WSU Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Director of Clinical Operations at University Family Physicians-Detroit, and Interim Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs. I mentor residents and faculty in instructional techniques, scholarship, and competency-based education. I teach WSU medical students at all four levels. I am the physician champion for Electronic Health Record implementation and with my clinic colleagues received the Governors Award of Excellence for Improving Ambulatory Health Care Award at our clinic.

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Dawn Misra, Ph.D.


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Epidemiology/Biostatistics

Phone: (313) 577-8199
Email: dmisra@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I am the Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the Department of Family Medicine. I am an epidemiologist with expertise in perinatal and social epidemiology.  Much of my work focuses on racial and socioeconomic disparities in perinatal health with an emphasis on preterm birth.  In 2008, I co-chaired the Psychosocial Factors Workgroup for the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General Conference on Preterm Birth. I am currently on the editorial board for the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

My research focuses on social and biomedical factors which may influence perinatal outcomes and which may explain the increased risks of infants born to poor and minority women. This includes examining the intersection between women's health prior to pregnancy and outcomes of pregnancy. I have proposed a framework for perinatal health that integrates a lifespan approach with a multiple determinants model (Misra, Guyer & Allston, 2003). The lifespan perspective focuses attention toward the preconceptional and interconceptional periods as targets for intervention in improving perinatal health. The multiple determinants model distinguishes between concepts of disease, health and functioning, and well-being among both women and their offspring.

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Morris, Pierre, MD

Morris, Pierre, MD


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone: (248) 601-4909
Email: pmorris@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as a clinical faculty member within the Family Medicine residency program. In this capacity I educate residents and medical students in both inpatient and ambulatory settings. My role also includes academic advising, mentoring, and supervising. I additionally provide direct patient care and conduct clinical research.
Murdoch, William, M.D.


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone:(248)-453-0168

Email: bmurdoch@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as a Clinician Educator in the WSU Family Medicine Residency at Crittenton Hospital.  In this role, I participate in ambulatory patient care, as well as the supervising and teaching of residents in the inpatient and ambulatory settings.  In addition, I am involved in research activities, both in advising resident projects and directing clinical research.  I also host 3rd year medical students from the School of Medicine for their Family Medicine clerkships, and provide regular didactic teaching to both residents and medical students.
Neale, Victoria, Ph.D, MPH


Title

Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-7680
Email: vneale@med.wayne.edu

 

Department Role
I am a researcher within the Division of Clinical and Community Translational Research. I also serve as the Co-Leader of the DFMPHS faculty development "Critical Appraisal Seminars," Course Director of the School of Medicine elective, "Research Methods in Family Medicine," Co-Course Director of the School of Medicine graduate course, "Biomedical Communication," editor of the DFMPHS Annual Report, and member, Masters of Public Health (MPH) Admissions Committee & Curriculum Committee.

 

Penner, Louis, Ph.D.


Title

Professor

Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology

Phone: (313) 576-8261
Email: pennerl@karmanos.org


Department Role
I have a joint appointment with Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Communication and Behavioral Oncology Program at the Karmanos Cancer Institute.  My research primarily focuses on the causes and consequences of racial/ethnic disparities in medical care.  More specifically, I look at the role that racial biases and stereotypes may play in the quality of medical care for African-American patients.


Porcerelli, John, Ph.D., ABPP

Porcerelli, John, Ph.D., ABPP


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone:(248)-453-0169
Email: jporcer@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I am a board certified clinical psychologist, an associate professor (Clinician-Educator), and Director of Behavioral Science and Research within the WSU/Crittenton Family Medicine Residency Program. As director, I oversee the behavioral medicine and research training of residents. I also provide lectures and clinical training to residents in the Family Medicine Center and inpatient service at Crittenton Hospital.

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Roe, Thomas, MD

Roe, Thomas, MD


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone: (313) 993-1352
Email: troe@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
In the DFMPHS, I chair the Education Committee. At the School of Medicine, I serve Assistant Dean for Clinical Education. I am committed to high-quality, student-centered and innovative medical education programs. My research interests include the effective use of standardized patients in medical student education and the role of communication and the patient-physician interaction in reducing health disparities.

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Rosin, Fredrick, MD

Rosin, Fredrick, MD


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Family Medicine Residency

Phone: (248) 601-4908
Email: frosin@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
My contribution has been primarily the supervision and training of family practice residents in the ambulatory care setting. Another area has been the teaching and supervision of obstetrical care and deliveries. More than 20 years of private practice have provided both experiences and skills that strengthen my teaching activities.
Roth, Linda, Ph.D.

Roth, Linda, Ph.D.


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Medical Education

Phone: (313) 577-6854
Email: lroth@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
As the department’s Director of Faculty Development, I conduct an intradepartmental program to support faculty in their growth as academic teaching and research professionals. The program includes new faculty orientation, a developmental annual faculty evaluation process, regular professional development seminars and research meetings, and leadership seminars for associate chairs and division directors. I also serve as Director of Professional Development for the School of Medicine.
Schenk, Maryjean, MD, MPH, MS

Schenk, Maryjean, MD, MPH, MS


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Chair

Phone: (313) 577-1421
Email: mschenk@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I serve as the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences. With my education and experience in clinical practice, health planning and administration, and cancer research, I am able to bring expertise and leadership to a wide scope of activities both within the Department and to outside faculty and organizations.

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Schwartz, Kendra, MD, MSPH

Schwartz, Kendra, MD, MSPH


Title

Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-0880
Email: kensch@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
I currently serve Associate Chair for Research and Director of the Division Clinical and Community Translational Research. The division conducts collaborative research within MetroNet, a practice-based research network coordinated by the division and comprised of primary care physicians located in the metropolitan Detroit area. I am also responsible for faculty development in practice-based research and evidence-based clinical practice. At the Karmanos Cancer Institute, I have a strong cancer epidemiology research program underway.

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Severson, Richard, Ph.D.

Severson, Richard, Ph.D.


Title

Professor

Area
MPH Program

Phone: (313) 577-6852
Email: rseverson@med.wayne.edu

 


Department Role
I have two main positions within the Department: Associate Chair for Program Development and Director of the MPH Program. Both of these positions involve developing and expanding our Department. For example, as Director of the MPH Program, I am continually looking for new ways to grow and improve the learning opportunities for our students in both the classroom and in the practical arena of public health work. I am once again teaching the FPH7240 Epidemiology I course that I used to be the instructor for several years ago. I am trained as a cancer epidemiologist and I have been involved in case-control studies of prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, pancreas cancer, kidney cancer, soft tissue sarcomas, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and multiple myeloma.

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Wabeke, Roger, MSc, MScChE, CIH

Wabeke, Roger, MSc, MScChE, CIH


Title

Adjunct Instructor

Area
Occupational and Environmental Health

Phone: (313) 577-2286
Email: chemriskman@ameritech.net

 


Department Role
I have been an adjunct professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health since 1987. I provide lectures and guidance to residents, accompany them on site visits to local industries, and offer clinical guidance on work-relatedness of disease and health disorders.


Xu, Jinping, MD

Xu, Jinping, MD


Title

Assistant Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-0244
Email: jxu@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
As a clinician-educator, my contribution has been directed at clinical practice, teaching, and practice-based research. My practice is serving a diverse patient population, including African-Americans, Arabs, Asians, Caucasians, and in particular Chinese. The majority of my teaching occurs in our clinic through individual precepting of medical residents and medical students.

 

Young, Rosalie, Ph.D.

Young, Rosalie, Ph.D.


Title

Associate Professor

Area
Division of Population Health Sciences/Public Health

Phone: (313) 577-6681
Email: ryoung@med.wayne.edu


Department Role
My roles are in the academic, research, and service programs of the department, and in programs of the School of Medicine and Wayne State University. They include: 1) teaching two courses in the MPH program for MPH and other students, advising and mentoring graduate students, directing one MPH course; 2) conducting population-based research on my own funded projects, collaborating with faculty of the Clinical and Translation Research Division on research projects, and designing studies for future funding; 3) serving on committees for the MPH program, other WSU committees, and providing health information to the community.

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