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Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Faculty
Ager, Joel, Ph.D. |
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Title
Professor
Area
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
Phone: (313) 577-9185
Email: jager@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
I serve as Interim Director of the newly-formed Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. 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. |
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Title
Professor
Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology
Phone: (313) 966-7335
Email: albrecht@karmanos.org |
Department Role
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 |
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Title
Professor
Area
Occupational and Environmental Health
Phone: (313) 577-6858
Email: barnetz@med.wayne.edu
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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 |
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Title
Associate Professor
Area
Occupational and Environmental Health
Phone: (313) 577-2015
Email: jarnetz@med.wayne.edu
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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. |
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Title
Professor
Area
MPH Program
Phone: (313) 577-1424
Email: dbassett@med.wayne.edu
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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. |
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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 |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Occupational and Environmental Health
Phone: (313) 224-9154
Email: jambles@med.wayne.edu
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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. |
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Title
Associate Professor
Area
Medical Education
Phone: (313) 577-5076
Email: pbridge@med.wayne.edu
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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. |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
Phone: (313) 577-9454
Email: kvoytal@med.wayne.edu
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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.
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Cline, Rebecca J., Ph.D |
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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. |
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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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Gallagher, Richard, Ph.D. |
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Title
Professor
Area
Medical Education
Phone: (313) 577-6861
Email: rgallagh@med.wayne.edu
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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
Clinical and Community Translational Research/Public Health
Phone: (313) 577-9143
Email:jgleason@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
I am a public and community health researcher and educator with a joint appointment in Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Center for Urban Studies, Office of the Provost. As an applied researcher and certified health education specialist, I focus on translational research and urban health disparities, and community-based participatory research in population health. My work emphasizes public health practice and communicable disease control such as HIV/AIDS, and community health promotion including tobacco and other drug use. I conduct evaluation research in school health and cross-border public health education.
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González, Hector, M. Ph.D. |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
Phone: (313) 577-2297
Email: hmgonzalez@med.wayne.edu
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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.
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Graff, John, PhD, MS |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
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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Title
Professor
Area
Phone: (313) 577-1033
Email: jpgutai@med.wayne.edu
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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.
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Harper, Felicity, Ph.D. |
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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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Israel, Nejla, MD |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Family Medicine Residency
Phone: (313) 340-4300
Email: nisrael@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
My role as a clinical faculty member has been directed at educating, supervising, mentoring, and advising family practice residents at all levels of training. In addition, I provide direct patient care and conduct clinical based research. I also educate and supervise Wayne State University third- and fourth-year medical students.
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Jamil, Hikmet, MD, MS, Ph.D., FFOM.I. |
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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. |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
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.
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Juratli, Sham Maghout, M.D. |
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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.
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Lauder, Nehman, MD |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Family Medicine Residency
Phone: (313) 340-4300
Email: nlauder@med.wayne.edu
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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.
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Lucas,
Todd, PhD |
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Area
Occupational and Environmental Health
Phone: (313) 577- 2124
Email: tlucas@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
My primary research interests are in the areas interpersonal perception and social influence processes. As a social psychologist, I intend to use my training to elucidate how psychosocial stress may impact biological processes and health behavior, particularly in disadvantaged populations. I am also interested in quantitative issues, particularly as they pertain to health-oriented measurement. My interests in these areas will allow me to develop productive research collaborations with other members of the department, and will also permit me to contribute to the research education of medical and graduate students.
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Markova, Tsveti, MD |
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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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Laurie Mastrogianis, Ph.D.,LP, LPC |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Family Medicine Residency
Phone: (248) 601-4908
Email: lmastrog@med.wayne.edu |
Department Role
My contribution to the Wayne State University Family Medicine Residency Program is primarily centered around facilitating an understanding and application of the Patient Centered Clinical Medicine model while promoting the whole-person approach to health care. A large part of my faculty assignment is to develop and oversee the longitudinal curriculum. Included in this endeavor is the implementation of the Integrated Family Medicine Rotation with an emphasis on community health, disease prevention/health promotion, human behavior/mental health, as well as resident wellness. My clinical and scholarship contributions are in the area of health enhancement, wellness counseling, and non-pharmacological approaches to depression, anxiety, grief and loss.
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
Phone: (313) 993-1332
Email: vmiller@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
My role in the department focuses on health services research and the MPH program. Maternal and child health, the impact of new technologies on family life, and the interface of public health policy and practice form the basis of my research program. In the MPH program, I direct FPH 7010 and coordinate FPH 7440, the public health practice practicum experience.
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Morris, Pierre, MD |
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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. |
Neale, Victoria, Ph.D, MPH |
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Title
Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
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.
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Penner, Louis, Ph.D. |
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Title
Professor
Area
Communication and Behavioral Oncology
Phone: (313) 576-8261
Email: pennerl@karmanos.org |
Department Role
I am a professor in the department in conjunction with my appointment in the Communication and Behavioral Oncology Program at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. I use my training and experience in personality and social psychology, research design, and methodology and statistics to conduct behavioral research concerned with improving the quality of health care for underserved and disadvantaged populations.
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Porcerelli, John, Ph.D., ABPP |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Family Medicine Residency
Phone: (248) 601-4906
Email: jporcer@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
I am a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the department and serve as Director of Behavioral Science & Research within the Family Medicine Residency Program at Crittenton Hospital. I oversee the psychosocial and research training of WSU Family Medicine residents and faculty development in psychosocial medicine. I provide lectures to residents, medical students, and graduate students in various WSU departments. In addition to administrative and teaching responsibilities, I conduct research in health effects and healthcare costs of interpersonal violence; traumatic exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); doctor-patient relationships and health outcomes; psychotherapy process/outcome; personality and health; and coping/defense and its relationship to health and health-related behavior.
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Roe, Thomas, MD |
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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 |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Family Medicine Residency
Phone: (248) 601-4908
Email: frosin@med.wayne.edu
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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. |
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Title
Associate Professor
Area
Medical Education
Phone: (313) 577-6854
Email: lroth@med.wayne.edu
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Department Role
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 Faculty Development for the School of Medicine. |
Schenk, Maryjean, MD, MPH, MS |
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Associate Professor
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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 |
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Title
Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
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. |
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Title
Professor
Area
MPH Program
Phone: (313) 577-6852
Email: severson@karmanos.org
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Department Role
I serve as Associate Chair for Program Development and Director of the MPH Program. Both positions involve developing and expanding our department. 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 teach the FPH7240 Epidemiology Course. I’m trained as a cancer epidemiologist and 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 |
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Title
Adjunct Instructor
Area
Occupational and Environmental Health
Phone: (313) 577-2286
Email: chemriskman@ameritech.net
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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.
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Xu, Jinping, MD |
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Title
Assistant Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
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.
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Young, Rosalie, Ph.D. |
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Title
Associate Professor
Area
Clinical and Community Translational Research
Phone: (313) 577-6681
Email: ryoung@med.wayne.edu |
Department Role
My roles are in the academic, research, and service programs of the department, School of Medicine, and university. I teach in the MPH program, advise MPH students, and conduct other graduate teaching and advising. I conduct population-based research on my own funded projects and work with faculty of the Clinical and Translation Research Division on research. .
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