Faculty affiliates are faculty members affiliated with HEWG and engaged in health equity research throughout the University of Minnesota. Here is a list of faculty affiliates:

Updated: Fall 2024

• Katherine Hendel, PhD, MS, RD: Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and
  Community Health
• Susan Arnold, PhD, CIH: Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
• Anne Barry, PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
• Raiza Beltran, PhD: Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
• Jesse Berman PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
• Zobeida Bonilla PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Sonya Brady PhD, LP: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Diana Burgess PhD: Professor, Medicine (VAMC)
• Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH: Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
• Ellen W. Demerath PhD: Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health
• Janette Dill, PhD: Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
• Mark Fiecas, PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
• Linda Bane Frizzell PhD, MS: Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
• Sarah Gollust PhD: Professor, Health Policy & Management
• Stuart Grande PhD, MPA: Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
• Mary Hearst, PhD: Professor, School of Nursing
• Carrie Henning-Smith PhD, MPH, MSW: Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management
• Trân Huỳnh, PhD, MPH: Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
• Rhonda Jones-Webb PhD: Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Abigail Johnson, PhD: Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community
  Health; Associate Director, Nutrition Coordinating Center
• Julia Joseph-Di Caprio MD, MPH: Instructor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, Faculty Affiliate, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health
• J’Mag Karbeah: Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management
• Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA: Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management
• Jennifer A. Linde, PhD: Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health
• Hannah Neprash: Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Rebekah Nagler PhD: Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Sayeh Nikpay, PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Ruby Nguyen PhD:Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
• Manka Nkimbeng PhD, MPH, BSN: Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Theresa L. Osypuk SD, SM: Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health
• Carolyn M. Porta PhD, MPH, RN SANE-A, FAAN, FNAP: Professor, School of Nursing
• Sandra Safo PhD, MSc: Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
• Tetyana Shippee PhD: Professor, Health Policy & Management
• Kumi Smith, PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
• Drissa Toure, MD, PhD, MPH: Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community
• Rachel Widome PhD, MHS: Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health
• Ivan Wu, PhD: Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health