Faculty

Karen Chandler Johnson, MD, MPH
Chair of Preventive Medicine
Endowed Professor in Women's Health
Co-Director Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute - Preventive medicine
kjohnson@uthsc.edu
901.448.5900

Robert Burns, MD
Professor
rburns1@uthsc.edu
901.725.0872

Chi-Yang Chiu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
Assistant Professor, Genetics, Genomics and Informatics
chiu@uthsc.edu
901.448.5285

Hyo Young Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
hchoi11@uthsc.edu
901.448.1195

Mathilda C. "Mace" Coday, PhD
Professor
mcoday@uthsc.edu
901.448.5900

William C. Cushman, MD
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Medicine, Physiology
wcushman@uthsc.edu
901.448.5900

Karen J. Derefinko, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor 
kderefin@uthsc.edu
901.448.2526

Gregory Farage, PhD
Instructor for Biostatistics
gfarage@uthsc.edu
901.448.2430

Jay Fowke, PhD, MPH, MS
Chief of Division of Epidemiology
Professor, Preventive Medicine
fjay@uthsc.edu
901.448.2143

Cori Grant, DrPH
Associate Professor, Pediatric Epidemiology
cgrant1@uthsc.edu
901.448.5900

Marion Hare, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Pediatric Epidemiology
mhare@uthsc.edu
901.448.3752

Feng Liu-Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
fliusmit@uthsc.edu

Michelle Martin, PhD
Professor
mmart126@uthsc.edu
901.448.2383

Jennifer L. Martindale-Adams, EdD
Professor
jmartindale@uthsc.edu
901.577.7485

Khyobeni Mozhui, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
kmozhui@uthsc.edu
901.448.7334

Linda O. Nichols, PhD
Professor
lnichol6@uthsc.edu
901.523.8990

Simonne Nouer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
snouer@uthsc.edu
901.448.5189

Walter Rayford, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
wrayford@uthsc.edu
901.448.5900

Phyllis A. Richey, PhD
Professor
prichey@uthsc.edu
901.448.8635

Saunak Sen, PhD
Professor and Division Chief
sen@uthsc.edu
Phone: 901.448.4590

Yangbo Sun, PhD, MBBS
Assistant Professor
ysun80@uthsc.edu
901.448.3923

Fridtjof Thomas, PhD
Professor
fthomas4@uthsc.edu
901.448.6461

Elizabeth Tolley, PhD
Professor,  Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Preventative Medicine
btolley@uthsc.edu
901.448.5137

Jim Y. Wan, PhD
Professor
jwan@uthsc.edu
901.448.8221

Zhu Wang, PhD
Professor
zwang145@uthsc.edu

Qi Zhao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
qzhao11@uthsc.edu
901.448.2382

Frances A. Tylavsky, DrPH
Professor Emeritus