MCW Institute for Health & Humanity Directors
The Institute for Health & Humanity is comprised of four divisions: Dr. Laura Cassidy is the director of the Institute for Health & Humanity as well as the director of the ٍٍٍ½خر Health Division. Dr. Liliana Pezzin is the director of the Epidemiology & Social Sciences Division. Dr. Art Derse is the director of the Center for Bioethics and ٍٍٍ½خر Humanities. Dr. Christa Wagner is the director of the Center for Sustainability, Health, and the Environment.
Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD
Professor and Director, Institute for Health & Humanity; Director of ٍٍٍ½خر Health; Associate Dean Global Health
GHE Course: Epidemiologic Research Methods
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP
Director, Center for Bioethics and ٍٍٍ½خر Humanities; Julia and David Uihlein Chair in ٍٍٍ½خر Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine
Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD
Professor and Interim Director, Division of Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Humanity
IHH Staff Leadership
IHH Faculty Members
Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS
Professor, Division of Epidemiology; Director, PhD Program in Public & ٍٍٍ½خر Health; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway; Co-Director, GEO Shared Resource; Adjunct Associate Professor, Geography, UW-Milwaukee
Kelli Brown, MPH, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of Education
Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC
Associate Professor; Program Co-Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
Jamie Harriman, MS, CGC
Co-Director, MSGC Program; Certified Genetic Counselor
C. Greer Jordan, PhD
Vice President Anchor Partnerships; Associate Professor, ٍٍٍ½خر Health Division, Institute for Health & Humanity
Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH
Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Kubly ٍٍٍ½خر-Based Suicide Prevention Research Professorship; Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Suicide Research and Healing
Constance Kostelac, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor; Director, Division of Data Surveillance and Informatics, Comprehensive Injury Center
Mara Lord, PhD, MBA
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer and Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Social Sciences and Global Engagement
John Meurer, MD, MBA
Professor Emeritus of ٍٍٍ½خر Health and General Pediatrics; Institute for Health & Humanity
David Nelson, PhD, MS
Professor, Family & ٍٍٍ½خر Medicine; Director, Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen, PhD, MS
Professor, Institute for Health & Humanity and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; MCW Cancer Center Associate Director, Workforce Engagement and Well-Being
Constance Shumba, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Humanity, Director, Master of Science Global Health Equity
Christopher Simenz, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Director, Master and Doctor of Public Health Programs
Ryan Spellecy, PhD
Assistant Provost and Director, MCW Human Research Protection Program, Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and ٍٍٍ½خر Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Christa L. Wagner, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of ٍٍٍ½خر Health
Ben Weston, MD, MPH, FAEMS
Professor, Division of EMS Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief Health Policy Advisor, Milwaukee County; Chief ٍٍٍ½خر Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management
Staci A. Young, PhD
Professor, Family & ٍٍٍ½خر Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement; Director, Office of ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement; Faculty Director, ThriveOn Collaboration; Associate Director, ٍٍٍ½خر Outreach and Engagement, ٍٍٍ½خر Cancer Center; Co-Director, Qualitative Research Consulting Service; Director Emerita, Center for Healthy Communities and Research
IHH Staff Members
Angie Jimenez
Research Program Assistant
Zuleyma Parrilla, MSW
Social Worker I BSW, social worker with the ٍٍٍ½خر, embedded within the Milwaukee County ٍٍٍ½خر Examiner’s Office
Gabrial Williams
Administrative Assistant, Data Science Institute - Division of Biostatistics
