Global Health: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Dr. Victoria Anne Brander

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Field: Global Health, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: Arthritis, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Health Disparities, Pain Management, Regenerative Medicine

Jillana B. Enteen

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Instruction

Field: Communications, Global Health, Languages and Cultural Studies, Literature, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Community Development, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Globalization, Human Rights, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Social Media

Francesca R Farina

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Data Science, Epidemiology, Global Health, Preventive Medicine, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience

Dr. Craig Garfield

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences

Field: Global Health, Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Family Dynamics, Men’s Health

Dr. Demetrios Nicholas Kyriacou

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Field: Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health

Focus Areas: Healthcare Policy, Infectious Disease, Public Health Policy

Julius B. Lucks

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Energy and Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Water Quality and Purification

Dr. Robert Murphy

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Executive Director, Institute for Global Health

Field: Global Health, Infectious Diseases

Focus Areas: Drug Development, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Viral Diseases

Ida R. Salusky

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Associate Professor at the Center for Community Health

Field: Education, Global Health, Human Development, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Community Health, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education Policy, Human Rights, Immigration, Mental Health, STEM Education

Noelle Sullivan

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction

Field: Anthropology, Global Health

Focus Areas: African Culture and Politics, Healthcare Policy, Philanthropy

Keith Edward Jaggard Tyo

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology

Amelia Van Pelt

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Associate Director of Research of Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care

Field: Epidemiology, Global Health, Medical Social Sciences, Public Health

Focus Areas: HIV/AIDS, Implementation Science

Dr. Shuai Xu

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, Dermatology, Global Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Bioelectronics, Telemedicine, Wearable Technology

Sera Young

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health

Field: Anthropology, Global Health, Human Biology, Human Development, Medical Social Sciences, Public Health

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Community Health, Eating Disorders, HIV/AIDS, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Infant Health, Nutrition, Pediatric Illness, Postpartum Health, Waterborne Disease, Water Quality and Purification

Wei Zhang

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Global Health, Preventive Medicine

Focus Areas: Biotechnology, Diabetes, Genetic Medicine and Health, Liver Cancer, Lymphoma