Faculty Experts

Michelle Anne Birkett

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Discrimination, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ Health, Network Science

Hector Carrillo

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies

Field: Public Health, Sociology

Focus Areas: Gender Diversity and Equality, Genealogy and Family History, Globalization, HIV/AIDS, Immigration, Latinx Culture and Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Public Health Policy, Relationships, Sexual Education, Sexual Health

Dr. Richard J. Doyle

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Instructor of Emergency Medicine

Field: Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Focus Areas: Community Health, Healthcare Policy, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Tuberculosis, Vaccines, Viral Diseases, Waterborne Disease

Joshua Nathaniel Leonard

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer Treatment, Drug Development, Genetic Medicine and Health, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Precision Medicine

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

Brian Mustanski

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Field: Medical Social Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Implementation Science, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Gregory Phillips II

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Madison Shea Smith

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Behavior Change, Clinical Research, Data Science, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Family Dynamics, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Personality and Identity Construction, Psychological Counseling, Relationships, Reproductive Health, Research Methods, Sexual Assault, Sexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Networks, Statistics and probability

Linda Teplin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Incarceration, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Public Health Policy, Public Policy, Violent Crime

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

Alithia Zamantakis

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Field: Public Health, Sociology

Focus Areas: Gender Identity, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Race and Ethnicity, Sexual Health