Our transdisciplinary team are national and international leaders in D&I science, chronic disease prevention and management, disparities research, and training and mentoring of diverse researchers.
Program Leadership
Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Program Co-Director | Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professorship in Public Health and Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: djoshu@nospam.wustl.edu
Ross C. Brownson, PhD
Program Co-Director | Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: rbrownson@nospam.wustl.edu
Core Faculty
Our Core Faculty includes experts trained in epidemiology, education, medicine, nursing, nutrition, physical activity, psychology, public health, and social work.
Alyce Adams, PhD
Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor and Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Medicine, Stanford University
Heather M. Brandt, PhD
Director, HPV Cancer Prevention Program; Co-associate Director for Outreach, St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
David Chambers, DPhil
Deputy Director for Implementation Science, Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Gloria D. Coronado, PhD
Distinguished Investigator, Mitch Greenlick Endowed Scientist for Health Disparities, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Geoffrey Curran, PhD
Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Research Health Scientist, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Karen Emmons, PhD
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Alison Hamilton, PhD, MPH
Chief Officer of Implementation and Policy, VA Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Professor-in-Residence, UCLA
Michele Heisler, MD, MPA
Professor, Michigan Medical School and Michigan School of Public Health; Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical Management Research
Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH
Associate Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD
Research Associate Professor, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis