Commonwealth Scholars

CIK actively targets faculty from the University of Louisville and other institutions to become Commonwealth Scholars. These scholars, as recognized affiliates of CIK, comprise the base of expertise that CIK draws on for research projects focused on transdisciplinary research for population health improvement, policy, or analytics. For more information on how to become a Commonwealth Scholar, please contact .   

Below you can find a list of current Commonwealth Scholars.  

Mollie E. Aleshire, D.N.P., M.S.N.

Assistant Professor, DNP Project Coordinator, School of Nursing

Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD

Associate Professor, Health Management and Systems Sciences, SPHIS
Director, Frazier Polypharmacy and Medication Management Program

 

Joseph Benitez, Ph.D.            

 


Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Management & PolicyUniversity of Kentucky 


Craig Blakely, Ph.D., M.P.H.           


Dean, SPHIS (retired)

Maxwell Boakye, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville

Chief, Spinal Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville

Director of Spine Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville

 

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Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, J.D, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University

Affiliated Scholar, Research and Evaluation Center and Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York


Aishia Brown, Ph. D.            


Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, SPHIS


Priya Chandan, M.D., M.P.H.

 

 

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SOM


Ryan Combs, Ph.D., M.A.

 

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, SPHIS

 

Liza M. Creel, Ph.D., M.P.H.


Associate Professor, Medicine-Health Care Policy Research, University of Colorado School of Medicine (Anschutz Medical Campus)

 

Natalie DuPré. Sc.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health,SPHIS

 


Scott Davis Duncan, M.D., M.H.A.

 

 

Associate Professor, Associate Director, Child & Adolescent Research Design & Support Unit 

Associate Chief, Director of Clinical Operations, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Dept. of Pediatrics

Melissa Eggen

Melissa Eggen, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences, University of Louisville

Michael Earl Egger, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, The Hiram C Polk Jr, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, SOM

Clayton Tyler Ellis, M.D., M.S.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, SPHIS

Instructor of Surgery, Colorectal Division, Hiram C. Polk Jr. MD Department of Surgery


Jean Edward, Ph.D., R.N., C.H.P.E.

 

 

Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky


José Manuel Fernandez, Ph.D.

 

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, College of Business


Catherine Fosl, Ph.D. 

 

 

Professor, Department of Women's and Gender Studies
Director, Anne Braden Institute

 

Wei Fu, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Health Management & Systems Sciences, SPHIS


Jeremy Gaskins, Ph.D.

 

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics, SPHIS


Martin Thomas Hall Ph.D., M.S.S.W.



 

Associate Professor, Kent School of Social Work 

 

Candace C. Harrington PhD, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CNE, FAAN

Assistant Professor and Gerontology NP Professor, School of Nursing

Lauren Heberle, Ph.D., M.A.

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology Department, University of Louisville


Vicki P. Hines Martin, Ph.D., C.N.S., R.N.

 

 

Professor and Director Office of Health Disparities and Community Engagement 
School of Nursing 

Director, Community Outreach, HSC Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Ghiyoung Im, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Information Systems, University of Louisville


J'Aime Jennings, Ph.D., M.P.A.

 

 

Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham


V. Faye Jones, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H.



 

Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs - Diversity Initiatives, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center

Gaberiel Jones, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences


Christopher Johnson, Ph.D.

 

 

Joe Taylor Director of the Institute of Health Administration, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

Seyed Karimi

Seyed Karimi, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Health Management and Systems Sciences, SPHIS


Jelani Kerr, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.


 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, SPHIS 


Kristi King, Ph.D., C.H.E.S.

 


 

Associate Professor,  Exercise Physiology and Community Health, College of Education and Human Development


Maiying Kong, Ph.D.

 

 


Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics, SPHIS

Amy A. Lemke, PhD, MS

Amy A. Lemke, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Clinical and Translational Research

Division of Clinical and Translational Research

Director, Community Engaged Research

Norton Children's Research Institute


Jing Li, M.D., M.S.

 

 Associate Professor, Special Title Series, Dept. of Internal Medicine, UK College of Medicine

Co- Director, UK Center for Health Services Research

Deputy Director, Office of Value and Innovation in Healthcare Delivery (OIHD), UK HealthCare


Bert Little, Ph.D.

 

 

 

Professor, Health Management & Systems Sciences, SPHIS 


Gilbert Liu, M.D., M.S.

 

Medical Director, Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC)

Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Ohio State University


M. Cyhthia Logsdon, Ph.D.

 

Professor,  School of Nursing, SPHIS

Director of Research Academic Programs, Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation




Doug Lorenz, Ph.D.

 

 

Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics; Director, Statistical Consulting Service, SPHIS

Robert C. G. Martin. M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery, Sam and Lolita Weakley Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery for Research
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery


W. Paul McKinney, M.D.

 

 

Associate Dean for Research, Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, SPHIS


Amanda M. Mitchell, Ph.D., M.Ed 

 

 

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Counseling and Human Psychology College of Education & Human Development


Sarah S. Moyer, M.D., M.P.H. 

 

 

Chief Medical Officer for Humana Healthy Horizons


Elizabeth Munnich, Ph.D.

 

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, College of Business

Emily Noonan, Ph.D., M.A.

Assistant Professor, Office of Undergraduate, Education and Research, SOM


Patrick Pössel, Ph.D.

 

 

Professor, Department of Counseling and Human Development 


Matthew Ruther, Ph.D.

 

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban & Public Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
Director, Kentucky State Data Center


Brian P. Schaefer, Ph.D.


 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, SPHIS

 



Michael Bradley Schuck, EdD

 

 

Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Evaluation, and Organizational Development, College of Education & Human Development 


Michelle D. Stevenson, M.D., M.S. 

 

 

Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, SOM


Janice E. Sullivan, M.D.

 

 

Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair - Pediatric Research
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

 

Rui Z. Sundrup, Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems, College of Business


Jeff Talbert, Ph.D.

 

 

Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, UK College of Pharmacy

Director of Institute for Pharm. Outcomes and Policy Associate Director of the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Ph.D., M.S

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Director of the Bioinformatics Core, School of Medicine, University of Louisville


Sara E. Watson, M.D.


 

 

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, SOM


Monica Wendel, Dr.P.H., M.A.

 

 

Dean, Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


Deborah Winders Davis, Ph.D., M.S. 



 

Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Child & Adolescent Research Design and Support
Director, Louisville Twin Study, SOM 


Marissa Ellen Yingling, Ph.D.



 

Assistant Professor, Kent School of Social Work 

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Qi Zheng, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville

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