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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Thomas Francis |
1941 - 1969 |
Henry Sewall University Professor of Epidemiology Chair of the Department of Epidemiology |
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Richard Janvier Porter |
1941 - 1978 | Professor of Protozoology |
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Elizabeth Marcena Dusseau |
1942 - 1978 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Jonas Edward Salk |
1942 - 1947 |
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Fellow in Medical Science of the National Research Council |
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Gordon Campbell Brown |
1942 - 1975 | Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine |
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Wilbur W. Ackermann |
1949 - 1985 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Fred M. Davenport |
1949 - 1977 | Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine |
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Albert Vincent Hennessy |
1951 - 1984 |
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases Professor of Epidemiology. |
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Robert J. M. Horton |
1951 - 1961 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Pearl Luelle Kendrick |
1951 - 1960 | Lecturer in Epidemiology |
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Kenneth W. Cochran |
1952 - 1989 |
Professor of Epidemiology Associate Professor of Pharmacology |
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Byron S. Berlin |
1954 - 1967 | Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
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Hunein F. Maassab |
1956 - 2002 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Frederick H. Epstein |
1957 - 1973 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Francis E. Payne |
1958 - 1980 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Millicent W. (Payne) Higgins |
1959 - 1985 | Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine |
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Robin Barlow |
1961 - 2000 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Walter E. Ruch |
1962 - 1968 | Lecturer and Research Associate in Epidemiology |
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Edward A. Eckert |
1964 - 1983 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Ernest Harburg |
1964 - 1991 | Research Scientist of Epidemiology and Psychology |
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Ian T. T. Higgin |
1967 - 1985 | Professor of Epidemiology, Environmental and Industrial Health |
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Robert F. Fekety Jr |
1967 - 1995 |
Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Epidemiology |
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Mara Julius |
1970 - 1993 | Assistant Research Scientist |
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Bruce Friedman |
1973 - 2006 | Professor of Pathology |
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Brian A. Burt |
1974 - 2005 | Professor of Dental Public Health |
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Friedrich K. Port |
1974 - 2002 | Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine |
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Lawrence B. Brilliant |
1977 - 1988 | Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
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Victor M. Hawthorne |
1978 - 1991 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Richard Evan Isaacson |
1978 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Stanley A. Schwartz |
1978 - 1992 |
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and Microbiology – Medicine Professor of Epidemiology - Public Health |
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Stephen A. Eklund |
1979 - 2004 | Professor of Dental Public Health |
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Halley S. Faust |
1979 - 1981 |
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Practice |
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Gene I. Higashi |
1979 - 1991 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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F. DeWolfe Miller |
1979 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Environmental and Industrial Health and Epidemiology |
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Thomas Jack Schnitzer |
1979 - 1985 |
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
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Dennis R. Schaberg |
1980 - 1993 |
Professor of Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
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Kazim Sheikh |
1981 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Jill G. Joseph |
1983 | Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
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David Steinmuller |
1984 - 1988 |
Professor of Immunobiology in Department of Surgery Professor of Epidemiology |
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June E. Osborn |
1984 - 1996 |
Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases Dean of the School of Public Health |
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Mark C. Steinhoff |
1984 - 1986 |
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases – Public Health Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases - Medicine |
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David Shottenfeld |
1986 - 2004 |
John G. Searle Professor of Epidemiology Professor of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine Chair of the Department of Epidemiology |
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Ruth E. Little |
1987 - 1991 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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David Hay Garabrant |
1988 - 2007 | Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology |
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Michael W. Shaw |
1988 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Steven R. Meshnick |
1991 - 2001 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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David R. Williams |
1992 |
Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology |
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Lori J. Mosca |
1992 - 2000 |
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Epidemiology – Public Health |
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Rosemary A. Rochford |
1995 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Elizabeth H. Bates |
1996 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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George A. Kaplan |
1997 |
Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health Professor of Epidemiology Chair of the Department of Epidemiology |
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John W. Lynch |
1999 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Mary N. Haan |
2000 - 2004 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Carlos Santos-Burgoa |
2000 - 2001 | Professor of Epidemiology |
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Christine A. Erdmann |
2003 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |