Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention

Public health research focused on chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease) explores their multifactorial etiology and develops intervention strategies to prevent and treat these pressing public health problems. SPH researchers are at the forefront of exciting breakthroughs in understanding, preventing, and managing chronic diseases.

Faculty List
Jean Abraham
Jean Abraham, PhD
Professor and Division Head
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Bruce Alexander
Bruce H. Alexander, PhD
Professor and Division Head
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health
katherine arlinghaus
Katherine Hendel, PhD, MS, RD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Zinzi Bailey
Zinzi D. Bailey, ScD, MSPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Beth Baker
Beth Baker, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
Silvia Balbo
Silvia Balbo, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Substance Use
Raiza Beltrain
Raiza Beltran, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Assistant Professor School of Public Health Katie Berry University of Minnesota
Kaitlyn Berry, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Mary Butler
Mary Butler, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Dana Carroll
Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Substance Use
Ellen Demerath
Ellen W. Demerath, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Anne Eaton
Anne Eaton, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Lynn Eberly
Lynn Eberly, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
kristine ensrud
Kristine Ensrud, MD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention
Simone French
Simone French, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Linda Frizzell
Linda Bane Frizzell, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Joseph Gaugler
Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Weihau Guan
Weihua Guan, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics
Lisa Harnack
Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, MPH
Professor and Interim Division Head
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition
Erika Helgeson
Erika Helgeson, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Kyle Hill
Kyle X. Hill, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Jue Hou
Jue Hou, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Peter Huckfeldt
Peter Huckfeldt, PhD
Vernon E. Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
David Jacobs
David Jacobs, PhD
Mayo Professor of Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health
Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Food and Nutrition
Shalini Kulasingam
Shalini Kulasingam, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Karen Kuntz
Karen Kuntz, ScD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MBBS, PhD, MS
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention
Melissa Laska
Melissa Laska, PhD, RD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition
Jennifer Linde
Jennifer Linde, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Xianghua Luo
Xianghua Luo, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Pamela Lutsey
Pamela Lutsey, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Susan Mason
Susan Marshall Mason, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Thomas Murray
Thomas Murray, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Heather Nelson
Heather Hammond Nelson, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Infectious Diseases
Hannah Neprash
Hannah Neprash, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH
Regents Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Ruby Nguyen
Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD
Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Manka Nkimbeng
Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, MPH, BSN
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention
Faye Norby
Faye Norby, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Wei Pan
Wei Pan, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics
Jim Pankow
Jim Pankow, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Helen Parsons
Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Mark Pereira
Mark Pereira, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition
Tess Peterson
Tess Peterson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases
Lisa Peterson
Lisa Peterson, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
J. Sunil Rao
J. Sunil Rao, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Peter Raynor
Peter Raynor, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Infectious Diseases
Reilly Cavan
Cavan S. Reilly, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases
Ken Resnicow
Ken Resnicow, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition
B.R. Simon Rosser
B.R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Kyle Rudser
Kyle Rudser, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Sandra Safo
Sandra Safo, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health
Pamela Schreiner
Pamela Schreiner, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Sanaz Sedaghat
Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention
Nancy Sherwood
Nancy Sherwood, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Nathan Shippee
Nathan Shippee, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Kumi Smith
M. Kumi Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Substance Use
Jamie Stang
Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Lyn Steffen
Lyn Steffen, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Weihong Tang
Weihong Tang, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Traci Toomey
Traci Toomey, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
David Vock
David Vock, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Elizabeth Wattenberg
Elizabeth Wattenberg, PhD
Associate Dean of Education and Student Engagement
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Substance Use
Julian Wolfson
Julian Wolfson, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Infectious Diseases
Xiao Zang
Xiao Zang, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics