Social Sciences & Health Faculty
Below is a list of Health Sciences Integrated PhD faculty working within the Social Sciences & Health (SSH) track. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
SSH Track Faculty Leader: Betina Yanez, PhD
Beidas, Rinad S
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Birkett, Michelle A
Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health) and Preventive Medicine
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Michelle Birkett, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences and directs the CONNECT Complex Systems and Health Disparities Research Program within the Institute for... [more]
Cella, David
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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As Chair of an interdisciplinary Department of Medical Social Sciences, I play a leadership role in the development and orchestration of transdisciplinary scientific collaborations. Our department con... [more]
Chorniy, Anna
Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health) and Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
Franklin, Patricia D
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medicine (Rheumatology) and Orthopaedic Surgery
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I serve as Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Following a residency in Preventive Medicine, I completed a fellowship in Heal... [more]
Gershon, Richard C
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
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Richard Gershon, PhD, is widely recognized for his expertise in advancing the use of technology for increasing the impact and reach of psychometrically robust health measurements. Having completed PhD... [more]
Griffith, James W
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences
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I am interested in mental health, including depression and anxiety, in a variety of populations. I am also interested in the optimisation of clinical assessment, informed by applied statistics and psy... [more]
Hirschhorn, Lisa R
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Starting as a public health and researcher and HIV clinician in the 1980's, my research has focused on understanding the causes and developing feasible and effective solutions to the implementation ga... [more]
Jensen, Sally Elizabeth
Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science) and Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
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Dr. Jensen has a strong research interest in biopsychosocial relationships in the context of medical illness and treatment. As a trained clinical health psychologist, she has extensive training and e... [more]
Kaat, Aaron
Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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Dr. Kaat received his Ph.D. in Psychology - Intellectual and Developmental Disorders and a secondary graduate concentration in quantitative psychology from the Ohio State University. After that, he jo... [more]