CHSI Affiliated Faculty
The Center’s affiliated faculty are comprised of professionals from many different UT Health Science Center colleges, regional universities, and other institutions. We would welcome your adding your strength to ours.
- Information on funding opportunities, databases, and tools to support health systems improvement research
- Shared databases
- Highlighting your work on Center website
- Opportunities for collaboration with multidisciplinary faculty from UT Health Science Center, University of Memphis, Rhodes College, and other institutions
- Participate in at least three monthly (first Wednesday) per year
- Share research ideas and opportunities with Center affiliate faculty and staff
- Mentor junior faculty, fellows, residents, and students in health systems improvement research
- Participate in collaborative research activities with other affiliate faculty
- Hold a faculty appointment at one of the Center’s collaborating institutions
- Complete and submit your .
Teresa Britt, MSN, RN. Director, Interprofessional Education and Clinical Simulation
Mace Coday, PhD. Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry
William C. Cushman, MD. Chief, Preventive Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center & Professor, Preventive Medicine, Medicine, Medicine, Physiology
Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH. Governor's Chair, UTHSC-ORNL Center in Biomedical Informatics & Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Stewart Edwards Dismuke, MD, MSPH, FACP, FACPM. Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine
, MD, FACP. Associate Professor of Medicine, UTHSC/St Thomas Health, Nashville; Governor of the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians
, PhD, RN, FAAIDD. Professor, PhD Program Director, Nursing Science
Mary Lou Gutierrez, PhD. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
L. Jeff Harris, MD, MSPH. Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Margaret Thorman Hartig, PhD, APRN-BC, FAANP. Professor, FNP Concentration Coordinator, Department of Advanced Practice and Doctoral Studies
, PhD.Assistant Professor, Urban Studies, Rhodes CollegeÂ
Sajeesh Kumar, PhD. Chair & Director, Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Associate Professor, Department of Health Informatics & Information Management
Sam Li, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Michelle Martin, PhD. Professor, Preventive Medicine
, MD, MPH, PhD. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Memphis
Christie Michael, MD. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Daphne Maureen Norwood, MD, MPH. Assistant Professor, Transitional Year Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine Associate Program Director, UT College of Medicine – Knoxville
Risa Ramsey, PhD, EMBA, RN, CCRC. Executive Director, Clinical Research, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Rebecca Reynolds, EdD, MS, BS. Professor & Chair, Department of Health Informatics & Information Management
David Schwartz, MD, FACR. Professor and Vice-Chair, Radiation Oncology; Professor, Preventive Medicine; Director, Department of Radiation Oncology
Susan Scott, MSN, RN, WOCN. PS/QI Educator, Department of Graduate Medical Education
, PhD, MPH, EdM. Assistant Professor, College of Graduate Health Sciences
Laura R. Sprabery, MD, BS. Associate Professor, Medicine-General Internal Medicine
Helmut Steinberg, MD. Professor, College of Medicine-Endocrinology
David A. Tipton, DDS, PhD. Professor, Department of Bioscience Research, College of Dentistry
Elizabeth (Betsy) Tolley, PhD. Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Jim Wan, PhD. Professor, Biostatistics & Epidemiology; Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine; Associate Professor, Urology
, PhD, RN, FAAN. Professor, Department of Advanced Practice and Doctoral Studies, College of Nursing
Lee Williams, OTD, OTR/L. Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions
, MD, PhD, MS. Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Memphis
Anne Zachry, PhD, OTR/L.  Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions
Questions? Please email chsi@uthsc.edu.