IIS - Key Persons
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.4996
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- Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Health
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- Assistant Director for Recruitment & Enrollment Services ( Lambuth Campus )
My name is Adam Johnson and I have worked in recruitment for 10 years. I have been with the UofM for the past five years. I have the pleasure of promoting the great experience that the UofM has to offer both in Memphis and in Jackson, TN -- at the Lambuth Campus. The UofM offers a great college experience and benefits greatly from having the support of the city of Memphis at its fingertips. Internship and research opportunities along with tons of fun things to do and plenty of great food are just a few of the reasons to consider the UofM. If you want a very unique experience that provides all of the resources that the UofM has to offer on a smaller, picturesque campus, then come and visit us at the UofM Lambuth! We look forward to having you on campus soon!
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- IT, CPA, CISA, Defense Contract Audit Agency Division Manager of IT Audits & Quantitative Analysis
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- Director
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Alistair Windsor is interested in mathematics, education, and mathematics education. His interests lie in how computerized systems can support both teaching and learning. He is currently looking at what large language models can reveal about classroom discourse and curricular materials.
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching
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- Department of Communication
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- Associate Professor, School of Law
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.4361
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- Professor, IIS & Psychology
Dr. Olney's primary research interests are in natural language interfaces. His current projects focus on task-oriented natural language interfaces with a specific focus on conversational intelligent tutoring systems, computational representations of meaning, and dyadic interaction and engagement.
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- Advisor for MSIS Program and Graduate Certificates - 901.678.3442
Anna Myers, Advisor for MSIS program and Graduate Certificates -- 901.678.3442, ammyers@memphis.edu
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- Advisor for Professional MBA, Online MBA and PhD Programs, 901.678.2855
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- Associate Professor, West Cancer Center
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- Dean and Distinguished University Professor
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- Research Software Developer
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching
- Director, B.a.R.C
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- Associate Professor
- Director
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- Assistant Director for Orientation
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- Assistant Vice Provost and Associate Dean, Graduate School
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- Recruitment and Admissions
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- Collection Development Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Collection Maintenance Supervisor & Library Assistant III
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- Director, MBA Programs - 901.678.2786
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- Hospitality Management Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.5699
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- Research Associate Professor
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- Research Assistant Professor
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- Chairman and Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3566
Chen Yang, Qiuyu Meng, Yan Cheng, Shaoqiang Huang, Xinhua Yu. Effect of maternal body mass index on the prophylactic dose of phenylephrine for preventing hypotension in parturients after spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. Volume 41, Issue 2, 2022; 101035. ISSN 2352-5568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101035.
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- Admissions Counselor
- Graduate Admissions Counselor
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- Recruitment and Retention Coordinator Graduate Enrollment Coordinator
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching
- Web Administrator
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- Associate Professor of Teaching
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- Director of Graduate Studies -
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- ILL Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Professor, Michigan State University
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- Vice President of Clinical Informatics and Analytics for HealthChoice in Partnership With Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
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- Chairman
- Department Chair
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- Metadata and Catalog Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Academic Advisor - 901.678.8021
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- Director of Undergraduate Programs, Research Associate Professor of Urban Health
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- Graduate Advisor of French
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.2737
The University of Memphis Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Bill Hardgrave as the 13th President on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, and he began his tenure on April 1, 2022. Previously, Dr. Hardgrave served as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Auburn University since January 2018.
Dr. Bill Hardgrave was named the 13th President of the University of Memphis on Nov. 9, 2021, and began his tenure on April 1, 2022.
Hardgrave served as Auburn University's Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs since January 2018. He was dean of Auburn's Harbert College of Business from August 2010 through December 2017.
As the chief academic officer, Hardgrave led Auburn's 12 colleges and schools, including the College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Pharmacy, while overseeing academic resources, support units and instructional and research programs. He led initiatives designed to promote student and faculty success and ensured the quality of student learning at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition, he managed the procedures for faculty recruitment, appointments, promotions and tenure.
Hardgrave launched the Auburn University RFID (radio frequency identification) lab, Geospatial Research and Applications Center and the Center for Supply Chain Innovation. He also oversaw the creation of a Business Analytics undergraduate major, a PhD program in Finance and an online MS in Finance.
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- Associate Professor, IIS & Electrical and Computer Engineering
The goal of Dr. Bonny Banerjee's research is to understand how perception and action give rise to cognition from a computational perspective and use that knowledge to build artificial systems that can perceive, act, reason, and learn from spatiotemporal data in multiple modalities. His research exists at the confluence of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cognitive science, and computational neuroscience, with applications to the Internet of Things, healthcare, transportation, security, and surveillance.
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- Associate Professor
- Department of Biology
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- Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate School
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator
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- Interim Dean - 901.678.2171
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- Community Relations Coordinator
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- Department of Mathematical
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- Advisor for Professional MBA and Online MBA Programs - 901.678.3656
Emily Smith, Advisor for Professional MBA and Online MBA programs -- 901.678.3656, emelonas@memphis.edu
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching / Undergraduate Advisor
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3462
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- MNM Coordinator - 901.678.5527 -
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- Chairman, Supply Chain Management Advisor - 901.678.2685
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- Professor, Earth Sciences
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- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
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- Materials Science Lab Manager
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- Administrative Assistant I
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- Chairman, Department of Chemistry
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- Program Coordinator, Marketing Advisor - 901.678.2667
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- Systems Librarian & Associate Professor
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- Administrative Associate II
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- Interim Dean - 901.678.3633
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- Jude Children 's Research Hospital
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- Assistant Director, Academic Learning Support / UM3D
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- Department Head, Electronic Resources Librarian
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- Reserve Room Manager, Library Assistant
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- Professor, University of Southampton
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- Local Technical Support Provider II
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.4343
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- Undergraduate Success Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Graduate Student Outreach Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Division Director - 901.678.4707
- Professor of Biostatistics, EBE Division Director, PhD Program Coordinator for Biostatistics, and HSMP Interim Division Director
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- Professor, Northwestern University
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- Graduate Advisor of Spanish
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- Program Coordinator - 901.678.3030
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- Research Software Developer
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- Program Coordinator - 901.678.4990
My name is Jamie Staggs and I am the Regional Admissions Counselor for students from Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. My office is regionally based near St. Louis, Missouri. I graduated from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville with a double major in Speech Communication and Mass Communication. I think students appreciate the innovation and creativity that can be found in our classrooms, plus they get to enjoy the amazing music, food, parks and entertainment that the city of Memphis can offer them.
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- Program Coordinator - 901.678.1192
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- Financial Service Associate
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- Interim Associate Dean and College Director of Graduate Studies
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- Coordinator of Graduate Studies
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- Digital Marketing Associate
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- Associate Dean for Student Success and Inclusion, - 901.678.2879
Jeremy Whittaker, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Success and Inclusion, -- 901.678.2879, j.whittaker@memphis.edu
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- Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Coordinator
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- Professor, University of Southampton
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- Distinguished Research Professor
- Formerly a Principal Research Scientist
John Sabatini was formerly a Principal Research Scientist in the Center for Global Research, Research & Development Division at the Educational Testing Service. His research interests and expertise are interdisciplinary, extending across reading literacy develoment and disabilities, assessment, cognitive psychology, the learning sciences, and educational technology.
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3365
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator
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- Administrative Secretary - 901.678.5085
Chen Yang, Qiuyu Meng, Yan Cheng, Shaoqiang Huang, Xinhua Yu. Effect of maternal body mass index on the prophylactic dose of phenylephrine for preventing hypotension in parturients after spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. Volume 41, Issue 2, 2022; 101035. ISSN 2352-5568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101035.
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- Assistant Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.4402
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.2612
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- Department of Communication
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- Business Officer
- Financial Services
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- Admissions Coordinator - 901.678.3198
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- Division Director - 901.678.1702
- Professor and Division Director
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.4300
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- Coordinator, Physiology Lab
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching
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- Chairman - 901.678.3159
- Interim Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Research College Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.3159
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- Manager of Graduate School
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- Administrative Assistant I
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- Support for Healthy Lifestyles
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- CHS Director of Academic Programs, CHS Director of Graduate Programs, Coordinator for M.S. Programs - 901.678.3591
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- Associate Professor, IIS & English
Dr. Windsor directs the Languages Across Cultures lab which studies language in opaque political environments. She is PI on an NSF grant studying multimodal communication. Her book written with Dr. Kerry F. Crawford, The PhD Parenthood Trap, is available with Georgetown University Press and she serves on the Editorial Board of International Studies Quarterly and International Studies Perspectives.
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- Academic Services Coordinator
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- Director and Coordinator -
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- Department of Mathematical
- Statistics Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3134
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- College Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.5800
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- Instructional Technology Trainer
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- Admissions Counselor
- Graduate Admissions Counselor
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- Associate Dean and Professor
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- Chairman, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
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- Vice President of Professional Services, Methodist Healthcare
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3355
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- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
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- Virtual Instruction Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Master Program Coordinator for Biostatistics
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- Department of Anthropology
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- Graduate Admissions Director - 901.678.2535
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- Department of Art
- Graduate Studies Coordinator
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- Interim Director - 901.678.4940
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- Program Coordinator - 901.678.4252
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- Research Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Director for Recruitment
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- Department Chair - 901.678.2841
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- Emerging Technology Specialist & Head of the Sandbox. Creatorspace
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- Medical Director DarSalud Global
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- Associate Professor, IIS & Psychology
Dr. Pavlik's research focuses on bridging the divide between laboratory cognitive science and applications to help real students. His current work continues to bridge this gap by developing practice software for students in Anatomy and Physiology classes. This software includes a highly adaptive algorithm designed to present practice at an optimal level of challenge for the learner to maximize their efficiency.
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.2580
Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2580, rgplkrsh@memphis.edu
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- Associate Director Animal Care Facilities
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- Executive Director ACE Awareness Foundation
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- RIS Librarian & Assistant Professor
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- Associate Dean for Graduate Studies - 901.678.3372
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- Director of Graduate Programs and College Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.3284
- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3284
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- Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.4725
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- Graduate Certificate Coordinator - 901.678.5085
- Interim Dean
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- Department Chair - 901.678.2862
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- Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration - 901.678.4563
- Interim Chair - 901.678.5671
Sandra Richardson, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration -- 901.678.4563, srchardsn@memphis.edu
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- Doctoral Coordinator - 901.678.1433
- Professor and SBS PhD Program Coordinator
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- Coordinator, Molecular Science Lab
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.3142
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator
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- Academic Service Associate - 901.678.3921
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- Systems Support Specialist
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Academic Services Coordinator - 901.678.1710
- Academic Services Coordinator II for Graduate Program
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- Instructional Technology Trainer
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- Associate Dean - 901.678.4021
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- College Director of Graduate Studies
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Department of Mathematical
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- Chief Integration Officer / Senior VP, Regional One Health
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- Interim Chair - 901.678.1714
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- Research Associate Professor
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Member of the Public Relations & Communication Staff
- Executive Vice President for University Relations
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.4779
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- Sport Commerce Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.5003
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.2692
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- Director of Graduate Student Services
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- Director of Communications
- Member of the Public Relations & Communication Staff
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- Evening Supervisor & Library Assistant III
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- Data Science Program Coordinator - 901.678.5259
- Professor, IIS & Computer Science
Dr. Rus's research focuses on harnessing the data revolution to further our understanding of how people learn, how to improve adaptive instructional systems (AISs), and how to make emerging learning ecologies that include online and blended learning with AISs more effective, efficient, engaging, equitable, relevant, and affordable.
Keywords: artificial Intelligence in education, intelligent tutoring systems, intelligent interactive systems, dialogue systems, natural language processing
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- Digital Content Specialist
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.2653
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- Graduate Studies Coordinator - 901.678.1668
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- Graduate Admissions Director - 901.678.2471
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- Associate Professor of Epidemiology, PhD Program Coordinator for Epidemiology
- Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, PhD Program Coordinator for Epidemiology
- Doctoral Coordinator - 901.678.3433
Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD, MS, is an epidemiologist with additional training in medicine and statistics, and the coordinator of the epidemiology doctoral program. Dr. Yu has extensive experience in cancer epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity. He is an expert in managing and analyzing very large epidemiological and health care administrative datasets such as longitudinal epidemiological data, Medicare claims, SEER-Medicare data, medical chart abstraction data, and health survey data. Dr. Yu's current research focuses on health disparities, epidemiology of aging, determinants of health care utilization among cancer survivors, quality of care, clinical epidemiology and epidemiological methods.
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MD, Preventive Medicine, Shanghai Medical University
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
MStat, Statistics, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Research Interests
Clinical Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology, prevention, and survivorship
Disparities in health and health care of chronic disease management
Epidemiology of aging
Health services research among U.S. elderly Medicare population
Diffusion of emerging health technology and disparities in access of care
Use of large health care data and health information technology for health care research
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- Associate Professor of Biostatistics