Program Directors and Faculty

These experienced researchers will lead your learning

Midwest LEADRS program directors and faculty have decades of research experience and expertise in collaborating within Social Determinants of Health environments. 

Program directors and faculty will support fellows through mentoring, collaboration, networking, and more.

Kelsie Stringham-Marquis
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Outreach Indiana
Dexter Etter, MSW, BA
Director of Prevention Services, Damien Center
Justin Phillips, MA
Founder and CEO, Overdose Lifeline
Kathryn Macapagal, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science) and Physhiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Professor, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Washington
Rebecca O'Connor, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington
Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, University of Washington
Gamze Ozogul, PhD
Professor of Education, Indiana University
David Wilkes, MD
National Director, Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dean Emeritus, James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medicing Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Virginia