Program Directors and Faculty

These experienced researchers will lead your learning

Midwest LEADRS program directors and faculty have decades of experience leading interdisciplinary research focused on improving health outcomes.

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
Ronald Hickman, Ph.D., RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FADLN, FAAN
Dean and Ruth M. Anderson Endowed Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing,
Case Western Reserve University
Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, University of Washington
Gamze Ozogul, PhD
Professor of Education, Indiana University
Jolaade Kalinowski, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut