Christine L.M. Joseph, PhD, MPH, BSc

Dr. Joseph received a Master of Science Degree in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, after which she joined the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology (renamed Department of Public Health Sciences). While working at HFHS, she obtained a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan (UM). Her research interests include racial/ethnic health disparities, asthma, IgE as it relates to allergies and asthma, adolescent health, adherence, and school-based health management. She has served as Principal Investigator of a series of NIH-funded studies in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a school-based, tailored asthma education program for urban adolescents. Dr. Joseph also serves as co-investigator on several NIH-funded studies involving the establishment of a multi-ethnic birth cohort for the study of allergic disease. As an adjunct associate research scientist through a joint appointment to the Departments of Epidemiology and Health Behavior/Health Education, she collaborates with UM School of Public Health researchers on urban, school and clinic-based asthma intervention studies. Dr. Joseph serves as a member of the asthma/COPD Measurement Advisory Panel for the National Committee for Quality Assurance. She has served as Chair of the Committee on the Underserved for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and continues to serve on State committees for asthma surveillance and epidemiology and on the elimination of racial disparities in asthma.