Lisa Martin, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Health and Human Services; Professor of Health and Human Services; Director of Women's and Gender Studies; Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
Lisa Martin
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
College-Wide Programs
Health & Human Services
313-583-6562
2039 College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128
schedule Thursdays 2-4pm (online)

Teaching Areas:

Public Health, Reproductive Health, Women's & Gender Studies, Women's Health, Health Policy Studies

Research Areas:

Inequality/Disparity, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Stigma, Women's Health

Biography and Education

Lisa Martin, Ph.D. is a Professor at the University of Michigan Dearborn joint appointments in Women’s and Gender Studies and Health & Human Services. She currently serves as the Department Chair for Health and Human Services and previously served as Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies. She earned her doctorate in Public Health in Health Behavior & Health Education Department from the University of Michigan.  She also holds a Master’s Degree in Gender & Cultural Studies from Simmons College. Professor Martin’s primary area of research is in sexual and reproductive health. For more than 15 years, her interdisciplinary team has worked with healthcare workers using a group-based intervention for abortion care workers, known as the Providers Share Workshop.  Her research includes facilitated workshops that employ grounded theory methods and survey design techniques. Her team’s workshops have been used in more than 15 countries with over 2,000 healthcare workers.