Michael Lemke PhD

Michael Kenneth Lemke joined the Health and Behavioral Science program in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Houston-Downtown in 2018. Before joining UHD, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, and he then served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Dr. Lemke teaches several courses in the HBS program, including Medical Terminology, Environmental Health, Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology, and Special Projects in Health and Behavioral Science.

Dr. Lemke engages in population and safety research, with a focus on chronic disease and acute injury prevention. Most recently, his work has focused on complex systems perspectives and syndemic theoretical frameworks in COVID-19 research and prevention. As of May 2020, Dr. Lemke has 29 peer-reviewed publications and 17 peer-reviewed conference presentations and papers. He is a co-editor (and author of two chapters) of the Oxford University Press book "Complex Systems in Population Health: A Primer." This volume is the first comprehensive complex systems science book in the population health sciences.