M. Daniele Fallin, Ph.D., is the James W. Curran Dean of Public Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Fallin’s research applies genetic epidemiology methods to studies of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder and to developing applications and methods for genetic and epigenetic epidemiology as applied to mental health and development. She also works to promote integrating mental health into the field of public health.

Dr. Fallin has led multiple projects regarding how environments, behaviors, genetic variation, and epigenetic variation contribute to risk for psychiatric disease, particularly autism. She currently serves on the Administrative Core of the national Healthy Brain and Child Development Study, examining brain development from birth to age 10.

Prior to joining Rollins in 2022, Dr. Fallin served as professor and chair of the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While there, she directed the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities and the genetic epidemiology area with the school’s Department of Epidemiology. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.