Faculty and Staff

-DrPH Program Coming Fall 2025 pending approval -

Coordinator/Director of DrPH Program

  • The Coordinator of the DrPH program is in charge of advising and counseling all the first year DrPH students as they enter the program and develops their initial program of study. 
  • Conducts the first group orientation session at the start of the program during the orientation week.
  • Conducts monthly DrPH information sessions for prospective DrPH students.
  • Answers all the questions pertaining the DrPH program related to in-person, on-line and written inquiries
  • Conducts the monthly DrPH Committee meetings.
  • Helps the DrPH student find his/her dissertation Chair.
  • Informs the DrPH students about their degree mile stone Achievements and the related documents that need to be completed by the students.
  • Helps the DrPH student resolve any program-related conflicts
  • Coordinates the DrPH commencement ceremonies including the hooding ceremony.

 

NameHighest Degree EarnedSpecialtiesRankResearch Interests# Of DrPH students to work on faculty research & faculty on student dissertation
Acosta-Deprez, Veronica     
Bavarian, NiloofarPh.D.Health Behavior, Substance AbuseAssoc. ProfessorScreening & Brief intervention for a Prescription Drug Misuse curriculum; Social emotional and Character EducationTBD
Alaei, ArashMDFamily PhysicianPT LecturerHIV; Viral Hepatitis, COVID-19; Health and Human Rights; Implementation Research in Health in Central Asia and Middle East2
Betschman, NicoleEd.D.Addiction, Sexual Health, Health DisparitiesPT LecturerMaternal and Infant mortalities and inequities1
Biscora, VikkiMPHCurriculum, School Health Adolescent HealthFT Lecturer  
Blanco, Lyzette     
Cole, Brian     
D'Anna, LauraDrPHCommunity-Engaged health Equity Research; Health Behavior Intervention Development/testing; HIV Prevention; tobacco/CannabisAssociate Professor; Director for the Center of Health Equity ResearchHIV intervention; Tobacco/Cannabis Use; Social discriminationDepends
Garcia, MelawhyPh.D.Health Behavior research; Latino Health; R01 Trials focused on obesity, diabetes; Latino epidemiological cohort studyAssistant ProfessorLatino Health and Health disparities, chronic disease prevention, diabetes control1-2 Ph.D.
Ortega-Garrida, ClaireMPHEpidemiology, Health Behavior, Health Advocacy and PolicyFT LecturerEpidemiology; Health Behavior0
Goldstein, BinhPh.D.Epidemiology, Cancer, Sexually Transmitted DiseasesPT LecturerNone2
Gorman, FionaEd.D.Health Education, Program Implementation and Evaluation, Asian-American Health, Reproductive HealthAssoc. ProfessorVaccine Hesitancy; Online Health info; Application of Gamification in Health Program; Substance Use3 per year
Huang, DebbiePh.D.Psychiatric Epidemiology, Postdoctoral training on biostatisticsAssistant ProfessorAsian-American mental health; Drivers of mental health disparities; Measurement of mental health diagnosis and constructs; Application of digital approaches (i.e. digital phenotyping).2
Huckabay, LoucinePh.D., RN, MSNNursing; Pediatrics; Education; Health Edu.; Curriculum Devt.; Research Methodology; Administration; Global HealthProfessorImmigrant Health; Stress in parents of hospitalized children; educational research3 per year
Johnson, AmberPh.D.Community Health, Epidemiology, Black Health, Health EquityAssoc. ProfessorSocio Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Black Women, Community engagement1
Jou, JudyPh.D.Health Policy, Health Services Research, Soc. Det of Health, Maternal Child Health, Healthy aging, Global HealthAssistant ProfessorEquitable access to Health and Health Services; Family Care Giver Health and wellbeing, Patient-Centered Care; Patient-provider communication2-3/yr
Kwan, BrianPh.D.Biostatistics, Data Analysis, Data Science, Health informaticsAssistant ProfessorDevt. and Implementation of novel Statistical Data Analytic methods with Practical Applications -- particularly in PH and Medicine; Areas of Application Include Mental Health, Kidney Disease, Reproductie Health and HIV/AIDS1
Liu, JessicaPh.D.Adolescent health; substance use; School-based interventions; Quantitative and qualitative methodologiesLecturerCo-use of tabacco and cannabis; Poly-substance use; Mental health and substance use; Adolescents particularly at-risk for substance use, designing school-based prevention programs1-2
Lopez-Zetina, Javier     
Azad, MohammadDrPHRheumatology, Environmental HealthLecturer, Part TimeEnvironmental causes of human disease, Long term impacts of chemical weapons1-2
Nguyen-Rodriguez, SelenaPh.D.Obesity Prevention in minority youth, Sleep Health in pre-adolescent children, health disparitiesProfessorInfluences on Sleep in Latino Children0
Papachristou, TheodoraEd.D.Aging Research, Disability Research, Emergency Preparedness, Violence PreventionFT LecturerEffect of Social Isolation and Loneliness over the lifespan on life expectancy; physical and mental health: Inter-sectionalities of demographic data, US and Global comparison, Implications for Program and Policy Devt.1-2
Rosen, ErikaPh.D.EpidemiologyAssistant ProfessorRacial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in alcohol use and related outcomes; alcohol treatment disparities; substance use policy; structural racism; built environment and health3
Seif, Amanda     
Smith, GeorgeEd.D.Health promotion and education; Ethics; Community based participatory research; community assessmentPart time lecturerSocial determinants of health; The role of male involvement in the maternal-child health outcomes; Spirituality/religious beliefs and their effect on health behavior and outcome2-3 
Sparks, Lisa     
West, HeidiPh.D.Global Health, Health Policy, Int'l Governance, Feminist Ethics, Migration, Mixed Methods Research, Int'l Program Development and EvaluationAssistant ProfessosrMigration and Health Service; Health and Social Policy Evaluation; Gender and MigrationVaries
Zeine, FoojanPsy.DMental-health; Awareness integration theory (AIT); Depression; Anxiety; Addiction; TraumaLecturerAssessing the effectiveness of awareness integration therapy in alleviating clinical depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms; Promoting mental health and emotional regulation in adolescents: The impact of awareness integration therapy in junior high and high school settings; Empowering wellbeing: Evaluating the efficiency of AIT self-help app.2

Staff

To be determined later