Faculty Directory

As educators and as scholars, our extraordinarily talented faculty provides the foundation for the intellectual growth that takes place at this School.

Passionate about teaching, our faculty members know how to bring the classroom alive. They are mentors as well, helping students design the class and field experiences that best serve their professional development. As researchers, they add to the body of knowledge that advances the public health. And with their hands-on service activities, they demonstrate a commitment to making contributions where they matter most.

The brief biographies here only hint at the skill, knowledge and real-world experience our faculty brings to its work. Building on their expertise, a dedication to involving students in their work, and a willingness to reach across boundaries to collaborate, our faculty are helping to create a healthier world. Select an area of expertise to view the names, departments, and bios of faculty members within that particular area.

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Name	Department	Expertise
Lorien Abroms, Sc.D. Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Health Communication Smoking Cessation Social Marketing
Olga Acosta Price , Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Access to Health Care Behavioral Health Community Health Mental Health Prevention Program Evaluation School Health Underserved populations
Sarah Baird, Ph.D., M.S. Assistant Professor	Global Health	Development Economics Global Health Program Design and Evaluation Program Evaluation
Mary J Barron, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Exercise Science	Exercise Science	Athletic Training Children's Health Exercise Science Youth Injury Prevention
Christopher G. Berger, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor of Exercise Science	Exercise Science	Healthy air travel & aviation medicine Metabolic Rate Resistance Training Weight Mangement & Body Composition
Brian Biles, M.D., M.P.H. Professor	Health Policy, Health Services Management and Leadership	Cancer Policy Community Health Centers Healthcare Cost Containment Managed Care Medicare
Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Global Health HIV/AIDS Measurement and Assessment Multi-level Models Population Health Prevention Sub-Saharan Africa
Ashleigh Black, M.A. Research Scientist	Global Health
Susan Blake, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health	HIV/AIDS Health Disparities Obesity Women's Health
Robert E. Burke, Ph.D. Chair and Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Behavior Theory Health Policy Long-Term Care
Taylor Burke, J.D., L.L.M. Assistant Professor	Health Policy	Disabilities Health Information Technology Health Information Technology Policy Managed Care Contracting Rights of Disabled
Lara Cartwright-Smith, J.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Law Health Policy
Amanda D. Castel, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Children's Health Disease Surveillance Epidemiology Global Health HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Program Evaluation
James Cawley, PA-C, M.P.H Professor and Interim Chair	Prevention and Community Health	Chronic Disease Community Health Epidemiology Health Policy Health Services Research Healthcare Workforce Infectious Disease Organizational Change Physician Assistant
Candice Chen, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Policy
Sean D. Cleary, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Children's Health Epidemiology Mental Health Smoking Cessation Underserved Populations
Rebecca Gersnoviez Clifton, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville	Biostatistics Epidemiology Maternal Fetal Medicine Maternal and Child Health Prenatal Diagnosis
Uriyoan Colon-Ramos Visiting Professor of Global Health	Global Health	Global Health Nutrition
Merle Cunningham, MD, MPH Visiting Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Community Health Center (CHC) Management, Department of Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Services Management and Leadership, Health Policy	Community Health Center (CHC) planning, design, management & improvement Health Professions Health Quality LGBT Health Issues
Jerome V. Danoff, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair of Administration for the Department of Exercise Science	Exercise Science	Biomechanics Exercise Science Motion Analysis Physical Therapy
Kurt J. Darr, J.D., M.H.A., Sc.D. Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Services Ethics Management Theory Quality Improvement
Stephanie Dawson David, J.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Food Safety Policy Food and Drug Safety Health Law Public Health Law
Julie DeLoia, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor, Department of Exercise Science	Office of the Dean	Genetics Education Human Genetics Ovarian Cancer Reproductive and Developmental Biology
Loretta DiPietro, Ph.D. Chair and Professor	Exercise Science	Aging Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Avi Dor, Ph.D. Professor	Health Policy	Health Economics
Kimberly L. Drews, Ph.D Assistant Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Steven Eastaugh, Sc.D., M.S.P.H. Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Care Financing Health Economics
Mark Edberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavioral Health HIV/AIDS Marginalized/at-risk Populations Qualitative Research Methods Syndemics of violence
Angelo Elmi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Functional Data Analysis Longitudinal data Repeated measures
Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH Professor Emeritus	Prevention and Community Health
W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D.. M.A. Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavioral Health Community Health Evaluation Research Health Communication Health Information Technology Nutrition Prevention Program Evaluation Risk Assessment, Management and Communication Social Marketing Underserved Populations
Christine Ferguson, J.D. Professor	Health Policy	Health Policy Obesity
Mary Foulkes, Ph.D Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Sarah E Fowler, M.A., Ph.D. Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Seble L Frehywot, M.D., M.H.S.A. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy, Global Health	Global Health Health Human Resources Health Systems Development Hospitals and Health Systems
Leonard H. Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACHE Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Organizational Leadership Organizational Change Organizational Theory and Behavior
Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Global Health Health Care Financing Health Economics
Mimi Ghosh Assistant Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	HIV/AIDS Mucosal Immunology Reproductive Health Women's Health
Sara Nelson Glick, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Behavioral Epidemiology Epidemiology HIV/AIDS Measurement Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Debora Goetz Goldberg, Ph.D., M.H.A., M.B.A. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Quality Hospitals and Health Systems Organizational Change Primary Care
Ann S. Goldman, M.A., M.P.H. Instructor and Practicum Director	Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., M.S., M.P.H. Professor and Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Services	Office of the Dean	Children's Environmental Health Environmental Health Environmental Health Policy Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response
Melissa Goldstein, J.D. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Bioethics Health Care Information Privacy Health IT Health Information Technology Health Law
Jay Graham, PhD, MBA, MPH Assistant Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health, Global Health	Environmental Microbiology Global Environmental Health Indoor Air Pollution Program Evaluation Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions
Robert Graham, MD Director, Aligning Forces for Quality	Health Policy
George Gray, Ph.D. Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health	Risk characterization, communication, and policy Toxicology
Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chair	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Epidemiology Global Health HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Underserved Populations
Warren Greenberg, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus	Health Policy	Health Economics Health Insurance Health Insurance Industry Role of Market Forces in Healthcare
John Grossman, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Infectious Disease Maternal and Child Health Reproductive Health Women's Health
Laura A. Guay, M.D. Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	HIV/AIDS Pediatric HIV/AIDS in Africa Prevention Prevention of HIV transmission through breastfeeding Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in developing world
Prea Gulati, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor	Global Health	Global Health Program Evaluation
Tilly Gurman, Dr.P.H. Assistant Professor	Global Health	Health Communication Health Disparities Program Evaluation Program Management Social Marketing
Jean Gutierrez, Ph.D., M.S. Assistant Professor	Exercise Science	Exercise Science Nutrition Obesity Sport Nutrition Weight Management
Alfred Hamilton, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor	Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Informatics Health Information Technology
Larry F. Hamm, Ph.D. Professor	Exercise Science	Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Exercise Testing Exercise Prescription Exercise Science Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise
Cherise B. Harrington, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavioral Health Cancer Prevention Cancer Survirorship Chronic Disease Health Disparities Medical Psychology Occupational Health Stress
Mary-Beth Harty, J.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Policy Health Reform
Katherine Hayes, J.D. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Children’s Health Insurance Program Community Health Centers Federal quality initiatives in Medicare and Medicaid Health Policy Long-Term Care Medicaid and SCHIP Private Insurance
Carol Henry, PhD, DABT Professorial Lecturer	Environmental and Occupational Health
Julia Hidalgo, Sc.D., M.S.W., M.P.H. Research Professor	Health Policy	Database Analysis HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Policy
Kathryn Hirst, Ph.D Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Daniel A. Hoffman, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Global Health
Heather J. Hoffman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Inflammatory Breast Cancer Multivariate Normal Distributions Nondetected Data
Katie Horton, R.N., M.P.H., J.D. Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Policy Health Services Research Pharmaceutical Policy
Katherine Hunting, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health, Office of the Dean , Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Ergonomics Injury Epidemiology Occupational Health Occupational Safety
Kathleen Jablonski, Ph.D Assistant Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Jeanne A. Jordan, Ph.D. Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Infectious Disease Microbiology Molecular diagnostic testing for infectious diseases: maternal-child infections and bloodstream infections Point of care diagnostics for global health Virology
Rebecca Katz, Ph.D., M.P.H Assistant Professor	Health Policy	Biodefense and Biosecurity Demography Disease, Security and Preparedness Health Policy
Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H Professor	Health Policy	Access and Affordability of Health Care and Health Access to Health Care Health Insurance Health Reform Immigrant Health Insurance Medicaid and SCHIP Research Methods and Statistics
Irene Kuo, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Epidemiology HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Prevention Substance Use and Treatment
John Lachin, Sc.D Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Yinglei Lai, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Statistics	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Paula M Lantz, Ph.D. Professor and Chair	Health Policy	Cancer Policy Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Preventive Services Health Disparities Health Policy Health Reform Public Health Policy
Peter LaPuma, Ph.D., PE, CIH Associate Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health	Climate Change Environmental Health Policy Environmental and Occupational Health Industrial Hygiene Sustainable Energy
Julia Lear, Ph.D. Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Access to Health Care Children's Health Community Health Health Cafe Safety Net and Safety Net Providers Health Care Financing and Workforce Medicaid and SCHIP Mental Health Organizational Change Prevention School Health State Health Issues
Jessica Leibler, DrPH, ScM Research Scientist	Environmental and Occupational Health	Emerging Infectious Diseases Environmental Epidemiology Food Systems Mathematical Modeling Occupational Health
Jennifer Leonard, J.D., M.P.H Associate Professor	Health Policy, Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Law Health Policy
Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D. Professor	Health Policy	Health Care Delivery Managed Care Contracting Medicaid and SCHIP Public Health Preparedness
Paul H. Levine, M.D. Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Cancer Epidemiology Epidemiology Oncogenic Infectious Agents Underserved Populations
Ruth Lopert Visiting Professor	Health Policy	CER and health technology assessment Comparative health policy Pharmaceutical policy Pharmaceutical regulation, intellectual property, pricing, and access to medicines
Manya Magnus, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy	Behavioral Epidemiology Epidemiology Evaluation Research HIV/AIDS Health Information Technology Infectious Disease Program Evaluation
Anne Markus, Ph.D., J.D. Associate Professor Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs	Health Policy	Children's Health Global Health Medicaid & SCHIP Medicaid and SCHIP
Melissa McCarthy, Sc.D, M.S. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Epidemiology Health Services Research
Mark S. McClelland, D.N.P., R.N. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Emergency department quality improvement Health Quality Hospitals and Health Systems
Sabrina McCormick, PhD Assistant Research Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health	Climate Change Energy Toxics
Karen McDonnell, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Community Health Games for Health - Exergaming Gender Based Violence Health Behavior Maternal and Child Health Program Evaluation Syndemics Women's Health
Katherine (Holly) Mead, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Health Policy	Access to Care and Women's Reproductive Services Access to Health Care FDA Regulatory Policy Health Care Safety Net Health Disparities Health Services Research Reproductive Health
David Michaels, Ph.D. Professor On leave of absence. Serving as OSHA Assistant Secretary.	Environmental and Occupational Health	Chemicals Policy Environmental Health Policy Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Occupational Health Regulatory Science Risk Assessment, Management and Communication Workers' Compensation
Todd A. Miller, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Exercise Science	Exercise Science Exergaming Strength and Conditioning
Celeste Monforton, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Professorial Lecturer	Environmental and Occupational Health	Chemicals Policy Environmental and Occupational Health Evaluation Research Injury Prevention Mineworker Health and Safety Occupational Health Risk Assessment Regulatory Science
Sangeeta Mookherji, Ph.D., M.H.S. Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Track Coordinator, Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Curriculum Coordinator, Second Semester Intensive	Global Health	Health Systems Performance, Assessment and Evaluation Implementation Science Program Evaluation Qualitative and Quantitative methods; case study methods Urban Health, Tuberculosis, Reproductive Health, Child Health
Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D. Murdock Head Professor of Medicine	Health Policy	Health Workforce Policy Healthcare Workforce Medical Education Expansion Policy The Migration of Health Workers
Wendy O'Meara, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Professor	Global Health	Epidemiology Infectious Disease Malaria
Qing Pan, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Statistics	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Blaine Parrish, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Professor	Health Policy, Prevention and Community Health	HIV/AIDS Health Policy Management Systems Program Evaluation
Jerome Paulson, MD Associate Research Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine & Health Sciences	Environmental and Occupational Health, Prevention and Community Health	Children's Environmental Health Climate Change Lead and Other Environmental Toxicants Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
Melissa J. Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S. Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health	Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Health Effects of Agricultural Work Pesticide Exposure
E Anne Peterson, M.D., M.P.H. Research Professor	Global Health	Community Health Evaluation Research Women's Health
Janet A Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy
Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE Director, Center for Health Care Quality, Associate Professor Emergency Medicine and Health Policy	Health Policy	Emergency care Hospital Operations Research Research Design and Epidemiology
Patricia (Polly) Pittman, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Health Worker Migration Healthcare Workforce Medical Anthropology
Karen Pomerantz, M.L.S., M.P.H. Adjunct Instructor	Prevention and Community Health
Elizabeth Reed, ScD, MPH Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	HIV/AIDS Maternal and Child Health
Marsha Regenstein, Ph.D. Professor	Health Policy	Health Care Safety Net Health Quality Language Services Quality Improvement Model
Josef J Reum, Ph.D., MPA Professor and Senior Associate Dean	Health Policy, Office of the Dean , Health Services Management and Leadership	Health Services Research Healthcare Workforce State Health Issues Women's Health
Madeline Rice, Ph.D Associate Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Richard K. Riegelman, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy	Clinical Epidemiology Epidemiology Evidence-based Public Health Undergraduate Public Health Education
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law & Policy	Health Policy	Children's Health Health Disparities Health Insurance Health Law Health Reform Medicaid and SCHIP
Monica S. Ruiz, PhD, MPH Assistant Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavioral Health Epidemiology Global Health HIV/AIDS Health Disparities Health Policy Mental Health Prevention Reproductive Health Underserved Populations
James L Scott, M.D., FACEP Professor of Health Policy	School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Health Policy
Naomi K Seiler, J.D. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Bioethics HIV/AIDS Health Policy Reproductive Health
James M Sherry, M.D., Ph.D. Chair and Professor	Global Health	Global Health Institutional Development Program Evaluation
Peter Shin, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Community Health Centers Health Care Financing Health Care Safety Net Health Quality
M R Shuvra, M.P.H. Visiting Instructor	Global Health	Biostatistics Epidemiology
Samuel Simmens, Ph.D., M.A. Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Evaluation Research Program Evaluation
Lone Simonsen, Ph.D. Research Professor	Global Health	Chronic Disease Epidemiology Infectious Disease
Samantha Ski, M.A., M.P.H. Visiting Instructor	Global Health	Program Evaluation
Caroline Sparks, Ph.D., M.A. Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Aging Evaluation Research HIV/AIDS Mental Health Smoking Cessation
David Stevens Research Professor	Health Policy
Alexandra Stewart, J.D. Assistant Professor	Health Policy	Health Law Health Policy Immunization Law and Policy Vaccine Policy
Joel Teitelbaum, J.D., LL.M. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Health Law
Elizabeth Thom, Ph.D Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Jane Hyatt Thorpe, J.D. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Fraud and Abuse Health Care Delivery Systems and Financing Health Information Technology Health Law Medicaid Medicare
Monique M Turner, Ph.D., M.A. Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavior Change Theories and Models Behavioral Health Emotion and Cognition Health Communication Persuasion and Social Influence Risk Assessment, Management and Communication Social Marketing
Elanah Uretsky, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Global Health	China HIV/AIDS Reproductive Health
Dante A. Verme, M.S., Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Forecasting Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Statistical Programming
Pierre N.D. Vigilance, MD, MPH Visiting Professor of Public Health Practice	Office of the Dean	Emergency Preparedness HIV/AIDS Health Disparities Obesity Public Health Practice & Management
Amanda J. Visek, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Exercise Science	Behavior Change Behavioral Health Counseling Exercise Psychology Exercise Science Mental Health Sport Psychology
Amita Vyas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Maternal and Child Health Prevention Program Evaluation Reproductive Health Women's Health
Beverly J. Westerman, Ed.D. Associate Professor	Exercise Science	Athletic Training Emergency Care Emergency Preparedness Exercise Science Injury Prevention
Sara Wilensky, Ph.D., J.D. Special Services Faculty for Undergraduate Education	Health Policy	Community Health Centers Health Care Safety Net Medicaid and SCHIP Public Financing
Richard Windsor, Ph.D., M.S. Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Program Evaluation Smoking Cessation
Susan F. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Health Policy, Environmental and Occupational Health	Environmental and Occupational Health Maternal and Child Health Women's Health
Heather Young, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Associate Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Chronic Disease Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Health Disparities Occupational Health