Faculty and Staff Directory

Areas of interest: Developing systems and infrastructure to improve reciprocal relationships between the academy and communities; building partnerships through engagement, authentic assessment, improvement planning, and workforce development.

Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, especially academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion, and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.

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Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, especially academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion, and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.

Areas of interest: Online education, health policy, health delivery systems.

Areas of interest: The intersection between agriculture and public health; assessing human exposure to pesticides, and improving health and safety in agricultural workplaces. There are frequent opportunities for student intern and volunteer positions in the Curl Agricultural Health lab. If interested, email Dr. Curl

Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, especially academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion, and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.

Areas of interest: Online education, health policy, health delivery systems.

Areas of interest: Biomedical Science, infectious disease, proteomics, online learning and instruction and online course development

Areas of interest: Using data to inform and drive evidence-based practice, Data Visualization, Data Science and Statistics Education, Health Promotion. Date-centric opportunities are everywhere in today’s world of big data and analytics from in-house projects to grants to local internships. If interested, email Dr. Ketelsen.

Areas of interest: Assist students to be their most authentic selves and reach their professional goals, incorporate intersectionality into the biomedical paradigm, and promote public health.

Areas of interest: Epidemiology, maternal and infant health, data analytics & visualization, application of state and federal healthcare policy, health information management, online instruction, and online course design

Areas of interest: Public health, epigenetics, and chronic illness, particularly as it relates to vulnerable and understudied populations.

Areas of interest: Occupational epidemiology; workplace injury; workplace safety; healthcare workers; social determinants of health.

Areas of interest: Occupational health and safety policy and injury prevention with an emphasis on adolescent workers in the US.

Areas of interest: Occupational health, ergonomics, human factors and telemedicine.

Areas of interest: Online and undergraduate curriculum and instruction, health information education, interprofessional education, medical coding training, and nontraditional student engagement

Areas of Interest: Influence of social context, social networks, and social support on behaviors related to maternal child health and caregiving

Areas of interest: Dr. Smith’s work builds on education, human development, and public health science to study the contextual factors that promote or thwart health outcomes (particularly substance use, mental health, and sexual risk behavior) for young people.

Areas of interest: Program evaluation and assessment. Committed to generating real-time evidence for use in community-based planning and decision making.

Areas of interest: Environmental health, public health emergency response, integration of online educational resources in lieu of textbooks and development of Pressbook textbooks for classes.

Areas of interest: Policy, environment and systems change, school and adolescent health, mental health, health equity, social influencers of health, project management, collective impact and collaboration

Areas of interest: Career development, job and internship application and search, interviewing, resume, cover letter, and ePortfolio Development

Areas of interest: Supporting the department’s communications needs through sharing information about academics, events, and highlighting the work of faculty members and students.

Areas of interest: Supporting department in University fiscal and policy procedures, supporting department strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement

Areas of interest: Supporting department in University fiscal and policy procedures, supporting department strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement

Areas of interest: To be of service to others in any way that I can. As a current nursing student, I am very passionate about different aspects of patient care, having empathy for others, and altruism. In the office, I use my skills towards activities that involve starting up and carrying out projects. 

Areas of interest: Online learning, learning management systems, instructional design