Faculty
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Mike Mann, PhD
SPPH Director and Professor
Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.
Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.
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Anne Abbott, PhD, MPP
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation, Violence Prevention, and Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
Areas of Interest: Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation, Violence Prevention, and Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
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Ed Baker, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for Health Policy
Areas of interest: Healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement.
Areas of interest: Healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement.
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Desmond Banks, PhD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Social determinants of health, health disparities, health equity, chronic disease and program evaluation.
Areas of interest: Social determinants of health, health disparities, health equity, chronic disease and program evaluation.
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Cynthia Curl, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Measuring human exposures to agricultural chemicals and improving health and safety in agricultural workplaces and agricultural communities. Student intern and volunteer positions are available in the Curl Agricultural Health lab.
Areas of interest: Measuring human exposures to agricultural chemicals and improving health and safety in agricultural workplaces and agricultural communities. Student intern and volunteer positions are available in the Curl Agricultural Health lab.
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Shawn Dunnagan
Lecturer
Areas of interest: Primary prevention, diabetes and the obesity crisis, nutrition education and food quality and access across socioeconomic divides.
Areas of interest: Primary prevention, diabetes and the obesity crisis, nutrition education and food quality and access across socioeconomic divides.
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Andy Hyer, JD, MHS
Clinical Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Online education, health policy and health delivery systems.
Areas of interest: Online education, health policy and health delivery systems.
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Jennifer Intelicato
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Biomedical Science, infectious disease, proteomics, online learning and instruction and online course development
Areas of interest: Biomedical Science, infectious disease, proteomics, online learning and instruction and online course development
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Kirk Ketelsen, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Statistics, data science education, storytelling with data and data visualization, using data to drive evidence-based practice and decision-making.
Areas of interest: Statistics, data science education, storytelling with data and data visualization, using data to drive evidence-based practice and decision-making.
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Nichole Lasich, BSN, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
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: Assist students to be their most authentic selves and reach their professional goals, incorporate intersectionality into the biomedical paradigm and promote public health.
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Joanna McCormack, MHS, MS, CCA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Epidemiology, maternal and infant health, data analytics and visualization, application of state and federal healthcare policy, health information management, online instruction and online course design
Areas of interest: Epidemiology, maternal and infant health, data analytics and visualization, application of state and federal healthcare policy, health information management, online instruction and online course design
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Mac McCullough, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor and Associate Director for Community Engagement and Impact
Areas of Interest: Health finance, health policy including value-based care, public health economics, social determinants of health, health management, academic health departments, healthcare analytics and health IT.
Areas of Interest: Health finance, health policy including value-based care, public health economics, social determinants of health, health management, academic health departments, healthcare analytics and health IT.
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Douglas J. Myers, ScD
Professor and PhD Program Director
Areas of interest: Occupational epidemiology, workplace injury, workplace safety, healthcare workers and social determinants of health.
Areas of interest: Occupational epidemiology, workplace injury, workplace safety, healthcare workers and social determinants of health.
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Taylor Neher, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Community evaluations and building community leadership; Youth, Young Adults, and Carceral Populations and their Mental Health; and historically Underserved populations.
Areas of Interest: Community evaluations and building community leadership; Youth, Young Adults, and Carceral Populations and their Mental Health; and historically Underserved populations.
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Miguel Reina Ortiz, MD, PhD, CPH, FAIM, FASTMH
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: HIV prevention and control; emerging infectious diseases; post-disaster health outcomes; global health diplomacy; the dynamic relationships between infectious agents, their hosts, and the environment in which these interactions occur; the international dialogue on disease prevention (including international binding and non-binding instruments and their negotiation and application) and highlighting how the interconnectedness of today’s world reveals the global nature of public health issues.
Areas of Interest: HIV prevention and control; emerging infectious diseases; post-disaster health outcomes; global health diplomacy; the dynamic relationships between infectious agents, their hosts, and the environment in which these interactions occur; the international dialogue on disease prevention (including international binding and non-binding instruments and their negotiation and application) and highlighting how the interconnectedness of today’s world reveals the global nature of public health issues.
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Kimberly Rauscher, ScD, MA
Professor and Emphasis Coordinator
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 and safety policy and injury prevention with an emphasis on adolescent workers in the US.
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Uwe Reischl, PhD, MD
Professor
Areas of interest: Occupational health, ergonomics, human factors and telemedicine.
Areas of interest: Occupational health, ergonomics, human factors and telemedicine.
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Jaime Sand, EdD, RHIA, CCS, CAHIMS
Professor, Associate Director for Student Engagement and Impact, Health Studies Director and Emphasis Coordinator
Areas of interest: Online and undergraduate curriculum and instruction, health information education, interprofessional education, medical coding training and nontraditional student engagement
Areas of interest: Online and undergraduate curriculum and instruction, health information education, interprofessional education, medical coding training and nontraditional student engagement
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Ellen Schafer, PhD, MPH, MCHES
Associate Professor and MPH Program Director
Areas of Interest: Influence of social context, social networks and social support on behaviors related to maternal child health and caregiving
Areas of Interest: Influence of social context, social networks and social support on behaviors related to maternal child health and caregiving
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Vinita Sharma, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES
Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Intersection between substance use, HIV and mental health, reproductive health, adolescent and youth health, infectious diseases, post-disaster health outcomes and global health
Areas of interest: Intersection between substance use, HIV and mental health, reproductive health, adolescent and youth health, infectious diseases, post-disaster health outcomes and global health
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Megan L. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
Areas of interest: 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: 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.
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Sarah Toevs, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Aging
Areas of interest: Program evaluation and assessment and generating real-time evidence for use in community-based planning and decision making.
Areas of interest: Program evaluation and assessment and generating real-time evidence for use in community-based planning and decision making.
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Tom Turco, MS, REHS, ASP
Clinical Assistant Professor
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: Environmental health, public health emergency response, integration of online educational resources in lieu of textbooks and development of Pressbook textbooks for classes.
Staff
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Ashley Havlicak
Senior Academic Programs Coordinator
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: Policy, environment and systems change, school and adolescent health, mental health, health equity, social influencers of health, project management, collective impact and collaboration.
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Kelsey Nelson
Undergraduate Internship Coordinator
Areas of interest: Career development, job and internship application and search, interviewing, resume, cover letter and ePortfolio Development
Areas of interest: Career development, job and internship application and search, interviewing, resume, cover letter and ePortfolio Development
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Hailey Stewart
Communications Specialist
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 the department’s communications needs through sharing information about academics, events and highlighting the work of faculty members and students.
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Maria Tellez, MHS
Business Operations Manager
Areas of interest: Bridge building across various campus administrative areas, fiscal leadership, guidance and support for school strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement and how to best collaborate to support partners, those who work with us and students.
Areas of interest: Bridge building across various campus administrative areas, fiscal leadership, guidance and support for school strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement and how to best collaborate to support partners, those who work with us and students.
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Adam Wagner
Student Communications Assistant
Areas of interest: Supporting the department’s communication needs by corresponding with students and faculty, attending and helping to facilitate events and addressing project-based tasks.
HSRV 122AAreas of interest: Supporting the department’s communication needs by corresponding with students and faculty, attending and helping to facilitate events and addressing project-based tasks.
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Brian Young
Director of Academic Operations
Areas of interest: Online learning, learning management systems and instructional design.
Areas of interest: Online learning, learning management systems and instructional design.
Affiliate Faculty
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Traci Berreth
SPPH Affiliate Faculty & Deputy Division Administrator at ID Department of Health and Welfare
Areas of interest: Public Health Policy, Strategy and Systems Thinking, Effective Communication and Relationship Building, and Leadership.
Areas of interest: Public Health Policy, Strategy and Systems Thinking, Effective Communication and Relationship Building, and Leadership.
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Matt Isbell
SPPH Affiliate Faculty & Boise State Department of Communication Professor
Areas of Interest: Collaboration, nonprofit organizations and program implementation/change
Areas of Interest: Collaboration, nonprofit organizations and program implementation/change
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George Kelley
SPPH Affiliate Faculty & West Virginia University Professor
Areas of Interest: Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, exercise, physical activity, health related disease
Areas of Interest: Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, exercise, physical activity, health related disease
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Kristi Kelley
SPPH Affiliate Faculty & West Virginia University Professor
Areas of Interest: Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, exercise, physical activity, health-related disease
Areas of Interest: Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, exercise, physical activity, health-related disease
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Bozena Morawski
SPPH Affiliate Faculty & Epidemiologist
Areas of interest: Health disparities, influence of geography on health outcomes, cancer survival, population attributable risk for cancer.
Areas of interest: Health disparities, influence of geography on health outcomes, cancer survival, population attributable risk for cancer.