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, they are helping to create a healthier world.

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Name	Department	Expertise
Lorien Abroms Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Health Communication Smoking Cessation Social Marketing
Olga Acosta Price Associate Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Access to Health Care Behavioral Health Community Health Mental Health Prevention Program Evaluation School Health Underserved populations
Jon K Andrus, M.D.	Global Health	Epidemiology Global Health Program Evaluation
Renaisa Anthony Assistant Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Access to Health Care Community Health Health Disparities Health Policy Maternal and Child Health Prevention Reproductive Health Underserved Populations Women's Health
Sarah Baird, Ph.D., M.S. Assistant Professor	Global Health	Development Economics Health Care Financing Health Economics Program Evaluation
Mary J Barron, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Exercise Science	Exercise Science	Athletic Training Children's Health Exercise Science Youth Injury Prevention
Brian Biles, M.D., M.P.H. Professor	Health Policy	Cancer Policy Community Health Centers Healthcare Cost Containment Managed Care Medicare
Jeffrey Bingenheimer, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Global Health HIV/AIDS Measurement and Assessment Multi-level Models Sub-Saharan Africa
Susan Blake 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 Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Children's Health Disease Surveillance Epidemiology Global Health HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Program Evaluation
James Cawley Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Chronic Disease Community Health Epidemiology Health Policy Health Services Research Healthcare Workforce Infectious Disease Organizational Change Physician Assistant
Sean D. Cleary, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Children's Health Epidemiology Mental Health Smoking Cessation Underserved Populations
Jerome V. Danoff, Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor	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
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 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	Prevention and Community Health
W. Douglas Evans 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. Research 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 Frehywot, M.D., M.H.S.A. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Global Health Health Human Resources Health Systems Development Hospitals and Health Systems
Leonard H. Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.A., M.P.H. Department Director and 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
Rebecca Gersnoviez Clifton, Ph.D Assistant Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
David F. Goldsmith, M.S.P.H., Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health	Cancer Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Global Environmental Health Medical-legal Risk Determination Native American Health Occupational Health Pesticides Respiratory Diseases
Melissa Goldstein, J.D. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Bioethics Health Care Information Privacy Health Information Technology Health Information Technology Policy Health Law
Eric Goplerud, Ph.D. Research Professor Director Center for Integrated Behavioral Health	Health Policy	Behavioral Health Behavioral Health Policy Mental Health Substance Abuse Services
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 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
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. Visiting Assistant Professor	Exercise Science	Exercise Science Nutrition Obesity Sport Nutrition Weight Management
Larry F. Hamm, Ph.D. Professor Director, Clinical Exercise Physiology Track	Exercise Science	Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Exercise Testing Exercise Prescription Exercise Science Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise
Julia Hidalgo, Sc.D., M.S.W., M.P.H. Research Professor	Health Policy	Database Analysis HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Policy
Robert Hirsch, Ph.D., M.S. Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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
Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Policy Health Services Research
Katherine Hunting, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics	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
Laura Jacobus Kantor, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Behavioral Health Health Disparities Health Policy
Jeanne A. Jordan, Ph.D. Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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 Director Center for Health Policy Research	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
Peter LaPuma, Ph.D., PE, CIH Associate Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health	Climate Change Environmental Health Policy Environmental and Occupational Health Global Health Industrial Hygiene Sustainable Energy
Julia Lear Research 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
Jennifer Leonard, J.D., M.P.H Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Law Health Policy
Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D. Associate 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
Marsha D. Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., M.H.S. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and Minority Women Health Disparities Social Determinants of Health
Manya Magnus, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.P.N. Associate Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy	Epidemiology Evaluation Research HIV/AIDS Health Information Technology Infectious Disease Program Evaluation
Anne Markus, Ph.D., J.D. Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Health Policy	Health Policy	Children's Health Global Health Medicaid & SCHIP Medicaid and SCHIP
Karen McDonnell Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Behavioral Health Children's Health Community Health Evaluation Research Health Disparities Maternal and Child Health Prevention Program Evaluation Syndemics Violence Women's Health
Tracy McPherson, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Behavioral Health Behavioral Health, Screening and Brief Intervention Health and Productivity Management Substance Use Prevention and Treatment
Katherine (Holly) Mead, Ph.D. Assistant Research 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
Shelita Merchant, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Adolescent Health Community Health Epidemiology Gender and Power HIV/AIDS Health Disparities Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Social Epidemiology Underserved Populations
David Michaels, Ph.D. Professor and Interim Chair	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 Graduate Program Director Director, Strength and Conditioning Track	Exercise Science	Exercise Science Exergaming Strength and Conditioning
Veronica Miller Research Professor	Prevention and Community Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Epidemiology HIV/AIDS
Wayne C. Miller, M.S., Ph.D. Vice Chair for Administration and Professor	Exercise Science	Behavior Body Composition Exercise Science Metabolism Nutrition Obesity Weight Management
Wilhelmine Miller, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems; Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Bioethics Comparative and Cost Effectiveness Health Insurance Social Determinants of Health
Celeste Monforton, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	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. Assistant Professor	Global Health	Health Care Financing Health Systems Research Program Evaluation Program Management Reproductive 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
Sarah Orndorff, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor	Health Policy
Qing Pan, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Statistics	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Rebecca T. Parkin, M.P.H., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Public Health Practice Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Environmental and Occupational Health, Office of the Dean	Environmental Health Policy Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Prevention Public Health Preparedness Risk Assessment, Management, and Communication State Health
Blaine Parrish, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Professor	Health Policy
Perry Payne, M.D., J.D., M.P.P Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Law Medicaid and SCHIP Mortality Disparities Among States Pharmaceutical Policy and Disparities Policy Implications of Genetics
E Anne Peterson, M.D., M.P.H. Research Professor	Global Health	Community Health Evaluation Research Women's Health
Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Environmental and Occupational Health
Jesse M. Pines, M.D. Associate Professor	Health Policy	Emergency care Hospital Operations Research Research Design and Epidemiology
Karen Pomerantz Adjunct Instructor	Prevention and Community Health
Elizabeth Reed Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	HIV/AIDS Maternal and Child Health
Marsha Regenstein, Ph.D. Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Care Safety Net Health Quality Language Services Quality Improvement Model
Josef J. Reum, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Administration and Finance	Office of the Dean
Madeline Rice, Ph.D Associate Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Patrick Richard, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Economics Health Policy
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. Department Chair Hirsh Professor of Health Law & Policy	Health Policy	Health Disparities Health Insurance Health Law Health Reform
Monica Ruiz 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 M Sherry, M.D., Ph.D. Chair and Professor	Global Health	Global Health Institutional Development Program Evaluation
Peter Shin, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research 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
Bruce Siegel, M.D., M.P.H. Research Professor Director Center for Health Care Quality	Health Policy	Access to Health Care Health Disparities Health Policy Health Quality Health Reform Hospitals and Health Systems
Samuel Simmens, Ph.D., M.A. Associate 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 Associate Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Aging Evaluation Research HIV/AIDS Mental Health Smoking Cessation
David Stevens	Health Policy
Alexandra Stewart, J.D. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Law Health Policy Immunization Law and Policy Vaccine Policy
Althea Stewart, L.L.M, L.L.B	Health Policy	Health Disparities Health Policy
Joel Teitelbaum, J.D., LL.M. Associate Professor Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Managing Director, Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program	Health Policy	Health Law
Elizabeth Thom, Ph.D Research Professor	Epi/Bio, Biostatistics Center - Rockville
Jane H Thorpe, J.D. Associate Research Professor	Health Policy	Health Care Delivery Systems Health Information Technology Health Law Hospitals and Health Systems Medical Innovation
Elanah Uretsky, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Global Health	China HIV/AIDS Reproductive Health
Dante A. Verme, M.S., Ph.D. Vice Chair and Professor	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Biostatistics Forecasting Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Statistical Programming
Amanda J. Visek, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Exercise Science	Behavior Change Behavioral Health Counseling Exercise Psychology Exercise Science Mental Health Sport Psychology
Amita Vyas Assistant Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Maternal and Child Health Prevention Program Evaluation Reproductive Health Women's Health
Beverly J. Westerman, Ed.D. Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor Director, Athletic Training Education Program	Exercise Science	Athletic Training Emergency Care Emergency Preparedness Exercise Science Injury Prevention
Sara Wilensky, J.D., M.P.P. Special Services Faculty for Undergraduate Education	Health Policy	Community Health Centers Health Care Safety Net Medicaid and SCHIP Public Financing
Richard Windsor Professor	Prevention and Community Health	Program Evaluation Smoking Cessation
Susan Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Health Policy	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
Kristin Younger, J.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Professor	Health Policy	Children with SHCN Managed Care Contracting Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Managed Care Medicaid and SCHIP