Faculty
We encourage you to connect with our accomplished faculty in each program area.
GDEC: Global Disease Epidemiology and Control program faculty improve techniques for prevention of morbidity and mortality caused by diseases affecting disadvantaged populations.
SBI: Social and Behavioral Interventions program faculty conduct research and training on the development, implementation and evaluation of social science-based public health interventions.
HUMAN NUTRITION: The multidisciplinary nature of nutrition is reflected in the program's faculty, which includes pediatricians, biochemists, epidemiologists, physiologists, anthropologists, and biostatisticians.
HEALTH SYSTEMS: Health Systems designs systems and implements equitable and cost-effective strategies for delivering health care interventions to disadvantaged and underserved communities in the U.S. and abroad.
Name | Title Sort ascending | PROGRAM AREAS/TRACKS | Overview |
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Robert Black | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Robert Black, MD, MPH, is an epidemiologist who researches maternal and child health and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries to improve survival, health, and development. |
William Brieger | Professor | Health Systems | William Brieger, DrPH ’92, MPH, works on social, cultural and behavior change for tropical disease control and community primary health care in Africa. |
Gilbert Burnham | Professor - Emeritus | Health Systems | Gilbert Burnham, MD, PhD, MSc, is a physician who addesses humanitarian health problems in populations affected by natural disasters or conflicts. |
Benjamin Caballero | Professor - Emeritus | Human Nutrition | |
Laura Caulfield | Professor | Human Nutrition | Laura Caulfield, PhD, researches nutrition problems affecting maternal, infant, and child health in the United States and globally. |
Parul Christian | Professor | Human Nutrition | Parul Christian, DrPH '96, MSc, studies how to improve maternal and child nutrition and prevent micronutrient deficiencies with effective solutions in low-income settings. |
Robert Gilman | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | |
Joel Gittelsohn | Professor | Human Nutrition | Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, MS, is a medical anthropologist and public health nutritionist who develops programs to improve food access and reduce risk for chronic diseases. |
Neal Halsey | Professor - Emeritus | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | |
Jean Humphrey | Professor | Human Nutrition | Jean Humphrey, ScD '92, conducts research on finding feasible solutions to the underlying causes of undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality of infants and young children in low-income countries. |
Ruth Karron | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | |
Joanne Katz | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Joanne Katz, ScD ’93, MS, is an epidemiologist with expertise in maternal, neonatal, and child health and extensive work experience in Nepal and other South Asian countries. |
Lawrence Moulton | Professor - Emeritus | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Larry Moulton, PhD ’86, MS, is a biostatistician who uses his statistical expertise to design and analyze infectious disease studies in low- and middle-income countries. |
David Peters | Professor - Emeritus | Health Systems | David Peters, DrPH '93, MPH '89, MD, studies how to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly to better serve poor and vulnerable populations. |
Nathaniel Pierce | Professor - Emeritus | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | |
David Sack | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | David Sack, MD ’68, is working to eliminate cholera and other enteric infections as public health problems in Africa and Asia using targeted and effective vaccines. |
Mathuram Santosham | Professor | Health Systems | |
Keith West, Jr. | Professor | Human Nutrition | |
Peter Winch | Professor | Social and Behavioral Interventions | Peter J. Winch, MD, MPH ’88, develops and evaluates interventions to promote health behaviors for water, sanitation, infectious diseases, and environmental sustainability. |
Anna Durbin | Professor | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Anna Durbin, MD, studies experimental vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, dengue, West Nile, Zika, malaria, and more in human clinical trials and in controlled human infection studies. |