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.
![Lois Privor-Dumm Lois Privor-Dumm](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3022.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=RMM-qgdF)
Lois Privor-Dumm, MBA, works to expand access to vaccines, trains advocates to speak on the value of immunization, and evaluates the use of policy to protect communities.
![Krishna Rao Krishna Rao](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1647.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=67mxM6nI)
Krishna D. Rao, PhD '04, MSc, finds ways to improve access to quality health services and financing of health care in low and middle-income countries.
![Daniela Rodriguez Daniela Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2548.jpg?h=0bf09d97&itok=b_4Hbc4Q)
Daniela C. Rodríguez, DrPH, MPH, studies how politics, public health, and evidence intersect in policies that impact vulnerable communities around the world.
![Joseph Rosen Joseph Rosen](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4531.jpg?h=b7025553&itok=YK4-U83n)
Greg Rosen, PhD '23, MSPH '18, uses mixed methods and implementation science principles to improve delivery of health interventions for persons living with and/or affected by HIV globally.
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Erica N. Rosser, MHS ’08, evaluates global health programs and conducts research to inform equitable solutions that improve population health and wellbeing.
![Katherine Rucinski Katherine Rucinski](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4066.jpg?h=76b4f056&itok=b56E89cI)
Kate Rucinski, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist with a focus on sexual and reproductive health research that promotes the health and wellbeing of marginalized populations in resource-limited settings.