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.
![Christine Marie George Christine Marie George](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2710.jpg?h=6a24f509&itok=_zo2hYVf)
Christine Marie George, PhD, partners with communities to design and evaluate water, sanitation, and hygiene programs to promote health equity and prevent infections globally.
![Dustin Gibson Dustin Gibson](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3172.jpg?h=7bc47865&itok=xr1_10ou)
Dustin Gibson, PhD ’14, MS, develops and evaluates digital tools and technologies to address health system gaps in low- and middle-income countries
![Joel Gittelsohn Joel Gittelsohn](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/263.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=cJTfQGfs)
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.
![Fiona Grubin Fiona Grubin](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4105.jpg?h=b81ddf04&itok=h32mkhwJ)
Fiona Grubin, MSPH ‘19, coordinates research and practice projects related to mental and behavioral health, health equity, suicide prevention, and Indigenous health.
![Shivam Gupta Shivam Gupta](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2194.jpg?h=846943b1&itok=J6JhH-4p)
Shivam Gupta, PhD '09, MPH '04, MBBS, studies primary health care, health systems strengthening, and road safety in low- and middle-income countries.
![Ping (Teresa) Yeh Ping (Teresa) Yeh](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3710.jpg?h=ad21db7d&itok=48ybBPAh)
Ping Teresa Yeh, MSPH ’16, uses qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate strategies to improve the health of people living in resource-limited settings.
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Emily E. Haroz, PhD ’15, MHS ’11, MA, researches the implementation of mental health and suicide prevention programs, particularly in partnership with Indigenous communities.