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.
![Joanne Katz Joanne Katz](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/363.jpg?h=1d16878e&itok=8q0Nh6BW)
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.
![Caitlin Kennedy Caitlin Kennedy](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2297.jpg?h=4e8d6f4c&itok=_E-WOdi0)
Caitlin Kennedy PhD ’09, MPH ’04, is a social and behavioral scientist with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, and resource-limited settings.
![Maria Knoll Maria Knoll](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/69.jpg?h=e139969c&itok=vMP-7ctL)
Maria Deloria Knoll, PhD ’00, is an epidemiologist who conducts policy-driven studies and evidence synthesis evaluating vaccine performace and vaccine-preventable diseases.
![Alain Koffi Alain Koffi](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2489.jpg?h=b81a8337&itok=qqsdMF58)
Alain Koffi, MD, PhD, MS, is a population health researcher with a focus on the biological causes and social determinants of neonatal and child deaths in low-income countries.
![James Kumwenda James Kumwenda](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4140.jpg?h=b259e3a3&itok=Q7MxT9c2)
James Kumwenda, MD, MSPH ’20, studies health leadership, health systems strengthening, and capacity strengthening in primary health care.
![Alain Labrique Alain Labrique](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1022.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=YIBAB282)
Alain Labrique, PhD '07, MHS '99, MS, is an infectious disease epidemiologist who leverages digital innovations to solve public health problems in resource-limited settings.