Faculty Directory
Our faculty are world-renowned experts, and trusted advisers to our students, public health leaders, and the public.
![Michele Decker Michele Decker](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2318.jpg?h=1ea4f0a9&itok=QZSILxuT)
Michele Decker, ScD, leads research at the cutting edge of gender equity, and gender-based violence prevention and response, in close partnership with practitioners and communities most affected.
![Julie Denison Julie Denison](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2709.jpg?h=af0f810e&itok=J2sN8PMQ)
Julie Denison, PhD '06, MHS '99, develops interventions for youth living with HIV, with a focus on the role of family and environmental and structural determinants of health.
![Tyler Derreth Tyler Derreth](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3766.jpg?h=f8c987b2&itok=wd5Dy_j_)
Tyler Derreth, PhD, researches critical pedagogy, equitable teaching and learning practices, and university-community partnerships to advance justice in education and communities.
![Jennifer DeSanto Jennifer DeSanto](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2993.jpg?h=ca20dc95&itok=pEO-uRKZ)
Jennifer DeSanto, MS, RN, works with cancer survivors to assess patient-reported needs following cancer treatment and the effectiveness of different follow-up care plans.
![Michael Desjardins Michael Desjardins](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4390.jpg?h=f3351d9a&itok=WpgfI3pH)
Michael R. Desjardins, PhD, MA, is a spatial epidemiologist and medical geographer who works on pushing the frontier of understanding the nexus between health and place.
![Aisha Dickerson Aisha Dickerson in pink jacket](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/2023-08/learned-10-25-22158touched.jpg?h=e8f6e91e&itok=XnBRFwVx)
Aisha Dickerson, PhD, MSPH, studies environmental exposures and their disproportionate impact on autism and dementia risks in underserved communities across the lifespan.
![Conan Dickson Conan Dickson](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1868.jpg?h=ae68a8a4&itok=SBu4EBxK)
Conan Dickson, PhD ’04, MPH, leverages his experience in health system management to enhance education in health care strategy, finance, and quantitative tools.
![Marie Diener-West Marie Diener-West](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/180.jpg?h=c0588ea6&itok=oW0es16F)
Marie Diener-West, PhD ’84, Chair of MPH Program and Professor of Biostatistics, teaches and collaborates in the design, conduct, and analysis of multicenter clinical trials.
![George Dimopoulos George Dimopoulos](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1215.jpg?h=87dddb30&itok=s5ZOHKi4)
George Dimopoulos, PhD, MBA, studies vector-borne diseases and how mosquitoes can be rendered incapable of transmitting human pathogens.
![Janet DiPietro Janet DiPietro](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/177.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=9h8I9ETk)
Janet DiPietro, PhD, studies the interface between individual differences in development and physiology, and the implications of the prenatal period for postnatal life.
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Mitchell Doucette, PhD '18, MS, researches the impact of policy on intentional and unintentional injuries with a specific focus on violence in the workplace.