Faculty Directory
Our faculty are world-renowned experts, and trusted advisers to our students, public health leaders, and the public.
![Akihiko Nishimura Akihiko Nishimura](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4065.jpg?h=4f789516&itok=YBCwltp3)
Aki Nishimura, PhD, MS, uses Bayesian methods and statistical computing to tackle methodological challenges in healthcare analytics and large-scale biomedical applications.
![Bareng Nonyane Bareng Nonyane](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2435.jpg?h=f5b0f943&itok=RWqCUH7Q)
B. Aletta Nonyane, PhD, MSc, applies statistical design and analysis methods to investigate the effect of interventions for improving access to HIV and TB healthcare services.
![Liesl Nydegger Liesl Nydegger](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4517.jpg?h=fce18205&itok=S0xNpTzH)
Liesl Nydegger, PhD, MPH, uses multi-level intervention methods to prevent HIV among communities of color, particularly cisgender women, transgender men and women, and non-binary individuals.
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Victoria M. O’Keefe, PhD, MS, works to achieve strengths-based and culturally informed suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and wellness among Indigenous communities.
![Kay O'Neill Kay O'Neill](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3707.jpg?h=5dbb026d&itok=63bynk12)
Kay O'Neill, MSPH ’11, translates research findings into program practice, strengthening outcomes of programs that support vulnerable families.
![Elizabeth Ogburn Elizabeth Ogburn](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2877.png?h=16ec4b77&itok=U2N9txBL)
Betsy Ogburn, PhD, MS, develops methods for causal inference with complex data, including social network data and data with unmeasured confounding or interference.
![Elise Omaki Elise Omaki](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3090.png?h=f9b37c79&itok=ds7Olg66)
Elise Omaki, MHS '11, studies the epidemiology and prevention of injuries including child passenger safety, home safety, prescription drug overdose, and violence prevention.
![Jill Owczarzak Jill Owczarzak](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2878.jpg?h=22b4825a&itok=x535A2MN)
Jill Owczarzak, PhD, MA, is a medical anthropologist who explores how cultural, social, and political forces shape health disparities.
![David Paige David Paige](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/526.jpg?h=cc217466&itok=19QLuXWU)
David Paige, MD, MPH ’69, shaped the WIC nutrition program, focuses on clinical nutrition, health outcomes for low birthweight & premature infants, racial disparities in health.
![Ligia Paina Ligia Paina](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3020.jpg?h=cf663764&itok=nUeicUit)
Ligia Paina, PhD '14, MHS '08, studies how to improve health systems policies and programs so they provide equitable, quality care and are responsive to poor and marginalized communities.
![Amanda Palmer Amanda Palmer](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2655.jpg?h=d9d3c991&itok=gERZK8Lk)
Amanda Palmer, PhD ’11, MHS ’06, studies interventions that may help to improve nutrition and protect the health of infants and children in low- and middle-income countries.
![Anne Palmer Anne Palmer](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2344.jpg?h=7bc5cf4e&itok=pyzAVh2K)
Anne Palmer, MAIA, builds the capacity of food policy councils to work on issues such as hunger, food environments, and racial equity to create healthy, equitable and sustainable food systems.
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Chintan Pandya, PhD, MPH, MBBS, studies health information technology and data from care delivery to improve evidence, predictive modeling, continuous care, and population health.