Faculty Directory

Michelle Spencer, MS, is a public health practitioner who focuses on the impacts of health equity, racial disparities, and health outcomes through community-based initiatives.

Paul Spiegel, MPH ’96, MD, is recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies and director of the Center for Humanitarian Health.

Adam Spira, PhD, MA, studies how healthy sleep can protect against poor outcomes in later life, including cognitive and functional decline, and Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Prakash Srinivasan, PhD, studies how malaria parasites enter host cells and applies findings to develop vaccines that will prevent them from causing disease.

Martin Stephens, PhD, promotes new methods of biomedical research and testing that are more relevant to human health than are traditional animal-based approaches.

Alice L. Sternberg, ScM ’83, collaborates on childhood asthma treatment clinical trials and contributes research to policy that informs Medicare coverage of emphysema.

Elizabeth Stierman, PhD ’22, MPH '11, evaluates approaches to improve quality of care, address social determinants, and advance equity in maternal and child health.

Frances Stillman, EdD, EdM, is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in tobacco control research, training and capacity building.

Donna Strobino, PhD ’76, an expert in maternal and child health (MCH) research, focused on the health of disadvantaged pregnant women and their young children and families.

Elizabeth Stuart, PhD, uses statistical methods to help learn about the effects of public health programs and policies, often with a focus on mental health and substance use.

Jotham Suez, PhD, MSc, studies the microbiome and the mechanisms through which symbiotic bacteria, viruses, and fungi shape the health of their human host.