Division of Public Health Program Office
Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP
Associate Professor/Founding Director, MPH Program
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Mitchell Brooks
Field Placement Coordinator; Field Placement Coordinator, Public Health Division
Public Health; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Maegan Berliner
Senior Staff Assistant, Public Health; Senior Staff Assistant, Public Health Division
Public Health; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Faculty
Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP
Associate Professor/Founding Director, MPH Program
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Public
health
- Epidemiology
- Nursing
- Population health
- Program evaluation
- Chronic disease risk reduction
- Health promotion
- Fall prevention among older
adults
- Evidence-based practice
- Data analytics
- Social determinants of health
- Translational research
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A. Serdar Atav, PhD
Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Vulnerable populations
- Opioid use and misuse
- Medicaid
- Affordable Care Act
- Health applications of system dynamics modeling
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Sharon A. Bryant, PhD
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Decker College
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Health promotion and disease prevention behaviors of underrepresented populations
- Intimate partner violence among college students
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Alex Chase-Levenson
Associate Professor; Associate Professor, Public Health Division
Public Health; History; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Modern Britain and its empire
- Europe in the long 19th century
- History of the modern Mediterranean
- History of public health
- History of disease
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Thomas Foley, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Health Division; Clinical Assistant Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Public Health
Research Interests
- The prevention and treatment of chronic diseases via health behaviors
- Sarcopenia and the benefits of progressive resistance training as sarcopenia prevention and treatment of sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults
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Laura Terriquez-Kasey, DNP
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Disaster education and disaster mitigation issues that need to be addressed by the global healthcare sector
- Nurses have an obligation as healthcare providers to be prepared to respond to any incident that can occur in the United States or abroad
- Nurses as patient care advocates need to continue providing for the public, by planning and focusing on care related to all incidents
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Miesha Marzell, PhD
Associate Professor, Public Health Division
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Substance abuse prevention among racial/ethnic minorities
- Athlete substance use
- mental health and wellness
- Marijuana policy reform
- Community-based interventions
- Interdisciplinary approaches to social and behavioral health science research
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Visiting Faculty
Thet Su Htwe
Visiting Assistant Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Community health
- Cultural sensitivity in healthcare and health promotion
- Human rights
- Violence against women
- Gender equity and equality
- Sexual harassment
- Conflict-related sexual violence
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Adjunct Faculty
Nancy McGraw
Adjunct Faculty, Public Health Division; Adjunct Faculty
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Public Health