The faculty who teach in the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program come from a variety of academic departments including: the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the department of Africana Studies (Harpur College of Arts and Sciences), the departments of human development and social work (in the College of Community and Public Affairs), and the program in biological anthropology in the department of anthropology (Harpur College).
Faculty strengths and research interests support the MPH Program generalist core, selective areas in global and population health, and electives that are cross-listed courses in other departments.
Faculty
Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP
Founding Director
Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
Christine Podolak, MS
Instructor/Field Placement Coordinator
Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
Sharon A. Bryant, PhD
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Director, CSTEP/Co-Director, STEP and UBMS programs/Associate Professor, MPH Program
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Jodi Dowthwaite
Community & Global Public Health, Research Assistant Professor; Research Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
First-year Research Immersion Program; Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
Adjunct Faculty
View Full Profile Aniruddha Banerjee, PhD, MHM, HRM, ERM
Clinical Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
View Full Profile David J Hubeny, MPA, CEM
Executive Director of Emergency Management
Office of Emergency Management
View Full Profile Emily Pape
Clinical Associate Professor
Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
Affiliated Faculty
Ralph M. Garruto
Professor/Director, BU Biospecimen Archive Facility
Anthropology
Louisa Holmes
Gary D. James
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, and Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Anthropology; Director
Anthropology; IPPHC
Suk-Young (John) Kang
Chair/ Associate Professor
CCPA Social Work
Xingye Qiao
Associate Professor; Chair, Data Science TAE; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mathematical Sciences
Katherine Wander
Assistant Professor
Anthropology
