Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
College of Public Health

Came to USF: 2003

Contact Information:
  Office:     2118, MDC 56
  E-Mail:    wnembha@health.usf.edu
  Voice:     (813) 974-6861
  FAX:       (813) 974-4719

Degrees:
  B.A.     Wesleyan College, 1994
  M.P.H. University of Texas, 1997
  Ph.D.   University of Texas, 2000

Associate Professor

Discipline:
  Epidemiology

Specialization:
  Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
  Epidemiology

Other Information:
  Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Nembhard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Florida she worked as a Research Instructor in the Maternal and Child Division of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Social Epidemiology in the Social Epidemiology Research Division of the Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine from June 2000 to August 2002. Her 2000 doctoral degree in Epidemiology (with minors in Biostatistics and Biological Sciences) and Masters of Public Health degree in International and Family Health (1997) are from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health.  Research interest includes birth defects, fetal exposures and adult chronic disease, infant mortality, preterm birth/low birth weight, and racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal outcomes.

Phone: (813) 974-3623 · Fax: (813) 974-4718 · Email: admin@health.usf.edu