College Overview

Faculty

A

John H. Adams, PhD

Distinguished University Professor, Distinguished USF Health Professor

adams3@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9916
Amy Alman, PhD

Associate Professor

aalman@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-2235
Anna Torrens Armstrong, PhD, MPH, CPH, MCHES

Assistant Professor

amarmstrong@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7594

B

Chighaf Bakour, MD, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor

cbakour@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-0993
Jason Beckstead, PhD

Professor

jbeckste@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7667
Thomas E. Bernard, PhD

Professor

tbernard@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6629
Alicia L. Best, PhD, MPH, CHES, CPH

Assistant Professor

abest@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-5290
Jennifer Bleck, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

jbleck@health.usf.edu
H. Joseph Bohn, Jr., PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Director, Community Engagement

jbohn2@health.usf.edu
(502) 645-5776
Marie Bourgeois, PhD

Assistant Professor

mbourgeo@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6633

C

Arlene Calvo, PhD

Associate Professor

acalvo@health.usf.edu
(507) 317-1822
Henian Chen, MD, PhD

Professor

hchen1@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-4285
Jaime Corvin, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of MPH Programs

jcorvin1@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6690
Deborah Cragun, PhD, MS, CGC

Assistant Professor, Director, Genetic Counseling

dcragun@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-4232
Theresa T. Crocker, PhD, RDN

Assistant Professor, Director, Nutrition and Dietetics

tcrocker@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-8261

D

Getachew A. Dagne, PhD

Professor

gdagne@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6680
Ellen M. Daley, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Practice

edaley@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-8518
Rita DeBate, PhD

Professor

rdebate@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6683
Katherine Drabiak, JD

Assistant Professor

kdrabiak@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-1335
Elizabeth A. Dunn, MPH, CPH

Visiting Instructor

edunn@health.usf.edu
(813) 396-9403

G

Heewon L. Gray, PhD, RDN

Assistant Professor

hlgray@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9881

H

Donna Haiduven, PhD, RN, CIC

Associate Professor

dhaiduve@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6472
Yehia Y. Hammad, ScD

Professor

yhammad@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6625
Raymond D. Harbison, PhD

Professor

(813) 974-3467
Ismael Hoare, PhD

Assistant Professor

ihoare@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7162
Yangxin Huang, PhD

Professor

yhuang@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-8209

I

Ricardo Izurieta, MD, DrPH, MPH

Professor

rizuriet@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-8913

J

Benjamin Jacob, PhD

Assistant Professor

bjacob1@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9784
Foday M. Jaward, PhD

Associate Professor

fjaward@health.usf.edu
(813) 396-9431
Rays Jiang, PhD

Assistant Professor

jiang2@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-4541

K

Kevin E. Kip, PhD, FAHA, AAAS Fellow

Distinguished USF Health Professor

kkip@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9266
Russell Kirby, PhD, MS

USF Distinguished Professor, Marrell Endowed Chair

rkirby@health.usf.edu
(813) 396-2357

L

Marissa J. Levine, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Professor, Director of Innovation in Community Impact

mjlevine@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-2351
Karen Liller, PhD

Professor

kliller@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7047
Xiaoming Liu, PhD

Associate Professor

xiaomingliu@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9865

M

Makut Matawal, MBBS, MPH, MBA, CPH

Instructor I

(813) 974-9372
Stephanie L. Marhefka, PhD

Professor, Assistant Dean for Research

smarhefk@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-5810
Jennifer Marshall, PhD

Director of Planning & Evaluation for the Sunshine Education and Research Center, Associate Professor

jmarshal@health.usf.edu
(813) 396-2672
Lynn Martin, PhD

Professor

lbmartin@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-0157
Dinorah Martinez Tyson, PhD, MPH, MA

Associate Professor

dmarti20@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-0723
Thomas J. Mason, PhD

Professor

tmason@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6675
Anthony J. Masys, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance and Homeland Security

tmasys@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-1316
Alfred Mbah, PhD

Assistant Professor

ambah@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-1118
Steven Mlynarek, PhD, CIH

Professor

smlynare@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6628

N

Michelle Nash, PhD, MPH, CPH

Visiting Assistant Professor

mnash@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9310
Robert Novak, PhD, MS

Professor

rnovak@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-2908

O

Alison Oberne, PhD, MPH, MA, CPH

Director of BSPH Program, Instructor II

aoberne@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-4246
Barbara Langland Orban, PhD

Professor, MHA Program Director

borban@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-0346
Deidre Orriola, MPH, CPH, CLC

Instructor II

Dorriola@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-1568
Miguel Reina Ortiz, MD, PhD, CPH

Assistant Professor

mreina@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6253

P

Claudia Parvanta, PhD

Professor

cparvanta@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7434
Mahmooda Khaliq Pasha, PhD, MHS, CPH

Assistant Professor

mpasha@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-4390
John Tory Peek, MPH, CPH

Instructor I

(813) 396-9405
Tricia Penniecook, MD, MPH

Vice Dean for Education & Faculty Affairs

tpenniec@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-2428
Kay Perrin, PhD, MPH, CPH

Associate Professor

kperrin@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6704
Donna J. Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH

Dean

dpeters@health.usf.edu
Sandra Potthoff, PhD

Professor

spotthoff@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9301
Etienne E. Pracht, PhD

Professor

epract@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7609
Zachary Pruitt, PhD, MHA

Assistant Professor

zpruitt1@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6654

Q

Troy Quast, PhD

Associate Professor

troyquast@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6730

R

Ira S. Richards, PhD

Professor

irichard@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6630
Jill Roberts, PhD

Assistant Professor

jroberts@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-3144
Laura Rusnak, MPH, CPH, CHES

Instructor III

lrusnak@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9598

S

René R. Salazar, PhD, CIH

Assistant Professor

rsalaza5@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9623
Max Salfinger, MD

Professor

max@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7176
Aurora Sanchez-Anguiano, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

asanchez@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6671
William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, CPH

Professor, Director of the Chiles Center

wsappenf@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-3746
Skai W. Schwartz, PhD

Associate Professor

sschwart@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6679
Amy L. Stuart, PhD

Professor

astuart@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6632

T

Jean Paul Tanner, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

jtanner@health.usf.edu
(813) 396-9242

U

Monica Uddin, PhD

Professor

monica43@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9765
Thomas Unnasch, PhD

Distinguished USF Health Professor

tunnasch@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7807

V

Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

cvamos@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7515
James Van Elswyk, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

W

Derek Wildman, PhD

Professor

dwildman@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-9775
Ronee Wilson, PhD

Assistant Professor

rwilson2@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-5097
Jacqueline Wiltshire, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

jwiltshi@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-1180
Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD

Distinguished Service Professor of Public Health

jwolfson@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6643
Kate Wolfe-Quintero, PhD

Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Student Success and Assessment

kwolfequ@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-5241
Yougui Wu, PhD

Associate Professor

ywu@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6673

Z

Janice C. Zgibor, RPh, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

jzgibor@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-6277

Research Faculty

Linda A. Detman, PhD

Research Associate, Chiles Center

ldetman@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-5865
Hassan Hassan, MSc

Research Associate
Canhui Liu, PhD

Research Associate
Jodi Ray, MA

Instructor II, Program Director of Florida Covering Kids & Families

jray@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-3143
Abraham Salinas-Miranda, MD, MPH, PhD

Visiting Research Scholar

asalinas@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-7069
Shulin Xu, PhD

Research Associate

Post Docs

Sai Lata De, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Taylor Livingston, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Elizabeth Anne Lockhart, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Melissa Nau, DVM
Postdoctoral Scholar
Takudzwa Sayi, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Laura Schoenle, MEd, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Nicholas Thomas, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Chengqi Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar