MPH Program

Master of Public Health Faculty & Staff

Full-Time MPH Faculty

	Jane Morley Kotchen, MD, MPH Positions:  Professor; Director, MPH Degree Program, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, Case-Western Reserve University, 1964; MPH, University of North Carolina, 1966; BA, College of Wooster, 1960 MPH Course:  18201 Principles of Epidemiology Research Interest:  women’s health initiative
	Ruta Bajournaite, PhD Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Education: PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003; MS, University of Texas at Dallas, 1999; BS, Vilnius University, 1992 MPH Course: 18204 Biostatistics Research Interests: survival analysis and competing risks theory
	Peter M. Layde, MD, MSc Positions:  Professor, Department of Population Health; Co-Director, Injury Research Center; Co-Director, Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute Education:  MD, University of Wisconsin, 1976; MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1980; BA, University of Wisconsin, 1973 MPH Course:  18258 Advanced Epidemiologic Methods Research Interests:  medical injury surveillance; patient safety; public health leadership education; fall prevention
	Brent R. Logan, PhD Positions:  Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, Northwestern University, 2001; MS, Northwestern University, 1998; BS, Vanderbilt University, 1996 MPH Course:  18204 Biostatistics Research Interests:  clinical trials endpoints; inference in dose-response; comparisons in survival analysis
	Thomas May, PhD Positions:  Associate Professor, Department of Population Health; Director, Graduate Program in Bioethics Education:  PhD, Bowling Green State University, 1994; MA, Bowling Green State University, 1990; BA, Otterbein College, 1988 MPH Course:  18250 Balancing Harms and Individual and Community Interests: Ethical Issues in Public Health Research Interest:  ethics in health care
	Linda N. Meurer, MD, MPH Positions:  Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Education:  MD, Wayne State University, 1989; MPH, University of Minnesota, 1994; BS, Oakland University, 1985 MPH Course:  18203 Public Health Management and Policy Research Interest:  faculty/medical student training
	Emmanuel M. Ngui, DrPH, MSc Positions:  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Education:  DrPH, University of North Carolina, 2003; MSc, Eastern University, 1995; BSc, Eastern University, 1992 MPH Course:  18218 Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Population Health Research Interests:  racial disparities in children; community health improvement
	Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH Positions:  Professor, Department of Pediatrics Education:  MD, Harvard University, 1976; MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 1977; BS, Tougaloo College, 1972 MPH Course:  18254 Challenges in Maternal and Child Health Research Interest:  children’s health

Part-Time Faculty

	Michael D. Akers, PhD Positions:  Professor; Chair, Department of Accounting, Marquette University; Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Mississippi, 1988; MBA, University of Louisville, 1979; BS, Charleston Southern University, 1997 MPH Courses:  18208 Health Care Management: Finance Research Interests:  accounting assessment; values of students/professionals; environmental disclosures
NOT PICTURED	Ross L. Clay, MD, MPH Positions:  Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, University of Minnesota, 1983; MPH, University of Minnesota, 1989; BS, University of Minnesota, 1979; BA, University of Minnesota, 1979 MPH Course:  18202 Toxicology Research Interests:  adolescent injury; neurotoxicity of xenobiotics; tenosynovitis
	Jay A. Gold, MD, JD, MPH Positions:  Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, Texas A&M University, 1986; JD, New York University, 1974; MPH, Harvard University, 1977; BA, St John’s College, 1971 MPH Courses:  18220 Occupational Health Law      18221 Public Health Law Research Interests:   quality improvement; medical-legal issues; bioethics
	Robert L. Goldberg, MD Positions:  Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, Jefferson Medical College, 1976; BS, The Pennsylvania State University, 1974 MPH Course:  18205 Practice of Occupational Health Research Interests:  ergonomics; work organization; graduate medical education
	William W. Greaves, MD, MSPH Position:  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, University of Illinois 1975; MSPH, University of Utah, 1980; BS, University of Illinois, 1971 MPH Courses:  18200 Environmental Health       18206 Practice of Public Health Research Interests:  distance learning education; preparedness assessment; health literacy; workplace health promotion; public health leadership education
	Nancy Kreuser, PhD, RN Position:  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1998; MSN, University of Nebraska, 1984; BSN, Marian College of Nursing, 1978 MPH Course:  18209 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Research Interests:  access to health care for vulnerable populations; public health policy (tobacco prevention/cessation)
	E. Brooke Lerner Positions:  Research Director, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Education: PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2001; MS, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1998; BA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1993 MPH Courses: Field Placement and Capstone Project Advisor Research Interests: emergency medical services; trauma triage guidelines
	N. Timothy Lynch, PhD Positions:  Associate Clinical Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurosurgery-Spine Care; Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1973; BS, St. Francis Seminary, 1968 MPH Course:  18212 Behavioral Science and Public Health Research Interests:  psychogenic illness; advocagenic disability
	Leslie F. Martin, MD, MPH Position:  Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, University of Lille Medical School, Lille, France, 1985; MPH, Columbia School of Public Health, 1991; BA, William Penn College, 1973 MPH Course:  18213 Clinical Prevention Research Interests:  workplace tobacco reduction; respiratory protection, train-the-trainer methods
	Cheryl A. Maurana, PhD Positions:  Senior Associate Dean for Public and Community Health; Director, PhD in Public and Community Health Program; Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, Purdue University, 1976; MS, Purdue University, 1974; BA, Seton Hill College, 1972 MPH Courses:  Field Placement and Capstone Project Advisor Research Interests:  building community-academic partnerships; community-based participatory research
	David Nelson, PhD Position:  Instructor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2000; MA, University of Northern Colorado, 1995; BS, University of Illinois-Champaign, 1985 MPH Course:  18203 Public Health Administration Research Interests:  increasing physical activity; food access; social support; process of community engagement
	Andrew Petroll, MD Positions:  Assistant Professor, Center for AIDS Intervention Research; Instructor, Department of Population Health Education:  MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001; MS, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008; BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996 MPH Course:   18215 Infectious Diseases Research Interests:  assessing HIV testing behaviors within high-risk populations and the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving HIV risk behavior discussions between health care providers and both HIV-negative and HIV-positive patients
	C. Oren Renick, JD, MPH, ThM Positions:  Professor, Chair, Department of Health Administration, Texas State University; Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  JD, Mississippi College, 1983; MPH, Tulane University, 1974; ThM, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1970; MA, Mississippi College, 1967; BA, Mississippi College, 1966 MPH Courses:  18214 Organizational Behavior and Design       18222 Health Care Law Research Interests:  quality improvements; ethics
	Alan Wells, PhD Position:  Instructor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Texas, School of Public Health; MPH, University of Texas, School of Public Health; BA, University of Texas MPH Course:  18200 Environmental Health Research Interests:  clinical outcomes in chronic HCV infection; community prevention strategies for viral hepatitis; public health ethics
	Julie Willems Van Dijk, PhD, RN Position:  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health Education:  PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2008; MSN, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1991; BSN, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1982 MPH Courses:  18230 Community Health Program Planning      18260 Community Health Program Evaluation Research Interests:  effectiveness of public health programs; prenatal care coordination; public health financing
	Steven Wong, PhD Position:  Professor, Department of Pathology Education:  PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977; MA, State University of New York, 1974, BA, Bridgewater College, 1971 MPH Course:  Capstone Project Advisor Research Interests:  pharmacogenomics and proteomics for forensic pathology/toxicology and addiction; molecular diagnostics and analytical toxicology; personalized medicine and personalized justice

MPH Staff

From L to R:  Beverly Carlson, Kim Contardi, Jessica Gillis