Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health
Faculty and Research Interests
| Rebecca Anderson, JD MS Associate Professor Law, ethics, and public policy in clinical care, especially genetic medicine. |
| Renaisa Anthony, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Maternal and child health, pregnancy outcomes, health disparities and health equity, and access to quality and affordable health care |
| Ozgur Araz, PhD Assistant Professor Systems modeling and simulation, operations management in health care, modeling infectious and chronic diseases, decision and cost-effectiveness analysis, Bayesian statistics and stochastic modeling |
| Denise H Britigan, MA, PhD, CHES Assistant Professor Social marketing, health communications, health literacy, health promotion, community health education |
| Liliana Bronner, MHSA, CNA Instructor Health science outreach activities for schools on Native American reservations in the Great Plains region |
| Jaime Gofin MD, MPH Professor Development and evaluation of community oriented primary care |
| Rosa Gofin, MD, MPH Professor Development and evaluation of health services and interventions, especially maternal-child health, childhood injuries, population inequalities |
| Terry T-K Huang, PhD, MPH, CPH Department Chair, Professor Ecological and multilevel research, systems science, pediatric obesity, science policy translation |
| Andrew Jameton, PhD Professor Philosophy and ethics of environmental health, global ethical issues in health |
| Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH Associate Professor Health services research, health disparities, and health equity |
| Ruth Margalit, MD Associate Professor Physician-patient relationship and communication strategies, professionalism and inter-professional education |
| Sharon Medcalf, MEd Instructor Disaster and emergency preparedness |
| Lea Pounds, MBA Instructor Social marketing, crisis and emergency risk communication |
| Shireen Rajaram, PhD Associate Professor Health disparities, environmental justice, and sexual health |
| Mohammad Siahpush, PhD Professor Socioeconomic position and smoking |
| Asia Sikora, PhD Assistant Professor Health behavior, health economics, social determinants of health, dementia, obesity |
| Ghada Soliman, MD, PhD, RD, LMNT Associate Professor Nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention, obesity and metabolic–related diseases, macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies, mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) as a master regulator of metabolism, cell growth, and proliferation, mTOR signal transduction, weight management, behavioral management, nutrient metabolism. |
| Dejun Su, PhD Associate Professor Social Demography, Medical Sociology, Health Research and Policy |
| Melissa Tibbits, PhD Assistant Professor Adolescent health and development, prevention of risky behaviors in adolescence |
Affiliated Faculty
| Virginia Aita, PhD, MSM Professor Emeritus |
Jay A. Irwin, PhD Assistant Professor |
| Mary Balluff, MS, RD, LMNT Professor of Practice |
Jim D Medder, MD, MPH Associate Professor |
| Daniel Blanke, PhD Professor |
Courtney A. Pinard, Ph.D Assistant Professor |
| Katie Brandert, MPH, CHES Instructor |
Daniel J. Schober, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor |
| Jason D. Coleman, PhD, MSPH Assistant Professor |
Gopal K. Singh, PhD Professor |
| Aleta Gaertner, MPH Instructor |
Richard Stacy, EdD, MPH Professor |
| Brandon Grimm, MPH, PhD(c) Instructor |
Patrick Tyrance, MD Assistant Professor |
| Ross Hammond, PhD Associate Professor |
Amy Yaroch, PhD Professor |
Department Staff
| Catherine Cassel, Office Associate II |
- Biostatistics
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Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
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Faculty & Staff
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Chandran Achutan, PhD
- Keshore R. Bidasee, PhD
- Ercole Cavalieri, DSc
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Shawn Gibbs, PhD
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Alan Kolok, PhD
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Michael L. McCaskill, MPH, PhD
- JoEllyn McMillan, PhD
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Risto Rautiainen, PhD
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Eleanor G Rogan, PhD
- Debra Romberger, MD
- Patrick Shea, PhD
- Terry Stentz, PhD, MPH, CPE, CPC
- Nick Stergiou, PhD
- Susanna Von Essen, MD, MPH
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Todd Wyatt, PhD
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Muhammad Zahid, PhD
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Chandran Achutan, PhD
- Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health(CS-CASH)
- Center for Environmental Health & Toxicology
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PhD in Environmental Health, Occupational Health & Toxicology
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Faculty & Staff
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Epidemiology
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Faculty & Staff
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Amr Soliman, MD, PhD
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Lorena Baccaglini, DDS, PhD
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Debora Barnes-Josiah, PhD
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Robert M. Chamberlain, PHD, MA
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Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH
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Leslie Elliott, MPH, PhD
- Angela Hewlett, MD
- Peter Iwen, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP), SM(NRM), CLS/M
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Lina Lander, ScD
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Tricia D. LeVan, PhD
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Dana Loomis, PhD
- Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH
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KM Monirul Islam, MD, PhD
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Pinaki Panigrahi, MD, PhD
- Philip Smith, M.D.
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Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
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Amr Soliman, MD, PhD
- Academic Programs
- Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP)
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Research
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Seminars
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Faculty & Staff
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Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health
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Faculty & Staff
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Rebecca Anderson, JD MS
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Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH
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Ozgur Araz, PhD
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Denise H Britigan, MA, PhD, CHES
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Liliana P Bronner, MHSA, CNA
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Christopher Fisher, PhD
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Jaime Gofin, MD, MPH
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Rosa Gofin MD, MPH
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Terry T-K Huang, PhD, MPH, CPH
- Jay A. Irwin, PhD
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Andrew Jameton, PhD
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Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH
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Ruth Margalit, MD
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Sharon Medcalf, MEd
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Lea Pounds, MBA
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Shireen S. Rajaram, PhD
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Mohammad Siahpush, PhD
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Asia Sikora, PhD
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Ghada Soliman, MD, PhD, RD, LMNT
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Dejun Su, PhD
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Melissa Tibbits, PhD
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Virginia Aita, PhD MSN
- Daniel Blanke, PhD
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Jim Medder, MD, MPH
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Courtney A. Pinard, PhD
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Daniel J. Schober, PhD, MPH
- Richard Stacy, Ed.D, MPH
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Amy Yaroch, PhD
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Rebecca Anderson, JD MS
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PhD in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research
- Midlands Sexual Health Research Collaborative
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Faculty & Staff
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Health Services Research & Administration
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About HSRA
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Prospective Students
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PhD in Health Services Research, Administration, and Policy
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Outreach - Community Links
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Research
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Faculty & Staff
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John C Adams, PhD, MBA, MA
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Li-Wu Chen, MHSA, PhD
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Ann Fetrick, RN, MN, PhD
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Keith Hansen, MBA
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Ashish Joshi, PhD, MD, MPH
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Jungyoon Kim, PhD
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Ge Lin, PhD
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Marsha Morien, MSBA, FHFMA, FACHE
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Preethy Nayar, PhD
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Alice M Schumaker, MS, MPA, PhD
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Jim P Stimpson, PhD
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Hongmei Wang, PhD
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Nizar K Wehbi, MD, MPH, MBA
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Fernando A. Wilson, PhD
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Peter A Woodbridge, MD, MBA
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Wanqing Zhang, MEd, MD
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John C Adams, PhD, MBA, MA
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Current PhD Students
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Contact Us
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About HSRA
Contact us
Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health
UNMC College of Public Health
984365 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4365
Cathy Cassel, Office Associate
Phone: 402-559-4325
Fax: 402-559-3773
Email: Catherine.Cassel@unmc.edu
