Faculty & Staff

Department of Epidemiology faculty, staff and their research interest:

Faculty

 Evi Farazi, PhD - Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science, Associate Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Cancer Prevention | Genetic & Environmental Factors in Cancer Development

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Joseph R. Fauver, PhD - Assistant Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Pathogen Genomics & Bioinformatics | Genomic Epidemiology | SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics | Genomics of Infectious Disease Control Programs | Mosquito-borne Pathogens

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Keith Hansen, MBA - Co-Director of the Center for Preparedness Education, Co-Director of the Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals, Instructor

Interest & Focus Areas: Crisis management | Public Health & Healthcare Readiness| Crisis Leadership | Disaster Planning

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Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA - Dean of the College of Public Health

Interest & Focus Areas: Pandemic Preparedness | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Bio-terrorism | Global Health Security

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Deborah Levy, PhD, MPH - Professor, Co-Director for the Center of Biosecurity, Biopreparedness, & Emerging Infectious Diseases

Interest & Focus Areas: Preparedness & Disaster Planning | Public Health & Healthcare Readiness | Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Rachel Lookadoo, JD - Assistant Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Public Health Law | Disaster Preparedness | Isolation & Quarantine Measures | Climate, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change

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David Brett-Major, MD MPH - Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Infectious Diseases | Health Emergency Risk Management | Internal Medicine | Medical Research | Tropical Medicine & Public Health

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Sharon Medcalf, PhD - Associate Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Disaster and Emergency Preparedness | Public Health & Healthcare Readiness

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Abraham D Mengist, PhD - Assistant Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Epidemiology of Malaria and Helminth | Diagnosis of Malaria and Helminth | Antimalarial and Antihelminthic Drug Efficacy | HPV Vaccination & Cervical Cancer Prevention | HIV Disease Progression

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Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, SM, ScD, FACE - Professor and Chair

Interest & Focus Areas: Cancer Research | Social Determinants of Disease Outcomes | Environmental Impact on Chronic Disease | Situational Health Disparities

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Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD - Assistant Professor

Interest & Focus Areas: Geospatial Influences on Health Disparities | Transportation as a Social Determinant Impacting the Cancer Care Continuum


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Leslie Scofield, MPH - Director of First Responder Education, Instructor

Interest & Focus Areas: Mass Casualty Incidents | Public Health & Healthcare Readiness | Crisis Leadership


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Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD - Professor, Vice Chair, Associate Director for Community Outreach in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Interest & Focus Areas: Substance Use Disorder Prevention | Self-management of mental illness | Rural Cancer Disparities Research

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Staff

Kristin "Kris" Eschliman - Office Associate II for the Department of Epidemiology


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Sierra Garth, MPH - Research Project Coordinator

Interest & Focus Areas: Social Epidemiology | Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Emergency Preparedness | Health Disparities

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Jenelle Pomicter - Administrator I

Interest & Focus Areas: Cost Accounting


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Affiliated Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

  • Carol Allensworth, PhD, Douglas County Health Department, Omaha NE
  • Rana J Asghar, PhD
  • Debora Barnes-Josiah, PhD, Sr. Epidemiologist  at Island Data Services, Bellingham, WA
  • Bryan Buss, PhD, Public Health Veterinarian, Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln NE
  • Theodore Cieslak, MPH
  • Rashid Chotani, Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
  • Matthew Donahue, MD, State Epidemiologist - Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
  • Jill Hanson, MD
  • Jennie L. Hill, PhD 
  • Karen Jones, MD
  • Tricia D. LeVan, PhD
  • Paul Levine, MD
  • Patrick Maloney, PhD
  • Veenu Minhas, PhD, MPH - Research Scientist at Charles River Laboratories, Lima, OH
  • Anne O'Keefe, MD, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Douglas County Health Department, Omaha NE
  • Mac Otten, MPH
  • Caitlyn Pedati, MD, State of Iowa Epidemiologist and Medical Director for the State Public Health Department
  • Thomas Safranek, MD, Retired State Epidemiologist, Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln NE
  • Sudhir Satpathy, MD
  • Jordan W Tappero, PhD, Senior Advisor for Global Health, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • J. Todd Weber, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Captain (Retired), US Public Health Service

Courtesy Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

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Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
984395 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4395
Phone: 402-559-4248