Our Team
Faculty & Staff
Jesse E. Bell, PhD
Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Water, Climate and Health
Director, Water, Climate and Health Program, UNMC
Director, Water, Climate and Health, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska
Professor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Taylor Dahl
Communications and Community Outreach Specialist, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
Sue Dempsey, MS, CPH
Environmental Public Health Consultant, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Babak J. Fard, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Environmental Data Scientist
Yeongjin Gwon, PhD
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Biostatistics
Director of Biostatistics, Water, Climate and Health Program, College of Public Health
Faculty Fellow, University of Nebraska Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
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Meredith Jagger, MS, MPH
Grant Writer, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Kristina Kintziger, PhD, MPH
Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Health and Environment
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Fellow, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, University of Nebraska
Mounika Kudary, MS
Epidemiologist, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Haiyue (Arianna) Li , MS
Statistician, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Rachel Lookadoo, JD
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Director, Public Health Policy, Water, Climate and Health Program
Deputy Director, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions (CPERS)
TyKeara Mims, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Siddhi Munde, MS
Environmental Health Data Scientist, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Eleanor G. Rogan, PhD
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives, UNMC College of Public Health
Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Jabeen Taiba, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
Summer Woolsey, MPH
Project Manager II, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
Affiliated Faculty
Krista Brown, PhD, MBA, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health Associate Director, Center for Metrics and Evaluation College of Public Health University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kendra Clark , PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Taylor Hamblin, PhD
Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin – Lacrosse
Kaycie Lane, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Julie Petersen, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology Full member, Child Health Research Institute
Richard Remigio, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Full Member, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Renata Rimšaitė, PhD
Senior Program Manager, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Sarah Elizabeth Scales, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions (CPERS)
Brian Sims, PhD
PhD Director, Center for Metrics and Evaluation
Associate Professor, Health Promotion
Students
Abdoulaziz Abdoulaye, MS, MPH
PhD Student
Kyei Baffour Afari
PhD Student
Justin Baumert
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Alondra Escobedo
Student Worker
Bryson Lewis
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Crista Manning
MPH Student Worker
Hillary Mantone
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Ruth Mencia, MPH
PhD Student
Denise Torres
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Liz Cole
MPH Student Worker
Layhla Currier
MPH Student Worker
Catherine Warner, MPH CP-FS
PhD Student
Rana Isaczai
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Isabella Jones
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Elise Gilroy
Climate Change and Health Enhanced Medical Education Track Student
Muskan Ahuja
PhD Student
Katherine Thaden
Undergraduate Student Worker
Advisory Board
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, PhD
Donald R. Voelte, Jr. and Nancy A. Keegan Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Ryan Chapman, MLA
Assistant Manager, Lower Platte North NRD
Monica Cleveland, MBA, AA
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Don Coulter, MD
Edna Ittner Chair of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Director, Pediatric Cancer Research Group
Associate Program Director, UNMC Pediatric Residency
Tiffany Heng-Moss, PhD
Vice Chancellor and Vice President, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UNL
Anne Hubbard, MD
Retired Physician, Pediatric Radiologist, UNMC Alumnus
Brandon Hunnicutt
Owner of Hunnicutt Farms and Vice Chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board
Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
Dean, UNMC College of Public Health
Alan Kolok, PhD
Director, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
John Lowe, PhD
Anne M. Hubbard Chair, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Director, Global Center for Health Security
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Security Training and Education, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Larkin Powell, PhD, MS
Director, UNL School of Natural Resources
Professor, Conservation Biology and Animal Ecology
Joe Sanders
Executive Director, UNL Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Brian Sims, PhD
PhD Director, Center for Metrics and Evaluation
Associate Professor, Health Promotion
Derry Stover, MPH
Epidemiology Surveillance Coordinator for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services