Faculty and Lecturers
Serving as a catalyst for multidisciplinary collaboration, GHI faculty and lecturers are affiliated with various departments across the University of Arizona Health Sciences and partner institutes.
Assistant Professor
Health Promotion Sciences Department
halaofe@arizona.edu
Professor, Public Health
Community, Environment & Policy Department
pbeamer@arizona.edu
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
heidibrown@arizona.edu
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
Distinguished Professor
Health Promotion Sciences & Community, Environment and Policy
pmaxwell@canyonranch.com
Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
zchen@arizona.edu
Lynn Coppola, MD, MPH
Physician and Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
lcoppola@arizona.edu
Professor Emeritus, Public Health & Pediatrics
Health Promotion Sciences Department
bduncan@peds.arizona.edu
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
Health Promotion Sciences Department
jehiri@arizona.edu
Katherine (Kate) Ellingson, PhD
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
kellingson@arizona.edu
Professor and Program Director, Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
kernst@arizona.edu
Dean and Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair of Public Health
ihakim@arizona.edu
Adjunct Professor
Community, Environment & Policy Department
pharber@arizona.edu
Professor
Community, Environmental & Policy Department
frankvonhippel@arizona.edu
Assistant Professor of Practice
Community, Environment & Policy Department
paminata@arizona.edu
Purnima Madhivanan MBSS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Family and Child Health & Global Health
Health Promotion Sciences Department
pmadhivanan@arizona.edu
Assistant Research Professor - Digital Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Zuckerman College of Public Health
onicio@arizona.edu
Professor Emeritus
Community, Environment & Policy Department
mkor@arizona.edu
Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
kpogreba@arizona.edu
Professor, Department Chair of Community, Environment and Policy
Director, ESRAC
reynolds@arizona.edu
Adjunct Professor
Public Health Health Promotion Sciences Department
safi@arizona.edu
Assistant Director, Research
College of Medicine Tucson - Surgery
tsaljuqi@arizona.edu
Laboratory Manager
Community, Environment & Policy Department
sextonj@arizona.edu
Program Manager
Primary Prevention Mobile Health Unit - Southern Arizona
ssoto2@arizona.edu
William (Raju) Thiagarajan, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Public Health
Phoenix Campus Department
rthiagarajan@arizona.edu
Professor and Director, Zuckerman Family Center for Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Promotion Sciences Department
cthomson@arizona.edu
Director, Global Education; Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of Global Health Program
Global Health Institute, Health Promotion Sciences Department
gvaldez@arizona.edu
Research Professional
Health Promotion Sciences Department
varyvoda@arizona.edu
Adjunct Lecturer
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Chief of External Affairs
Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.
denniswalto@arizona.edu
Global Faculty
Shatha Saeed Hamad Al Sharbatti, PhD, Msc, DCM
Professor and Head of Community Medicine
Gulf Medical University
Head - Dept. of Gen. Education; Professor of Biostatistics/Research Methodology
Gulf Medical University
Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil, MBBS, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Community Medicine; Chairperson, Community Engagement
Gulf Medical University
Jayadevan Sreedharan, PhD Biostatistics, PhD Epidemiology
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Program Director - MPH
Gulf Medical University
