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.
Halimatou Alaofe, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Health Promotion Sciences Department
halaofe@arizona.edu
Paloma Beamer, PhD
Professor, Public Health
Community, Environment & Policy Department
pbeamer@arizona.edu
Heidi Brown, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
heidibrown@arizona.edu
Jeff Burgess, MD, MS, MPH
Professor
Community, Environment & Policy Department
jburgess@arizona.edu
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MDA, MPA
Senior Lecturer
Phoenix Campus Department
dougco@arizona.edu
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
Distinguished Professor
Health Promotion Sciences & Community, Environment and Policy
pmaxwell@canyonranch.com
Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
zchen@arizona.edu
Burris Duncan, MD
Professor Emeritus, Public Health & Pediatrics
Health Promotion Sciences Department
bduncan@peds.arizona.edu
John Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc
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
Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH
Professor and Program Director, Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
kernst@arizona.edu
Janet Foote, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice
Phoenix Campus Department
jfoote@arizona.edu
Christine L. Girard, ND, MPH
Senior Lecturer
Phoenix Campus Department
christinegirard@arizona.edu
Iman Hakim, MBBCh, PhD, MPH
Dean and Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair of Public Health
ihakim@arizona.edu
Frank A. von Hippel PhD
Professor
Community, Environmental & Policy Department
frankvonhippel@arizona.edu
Lisa Kiser, DNP, CNM, WHNP
Associate Clinical Professor, Nurse Midwife Program
School of Health Professions
Zuckerman College of Public Health
lkiser@arizona.edu
Purnima Madhivanan MBSS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Family and Child Health & Global Health
Health Promotion Sciences Department
pmadhivanan@arizona.edu
Priscilla Magrath PhD
Senior Lecturer
Health Promotion Sciences Department
pmagrath@arizona.edu
Onicio Neto
Assistant Research Professor - Digital Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Zuckerman College of Public Health
onicio@arizona.edu
Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
kpogreba@arizona.edu
Kelly Reynolds, MSPH, PhD
Professor, Department Chair of Community, Environment and Policy
Director, ESRAC
reynolds@arizona.edu
Abdul Tawab Kawa Saljuqi
Assistant Director, Research
College of Medicine Tucson - Surgery
tsaljuqi@arizona.edu
Jonathan D. Sexton, MS, PhD
Laboratory Manager
Community, Environment & Policy Department
sextonj@arizona.edu
Mark Smolinski, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Ending Pandemics Academy
Jeff Skoll Endowed Chair in Ending Pandemics
Professor of Practice, Public Health
Zuckerman College of Public Health (Health Promotion Sciences)
drsmo@arizona.edu
Sheila Soto, MPH
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
Gabriela Valdez, PhD
Director, Global Education; Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of Global Health Program
Global Health Institute, Health Promotion Sciences Department
gvaldez@arizona.edu
Yevheniia Varyvoda, PhD
Research Professional
Health Promotion Sciences Department
varyvoda@arizona.edu
Dennis Walto, MA
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
Tatjana Ille, MD. PhD, MSc
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
Anusha Sreejith, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Demography
Gulf Medical University