Faculty

Emerging Department of Biostatistics
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Matthew J. Gurka, PhD	Interim Chair Associate Professor	Biostatistics	Longitudinal data analysis Model selection Power analysis Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome Child health
Christa L. Ice, Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Pediatrics
George Kelley, DA, FACSM	Professor	Biostatistics	Exercise and Health-Related Disease
Michael D. Regier, PhD	Assistant Professor	Biostatistics	Community Medicine

Emerging Department of Epidemiology
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Kelly K. Gurka, MPH, PhD	Assistant Professor	Epidemiology Injury Prevention	Injury Prevention and Control Maternal and Child Health
Kim Innes, MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Epidemiology	Etiology Chronic Age-Related Disorders
Juhua Luo, PhD	Assistant Professor	Cancer Epidemiology Applied Biostatistics	Tobacco Prevention Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Health Disparities in Underserved Populations
Ian Rockett, PhD, MPH	Professor	Epidemiology	Suicide Prevention Injury Control
Anoop Shankar, MD, PhD	Interim Chair Associate Professor	Epidemiology	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension Chronic Kidney Disease Sleep Disordered Breathing Inflammation
Motao Zhu, PhD, MD, MS	Assistant Professor	Biostatistics	Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Methods

Emerging Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Geri Dino, PhD	Professor	Management of Public Health	Community based Research, Tobacco cessation, Tobacco Policy, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction, Health Disparities
Stephanie Frost, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Community Medicine
Kimberly A. Horn, EdD	Professor	Grant Writing	Tobacco Prevention Health Disparities Community-based Participatory Research
Ruth Kershner, EdD	Professor	Women's Health
Toni Morris, RN, MS, MFA	Assistant Professor	Community Medicine
Cecil Pollard, MA	Assistant Professor	Community Health Assessment Evaluation	Diabetes Control Workers' Compensation
William Reger-Nash, EdD	Professor	Foundation of Wellness	Wellness Physical Activity
Pete Shaffron, EdD	Professor	Injury Prevention	Older-Driver Mobility
Kenneth Simon, EdD	Associate Professor	Social & Behavioral Theory	Wellness
Nancy O'Hara Tompkins, PhD	Assistant Professor	Independent Study	Physical Activity Obesity Prevention
Keith J. Zullig, MSPH, PhD	Interim Chair Associate Professor	Social & Behavioral Theory	Adolescent Quality of Life Research Measurement Substance Use Community-based Interventions

Emerging Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Melissa M. Ahern, PhD
Thomas Bias, PhD	Research Instructor
Mary Carter, PhD	Assistant Professor	Gerontology Fundamentals	Aging & Quality of Life
Jeff Coben, MD	Assistant Professor	Gerontology Fundamentals	Aging & Quality of Life
Stephanie J. Frisbee, PhD	Assistant Professor	Health Policy	Policy and epidemiologic approaches to pediatric cardovascular health outcomes
Michael Hendryx, PhD	Interim Chair Associate Professor	Health Policy	Health Disparities

Emerging Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Rachel Abraham, MD, MPH	Assistant Professor	Research Seminar Disaster Response	Public Health Practice
Alan Ducatman, MD, MSc	Interim Dean Professor & Dept. Chair	Environmental Health	Toxic Exposure Workers' Compensation
Lan Guo, PhD	Associate Professor	Bioinformatics	Identification of Cancer Biomarkers Bioinformatics Algorithm Development
Sarah Knox, PhD	Professor	Epigenetics Systems Biology	Clinical and Population Epigenetics
Michael Luster, PhD	NIOSH Researcher
Christopher Martin, MD	Associate Professor	Internal Public Health	Occupational Medicine Toxicology of Metals
Michael McCawley, PhD	Interim Chair Associate Research Professor	Occupational Health	Air Pollution Aerosols Occupational Health
Kimberly Rauscher, ScD	Assistant Professor	Occupational Injury Prevention	Occupational Injury Workplace Health & Safety Policy Adolescent Workers Social Disparities

Additional Faculty
Name	Academic Rank	Teaching Area	Research Interest
Janet Hunt, MPH	Assistant Dean Academic Programs	Practicum
Kristi S. Kelley, M.Ed.
Bobbi Sykes, BSMT(ASCP), MS	Associate Practicum Coordinator	Practicum

Adjunct Faculty:

Ahmed Aboraya, MD, Chief of Psychiatry, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV.
Michael Andrew, PhD, Statistician, Health Effects Laboratory Division, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Robert Atkins, MD, Managing Partner, Madison Medical, PLLC, Madison, WV.
Michael Attfield, PhD, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Bipinchandra Avashia, MD, Medical Director, Bayer CropScience, Kansas City, MO.
Marsha Bailey, MD, Medical Director, Occupational and Environmental Health, PLLC, Hurricane, WV.
Ki Moon Bang, PhD, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Iobi Batio, MD, Medical Director, Fijian national tuberculosis program, Suva, Fiji.
James Becker, MD, Associate Professor, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV.
Ravindra Bhardwaj, MPH, Research Fellow, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Robert Bossarte, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Guendoline Brown, PhD, Nutrition and Health Specialist, WVU Extension Service, Morgantown, WV.
Cecil Burchfiel, PhD, Chief, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Robert Castellan, MD, MPH, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Dawn Castillo, MPH, Chief, Surveillance and Field Investigations, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Cammie Chaumont Menendez, PhD, Epidemiologist, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Ann Chester, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Social Justice, WVU Health Sciences Center.
Cristina Demian, MD, MPH, Resident Physician, WVU Occupational Medicine, Morgantown, WV.
Ashok Dey, PhD, Director, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Morgantown, WV.
Sarper Erdogan, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
Cindy Fitch, PhD, Associate Professor, WVU Department of Human Nutrition and Foods, Morgantown, WV.
Philip Franklin, MD, Corporate Medical Director, Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ.
Sara Jane Gainor, MBA, Program Manager, WVU Cancer Information Service, Morgantown, WV.
Denise Gaughan, MPH, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Erdogan Gunel, PhD, Professor, WVU Department of Statistics, Morgantown, WV.
Dwight Harshbarger, PhD, Executive Director, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Concord, MA.
Paul Henneberger, ScD, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Eva Hnizdo, PhD, Senior Staff Fellow, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Gerald Hobbs, PhD, Associate Professor, WVU Department of Statistics, Morgantown, WV.
Mark Hoover, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Yulia Iossifova, MD, PhD, Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.
Syed Islam, DrPH, Director, Global Safety Surveillance and Epidemiology, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA.
Kashif Khan, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Concentra Medical Clinic, Houston, TX.
Margaret Kitt, MD, MPH, Program Director, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Kathleen Kreiss, MD, Chief, Field Studies Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Suresh Madhavan, PhD, Professor and Chair, WVU Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, Morgantown, WV.
Lee Ann Miller, EdD, Academic Technologist, WVU Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV.
Ted Miller, PhD, Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD.
Albert Munson, PhD, Director, Health Effects Laboratory Division, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Muazzam Nasrullah, MD, MPH, Epidemic Intelligence Officer, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Elizabeth Parsons, MBA, Instructor, WVU Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Morgantown, WV.
Kara Perritt, MS, Chief, Special Studies Team Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Sandra Pope, MSW, Associate Director, Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program, Charleston, WV.
Janet Reger-Nash, MS, Director, Holistic Counseling Services, Morgantown, WV.
Sally Richardson, AB, Director, Institute for Health Policy Research, Charleston, WV.
Kevin Rider, PhD, Assistant Professor, WVU Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Morgantown, WV.
Christine Schuler, PhD, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Joseph Schwerha, MD, MPH, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (retired), Pittsburgh, PA.
Ronald Scobbo, MD, Affiliate Staff, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, White Sulphur Springs, WV.
Judith Sedgeman, EdD, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Leadership, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL.
Gabriel Sella, MD, Family Practice Physician, Martins Ferry, OH.
Dan Sharp, MD, PhD, Associate Director of Science, Health Effects Laboratory Division, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Randall Short, DO, Medical Director, BrickStreet Insurance, Charleston, WV.
Thomas Sims, MA, Director, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, WV Bureau for Public Health (retired), Charleston, WV.
Catherine Slemp, MD, MPH, Acting Medical Officer, WV Bureau for Public Health, Charleston, WV.
Clement Solomon, PhD, Senior Assistant to the WVU Associate Vice President for Facilities, Morgantown, WV.
Alexsandr Stefaniak, PhD, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Ron Stollings, MD, Madison Medical Group, Madison, WV.
Eileen Storey, MD, MPH, Medical Officer/Acting Chief, Surveillance Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Eva Suarthana, MD, PhD, Epidemic Intelligence Officer, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Catherine Taylor, MSW, Workforce Development Coordinator, WV Bureau for Public Health, Charleston, WV.
Hope Tiesman, PhD, Epidemiologist, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Robert Tosatto, MPH, MBA, Captain, US Public Health Service, Director, Medical Reserve Corps Program, Rockville, MD.
Janet Tou, PhD, Assistant Professor, WVU Department of Human Nutrition and Food, Morgantown, WV.
Simone Tramma, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Senior Service Fellow/Medical Officer, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Daniel Vasgird, PhD, Director, WVU Office of Research Compliance, Morgantown, WV.
Mei-Lin Wang, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory Disease, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV.
Mark Wicclair, PhD, Professor, WVU Department of Philosophy, Morgantown, WV.
Maxine Wright-Walters, PhD, President, EDV Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.

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Please Note: All curriculum seen here is subject to change as the Department of Community Medicine transitions
into the School of Public Health; please continue to check with your advisors for any changes.