Public Health

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https://publichealth.utk.edu/

Thankam Sunil, Head
Kathleen Brown, Director of Graduate Studies for MPH
Samantha Ehrlich or Kristina Kintziger, Directors of Graduate Studies for Doctoral

Professors    
Meschke, L., PhD – Penn State (University Park)
Sunil, T., PhD – International Institute for Population Sciences (India); PhD - North Texas   

Associate Professors     
Chen, J., MD, PhD – Beijing Medical (China); PhD – California (Davis) 
Jabson Tree, J., PhD – Oregon State   

Associate Professor of Practice     
Brown, K., PhD – Tennessee

Assistant Professors      
Ehrlich, S., PhD – California (Berkeley)
Jones, D., PhD – Memphis
Kintziger, K., PhD – South Carolina
Smith, K., PhD – Johns Hopkins

Assistant Professor of Practice and MPH Applied Practice Experience Coordinator     
Russomanno, J., PhD – Tennessee

Assistant Professors of Practice    
Gary, M., PhD – Southern Illinois (Carbondale)
Perion, J., PhD – Ohio (Toledo)

Adjunct Faculty
Barrie, M., JD – South Texas Collage of Law; PhD – Texas (Health Science Center)
Buchanan, M., MD – East Tennessee State
Chavez-Lindell, T., MPH – Tulane
Cooper, K., MD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Cragle, D., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Decker, J., DHA – South Carolina (Charleston)
Erwin, P.C., MD – Alabama (Birmingham); DrPH – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Golden, A. PhD – Tennessee
Hahn, W., PhD – Purdue
Heath, G., DHSc – Loma Linda
Mason, M., PhD – Oregon State
McNeely, C., DrPH – California (Los Angeles)
Mirvis, D., MD – Yeshiva (New York)
Myers, C., PhD – Tennessee
Nobles, R., DrPH – Texas Health Science Center
Odoi, E., PhD - Guelph (Canada)
Sayre, W., MD – Marshall (Huntington)
Whelan, J., PhD - Penn State

Lecturer
Grubaugh, J., MPH – Tennessee

Joint Appointment Faculty
Jarvandi, S., MD – Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran); PhD – McGill (Canada)
Washburn, L., DrPH - Arkansas Medical Sciences

Emeriti Faculty
Gorski, J., DrPH – California (Los Angeles)
Hamilton, C., DrPH – Oklahoma
Petty, G., PhD – Missouri (Columbia)
 

The Department of Public Health is committed to providing high quality academic preparation for students to become effective public health professionals, scholars and teachers, and public health advocates in various health-related fields. The discipline of public health is rooted in the basic science of epidemiology, and integrates behavioral, social, and organizational sciences in a socio-ecological model whose ultimate aim is to improve the health of populations. The internal ethic of public health is a commitment to social justice and the elimination of health inequities between and among populations or population sub-groups.

Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Program

The Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Program is a formal University of Tennessee, Knoxville academic program housed within the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics, College of Business Administration, but made available to students enrolled in a variety of degree programs, including those in Public Health. Students in both the MPH and PhD programs in Public Health are eligible to earn a Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Minor  with 9-15 hours of approved coursework.

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