Specialists in the field of Chronic Diseases
Suhang Song
Health Policy & Management
Assistant Professor
211D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9268
suhang.song@uga.edu
Daniel Jung
Health Policy & Management
Assistant Professor
305D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2692
daniel.jung1@uga.edu
Mohammad Rifat Haider
Health Policy & Management
Assistant Professor
301B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9268
haider@uga.edu
David M. DeJoy
Health Promotion & Behavior
Professor Emeritus
Member, Workplace Health Group
Office: 706.542.4368
dmdejoy@uga.edu
Sarah Saint Hamilton
Institute of Gerontology, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Clinical Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Coordinator, Institute of Gerontology
101 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4337
saints@uga.edu
Jean O’Connor
Health Policy & Management
Part-time Associate Professor
UGA Gwinnett Campus, 2530 Sever Road, Room 218, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Office: 404.285.1300
Jean.OConnor@uga.edu
Heather Padilla
Health Promotion & Behavior
Assistant Professor
Director, Workplace Health Group
345E Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4328
hmpadilla@uga.edu
K. Melissa Hallow
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Professor, College of Public Health and College of Engineering
B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.5478
hallowkm@uga.edu
Jenay M. Beer
Institute of Gerontology, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Associate Director, Institute of Gerontology
Associate Professor, College of Public Health and School of Social Work
139 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2539
Jenay.Beer@uga.edu
Zhuo “Adam” Chen
Health Policy & Management
Associate Professor
DrPH Program Coordinator
305B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9146
zchen1@uga.edu
Marsha Davis
Dean's Office, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Dean
Professor
205 Rhodes Hall, Health Sciences Campus, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.0939
Fax: 706.542.6730
davism@uga.edu
Grace Bagwell Adams
Office of Outreach, Engagement & Equity, Health Policy & Management, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology,
Director, Health Equity Hub
Associate Professor
211D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2701
gbagwell@uga.edu
Joseph Allegra
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Instructor
238 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.1298
jallegra@uga.edu
Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa
Health Policy & Management, Dean's Office, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Associate Professor
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Director, Economic Evaluation Research Group
Director, Obesity and Weight Management Certificate
211B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2700
Fax: 706.227.4503
jrthapa@uga.edu
Jennifer L. Gay
Health Promotion & Behavior, Institute of Gerontology,
Associate Professor
251E Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6698
Fax: 706.542.4956
jlgay@uga.edu
Kerstin Gerst Emerson
Institute of Gerontology, Health Policy & Management,
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Online Learning at CPH
131 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2539
Fax: 706.583.0109
emerson@uga.edu
Mark H. Ebell
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Professor
125 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
ebell@uga.edu
