Faculty - College of Public Health UGA

Grace Bagwell Adams

Health Policy & Management, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology,
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

Mumbi Anderson

Office of Academic Affairs
Graduate Education Director
Clinical Assistant Professor

105G Rhodes Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.583.0059
mumbi@uga.edu

Renato Ferreira Leitao Azevedo

Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology
Assistant Professor

134 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-2539
renato.azevedo@uga.edu

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine
Institute of Bioinformatics
Center for Applied Pathogen Epidemiology and Outbreak Response
Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Center for Vaccines and Immunology

251E Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9329
justin.bahl@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

William Bell

Institute for Disaster Management
Senior Research Scientist Emeritus

Office: 706.363.3777

Marsha C. Black

Environmental Health Science
Associate Professor Emerita

Environmental Health Sciences Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
mblack@uga.edu

Tamora Callands

Health Promotion & Behavior
Associate Professor

231 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706-542-4372
tamcall@uga.edu

Cindy Carmean

Health Policy & Management
Clinical Assistant Professor

311D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2693
cindy.carmean@uga.edu

Zhuo “Adam” Chen

Health Policy & Management
Professor
DrPH Program Coordinator

305B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (678) 377-3656
zchen1@uga.edu

XianYan Chen

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

205 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6295
xychen@uga.edu

In Ki Cho

Environmental Health Science
Assistant Research Scientist

436 Edgar L. Rhodes Center for Animal and Dairy Science, 425 River Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2725
inkicho@uga.edu

Robert Coffman

Health Promotion & Behavior
Instructor

341C Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
coffra4@uga.edu

José F. Cordero

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Gordhan L. Virginia B. “Jinx” Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health

105 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6288
jcordero@uga.edu

Stephen Correia

Health Promotion & Behavior, Institute of Gerontology
Associate Professor
Director of Neuropsychology, Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Center

100 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 401.542.4613
scorreia@uga.edu

Cham Dallas

Health Policy & Management, Institute for Disaster Management,
University Professor

214 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.5412
cdallas@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
davism@uga.edu

Paula Davis-Olwell

Global Health Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Clinical Associate Professor
Undergraduate Academic Program Coordinator, Global Health Institute

221D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.0418
Paula.DavisOlwell@uga.edu

David M. DeJoy

Health Promotion & Behavior
Professor Emeritus
Member, Workplace Health Group

Office: 706.542.4368
dmdejoy@uga.edu

Marcus Dumas

Health Promotion & Behavior
Instructor

245C Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
marcus.dumas@uga.edu

Charles A. Easley, IV

Dean's Office, Environmental Health Science,
Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor

450 Edgar L. Rhodes Center for Animal and Dairy Science, 425 River Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2725
cae25@uga.edu

Mark H. Ebell

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Professor - Retired

125 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
ebell@uga.edu

Kerstin Gerst Emerson

Institute of Gerontology, Health Policy & Management,
Clinical Associate Professor

131 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2539
emerson@uga.edu

Ishtiaque Fazlul

Health Policy & Management,
Assistant Professor, College of Public Health & School of Public and International Affairs

211B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
ifazlul@uga.edu

Stuart Feldman

Health Policy & Management
Professor Emeritus

227 Rhodes Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2680
sfeldman@uga.edu

Spencer J. Fox

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

120 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9394
sjfox@uga.edu

Robert S. Galen

Global Health Institute
Professor Emeritus

223 B.S. Miller Hall, 101 Buck Rd, Athens, GA 30606
bobgalen@uga.edu

Jennifer L. Gay

Health Promotion & Behavior, Institute of Gerontology,
Associate Professor

245E Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6698
jlgay@uga.edu

Travis C. Glenn

Environmental Health Science
Interim Department Head
Professor
Director, Institute of Bioinformatics

152 Environmental Health Science Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.583.0662
travisg@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

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

Sarah Saint Hamilton

Institute of Gerontology, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Social Support Services, Cognitive Aging Research & Education (CARE) Center

101 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2539
saints@uga.edu

Andreas Handel

Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
UGA Foundation Professor in Public Health
Associate Department Head
Epidemiology & Biostatistics

124 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
ahandel@uga.edu

Nathan B. Hansen

Health Promotion & Behavior
Professor

333 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4364
nhansen@uga.edu

Curt Harris

Institute for Disaster Management, Health Policy & Management, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Director
Associate Professor

117 Commissary Building, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Bowstrom Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.583.8082
cuharris@uga.edu

Jacob B. Harth

Institute of Gerontology
Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology

Office: (706) 542-2539
harthjb@uga.edu

Timothy Heckman

Health Promotion & Behavior, Institute of Gerontology,
Professor

327 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, Athens, GA 30602
heckman@uga.edu

Katie Darby Hein

Health Promotion & Behavior
Clinical Associate Professor
Internship Coordinator

151E Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4358
khein@uga.edu

Magnolia Hernandez

Office of Academic Affairs, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Online Practice Coordinator
Clinical Assistant Professor

116 Rhodes Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-5672
magnolia.hernandez@uga.edu

Melissa Howard

Dean's Office, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Director of Online Learning and Professional Practice
Clinical Associate Professor

Melissa.Howard@uga.edu

Chao Huang

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

211 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-2754
chaohuang@uga.edu

Justin B. Ingels

Office of Academic Affairs, Health Policy & Management,
Coordinator of Evaluation, Strategic Initiatives and Assessment
Clinical Assistant Professor

105E Rhodes Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2738
ingels@uga.edu

Lucy Annang Ingram

Health Promotion & Behavior
Department Head
UGA Foundation Professor of Human Health

131 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4953
Lucy.Ingram@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

Maxwell Kagan

Health Policy & Management
Part-Time Assistant Professor, MHA Program

Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 505.363.3002
maxwell.kagan@uga.edu

M. Mahmud Khan

Health Policy & Management
Department Head & Professor
John A. Drew Professor in Healthcare Administration

116 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6083
Mahmud.Khan@uga.edu

Andrew M. Kiselica

Institute of Gerontology, Health Policy & Management,
Associate Professor

100 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-2539
akiselica@uga.edu

Jessica Knight

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

126 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6334
jessica.knight@uga.edu

Danielle Lambert

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

237 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
dnl@uga.edu

Inkoo Lee

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Assistant Professor

210 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-6288
inkoo.lee@uga.edu

Wentao Li

Environmental Health Science
Assistant Professor

210A Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.7223
wentao.li@uga.edu

Erin K. Lipp

Dean's Office, Office of Academic Affairs, Environmental Health Science,
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Georgia Power Professor of Environmental Health
EHS Graduate Program Director

105B Rhodes Hall, 105 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.1221
elipp@uga.edu

Donald J. Lloyd

Health Policy & Management
Part-time Associate Professor
Special Projects Coordinator

204 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
dlloyd26@uga.edu

Keri Lydon

Environmental Health Science
Clinical Assistant Professor

142 Environmental Health Science Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
keri.lydon@uga.edu

Edmond F. Maes

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

107 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6288
edmond.maes@uga.edu

Michael P. Martin

Health Policy & Management
Clinical Assistant Professor

311D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9268
m2029pm@uga.edu

Kelli McCarthy

Institute for Disaster Management
Clinical Assistant Professor

126 Commissary Building, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Bowstrom Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2763
kmccarthy@uga.edu

John Patrick McCracken

Global Health Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Professor

221 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 524-4882
john.mccracken@uga.edu

Brian McKay

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Coordinator, Undergraduate Public Health Data Fluency Certificate

226 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6305
bmckay52@uga.edu

Toni P. Miles

Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy & Management,
Professor Emerita

110 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
tonimile@uga.edu

George Mois

Health Promotion & Behavior, Institute of Gerontology,
Assistant Professor

321D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-1722
mois@uga.edu

Jessica Legge Muilenburg

Dean's Office, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Assessment
Professor

331 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4365
jlm@uga.edu

Luke Naeher

Environmental Health Science
Professor
Associate Department Head

150 Environmental Health Science Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4104
lnaeher@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

James P. O’Neal

Institute for Disaster Management, Health Policy & Management,
Clinical Professor

Office: 706.713.2758
James.ONeal@uga.edu

Pamela Orpinas

Health Promotion & Behavior
Professor Emerita

porpinas@uga.edu

Heather Padilla

Health Promotion & Behavior
Associate Professor
Director, Workplace Health Group
Director, Traffic Safety Research & Evaluation Group

233 Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.4328
hmpadilla@uga.edu

Christina Proctor

Health Promotion & Behavior
Clinical Associate Professor
Undergraduate Coordinator

151 C Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.583.8184
cproctor@uga.edu

Stephen L. Rathbun

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Professor Emeritus

206 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.6302
rathbun@uga.edu

Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond

Institute of Gerontology, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Director, Institute of Gerontology, and Co-Director, Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Center
Leonard W. Poon Professor for Innovation in Public Health and Aging
Associate Professor
Courtesy Faculty: Department of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Group Lead, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, UGA Integrated Life Sciences

135 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.2539
lrenzi@uga.edu

Michelle A. Ritchie

Institute for Disaster Management, Health Policy & Management,
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at the Institute for Disaster Management

124 Commissary Building, Health Sciences Campus, 105 Bowstrom Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-8684
michelle.ritchie@uga.edu

Shana M. Scott

Health Policy & Management
Part-time Assistant Professor

UGA Gwinnett Campus, 2530 Sever Road, Room 218, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Office: 706.294.962
sms81730@uga.edu

Don Scott

Institute of Gerontology, Health Promotion & Behavior,
Medical Director, CARE Center
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior

102 Hudson Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 102 Spear Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.713.2206
dws62946@gmail.com

Juliet N. Sekandi

Global Health Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator, Certificate in Global Health
Director, Global Health Institute

227B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.5257
jsekandi@uga.edu

Ye Shen

Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology,
Ernest Corn Professor
Department Head

211 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9394
yeshen@uga.edu

Eunhae Shin

Health Policy & Management
Assistant Professor

205D Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 713-2755
eunhae.shin@uga.edu

Jessica C. Smith

Health Policy & Management
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, MHA Program

311B Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 100 Foster Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.7313
jc.smith@uga.edu

Mary Alice Smith

Environmental Health Science
Professor Emerita

206 Environmental Health Science Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
masmith@uga.edu

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

Xiao Song

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Professor

213 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.1540
xsong@uga.edu

Andrea Swartzendruber

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Professor

234 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.583.8149
aswartz@uga.edu

Lili Tang

Environmental Health Science
Professor

148 Environmental Health Science Building, 150 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602
Office: 706.542.9765
ltang@uga.edu

Allan D. Tate

Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Director of Biostatistics, Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems (CACHE)
Georgia CTSA Co-Director, UGA Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design (BERD)

202 B.S. Miller Hall, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-6317
allan.tate@uga.edu