Public Health Faculty

Yvonne A. Johnston, Associate Professor

BS, MS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY); MPH, DrPH, University at Albany (SUNY)

Affiliated: Master of Public Health Program (MPH); Roger L. Kresge Center for Nursing Research (KCNR); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI); Tick-borne Diseases Research Center; Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB); Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls

Specialty: Epidemiology, Program evaluation, Population health, Health promotion and disease prevention, Family and community health, Public health nursing, Chronic disease, Older adult fall prevention

Miesha Marzell, Associate Professor

BA, Georgetown University; MSW, University of Southern California; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellow in Atrocity Prevention; Human Rights Institute (HRI)

Specialty: Substance abuse prevention among racial/ethnic minorities, Athlete substance use, Mental health and wellness, Marijuana policy reform, Community-based interventions, Interdisciplinary approaches to social and behavioral health science research

Sharon A. Bryant, Associate Professor

BA, Howard University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Affiliated: Decker College Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Master of Public Health Program (MPH); Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program; Science and Technology Entry Program; Upward Bound Math Science Program

Specialty: Medical sociology, Health promotion and disease prevention behaviors of underrepresented populations, Intimate partner violence among college students, Health disparities and vulnerable populations

Alex Chase-Levenson, Associate Professor

BA, Harvard University; MPhil, Cambridge University; MA, PhD, Princeton University

Specialty: Modern Britain and its empire, Europe in the long 19th century, History of the modern Mediterranean, History of public health, History of disease

Jodi Dowthwaite, Research Assistant Professor

BA, Wellesley College; MPhil, PhD, University of Cambridge

Affiliated: First-year Research Immersion Program; Master of Public Health Program (MPH); Community and Global Public Health; °®¶¹´«Ã½: Anthropology Department, Integrative Neuroscience; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Orthopedic Surgery

Specialty: Biomedical anthropology; Longitudinal studies on diet, exercise and pediatric antecedents of adult disease; Reproductive health, including maternal/child health; Mental health; Health disparities

Career Champion 2023; Decker College Research Expense Grant recipient.

Emma L. Ospelt, Adjunct Faculty

BS, University of Georgia; MPH, °®¶¹´«Ã½

Specialty: Environmental health sciences, Population health, Diabetes, Quality improvement