Faculty/Staff - Leadership & Influence
The Titanic, Sociology, and an Introduction to Public Health
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Actually, it may be a surprise to many people but I do not have a degree in public health. I was actually working on a PhD in demography and sociology....
Bridging Microbiology and the Environment to Protect Public Health
Dele Ogunseitan, PhD, MPH
I grew up in Nigeria, and I wanted to work in microbiology because I was a germ freak as a young kid but then I was struck by the different...
Helping People by Helping Communities
Sylvette La Touche-Howard, PhD, CHES, NCC
My background is in psychology, so I always wanted to help people. I took my first intro to public health class right as I was coming out of graduate school...
Collaboration for a Healthier Future
Kristi P. Fedinick, PhD
I think that academic public health plays a really important role because it brings together different perspectives in a single location that allows them to ask and answer questions in...
The Value of Life in Public Health
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
The most important things facing public health educators today is the sense of caring about whether we live or whether we die. Human life seems to be much devalued these...
Turning Science into Action
Hilary Godwin, PhD
My path into public health is a little non-traditional. I actually got my PhD in chemistry and was a chemistry professor as an associate professor and I got into public...
Teaching the Public Health Mindset
Mike Honsberger, PhD
One of the things that I talk to our faculty a lot about is how to portray their expertise this is something that our faculty and our experts in public...
From Treating Illness to Preventing It
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
I went to medical school I was planning originally to work in rehabilitation medicine and then changed to primary care but I got completely captured by one lecture in medical...
Recognizing the True Impact of Public Health
Edith Parker, MPH, DrPH
I think the impact of public health is great and I think that we in public health are sometimes too humble and don’t really say how much of the contribution....