Faculty and Staff

The faculty of the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice (PHLP) is a small but diverse group of educators, with experience in both professional and academic environments. The core faculty collaborates with professors from the Schools of Medicine and the Gillings School to produce a curriculum built around principles of leadership and public health best practices.

The PHLP staff coordinates and supports the Department, providing crucial resources to the faculty and information to students whose connection to the University is often a virtual one. The staff is practiced at meeting the different needs of distance and residential students as well as alumni and prospective applicants.

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Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Karar Zunaid Ahsan, PhD, MIPH, MS	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Lori A. Evarts, MPH, PMP, CPH, MBTI	Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Academics	[email protected]
Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH	Assistant Professor and Global Health Certificate Lead	[email protected]
Cynthia Feltner, MD, MPH	Assistant Professor and Concentration Lead - Population Health for Clinicians	[email protected]
William Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPH	Assistant Professor and and Concentration Co-Lead - Global Health	[email protected]
Karl T. Johnson, PhD	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Amy Joy Lanou, PhD	Professor	[email protected]
Tamarie Macon, PhD	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Aimee M. McHale, JD, MSPH	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Kim Ramsey-White, PhD	Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Associate Professor	[email protected]
Dana Rice, DrPH	Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Master's Degree Program	[email protected]
Rhonda Stephens DDS, MPH	Professor of The Practice	[email protected]
Sarah Brill Thach, MPH	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPH, EdD	Professor and Chair	[email protected]
Laura Villa Torres, PhD, MSPH	Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Minzhi Xing, MD, MPH	Assistant Professor	[email protected]

Adjunct Faculty

Kathryn Andolsek, MD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Shannon Aymes, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Ameena Batada, DrPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	[email protected]
Marcella H. Boynton, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Carol Breland, MPH, RRT	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Martha Carlough, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Linnea Carlson	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Russell Coletti, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Donna R. Dinkin, DrPH MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Robert Doherty, DDS, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor
William Donigan, DDS, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor
Kim Faurot, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Timothy Gabel, MBA	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Erica Gregory	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Jennifer Griffin	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Chase Harless, MSW	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Mamie Sackey Harris, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Wade Harrison, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Jeannine Herrick, MPH	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Elizabeth "Beth" High	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Vijaya K. Hogan, DrPH, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Natasha Hughes, MPH	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Fabrice Julien, PhD, MPH, MA	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Leila C. Kahwati, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Kody H. Kinsley, MPP	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Emily Kiser, MPH	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Manish Kumar, MPH, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	[email protected]
Spencer Lindgren, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Brettania O’Connor, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Rebecca Maine, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Katrina Mattison-Chalwe	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Nancy McGee, JD, DrPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	[email protected]
Paul Meade, M.Sc, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
J. Lloyd Michener, MD	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Vanessa Miller, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Gita Mody, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Virginia Moyer	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Charles Mike Newton-Ward	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Jacqueline Olich, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	[email protected]
Medge Owen, MD	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
William F. Owen, Jr., MD, FACP	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Christie Pettitt-Schieber, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Deborah Porterfield, MD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	[email protected]
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD	PhD Professor	[email protected]
Greg Randolph, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Marianne C. Ratcliffe, MHA	Adjunct Professor
Trista Reid, MD, MPH, FACS	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Megan Richardson, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Robert A. Rowe, MD, MBA, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Ghazaleh Samandari, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Tanvi Shah, MBBS, DA	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Kevin W. Sowers, MSN, RN, FAAN	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Paula Brown Stafford, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Michael Steiner, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Amy Belflower Thomas, MHA, MSPH, CPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Hugh H. Tilson	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Gina Upchurch, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Douglas W. Urland, MPA	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Gretchen L. Van Vliet, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Ellis D. Vaughan, DNP, RN	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Jessica Vaughan, MPH	Adjunct Instructor	[email protected]
Anthony J. Viera, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]
Meera Viswanathan, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
John Wallace, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH, CPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Louise Winstanly, LLB, MS	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Jacqueline Rollins Wynn, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Susan Zelt, DrPH, MBA	Adjunct Assistant Professor	[email protected]
Sanjay Zodpey	Adjunct Professor	[email protected]

Staff

Chantal N. Donaghy	Executive Assistant to the Director	[email protected]
Michele Fulton	Academic Program Support Coordinator	[email protected]
Addie Melsheimer Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN	Project Director, Building Veteran Healthy Communities
Daniel Reyes, MA	Outreach Coordinator, Building Veteran Healthy Communities	[email protected]
Megan Richardson, MPH	MPH PHLP Mentoring Director	[email protected]
Kaitlyn Stubblefield, PMP	Quality Coordinator	[email protected]

Emeritus Faculty

Arnold Kaluzny, PhD	Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Anna P. Schenck, PhD	Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
William A. Sollecito, DrPH	Professor Emeritus	[email protected]