19 faculty and 0 courses in Public Health at University of Arizona.
- John Ehiri, University Distinguished Outreach Professor; Vice Dean for Education h-index 49
Notable: “Prenatal exposure to cannabis and maternal and child health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis” (2016) · 587 citations
- Kacey Ernst, Department Chair; Professor h-index 40
Es on the environmental and social drivers of infectious diseases, particularly vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and Zika. She has led field-based studies in Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, examin
Notable: “Climate and Dengue Transmission: Evidence and Implications” (2013) · 615 citations
- Scott Carvajal, Department Chair; Professor h-index 33
Notable: “Safer Choices: Reducing Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and STDs” (2001) · 190 citations
- Kelly Reynolds, Professor; Department Chair; Director of ESRAC h-index 33
Her role as a Principal Investigator of numerous projects and the publication of hundreds of journal articles, book chapters, and professional reports. Dr. Reynolds is working on several projects, including one in which she joins U
Notable: “Risk of Waterborne Illness Via Drinking Water in the United States” (2008) · 386 citations
- Paloma Beamer, Associate Dean, Community Engagement; Professor h-index 33
Es on understanding how individuals are exposed to environmental contaminants and the health risks of these exposures with a special focus on vulnerable populations, including children, low-wage immigrant workers, Native Americans and those
Notable: “A Meta‐Analysis of Children's Hand‐to‐Mouth Frequency Data for Estimating Nondietary Ingestion Exposure” (2007) · 249 citations
- Heidi Brown, Program Director, Epidemiology; Professor h-index 32
On understanding vector-borne and zoonotic disease transmission dynamics as a means of improving disease control. She works to identify human disease risk through modeling vector, host and pathogen distributions. Current research areas incl
Notable: “In Situ Kinase Profiling Reveals Functionally Relevant Properties of Native Kinases” (2011) · 358 citations
- Jill Guernsey de Zapien, Program Director h-index 24
Notable: “The Impact of a Promotora on Increasing Routine Chronic Disease Prevention among Women Aged 40 and Older at the U.S.-Mexico Border” (2004) · 118 citations
- Kristen Pogreba-Brown, Associate Professor h-index 20
Notable: “Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in a non-hospitalized cohort: Results from the Arizona CoVHORT” (2021) · 179 citations
- Nicole Yuan, Associate Professor; Program Director h-index 19
Notable: “Assessing traumatic event exposure: General issues and preliminary findings for the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire” (1998) · 630 citations
- Leila Barraza, Professor; Department Chair h-index 10
Studying the impact of laws and regulations on population health. Barraza received a Master in Public Health from the Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona in 2004. She worked for the Center for Rural
Notable: “A Proposed Ban on the Sale to and Possession of Caloric Sweetened Beverages by Minors in Public” (2014) · 37 citations
- Terry F Urbine, Senior Lecturer h-index 6
Notable: “Effect of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Staff Perceptions of Medication-Assisted Treatment and Referral Intentions in Community Corrections” (2014) · 109 citations
- Christina Cutshaw, Assistant Professor of Practice h-index 6
Notable: “Influences of Parent Engagement in Early Childhood Education Centers and the Home on Kindergarten School Readiness” (2020) · 108 citations
- Zhao Chen, Associate Dean for Research; Distinguished Professor h-index 1
Arthritis and osteoporosis in women, anemia and cardiovascular diseases, physical functional assessments in the elderly, and relationship of growth factors with breast cancer risk. With the growing elderly population in the United S
Notable: “Official Positions for FRAX® Clinical Regarding International Differences” (2011) · 94 citations
- Gloria Coronado, Professor; Director, Center for Health Disparities Research h-index 1
Notable: “Impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening in a federally qualified health center: Provider and staff perspectives” (2026) · 1 citations
- Amanda Sokan, Associate Professor of Practice
- Bryna Koch, Assistant Research Professor
Center on the impacts and outcomes of the major policies like Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance coverage, utilization, and outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations. She is also interested in how the field of public he
- Gabriela Valdez, Director, Global Health Program
Focuses on comparative studies, intercultural communication, global health, border health, internationalization and contextualization of the curriculum, international students' experiences, international collaboration, and program evaluatio
- Iman Hakim, Dean; Professor
Es on health promotion, dietary interventions, and the role of gene-environment and gene-nutrition interactions in chronic disease prevention. She has been the Principal Investigator of several large-scale, behavior change interventions and
Notable: “Participatory Surveillance for One-Week-Ahead Local ILI Early Warning: A Prospective Evaluation of Statistical and Machine-Learning Approaches” (2026)
- Paul Hsu, Professor; Program Director, Biostatistics
Development of methodology for missing data, survival analysis and personalized risk prediction models for cancer research. He has been heavily involved in collaborations in the areas of health disparities, patient care, cardiovascu
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.