25 faculty and 21 courses in Public Health at University of Maryland, College Park.
- Jie Chen, Chair, Professor, Director, Health Policy and Management h-index 42
Health Care Delivery Systems; Health Policy; Care Coordination and System Integration; Health Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence; Health Disparities; Mental Health; Aging Health; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Dr.
Notable: “Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis” (2020) · 1,026 citations
- Dina Borzekowski, Research Professor, Director Global Health Initiative h-index 35
Health communication; global health; health education; children and media. Education and Training Courses Awards and Honors Publications B.S., Biology, 1988 Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences M.S., Communications
Notable: “The 30-Second Effect” (2001) · 557 citations
- Héctor E. Alcalá, Assistant Professor h-index 23
Es on a few areas: 1) Understanding health inequities, particularly around race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, nativity and generation; 2) Examining the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on cancer, cancer screening a
Notable: “Islamophobia, Health, and Public Health: A Systematic Literature Review” (2018) · 190 citations
- Cynthia Baur, Endowed Chair and Director, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy h-index 21
Health Literacy; Health and Risk Communication; Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Digital Health; Community Health Education and Training Courses PhD, Communication, 1995 University of California San Diego HLTH674
Notable: “Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations” (2012) · 478 citations
- Nate Apathy, Assistant Professor h-index 19
Es on sources of IT-based burden and organizational strategies to reduce that burden. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Health Affairs , Health Services Research , JAMA Internal Medicine , Annals of Intern
Notable: “Current Use And Evaluation Of Artificial Intelligence And Predictive Models In US Hospitals” (2025) · 73 citations
- Boris D. Lushniak, Professor and Dean h-index 18
Notable: “The Health consequences of smoking—50 years of progress : a report of the Surgeon General” (2014) · 5,047 citations
- Michel Boudreaux, Associate Professor h-index 18
Health Policy; Health Services Research Education and Training Publications PhD, Health Services Research, 2014 University of Minnesota SELECTED Kim, T. Mathey, D. Boudreaux, M. 2023. Contraceptive Access Reform and Abortion: Evidence fro
Notable: “Wireless substitution: state-level estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January 2007-June 2010.” (2011) · 156 citations
- Heather K. Amato, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Environmental Epidemiology, One Health, WASH, Antibiotic Resistance The TRACE Lab use environmental microbiology and spatial and molecular epidemiology to evaluate the impacts of interventions—including water, sanitation, and hygiene—that m
Notable: “Assessing the impact of sanitation on indicators of fecal exposure along principal transmission pathways: A systematic review” (2016) · 112 citations
- Negin Fouladi, Clinical Professor, Health Policy and Management h-index 6
Translational Science (T3/Practice, T4/Policy and Population Health); Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE); Value-Based and Integrated Health Care; Comparative Health systems; Evidence-Informed Decision-Making/Policymaking Dr.
Notable: “Modeling Causes of Aggressive Behavior in Patients With Dementia” (2012) · 46 citations
- Typhanye Vielka Dyer, Associate Professor, Epidemiology h-index 1
HIV; Syndemics; Black MSM; Transwomen; Intersectional Stigma; Infectious Disease; Mental Health; Substance Use; Disparities Typhanye Vielka Dyer is an epidemiologist and health disparities scholar whose research examines
Notable: “Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and incarceration: The impact on sexual risk-taking, sexually transmitted infections, and depression among Black sexual minority men in HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 061.” (2023) · 3 citations
- Amelia Arria, Professor, Associate Dean Strategic Initiatives
Es on substance use and untreated mental health problems among adolescents and young adults, with a special focus on the connection between behavioral health and human capital. She values translating scientific findings for parents, policym
- Cher M. Dallal, Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- David L. Andrews, Professor, Kinesiology
Physical Cultural Studies; Sociology of Sport; Cultural Studies; Sport and Social/Cultural Theory; Sport and Politics Dr. David L. Andrews is a Professor within the Physical Cultural Studies research group in the Departm
- Elaine Eggleston Doherty, Research Professor, Behavioral and Community Health
Life Course Perspective; Intersection of Criminology and Public Health Education and Training Publications BA, Criminal Justice and Psychology, 1994; Indiana University - Bloomington MA, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2000; Uni
- Elizabeth Y. Brown, Senior Lecturer, Kinesiology
- Hassanatu Blake, Associate Clinical Professor
Global Health; Global Health Disparities and Inequities; Digital Health; Global Community Engagement and Partnerships; Global Health Strategy, Policy, and Practice; Global Health Education and Workforce Development Dr. Hassanatu Blake is a
Notable: “Empowering Student Barbers: Developing Culturally Relevant Health Literacy Interventions to Enhance Community Health Outcomes via Backward Design” (2026)
- James Butler III, Associate Professor, Behavioral and Community Health
Tobacco Control; Community-Engaged Research; Health Disparities; Health Equity; Qualitative Research Methods; Smoke-Free Policies; Tobacco Outlet Density Education and Training Courses Awards and Honors Publications DrPH, Doctor o
- Jennifer Bachner, Associate Dean, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology
Evidence-based policymaking, analytics, government responsiveness and public opinion. She is the author of Warping Time: How Contending Political Forces Manipulate the Past, Present and Future (with Benjamin Ginsberg, Michigan Unive
- Kristen K. Coleman, Assistant Professor
Respiratory Virus Transmission; Respiratory Virus Epidemiology Education and Training Publications BA, Global Studies, 2013, University of Toledo PhD, Biology (Ecology Track), 2017, University of Toledo Lai J, Sobhani H, Coleman KK
- Mariana K. Falconier, Professor, Family Science
Es on how couples cope with chronic stress, particularly economic, immigration, medical, and minority stress in low-income, Latine, and LGBTQ+ relationships. She developed TOGETHER, a couples’ program integrating relationship and financial
- Michael Brown, Chair and Professor, Kinesiology
Es on hypertension, vascular health and exercise in African Americans. Dr. Brown is a fellow in three professional organizations.
- Rabiatu Barrie, Assistant Professor, Family Science
African American youth identity development; gendered racial socialization of African American boys; Black masculinity; trauma; traumatic stress in Black boys; community violence; community-based gun violence; intervention science. Ed
- Sherri-Chanelle Brighthaupt, Assistant Clinical Professor
- Tiara Fennell, Assistant Clinical Professor
Ing on the experiences of burnout for community mental health clinicians and developing clinical trainings to support African American families in therapy.
- Valerie Cholet, Associate Clinical Professor, Kinesiology
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.