Executive Board
President
Jim VanDerslice
Associate Chief
Division of Public Health
University of Utah
Email: jim.vanderslice@utah.edu
Jim VanDerslice is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Associate Chief of Research in the Division of Public Health at the University of Utah. He was the Program Director of the MPH Program at the University of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso, Texas where he participated in their CEPH accreditation. Has been active in the Division of Public Health policies, mission, vision, goals and objectives, program competencies, and preparation for their seven year reaccreditation.
Jim VanDerslice
Associate Chief
Division of Public Health
University of Utah
Email: jim.vanderslice@utah.edu
Jim VanDerslice is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Associate Chief of Research in the Division of Public Health at the University of Utah. He was the Program Director of the MPH Program at the University of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso, Texas where he participated in their CEPH accreditation. Has been active in the Division of Public Health policies, mission, vision, goals and objectives, program competencies, and preparation for their seven year reaccreditation.
President-Elect
Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD
Assistant Dean
Graduate Education in Public Health
Director, Master of Public Health Program
Morehouse School Of Medicine
Phone: 404-752-1905
Email: smiles-richardson@msm.edu
Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). She received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology from Grambling State University, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine, and a dual PhD in Pathology and Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University. At MSM, she serves as Assistant Dean of Graduate Education in Public Health and Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program. She joined MSM after over a decade of federal service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) where she held several positions including Toxicologist, Scientific Technical Advisor and Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Disparities Policy in the CDC’s Office of the Director.
Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD
Assistant Dean
Graduate Education in Public Health
Director, Master of Public Health Program
Morehouse School Of Medicine
Phone: 404-752-1905
Email: smiles-richardson@msm.edu
Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). She received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology from Grambling State University, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine, and a dual PhD in Pathology and Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University. At MSM, she serves as Assistant Dean of Graduate Education in Public Health and Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program. She joined MSM after over a decade of federal service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) where she held several positions including Toxicologist, Scientific Technical Advisor and Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Disparities Policy in the CDC’s Office of the Director.
Past-President
Steven Godin, PhD, MPH, PHI Certificate
Visiting Professor; Division of Public Health
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of Utah
Phone: 801-585-9365
Email: steven.godin@utah.edu
After 25 years of having coordinated the BSPH and MPH at East Stroudsburg University (ESU), I retired in August, 2016. Shortly thereafter I was awarded Professor Emeritus at ESU. Looking for a career capstone experience, I accepted an offer to be a Visiting Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine teaching in the graduate public health programs and continuing with my funded research programs I brought with me from ESU. My future role will be to help bring the undergraduate public health programs under the unit of CEPH accreditation at the school.
With regard to my research, I am interested in evaluating the efficacy of chronic disease prevention efforts. I am particularly interested in community-systems level primary and secondary prevention. I also have interests in public health informatics, and the use of patient portals within electronic health records to improve health literacy and self-efficacy in disease and health condition management. In my 25+ years in public health, I have received over $5 million in grant funding while authoring over 70 professional publications and technical reports, and over 160 conference presentations.
I received my BA Degree in Social-Personality Psychology from the California State University, Fullerton, CA in 1980. I continued my education at the Illinois Institute of Technology where I received my MS Degree in Community Psychology (a cousin to public health) in 1983 and my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1989. Like so many people interested in community-based prevention, I had not heard about the field of public health while going to school. My professional interests in population-based approaches brought me into contact with the public health workforce in the late 80’s, and I enrolled in the Health Education/Behavioral Science track at Rutgers University School of Public Health in 1990 and received my MPH in 1994. Years later while on sabbatical from ESU in 2006-2007, I enrolled at the School of Public Health at University of Illinois, Chicago Circle and completed my Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics.
Steven Godin, PhD, MPH, PHI Certificate
Visiting Professor; Division of Public Health
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of Utah
Phone: 801-585-9365
Email: steven.godin@utah.edu
After 25 years of having coordinated the BSPH and MPH at East Stroudsburg University (ESU), I retired in August, 2016. Shortly thereafter I was awarded Professor Emeritus at ESU. Looking for a career capstone experience, I accepted an offer to be a Visiting Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine teaching in the graduate public health programs and continuing with my funded research programs I brought with me from ESU. My future role will be to help bring the undergraduate public health programs under the unit of CEPH accreditation at the school.
With regard to my research, I am interested in evaluating the efficacy of chronic disease prevention efforts. I am particularly interested in community-systems level primary and secondary prevention. I also have interests in public health informatics, and the use of patient portals within electronic health records to improve health literacy and self-efficacy in disease and health condition management. In my 25+ years in public health, I have received over $5 million in grant funding while authoring over 70 professional publications and technical reports, and over 160 conference presentations.
I received my BA Degree in Social-Personality Psychology from the California State University, Fullerton, CA in 1980. I continued my education at the Illinois Institute of Technology where I received my MS Degree in Community Psychology (a cousin to public health) in 1983 and my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1989. Like so many people interested in community-based prevention, I had not heard about the field of public health while going to school. My professional interests in population-based approaches brought me into contact with the public health workforce in the late 80’s, and I enrolled in the Health Education/Behavioral Science track at Rutgers University School of Public Health in 1990 and received my MPH in 1994. Years later while on sabbatical from ESU in 2006-2007, I enrolled at the School of Public Health at University of Illinois, Chicago Circle and completed my Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics.
Secretary
Victoria Rivkina Program Manager Master of Public Health DePaul University Email: vrivkina@depaul.edu Victoria Rivkina is the Program Manager of DePaul University’s Master of Public Health program. In her current role, Victoria is responsible for program accreditation, admissions, student advising, and general program operations. Victoria earned her MPH from DePaul in 2013 and became a Certified Health Education Specialist in 2014. Prior to returning to DePaul in her current capacity, Victoria oversaw chronic condition policy compliance for Chicago Public Schools. Additional public health experience includes pediatric asthma and food allergy research at Northwestern University and program evaluation at the Chicago Department of Public Health. Victoria's public health interests include school health, program evaluation, and access to care. |
Treasurer
Tony Sinay, Ph.D. Department Chair Health Care Administration California State University, Long Beach Email: tony.sinay@csulb.edu Tony Sinay is a faculty member in the Health Care Administration (HCA) Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) since 2003. He served as a program director in 2003-2009, and has been a chair since 2009. Previously Dr. Sinay worked at Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center as an Associate Professor, and at University of Scranton as an Assistant Professor. He taught various health care courses including health care economics and finance, and his publications appeared in high impact journals including the Social Science & Medicine, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Health Care Finance, Journal of Rural Health and Journal of Public Health and Health Management. Dr. Sinay received his PhD and MS degrees from St. Louis University in economics and finance, respectively. Dr. Sinay has been very successful building up a HCA Department at CSULB with substantial new funds, and he would like to help AAPHP to do the same. |
Member-at-Large
Veronica Acosta-Deprez, Ph.D. Professor Health Science Department California State University, Long Beach Email: Veronica.Acosta-Deprez@csulb.edu Veronica Acosta-Deprez is a faculty member in the Health Science Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) since 1996. Dr. Acosta-Deprez received her PhD and MS degrees from University of Wisconsin Madison in health education and educational technology. She has a Nursing degree from the Philippines and is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Her areas of expertise include the effectiveness of mobile technology applications in health and health care, multicultural health education and health care, emergency and disaster preparedness, global health, curriculum development, program evaluation, instructional design, and educational media and technology. Dr. Acosta-Deprez has received numerous grants in the past including HRSA and Tobacco Control Section of the California Department of Health Services. |
Member-at-Large
Nandi Marshall Assistant Professor/MPH Practicum Coordinator Health Sciences Armstrong State University Email: nandi.marshall@armstrong.edu Dr. Nandi A. Marshall is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences (Public Health) at Armstrong State University. Prior to her Fall 2013 appointment, Dr. Marshall was an academic researcher with the Georgia Public Health Practice Based Research Network (GA PH PBRN) and the Health Equity Grant Program Coordinator for the Georgia Society for Public Health Education (GASOPHE). In 2006, she received her MPH from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and earned the title of Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She received her Doctor of Public Health from the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University in December 2012. |
Member-at-Large
Carrie Rosario, DrPH, MPH, CHES Director of Undergraduate Study Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina, Greensboro Email: cmrosari@uncg.edu Carrie Rosario is the Director of Undergraduate Study in the Department of Public Health Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She is heavily engaged in curriculum review and assessment and teaches both core and elective courses in the Community Health Education and Health Studies degree concentrations. Carrie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Andrews University, a Master of Public Health from UNCG, and will be completing her DrPH in Health Education from Loma Linda University this summer. |
President Emeritus
Stephen Alder
University of Utah |
Gary Gilmore
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse |
Daniel Bibeau
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Delegates
- Andrea Crivelli-Kovach, PhD, MA, MCHES; Director, Community and Global Public Health; Arcadia University
- Lindsay McGann, MPH; Coordinator, Community and Global Public Health; Arcadia University
- Iman Nuwayhid, MD, DrPH; Dean, Department of Environmental Health; American University of Beirut
- Rima Afifi, PhD; Program Director, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health; American University of Beirut
- Sara Plaspohl, DrPH, CHES, CIM, CIP; MPH Coordinator, Department of Health Sciences; Armstrong State University
- Nandi Marshall, PhD, MPH; Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences; Armstrong State University
- Carl Hanson, PhD; MPH Program Director, Department of Health Science; Brigham Young University
- Wayne Fletcher, EdD; Chair, Department of Health Sciences; California Baptist University
- Marshare Penny, PhD, MPH; Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences; California Baptist University
- Kara Zografos, DrPH, MPH; MPH Program Coordinator, Department of Public Health; California State University, Fresno
- Jasmeet Gill, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Health Science; California State University, Fullerton
- Sora Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH; Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science; California State University, Fullerton
- Gail Farmer, DrPH; Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science
- Vicki Ebin, PhD, MSPH; Professor and MPH Program Director, Department of Health Sciences; California State University, Northridge
- John Mazzeo, PhD; Associate Professor and MPH Program Director, Department of Anthropology; DePaul University
- Steve Shive, PhD; Professor of Health Studies, East Stroudsburg University
- Clare Lenhart , PhD; Assistant Professor of Health Studies, East Stroudsburg University
- Ranelle Brew, EdD, MS, CHES; Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health; Grand Valley State University
- Jeffrey Wing, PhD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health; Grand Valley State University
- Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, HSD, MPH; Professor and Assistant Chair, School of Public Health; Indiana University Bloomington
- Mohammad Torabi, PhD, MPH; Professor and Dean, School of Public Health; Indiana University Bloomington
- Reginald Finger, MD, MPH; Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences; Indiana Wesleyan University
- Haydee Encarnación-García, PhD., MPH, MS, CHES; MPH Director/Chair, School of Health Sciences; Indiana Wesleyan University
- Annette Florence, DrPH, MPH; Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Public and Community Health; Liberty University
- James Florence, DrPH, MPH; Professor, Department of Public and Community Health; Liberty University
- David Shoham, PhD, MSPH; Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences; Loyola University Chicago
- Amy Luke, PhD; Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences; Loyola University Chicago
- Elaine Archie-Booker, EdD, RN; MPH Program Advisor; Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine; Morehouse School of Medicine
- Anita Hawkins, PhD, MHS; Associate Professor; Department of Health Policy and Management; Morgan State University
- Kim Sydnor, PhD; Associate Professor and Dean; Department of Behavioral Health Sciences; Morgan State University
- Robert Amler, MD; Professor and Dean; School of Health Sciences and Practice; New York Medical College
- Ben Watson, PhD; Professor; School of Health Sciences and Practice; New York Medical College
- Anne Demers, Ed.D, MPH; Chair, Department of Health Science and Recreation; San Jose State University
- Monica Allen, PhD; MPH Program Campus Coordinator; San Jose State University
- Jean Breny, PhD; Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health; Southern Connecticut State University
- Omur Cinar Elci,Omur Cinar Elci, FRSPH, PhD; Professor and Chair; Department of Public Health and Preventative Medicine; St. George's University
- Satesh Bidaisee, FRSPH, CPH, EdD, MSPH; Associate Professor; Department of Public Health and Preventative Medicine; St. George's University
- David Cruess, PhD; Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine and Biometrics; Uniformed Services University
- Jo Klingler, Business Administrator, Health Sciences and Administration; University of Michigan, Flint
- Lisa Saffran, MPH, MFA; MPH Program Director; Department of Health Science; University of Missouri
- Wei Yang, PhD, MPH; Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; University of Nevada, Reno
- Trudy Larson, MD; Professor, Department of Pediatrics; University of Nevada, Reno
- Denise Bisaillon, EdD; Associate Professor, School of Community and Population Health; University of New England
- Kristine Tollestrup, PhD, MPH; Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; University of New Mexico
- Michael Thompson, DrPH; Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences; University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- Carmina Davis, MSHP; BSPH Program Coordinator; Department of Public Health Sciences; University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- Bob Strack, PhD; Associate Professor and Department Head; Department of Public Health Education; University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Kelly Rulison, PhD; Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies; Department of Public Health Education; University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- James Dolan, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences; University of Rochester
- Pattie Kolomic, Graduate Program Administrator, Department of Public Health Sciences; University of Rochester
- Dru Bhattacharya, LLM, MPH; Associate Professor and Chair; Department of Population Health Sciences; University of San Francisco
- Michelle Wylie, Department Supervisor, Population Health Sciences Department; University of San Francisco
- Justice Mbizo, DrPH; MPH Advisor and Assistant Professor; Department of Public Health, Clinical, and Health Science; University of West Florida
- Dan Duquette, CHES; Chair, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion; University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Gary D. Gilmore, MPH, PhD, MCHES; Professor and Director, Graduate Community Health and Public Health Programs; University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Diana Lee, Manager; Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine; Western University of Ontario
- Amardeep Thind, MD, PhD; Director, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine; Western University of Ontario
