Faculty/Staff

Division of Public Health Program Office

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Yvonne Johnston

Associate Professor/Founding Director, Public Health Division Program

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
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Mitchell Brooks

Field Placement Coordinator

Public Health
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Maegan Berliner

Senior Staff Assistant, Public Health

Public Health

Faculty

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Yvonne Johnston

Associate Professor/Founding Director, Public Health Division Program

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Public health
  • Epidemiology
  • Nursing
  • Population health
  • Program evaluation
  • Chronic disease risk reduction
  • Health promotion
  • Fall prevention among older adults
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Data analytics
  • Social determinants of health
  • Translational research
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Sharon Bryant

Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Decker College

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Health promotion and disease prevention behaviors of underrepresented populations
  • Intimate partner violence among college students
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Thomas Foley

Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Health Division

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • The prevention and treatment of chronic diseases via health behaviors
  • Raising awareness of the susceptibility and severity of sarcopenia and the benefits of progressive resistance training as sarcopenia prevention and treatment among community-dwelling older adults
  • Global health and healthcare
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Miesha Marzell

Associate Professor, Public Health Division

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Substance abuse prevention among racial/ethnic minorities
  • Athlete substance use
  • mental health and wellness
  • Marijuana policy reform
  • Community-based interventions
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to social and behavioral health science research
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Deena Thomas

Assistant Professor

Public Health

Research Interests

  • Environmental health
  • Health equity
  • Nutrition
  • Global health
  • Chronic diseases
  • Maternal and child health
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Mixed methods
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