Division of Public Health Program Office
Yvonne Johnston
Associate Professor/Founding Director, Public Health Division Program
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Faculty
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
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
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
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
Research Interests
- Environmental health
- Health equity
- Nutrition
- Global health
- Chronic diseases
- Maternal and child health
- Indigenous peoples
- Mixed methods