2025 Teaching Faculty

Anne Barry, JD, MPH, Public Health Director, Ramsey County, MN; Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services; Senior Lecturer; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Jeff Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health; Director, USAID One Health Workforce Project; Director, Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH); Adjunct Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota

Sean Buuck, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section, Minnesota Department of Health

Kristen Clark, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, CCRT, Director, Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN

Mohamed Eid, MD, MSc, MHA, Chief Medical Officer, Verdiva Bio; Affiliated Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Melanie Firestone, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Lauren Gilchrist, MPH, Adjunct Instructor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Senior Director, Collective for Community Health, Children’s Minnesota

Craig W. Hedberg, PhD, Co-Director, Minnesota Integrated Food and Safety Center of Excellence; Interim Division Head, Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Patricia Jewett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Jonathan Kirsch, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota

Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Chief Program Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, MD

Jason Lombard, DVM, MS, Associate Professor; Dairy Systems Specialist; AG Next, Colorado State University

Russell Luepker, MD, MS, Professor Emeritus, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Lillian McDonald, MA, Managing Director, Twin Cities Public Television Inc. (PBS)

Tai J. Mendenhall, PhD, LMFT, Professor; Medical Family Therapist, Couple and Family Therapy Program; Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

Stephanie Meyer, MPH, Epidemiology and Data Unit Supervisor, Covid-19 Section, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN

Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN

Carolyn Porta, PhD, MPH, MS, RN SANE-A, FAAN, FNAP, Associate Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Office of Academic and Clinical Affairs; Professor, Population Health Systems Cooperative, School of Nursing; Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School; Executive Director and Carlson Chair, Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR); Associate Vice President for Global and Rural Health, Office of Academic Clinical Affair, University of Minnesota 

Harrison Quick, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Joni Scheftel, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Veterinary Public Health Consulting, St. Paul, Minnesota

Doug Schultz, BA, Communications Specialist, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota

Mickey Scullard, DrPH, MPH, MEP, HPP-PHEP Cross Program Coordinator; MDH Liaison for Minnesota Prepared; Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota

Lianne Siegel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Kirk Smith, DVM, MS, PhD, Director, Minnesota Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence; Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Health; University of Minnesota; Manager, Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne and Zoonotic Disease Section, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota

Allison Thrash, MPH, Communications Director, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN

Scott Wells, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota; Adjunct Professor, Division of Environmental Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Melinda Wilkins, DVM, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota

Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, Fellow, Clinical Ethics Department, Children’s Minnesota; Senior Lecturer, Senior Fellow, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Affiliate Faculty, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota