2024 Teaching Faculty

Amira Adawe, MPH, Founder, Executive Director, The Beautywell Project; Host, Beauty-Wellness Talk, St. Paul, MN

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

Nancy Carlson, MPhil, CFT, CFE, Disaster Behavioral Health Program Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota

Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

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

Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD, Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, 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

Asha Hassan, MPH, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Research Manager and Scientist, Planned Parenthood

Noelle Harden, MS, ​​Extension Educator, Health & Nutrition, University of Minnesota Extension, Regional Office Moorhead

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

J’Mag Karbeah, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

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

Genelle Lamont, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health, School of Medicine; Research Investigator, Memory Keepers Duluth Discovery Team; University of Minnesota Duluth

Megan McCaghey, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, 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

Benjamin Miller, PhD, MPH, RS, Senior Director, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, The Acheson Group, Minneapolis, 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

Deborah Radi, MBA, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Manager, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota

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

Megan Schossow, MS, Research Project Specialist, Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center (UMASH), University of Minnesota

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

Marta Shore, MS, Lecturer, 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 Manager, Hennepin County Public Health Department, Minneapolis, MN.

Zach Vavra, MS, GIS Specialist, Geospatial Analysis Center, University of Minnesota Duluth

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