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Faculty

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Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP

Associate Professor/Founding Director, MPH Program

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
HSB 424

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 A. Bryant, PhD

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

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
HSB 435

Research Interests

  • Health promotion and disease prevention behaviors of underrepresented populations
  • Intimate partner violence among college students
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Alex Chase-Levenson

Associate Professor

Public Health; History

Research Interests

  • Modern Britain and its empire
  • Europe in the long 19th century
  • History of the modern Mediterranean
  • History of public health
  • History of disease
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Thomas Foley, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor

Public Health
HSB 421

Research Interests

  • The prevention and treatment of chronic diseases via health behaviors
  • Sarcopenia and the benefits of progressive resistance training as sarcopenia prevention and treatment of sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults
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Laura Terriquez-Kasey, DNP

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
HSB 408

Research Interests

  • Disaster education and disaster mitigation issues that need to be addressed by the global healthcare sector
  • Nurses have an obligation as healthcare providers to be prepared to respond to any incident that can occur in the United States or abroad
  • Nurses as patient care advocates need to continue providing for the public, by planning and focusing on care related to all incidents
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Miesha Marzell, PhD

Associate Professor

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
HSB 422

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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Visiting Faculty

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Thet Su Htwe

Visiting Assistant Professor

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
HSB 418

Research Interests

  • Community health
  • Cultural sensitivity in healthcare and health promotion
  • Human rights
  • Violence against women
  • Gender equity and equality
  • Sexual harassment
  • Conflict-related sexual violence
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Adjunct Faculty