Master of Public Health Program

James R. Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., Director

Faculty & Administration

Program Administration

James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., Program Director
Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A., Assistant Program Director
Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS, Practice Placements & Workforce Development Director
Mark Gebhart, M.D., Emergency Preparedness Director
Cristina Redko, Ph.D., Global Health Director and Culminating Experience Course Director
Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D., Health Promotion and Education Director
John S. McAlearney, Ph.D., Public Health Management Director
Lori Metivier, M.P.H. Program Coordinator

Program Faculty - Specialties & Areas of Interest

Biostatistics

Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Harry Khamis, Ph.D., PStat®
Miryoung Lee, Ph.D.

Child and Adolescent Health

Sherman Alter, M.D.
James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Shallini Forbis, M.D., M.P.H.
Arthur Pickoff, M.D.

Community Health

Katherine Cauley, Ph.D.
Sean Creighton, Ph.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Demography

Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Emergency Preparedness

Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Mark Gebhart, M.D.
Glenn C. Hamilton, M.D., M.B.A.
Ruvie Rogel, Ph.D.
Sara Paton, Ph.D.

Environmental Health

Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., M.P.H, Ph.D.
Janet Rickabaugh, Ph.D.

Epidemiology

John Bullock, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., M.P.H, Ph.D.
Morton Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Sara Paton, Ph.D.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Geographic Information Systems

Caitlin Botschner, M.S.
Naila Khalil
, M.B.B.S., M.P.H, Ph.D.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.
Jennifer Weisser, M.A.

Global Health

Sherman Alter, M.D.
Katherine Cauley, Ph.D.
John Czachor, M.D.
Thomas Herchline, M.D.
Cristina Redko, Ph.D.
Donna Schlagheck, Ph.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Mary White, Ph.D.

Health Care Finance

Daniel D. Mefford, C.P.A., M.B.A., F.A.C.M.P.E.

Health Care Management

Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A.
Christopher Eddy
, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Craig Self, CHE, M.B.A.
Ed Syron, Ph.D.
Marianne L. Weber, M.Arch., M.H.S.A.

Health Care Quality

Michele Dritz, M.D., M.S.
John S. McAlearney, Ph.D.
Thomas F. Murphy, M.D., M.P.H.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Ed Syron, Ph.D.

Health Communications

Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A.
Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Cristina Redko, Ph.D.
Robert Reece, Ph.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Georgia Strupe, M.S.W.
William Wharton, R.S., M.A.

Health Economics

James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
John McAlearney, Ph.D.

Health Ethics

Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A.
Kenneth Dahms, J.D., M.A.
Arthur Pickoff, M.D.
Robert Reece, M.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Mary White, Ph.D.

Health Insurance

Jeff Cianchetti, M.D., M.B.A.
Michael Kriner, B.S.
John McAlearney, Ph.D.

Health Law

Kenneth Dahms, J.D., M.A.
Ray Ten Eyck, M.D., M.P.H.

Health Policy

James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Robert E. Hickey Jr., J.D.
John McAlearney, Ph.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.

Health Promotion & Education

Katherine Cauley, Ph.D.
Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Shari Martin, M.P.H., LSW
Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D.
Drew Pringle, Ed.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Health Systems

James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
John McAlearney, Ph.D.
Arthur Pickoff, M.D.
Sharon Sherlock, D.H.A., R.N.

Infectious Diseases

John Bullock, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
John Czachor, M.D.
Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Thomas Herchline, M.D.

Information Systems

J.D. Whitlock, M.P.H., M.B.A.

Organizational Behavior and Systems Science

Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A.

Management

Thomas Arquilla, J.D., M.B.A.
Bud Baker, Ph.D.
Jeff Cianchetti, M.D., M.B.A.
Todd Dewett, Ph.D.
James Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Michael R. Kriner, B.S.
Thomas F. Murphy, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael Schaffrinna, M.D.
Ed Syron, Ph.D.

Maternal and Child Health

Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Sara Paton, Ph.D.
Linda Smith, M.P.H.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Population Health

Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., M.P.H, Ph.D.
Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.

Public Health Commissioners

Chris Cook, M.P.H., R.S.
Miami County Health District

James Gross, M.P.H.
Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County

Noble Maseru, Ph.D.
Cincinnati Department of Health

Mark McDonnell, M.S.
Greene County Combined Health District

Charles Patterson, M.B.A.
Clark County Combined Health District

Duane Stansbury, M.P.H., R.S.
Warren County Combined Health District

Public Health Nursing

Barbara Fowler, R.N., Ph.D.

School-based Health and Wellness

Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Sylvia Ellison, M.A.
Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D.

Social and Behavioral Health

Michele Battle-Fisher, M.P.H., M.A.
Mansi Das, M.P.H., M.B.A.
Sylvia Ellison
, M.A.
Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D.
Cristina Redko, Ph.D.
Bill Spears, Ph.D.
Malaika Stubbs-Wilson, M.A.
Jennifer Subban, Ph.D.

Workforce Development

Christopher Eddy, M.P.H., REHS, RS
Kenneth Dahms, J.D., M.A.