Our Faculty

San Diego State University Faculty

John Alcaraz, PhD, MA

Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Elva M. Arredondo, PhD

Professor
Division of Health Promotion & Behavioral Science
Guadalupe Xochitl Ayala, PhD, MPH

Professor and Division Head
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Jong-Deuk Baek, PhD

Associate Professor and Division Head
Division of Health Management and Policy
Wayne Beach, PhD

Professor
School of Communication, SDSU
George (Joe) E. Belch, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Marketing
Stephanie Brodine, MD

Professor and Division Head
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Jerel Calzo, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Zohir Chowdhury, PhD, MS

Associate Professor
Division of Environmental Health
Heather L. Corliss, PhD, MPH

Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Co-Director of Health Behavior JDP
Noe Crespo, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
John Elder, PhD, MPH, MA

Distinguished Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Jennifer Felner, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Karen Ferran, PhD, MSPH

Lecturer
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Tracy Finlayson, PhD

Professor
Division of Health Management and Policy
Linda Gallo

Professor
Department of Psychology
Richard Gersberg, PhD, MS

Professor
Division of Environmental Health
Shira Goldenberg, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
C. Richard Hofstetter, PhD
Department of Political Science and School of Public Health
Eunha Hoh, PhD, MS

Professor and Division Head
Division of Environmental Health
Melbourne Hovell, PhD, MPH, MA

Distinguished Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Susan M. Kiene, PhD, MPH, MA

Professor
Associate Director for Academic Affairs
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Hector Lemus, PhD, MS

Lecturer

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Susan S. Levy, PhD, MA

Professor in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences.
Brandy Lipton, PhD

Assistant Professor
Division of Health Management and Policy
Hala Madanat, PhD, MS

Interim Vice President for Research & Innovation
Distinguished Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Matthew Mahar, EdD

Professor and Director
School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences
Vanessa Malcarne, PhD

Professor
Department of Psychology
Katrina Maluf
Division of Epidemiology
Georg E. Matt, PhD

Professor
Department of Psychology
Amanda McClain

Assistant Professor
School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences
Jeanne Nichols, PhD, FACSM

Professor Emeritus in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences.
Norma Ojeda, PhD

Professor
Department of Sociology
Eyal Oren, PhD, MS

Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Humberto Parada Jr., PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Heather Pines, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ramona L. Perez, PhD, MA

Professor

Department of Anthropology and Latin American Studies.
P. J. E. (Jenny) Quintana, PhD, MPH

Professor
Division of Environmental Health
Mitchell J. Rauh, PhD, MPH

Professor in the School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences and the Director fof the Doctorate of Physical Therapy.
Elizabeth Reed, ScD, MPH

Associate Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, SPH
Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health
Mark B. Reed

Professor
School of Social Work
Scott Roesch, PhD

Professor
Department of Psychology
Sherry Ryan, PhD

Director
School of Public Affairs
Karilyn E. Sant, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Division of Environmental Health
Melody Schiaffino, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Division of Health Management and Policy
Emily Schmeid
Division of Global Health
Richard A. Shaffer, PhD, MPH

Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Co-Director of Epidemiology JDP
Savitri Singh-Carlson, APHN-BC, PHD, FAAN

Professor
School of Nursing
Sabrina Smiley, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Paula Stigler Granados, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor

Division of Environmental Health
Erik Storholm, PhD

Associate Professor

Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Carleen Stoskopf, ScD, MS

Professor
Division of Health Management and Policy
Emilio Ulloa, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Faramarz Valafar, PhD, MSc

Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Allison Vaughn, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Tianying Wu, PhD, MS

Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mike Yang, PhD

Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
María Luisa Zúñiga, PhD, MA

Professor in the School of Social Work.

mlzuniga@sdsu.edu

University of California, San Diego Faculty

Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

waldelaimy@ucsd.edu
Tala Al-Rousan, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Behavior

talrousan@ucsd.edu
Matthew Allison, MD, MPH

Professor and Division Chief
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

mallison@ucsd.edu
Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS

Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

c1anderson@ucsd.edu
Maria Rosario (Happy) Araneta, PhD, MPH

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

haraneta@ucsd.edu
Gretchen Bandoli, PhD, MPH

Assistsant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

gbandoli@ucsd.edu
Angela Bazzi, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

abazzi@ucsd.edu
John Belletiere, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

jbellettiere@ucsd.edu
Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

tbenmarhnia@ucsd.edu
Constance Benson, MD

Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

cbenson@ucsd.edu
Charles C. Berry, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Bisotatistics and Bioinformatics

ccberry@ucsd.edu
Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH

Professor of Practice
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

nbinkin@ucsd.edu
Cinnamon Bloss, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Policy

cbloss@eng.ucsd.edu
Kerri Boutelle, PhD

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Health

kboutelle@ucsd.edu
Kimberly Brouwer, PhD

Professor and Division Chief
Vice Chair for Public Health Education
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

kbrouwer@ucsd.edu
Jose Burgos, MD MPH

Assistant Project Scientist
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

jlburgos@ucsd.edu
Javier Cepeda, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

jacepeda@ucsd.edu
Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology.

chchambers@ucsd.edu
Harvey Checkoway, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

hcheckoway@ucsd.edu
Brian Chen, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

b1chen@ucsd.edu
Michael Criqui, MD

Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

mcriqui@ucsd.edu
Julie Daniels, PhD

Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health
Peter Davidson, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division Global Public Health

pdavidson@ucsd.edu
Steve Edland, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

sedland@ucsd.edu
Elizabeth Eikey, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health

eeikey@ucsd.edu
Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Divison of Epidemiology

rfieldingmiller@ucsd.edu
James Fowler, PhD

Professor
Department of Political Science, Division of Social Sciences
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

fowler@ucsd.edu
Sheila Gahagan, MD, MPH

Professor and Division Chief
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Child Development, and Community Health

sgahagan@ucsd.edu
Tommi Gaines, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
togaines@ucsd.edu
Anthony Gamst, PhD

Professor
Department of Mathematics

acgamst@math.ucsd.edu
Richard Garfein, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology
Department of Medicine

rgarfein@ucsd.edu
Todd Gilmer, PhD

Professor and Division Chief
Vice Chair Academic Affairs
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Policy

tgilmer@ucsd.edu
Erik Groessl, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

egroessl@health.ucsd.edu
Mara Harrell, PhD

Teaching Professor

Department of Philosphy

mharrell@ucsd.edu
Sheri Hartman, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

sjhartman@ucsd.edu
Eric Hekler, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

ehekler@eng.ucsd.edu
Linda Hill, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

llhill@ucsd.edu
Joachim (Joe) Ix, MD

Professor and Division Chief
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology-Hypertension

joix@ucsd.edu
Sonia Jain, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

sojain@ucsd.edu
Deborah Kado, MD, MS

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine
Department of Medicine

dkado@ucsd.edu
Georgia Kayser, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

gkayser@ucsd.edu
Donna Kritz-Silverstein, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

dsilverstein@ucsd.edu
Andrea LaCroix, PhD, MPH

Distinguished Professor and Division Chief
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

alacroix@ucsd.edu
Britta Larsen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

blarsen@ucsd.edu
Gail Laughlin, PhD

Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

glaughlin@ucsd.edu
Eric Leas, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

ecleas@ucsd.edu
Lin Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

l2liu@ucsd.edu
Kanya Long, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Behavior and Global Health

kclong@ucsd.edu
Rebecca Lundgren, PhD

Associate Adjunct Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health

rlundgren@ucsd.edu
Timothy K. Mackey, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Anesthesiology

tkmackey@ucsd.edu
Lisa Madlensky, PhD, CGC

Professor

Department of Medicine

lmadlensky@ucsd.edu
Bess Marcus, PhD

Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Behavior
Becky Marquez, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

bemarquez@ucsd.edu
Natasha Martin, DPhil

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

nam007@ucsd.edu
Elena Martinez, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

e8martinez@ucsd.edu
Linda McEvoy, PhD

Professor
Department of Radiology
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

lkmcevoy@ucsd.edu
Sara McMenamin, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Behavior and Global Health

smcmenamin@ucsd.edu
Karen Messer, PhD

Professor and Division Chief
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

kmesser@ucsd.edu
Paul Mills, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine
Department of Psychiatry

pmills@ucsd.edu
Loki Natarajan, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Program Director, PhD in Biostatistics

lnatarajan@ucsd.edu
Camille Nebeker, EdD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Divisions of Behavioral Medicine and Global Health

nebeker@ucsd.edu
Jesse Nodora, DrPH

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

jnodora@ucsd.edu
Gregory Norman, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

gnorman@ucsd.edu
Victoria Ojeda, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

vojeda@ucsd.edu
Kevin Patrick, MD, MS

Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

kpatrick@ucsd.edu
John P. Pierce, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Policy

jppierce@ucsd.edu
Heather Pines, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

hpines@ucsd.edu
Michael Pratt, MD, MPH

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Divisions of Global Health and Preventive Medicine

mipratt@ucsd.edu
Anita Raj, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine, Division Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

anitaraj@ucsd.edu
Cheryl Rock, PhD, RD

Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

clrock@ucsd.edu
Timothy Rodwell, MD, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division Global Public Health

trodwell@ucsd.edu
Rany Salem, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

rsalem@ucsd.edu
James F. Sallis, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

jsallis@ucsd.edu
Aladdin Shadyab, PhD

Associate Professor IR

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

ahshadyab@ucsd.edu
Holly Shakya, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division Global Public Health.

hshakya@ucsd.edu
Yuyan Shi, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine

yus001@ucsd.edu
Jay Silverman, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine, Division Infectious Disease and Global Public Health

jgsilverman@ucsd.edu
Britt Skaathun, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Medicine

bskaathun@ucsd.edu
Laramie Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

lrs003@ucsd.edu
Jamila Stockman, PhD

Associate Professor and Vice Chief
Department of Medicine, Division Infectious Disease and Global Public Health

jstockman@ucsd.edu
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor and Chief of the Division of Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine.

sstrathdee@ucsd.edu
David Strong, PhD

Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health
Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

dstrong@ucsd.edu
Jose Suarez, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health

jrsuarez@ucsd.edu
Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Policy
dtrinidad@ucsd.edu
Florin Vaida, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Program Director, MS Biostatistics

fvaida@ucsd.edu
Daniel Werb, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

dwerb@ucsd.edu
Adriane Wynn

Postdoc Fellow

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health

awynn@ucsd.edu
Ronghui (Lily) Xu, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

rxu@ucsd.edu
Shu-Hong Zhu, PhD

Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Behavioral Medicine

szhu@ucsd.edu