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Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD

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Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD

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Lourdes Baez Conde, PhD – Associate Dean, Community and Workforce Development Initiatives
Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD – Vice Chair for Research
ROBERTA MCKEAN-COWDIN, PHD – Vice Chair, Education

Mariana C. Stern, PhD – Vice Chair, Culture and Engagement
Jennifer Unger, PhD – Vice Chair, Faculty Development

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PAUL D THOMAS, PHD – Division of Bioinformatics
WILLIAM GAUDERMAN, PHD – Division of Biostatistics
DAVID V. CONTI, PHD – Division of Biostatistics (acting)
CHRISTOPHER HAIMAN, SCD – Division of Epidemiology and Genetics

SOFIA GRUSKIN, JD, MIA – Division of Disease Prevention, Policy and Global Health
MYLES GORDON COCKBURN, PHD – Division of Environmental Health
GENEVIEVE DUNTON, PHD, MPH – Division of Health Behavior Research

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HEATHER LYNN WIPFLI, PHD – Director, BS programs
AMIE EUNAH HWANG, PhD, MPH – Director, MPH program
FARZANA CHOUDHURY, MBBS, PHD – Deputy Director, MPH Online program
MARIANA C. STERN, PHD – Director, MS in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology
TREVOR PICKERING, PHD – Director, MS programs in Biostatistics and Public Health Data Science
CECILIA PATINO SUTTON, MD, PHD – MS in Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations

NAVID POUR-GHASEMI, MD, MS – Director, MS in Global Medicine
KIM TURNER, MBBS, MS – Associate Director, MS in Global Medicine
KIMBERLY SIEGMUND, PHD – Director, PhD in Biostatistics
VICTORIA KRISTENCE CORTESSIS, PHD – Director, PhD in Epidemiology
JENNIFER B UNGER, PHD – Director, PhD in Health Behavior Research

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