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  • Mike Mann headshot

    Mike Mann, PhD

    SPPH Director and Professor

    Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.

    Areas of interest: The intersection between public health and public schooling, academic achievement as a social determinant of health, student mental health promotion and school/community substance abuse prevention partnerships.

  • Mac McCullough headshot

    Mac McCullough, PhD, MPH

    Professor, Associate Director for Community Engagement and Impact

    Areas of interest: Health finance, health policy including value-based care, public health economics, social determinants of health, health management, academic health departments, healthcare analytics and health IT.

    Areas of interest: Health finance, health policy including value-based care, public health economics, social determinants of health, health management, academic health departments, healthcare analytics and health IT.

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    Jaime Sand, EdD, RHIA, CCS, CAHIMS

    Professor and Associate Director for Student Engagement and Impact

    Areas of interest: Online and undergraduate curriculum and instruction, health information education, interprofessional education, medical coding training and nontraditional student engagement

    Areas of interest: Online and undergraduate curriculum and instruction, health information education, interprofessional education, medical coding training and nontraditional student engagement

  • Anne Abbott

    Anne Abbott, PhD, MPP

    Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation, Violence Prevention, and Adolescent and Young Adult Health.

    Areas of interest: Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation, Violence Prevention, and Adolescent and Young Adult Health.

  • Travis Armstrong

    Travis Armstrong, MPA, RT (R)

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Areas of Interest: Connecting students to programs and resources that support their academic and professional journeys, eight dimensions of wellness, allied health professions, healthcare delivery in rural and underserved areas, impact of public lands and outdoor recreation on public health and wellness.

    Areas of Interest: Connecting students to programs and resources that support their academic and professional journeys, eight dimensions of wellness, allied health professions, healthcare delivery in rural and underserved areas, impact of public lands and outdoor recreation on public health and wellness.

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    Ed Baker, PhD

    Professor and Director, Center for Health Policy

    Areas of interest: Healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement.

    Areas of interest: Healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement.

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    Desmond Banks, PhD, MPH

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Social determinants of health, health disparities, health equity, chronic disease and program evaluation.

    Areas of interest: Social determinants of health, health disparities, health equity, chronic disease and program evaluation.

  • Kruti Chaliawala

    Kruti Chaliawala, PhD, MS, MA, CHES

    Assistant Professor

    Areas of Interest: Psychosocial determinants of health behaviors among adolescents and young adults, sexual health, mental health, international student health disparities and minority health.

    Areas of Interest: Psychosocial determinants of health behaviors among adolescents and young adults, sexual health, mental health, international student health disparities and minority health.

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    Cynthia Curl, PhD, MS

    Associate Professor

    Areas of interest: Measuring human exposures to agricultural chemicals and improving health and safety in agricultural workplaces and agricultural communities. Student intern and volunteer positions are available in the Curl Agricultural Health lab.

    Areas of interest: Measuring human exposures to agricultural chemicals and improving health and safety in agricultural workplaces and agricultural communities. Student intern and volunteer positions are available in the Curl Agricultural Health lab.

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    Priyanka Dubey, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Sexual and reproductive health and menstrual health of gender diverse communities, maternal and child health, global health

    Areas of interest: Sexual and reproductive health and menstrual health of gender diverse communities, maternal and child health, global health

  • Ashley Havlicak

    Ashley Havlicak, MPH

    Clinical Assistant Professor, CHP Emphasis Coordinator

    Areas of interest: Policy, environment and systems change, school and adolescent health, mental health, health equity, social influencers of health, project management, collective impact and collaboration.

    Areas of interest: Policy, environment and systems change, school and adolescent health, mental health, health equity, social influencers of health, project management, collective impact and collaboration.

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    Andy Hyer, JD, MHS

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Areas of interest: Online education, health policy and health delivery systems.

    Areas of interest: Online education, health policy and health delivery systems.

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    Jennifer Intelicato

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Biomedical Science, infectious disease, proteomics, online learning and instruction and online course development

    Areas of interest: Biomedical Science, infectious disease, proteomics, online learning and instruction and online course development

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    Kirk Ketelsen, PhD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Health Data Analytics Program Director, Data Analytics for Statewide Health Collaborative (DASH Lab) Director

    Areas of interest: Statistics, data science education, storytelling with data and data visualization, using data to drive evidence-based practice and decision-making.

    Areas of interest: Statistics, data science education, storytelling with data and data visualization, using data to drive evidence-based practice and decision-making.

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    Nichole Lasich, BSN, MPH

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Areas of interest: Assist students to be their most authentic selves and reach their professional goals, incorporate intersectionality into the biomedical paradigm and promote public health.

    Areas of interest: Assist students to be their most authentic selves and reach their professional goals, incorporate intersectionality into the biomedical paradigm and promote public health.

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    Joanna McCormack, MHS, MS, CCA

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Epidemiology, maternal and infant health, data analytics and visualization, application of state and federal healthcare policy, health information management, online instruction and online course design

    Areas of interest: Epidemiology, maternal and infant health, data analytics and visualization, application of state and federal healthcare policy, health information management, online instruction and online course design

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    Douglas J. Myers, ScD

    Professor, PhD Program Director

    Areas of interest: Occupational epidemiology, workplace injury, workplace safety, healthcare workers and social determinants of health.

    Areas of interest: Occupational epidemiology, workplace injury, workplace safety, healthcare workers and social determinants of health.

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    Taylor Neher, DrPH, MPH

    Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Community evaluations and building community leadership; Youth, Young Adults, and Carceral Populations and their Mental Health; and historically Underserved populations.

    Areas of interest: Community evaluations and building community leadership; Youth, Young Adults, and Carceral Populations and their Mental Health; and historically Underserved populations.

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    Kimberly Rauscher, ScD, MA

    Professor, EOHS Emphasis Coordinator

    Areas of interest: HIV prevention and control; emerging infectious diseases; post-disaster health outcomes; global health diplomacy; the dynamic relationships between infectious agents, their hosts, and the environment in which these interactions occur; the international dialogue on disease prevention (including international binding and non-binding instruments and their negotiation and application) and highlighting how the interconnectedness of today’s world reveals the global nature of public health issues.

    Areas of interest: HIV prevention and control; emerging infectious diseases; post-disaster health outcomes; global health diplomacy; the dynamic relationships between infectious agents, their hosts, and the environment in which these interactions occur; the international dialogue on disease prevention (including international binding and non-binding instruments and their negotiation and application) and highlighting how the interconnectedness of today’s world reveals the global nature of public health issues.

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    Uwe Reischl, PhD, MD

    Professor

    Areas of interest: Occupational health, ergonomics, human factors and telemedicine.

    Areas of interest: Occupational health, ergonomics, human factors and telemedicine.

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    Ellen Schafer, PhD, MPH, MCHES

    Associate Professor, MPH Program Director

    Areas of interest: Influence of social context, social networks and social support on behaviors related to maternal child health and caregiving

    Areas of interest: Influence of social context, social networks and social support on behaviors related to maternal child health and caregiving

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    Megan L. Smith, PhD

    Associate Professor

    Areas of interest: Education, human development, and public health science to study the contextual factors that promote or thwart health outcomes (particularly substance use, mental health, and sexual risk behavior) for young people.

    Areas of interest: Education, human development, and public health science to study the contextual factors that promote or thwart health outcomes (particularly substance use, mental health, and sexual risk behavior) for young people.

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    Tom Turco, MS, REHS, ASP

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Areas of interest: Environmental health, public health emergency response, integration of online educational resources in lieu of textbooks and development of Pressbook textbooks for classes.

    Areas of interest: Environmental health, public health emergency response, integration of online educational resources in lieu of textbooks and development of Pressbook textbooks for classes.

Research Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

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    Sarah Toevs, PhD

    Emeritus Professor, School of Public and Population Health

    Areas of interest: Program evaluation and assessment and generating real-time evidence for use in community-based planning and decision making.

    Areas of interest: Program evaluation and assessment and generating real-time evidence for use in community-based planning and decision making.

Affiliate Faculty

  • Traci Berreth

    Traci Berreth

    Affiliate Faculty & Deputy Division Administrator at ID Department of Health and Welfare

    Areas of interest: Public Health Policy, Strategy and Systems Thinking, Effective Communication and Relationship Building, and Leadership.

    Areas of interest: Public Health Policy, Strategy and Systems Thinking, Effective Communication and Relationship Building, and Leadership.

  • Matt Isbell

    Matt Isbell

    Affiliate Faculty & Boise State Department of Communication Professor

    Areas of interest: Collaboration, nonprofit organizations and program implementation/change

    Areas of interest: Collaboration, nonprofit organizations and program implementation/change

  • Bozena Morawski

    Bozena Morawski

    Affiliate Faculty & Epidemiologist

    Areas of interest: Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, exercise, physical activity, health-related disease

    Areas of interest: Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, exercise, physical activity, health-related disease

  • Ingrid Rabe, SPPH Affiliate Faculty

    Ingrid Rabe

    Affiliate Faculty & Medical Epidemiologist, Arboviruses

    Areas of interest: Applied epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, tropical medicine, outbreak response, disease surveillance evaluation and technical guidance development.

    Areas of interest: Applied epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, tropical medicine, outbreak response, disease surveillance evaluation and technical guidance development.

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    Vinita Sharma

    Affiliate Faculty

    Areas of interest: Intersection between substance use, HIV and mental health, reproductive health, adolescent and youth health, infectious diseases, post-disaster health outcomes and global health

    Areas of interest: Intersection between substance use, HIV and mental health, reproductive health, adolescent and youth health, infectious diseases, post-disaster health outcomes and global health

  • Elke Shaw-Tulloch Headshot

    Elke Shaw-Tulloch

    Affiliate Faculty & State Health Official

    Areas of interest: Public health, public health policy, social determinants of health, environmental health, public health emergency response, strategy and systems thinking, communication and relationship building.

    Areas of interest: Public health, public health policy, social determinants of health, environmental health, public health emergency response, strategy and systems thinking, communication and relationship building.

Staff

  • Brendy McConnaughey

    Brendy McConnaughey

    Management Assistant

    Areas of interest: Providing exceptional administrative support to SPPH staff, faculty and students while becoming a reliable resource to our community partners. Collaborating with team members to support the school’s events and projects.

    Areas of interest: Providing exceptional administrative support to SPPH staff, faculty and students while becoming a reliable resource to our community partners. Collaborating with team members to support the school’s events and projects.

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    Kelsey Nelson

    Undergraduate Internship Coordinator

    Areas of interest: Career development, job and internship application and search, interviewing, resume, cover letter and ePortfolio Development

    Areas of interest: Career development, job and internship application and search, interviewing, resume, cover letter and ePortfolio Development

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    Hailey Stewart

    Senior Communications Specialist

    Areas of interest: Supporting SPPH communications and marketing needs. Sharing student and faculty stories. Developing community building experiences and opportunities for students and the university community.

    Areas of interest: Supporting SPPH communications and marketing needs. Sharing student and faculty stories. Developing community building experiences and opportunities for students and the university community.

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    Maria Tellez, MHS

    Business Operations Manager

    Areas of interest: Bridge building across various campus administrative areas, fiscal leadership, guidance and support for school strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement and how to best collaborate to support partners, those who work with us and students.

    Areas of interest: Bridge building across various campus administrative areas, fiscal leadership, guidance and support for school strategic initiatives, community building, process improvement and how to best collaborate to support partners, those who work with us and students.

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    Adam Wagner

    Student Communications Assistant

    Areas of interest: Supporting the department’s communication needs by corresponding with students and faculty, attending and helping to facilitate events and addressing project-based tasks.

    Areas of interest: Supporting the department’s communication needs by corresponding with students and faculty, attending and helping to facilitate events and addressing project-based tasks.

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    Brian Young

    Director of Academic Operations

    Areas of interest: Online learning, learning management systems and instructional design.

    Areas of interest: Online learning, learning management systems and instructional design.