Faculty & Staff

About our faculty:

Our award-winning faculty has decades’ worth of experience educating students in the classroom and in research settings, preparing future generations of professionals and researchers in the field. The faculty fosters a unique environment in which practical involvement in transdisciplinary research collaborations enhance learning and provide a dynamic, rewarding environment. Working closely with the Epidemiology faculty, faculty are involved in multiple avenues of research, including community-based research, survey and sampling methodology, and genomics.

  • Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    ebertone@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-1672
    Campus Address:
    409 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/crewh/bertone-johnson.html
    Education:

    A.B.mcl., Harvard College, 1994; S.M., Harvard School of Public Health, 1996;
    Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health, 1999; Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health, 2000-2001

  • Lisa Chasan-Taber

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    lct@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1664
    Campus Address:
    405 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/lisact/
    Education:

    University of Pennsylvania, 1987; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990; Sc.D., Harvard University, 1995; Postdoctoral, Harvard University

  • Elizabeth Donohoe Cook

    Professional Title:
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    edcook@schoolph.umass.edu
    Education:

    A.B., Dartmouth College, 1994; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003

  • Karen A. Ertel

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    kertel@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0309
    Campus Address:
    423 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Georgetown University, 1999; M.P.H., University of California Berkeley, 2004; Sc.D., Harvard University, 2008

  • Susan E. Hankinson

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    shankinson@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4369
    Campus Address:
    426 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University of Southern Maine; M.S., University of Minnesota; M.P.H., University of Minnesota; Sc.D., Harvard University

  • Katherine W. Reeves

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    kwreeves@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4298
    Campus Address:
    410 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Yale University, 2002; M.P.H., The Ohio State University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2008

  • Susan R. Sturgeon

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    ssturgeon@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-1364
    Campus Address:
    407 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S. University of Connecticut, 1978; M.P.H., Yale University, 1982; Dr.P.H. Columbia University, 1992

  • Brian W. Whitcomb

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    bwhitcomb@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-7440
    Campus Address:
    408 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of California Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore, 2006; Postdoctoral, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development