Faculty

About our faculty:

Our MPH in Public Health Practice faculty have years of experience teaching working professionals in a fully 100% online setting. Our program faculty are drawn from the five core disciplines of public health at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and from other nationally recognized experts.

Faculty directory:

 

  • Richard Aronson

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice
    Email:
    raaronson69@amherst.edu
    Telephone:
    413-542-2265
    Campus Address:
    AC #2210 Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002-5000
    Education:

    M.D., M.P.H.

  • Carol Bigelow

    Professional Title:
    Research Associate Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    cbigelow@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1319
    Campus Address:
    402 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~biep540w/
    Education:

    B.A., Skidmore College, 1978; M.S., University of Washington, 1982; Ph.D, University of Washington, 1984

  • Kenneth Carley

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Gloria T. DiFulvio

    Professional Title:
    Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Public Health Sciences
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gloria@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4535
    Campus Address:
    302 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Psychology, Binghamton University, 1988; M.Ed., Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004

  • Jonathan Engel

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Daniel S. Gerber

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and the Director of the online MPH in Public Health Practice program
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gerber@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1003
    Campus Address:
    308 Arnold House
    Education:

    B. S., University of New York College at Buffalo, 1976; M.P.H., Hunter College, 1982; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995

  • Anne Hewitt

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Myles Jacobson

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice
    Department:
    Public Health

  • L. William Katz

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Barry Klenowski

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Dmitry Kuksin

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Linda Landesman

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Glendene Lemard

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    glemard@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2379
    Campus Address:
    314 Arnold House

  • Shirley A. Mietlicki-Floyd

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer and MPH Practicum Coordinator
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    mietlicki@umext.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4420
    Campus Address:
    307 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Mansfield University, 1972; M.A, University of Connecticut, 1978; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996

  • Jon Olson

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Ivan Oransky

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Anna Orlova

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice
    Department:
    Public Health

  • Penelope S. Pekow

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    ppekow@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1872
    Campus Address:
    406 Arnold House
    Education:

    A.B., Brown University, 1977; M.S.P.H. University of North Carolina, 1982; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1991.

  • William Teel

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Kathryn Tracy

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Renee Turzanski-Fortner

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • William Wiist

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice

  • Marya Zilberberg

    Professional Title:
    Instructor, Online M.P.H. in Public Health Practice