Faculty

About our faculty:

Our award-winning faculty has decades’ worth of experience educating students in the classroom and online, and in areas of research and outreach. Faculty expertise extends to many pressing public health problems as well as cross-cutting issues such as obesity and diabetes prevention, women’s health, global health, aging and healthy living, and environmental health concerns. The Department faculty promote health and the quality of life in diverse populations.

Faculty directory:

  • C. Marjorie Aelion

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    maelion@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2526
    Campus Address:
    106 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.Sc., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1980; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1988

  • Raji Balasubramanian

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    rbalasub@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-0277
    Campus Address:
    403 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1996; Sc.D. Harvard University, 2002; Postdoc, Harvard University

  • Michael E. Begay

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    begay@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1203
    Campus Address:
    309 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A.; California State Polytechnic University; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

  • 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

  • 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

  • David R. Buchanan

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Director, Division of Community Health Studies, and Director of the Institute for Global Health
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    buchanan@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1005
    Campus Address:
    306 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1974; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, 1979; Dr.PH., University of California, Berkeley, 1989

  • Maria T. Bulzacchelli

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    bulzacchelli@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7428
    Campus Address:
    310 Arnold House
    Education:

    A.B., Bowdoin College, 1995; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2006

  • Edward J. Calabrese

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3164
    Campus Address:
    Morrill I, N344
    Education:

    B.S., Bridgewater State, 1968; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1972; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; A.T.S.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Salvatore R. DiNardi

    Professional Title:
    Professor Emeritus
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    sdinardi@schoolph.umass.edu
    Personal Website:
    www.dinardi-cih.com
    Education:

    B.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • 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

  • Andrea Foulkes

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics (ICB3)
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    foulkes@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1881
    Campus Address:
    404 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~foulkes/
    Education:

    B.A., Brown University, 1994; Sc.D. Harvard University, 2000

  • 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

  • Tameka L. Gillum

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    tgillum@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2216
    Campus Address:
    301 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1997; M.A., Michigan State University, 2000; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2004; Postdoctoral research fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2004-2006

  • Aline C. Gubrium

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    agubrium@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2244
    Campus Address:
    304 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Indiana University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

  • 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

  • Paul Kostecki

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Director, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and Associate Director, Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    pkostecki@research.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-9009
    Campus Address:
    Morrill Science Center I, N342
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1978; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981

  • 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

  • Rongheng Lin

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    rlin@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1934
    Campus Address:
    411 Arnold House
    Education:

    B. S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2000; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2006; Postdoctoral training at NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006-2007

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Richard E. Peltier

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    rpeltier@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1317
    Campus Address:
    149 Goessmann
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/aerosollab
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997; M.P.H., Columbia University, 2001; Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2007; Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU School of Medicine, 2007-2009

  • J. Richard Pilsner

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    rpilsner@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0036
    Campus Address:
    149F Goessmann
    Personal Website:
    http://jrichardpilsner.com/
    Education:

    B.A., Hamline University, 1995; M.P.H., Columbia University, 2003; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2007Environmental Epigenetics, Toxicology, Nutrition, DNA Methylation, Molecular Epidemiology

  • Krishna C. Poudel

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Telephone:
    413-545-1448
    Campus Address:
    316 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.P.H., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1996; M.A., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1999; M.H.Sc., The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2003; Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Elaine Puleo

    Professional Title:
    Research Associate Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    epuleo@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1869
    Campus Address:
    425 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of Colorado, 1973; M.S., Colorado State University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989

  • Jing Qian

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    qian@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1347
    Campus Address:
    324 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Renmin University of China, 2002; Ph.D., Emory University, 2009; Postdoctoral, Harvard University, 2009-2011

  • 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

  • Nicholas G. Reich

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    nick@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4534
    Campus Address:
    326 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/nick/
    Education:

    B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Postdoctoral, Johns Hopkins University

  • Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    rmonguio@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7427
    Campus Address:
    322 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 1994; Ph.D., University of Barcelona, Spain, 2001

  • Christine A. Rogers

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor & Assistant Director of Academic Safety & Environmental Health
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    car@ehs.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-5112
    Campus Address:
    Morrill Science Center I, 239A
    Education:

    B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1989; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1996

  • Paula L. Stamps

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Public Health
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    stamps@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-6880
    Campus Address:
    311 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S. (Biology); M.S. (Health Administration); Ph.D. (Human Ecology)

  • Edward J. Stanek III

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    stanek@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3812
    Campus Address:
    401 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1971; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977; Ph.D, University of North Carolina, 1984

  • 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

  • Alicia R. Timme-Laragy

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    aliciat@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7423
    Campus Address:
    Goessmann 149C
    Education:

    B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, 2000; Ph.D., Duke University, 2007; Post-doctoral, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Lisa Marin Wexler

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    lwexler@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413 545-2248
    Campus Address:
    313 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of West Florida, 1991; M.S.W., Florida State University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005

  • 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

  • Ezra Wood

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    ezrawood@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1778
    Campus Address:
    149D Goessmann
    Education:

    B.A., Rutgers University, 1997; Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 2004; Postdoctoral research, Aerodyne Research, Inc., 2005 - 2006