Allied Health Professions

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Interim Chair: Ellen Parham

Graduate Faculty

Mary Jo Blaschak, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Ngoyi K. Bukonda, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Dianne M. Cearlock, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
James R. Ciesla, associate professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Sarah Conklin, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Carolinda Douglass, associate professor, Ph.D., RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies
Jeanne M. Isabel, associate professor, M.S.Ed., Northern Illinois University
Arlene Keddie, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science School of Public Health
Daniel Klein, associate professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Nancy A. Nuzzo, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Angela M. Odoms-Young, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
William A. Oleckno, Distinguished Teaching Professor, emeritus, H.S.D., Indiana University
Ellen Parham, professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Judith Rabak-Wagener, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Sherilynn F. Spear, professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Tomas Tamulis, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Maribel Valle, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Gail S. Williams, associate professor, Ph.D., Rush Graduate College

The School of Allied Health Professions offers a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree and the Master of Physical Therapy (M.P.T.) degree. The M.P.H. curriculum prepares students for leadership positions in health services management and health promotion. A generalist focus is also available for qualified health care professionals. Students learn skills in leadership, problem solving, and planning and promoting change in public health and health care systems. The M.P.T. program is the graduate component of the professional physical therapy curriculum and prepares students to function as entry-level practitioners.

The M.P.H. program is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent accrediting agency for schools of public health, as well as community health education and community health/preventive medicine programs located outside of schools of public health. CEPH is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The M.P.H. program is also an institutional member of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM), Council of Graduate Programs in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, a professional organization whose purpose is to set standards for the academic preparation of students in the fields of public health, disease prevention, and health promotion.

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