Health Studies

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Interim Chair: James Ciesla

Graduate Faculty

Jaeyong Bae, assistant professor, Ph.D., Emory University 
Sheila Barrett, assistant professor, Ph.D., Florida International University 
James R. Ciesla, professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina 
Carolinda Douglass, professor, Ph.D., RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies
Sarah Geiger, assistant professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University 
Priyanka Ghosh Roy, assistant professor, Ph.D., The University of Georgia, Athens  
Jennifer Gray, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Lynn Herrmann, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois 
Arlene Keddie, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science School of Public Health 
Jinsook Kim, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 
Judith Lukaszuk, professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Tomoyuki Shibata, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Miami 
Josephine Umoren, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska 
Ping Yao, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri

The School of Health Studies offers programs of graduate study leading to the M.S. in nutrition and dietetics and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.); and three certificates of graduate study–eating disorders and obesity, health education, and public health.

The M.P.H. curriculum prepares students for leadership positions in health services management and health promotion. Students learn skills in leadership, problem solving, and planning and promoting change in public health and health care systems. 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. The Council on Education for Public Health is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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