Faculty Roster

Emeriti

CHEN, VIVIEN W., PhD, University of Oklahoma School of Public Health, 1978 Emeritus Professor

FONTHAM, ELIZABETH, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1983 Emeritus Professor and Dean

LAMOTTE, LYNN R., PhD, Texas A&M University, 1969 Emeritus Professor

MARIER, ROBERT, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, 1969 Emeritus Clinical Professor

MOODY-THOMAS, SARAH, PhD, University of Georgia, 1978 Emeritus Professor

SOTHERN, MELINDA, PhD, University of New Orleans, 1997 Professor

VOLAUFOVA, JULIA G., PhD, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1984 Emeritus Professor

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ALLEN, SUSAN, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor

ARJMAND, ELLIS, MD, Northwestern University, 1986, Adjunct Professor

AZEVEDO, BENJAMIN, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2013, Adjunct Assistant Professor

BACHHUBER, MARCUS, MD, University of Pennsylvania, 2009, Joint Assistant Professor

BALSAMO, GARY, DVM, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1981 Adjunct Assistant Professor

BENJAMIN, REGINA, MD, University of Alabama Birmingham, 1984 Adjunct Professor

BERENS, ANDREW SAUNDERS, MS, Georgia State University, 2016 Adjunct Instructor

BERNAZANNI, JR., JAMES FRANCIS, EdM, Harvard University, 1984, Adjunct Instructor

BONIS, MARC, PhD, University of New Orleans, 1977 Adjunct Assistant Professor

BOWERS-STEPHENS, CHERYL, MD, LSU School of Medicine,1988 Adjunct Assistant Professor

BRENNAN, CHRISTINE, PhD, University of Southern Mississippi, 2007 Associate Professor

BRISOLARA, JOSEPH, MSPH, Tulane University  School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2001 Adjunct Instructor

BRISOLARA, KARI FITZMORRIS, ScD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2001 & 2004 Associate Professor and Associate Dean

BROWN, AMBER, MPH, Armstrong State University, 2015, Instructor

BROYLES, STEPHANIE T., PhD, Tulane University Graduate School, 2003 Adjunct Associate Professor

CELESTIN, MICHAEL, PhD, Southern University and A&M College, 2019 Assistant Professor

CHAN, KEE, PhD, Yale University, 2007 Adjunct Assistant Professor

CHAPPLE, ANDREW, PhD, Rice University, 2018, Assistant Professor

CHIU, YU-WEN, MPH, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2002 Assistant Professor

COLEMAN, MARY, MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1981 Joint Professor

COLLETTA, THOMAS LOUIS, JD, Tulane University School of Law, 2000, Adjunct Associate Professor

CUCCIA, MARTHA, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1996 Instructor

CULBERTSON, RICHARD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, 1993 Professor

DANOS, DENISE, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2016 Assistant Professor

DAVIS, REGINA, PhD, University of Maryland, 2012 Adjunct Professor

DIAZ, JAMES, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1975 Professor

ENGLAND, ANDREW, PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1974 Adjunct Professor

ELEWONIBI, BILIKISU, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2017 Assistant Professor

EVANS, MELISSA GOLDIN, PHD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2017 Adjunct Instructor

FANG, ZHIDE, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada, 1999 Professor

FERGUSON, TEKEDA FREEMAN, PhD, University of Alabama, 2010 Associate Professor

FISHER, KIVA, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2018, Adjunct Instructor

FOS, PETER, PhD Tulane University, 1989 Adjunct Professor

GARY, JR., LEE, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2010, Adunct Instructor

GEE, REBEKAH E. MD, Cornell University Medical College, 2002 Adjunct Associate Professor

GLANDON, GERALD, PhD, University of Washington, 1979 Adjunct Professor

GRIFFIN, MICHAEL, ScD, University of Alabama Birmingham, 2020 Adjunct Associate Professor

GRUBER, DEANN, PhD, Tulane University, 2003 Adjunct Associate Professor

GUILLORY, DANELLE, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2017 Adjunct Instructor

HARRINGTON, DANIEL, ScD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2004 Assistant Professor

HONORE, PEGGY, DHA, University of South Carolina, 2004 Professor

HONORE, RUSSEL, MA, Troy State University, 1992 Adjunct Professor

HSIEH, MEI CHIN, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1998 Associate Professor

HU, CHIH-YANG, ScD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2001 Associate Professor

JOHNSON, CRYSTAL, PhD, Unviersity of Alabama at Birmingham, 2004 Adjunct Associate Professor

KARLITZ, JORDAN, MD, McGill University, 2000 Adjunct Assoicate Professor

KATNER, ADRIENNE, DEnv, University of California at Los Angeles, 2011 Associate Professor

KAUFMAN, RANDI, DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, 2013 Adjunct Assistant Professor

KEPPER, MAURA MOHLER, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2016 Adjunct Instructor

KIMBRELL, JOSEPH, MS, Tulane University, 1967 Adjunct Assistant Professor

LAMPRECHT, LARA, DrPH, University of Illinois Chicago, 2014 Adjunct Assistant Professor 

LEONARDI, CLAUDIA, PhD, Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2014, Assistant Professor

LEVITZKY, ELIZABETH, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2015, Assistant Professor

LIN, HUI-YI, PhD, Tulane University, 2004 Professor

MARX, BRIAN D., PhD, Virginia Polytechnical Institute & State University, 1988 Adjunct Professor

McDANIEL, LEE, PhD, Unversity of Wisconsin, 2014 Associate Professor

MENDOZA, MELISSA, JD, Loyola New Orleans School of Law, 2008, Adjunct Instructor

MERCANTE, DONALD, E., PhD, Virginia Polytechnical Institute & State University, 1990 Professor

NUSS, HENRY, PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2008 Associate Professor

ORAL, EVRIM, PhD, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002 Associate Professor

PETERS, EDWARD S., DMD, ScD, Harvard University, 1990, 1999 Professor

PHILLIPPI, STEPHEN, JR., PhD, Louisiana State University, 2007 Professor

PORCHE, DEMETRIUS JAMES, DNS, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1995 Joint Professor

REIMERS, ROBERT, PhD, Vanderbuilt University, 1973 Adjunct Professor

RIGAMER, ELMORE, MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 1966 Adjunct Assistant Professor

ROBINSON, WILLIAM PhD, Tulane University, 2001 Professor

ROUBION, DENISE JOHNSON, DNP, Chatham University, 2010 Adjunct Instructor

RUNG, ARIANE, PhD, Tulane University, 1999 Associate Professor

SCHONBERG, JOHN, ScD, Tulane University, 1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor

SCOTT, JENNIFER, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016 Adjunct Assistant Professor

SCRIBNER, RICHARD, MD, University of Southern California, 1984 Adjunct Professor

SINGH, SONITA, PhD, Tulane University School of Law, 2016 Assistant Professor

SMITH, DEAN, PhD, Texas A&M, 1985 Professor and Dean

SPRINGGATE, BENJAMIN, MD, Tulane University, 2001 Joint Associate Professor

STEPHENS, KEVIN, MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 1984, Adjunct Assistant Professor

STRAIF-BOURGEOIS, SUSANNE, PhD, University of Bonn, Germany, 1994 Associate Professor

THEALL, KATHERINE, PhD, Tulane University, 2005 Adjunct Associate Professor

THOMSON, JESSICA, PhD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2002 Adunct Assistant Professor

TRAPIDO, EDWARD, ScD, Harvard University, 1981 Professor and Associate Dean

TSENG, TUNG-SUNG, DrPH, Tulane University, 2005 Associate Professor

UMRIGAR, AYESHA, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2019 Joint Assistant Professor

VELU, RAJABATHER PALANI, PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1983 Adjunct Professor

WAGNER, ANTHONY, MHA, University of Minnesota, 1975 Adjunct Assoicate Professor

WENDELL, DEBORAH, PhD, Tulane University, 2008 Assistant Professor

WENNERSTROM, ASHLEY, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2013 Associate Professor

WIGHTKIN, JOAN G., DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor

WILLIAMS, DONNA, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2009 Professor and Associate Dean

WU, XIAO CHENG, MD, Xian Medical University, 1986 Professor

YU, QINGZHAO, PhD, Ohio State University, 2006 Professor

Recapitulation of Full-Time Faculty

Below are the names of faculty members of the School of Public Health listed by academic rank and in alphabetical order.

PROFESSOR: Culbertson, Diaz, Fang, Honore, Lin, Mercante, Peters, Phillippi, Robinson, Smith, Trapido, Williams, Wu, Yu

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Brennan, Brisolara, Hu, Ferguson, Hsieh, Hu, Katner, McDaniel, Nuss, Oral, Rung, Straif-Bourgeois, Tseng, Wennerstrom

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Celestin, Chapple, Chiu, Danos, Elewonibi, Harrington, Leonardi, Levitzky, Singh, Wendell

INSTRUCTOR: Brown, Cuccia