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ANDREWS, PATRICIA, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1992 Instructor

BALSAMO, GARY, DVM, LSU SVM, 1981 Adjunct Assistant Professor

BLOUIN, DAVID C., PhD, LSUBR, 1977 Adjunct Professor

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

BOWERS-STEPHENS, CHERYL, MD, MBA, LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans,1988; University of New Orleans, New Orleans,1998 Joint Assistant Professor

BRENNAN, CHRISTINE, PhD, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 2007 Assistant Professor

BREWER, ERIN, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Tulane University, 1993 & 2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor

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

BROWN, CHARLES, MD, Tulane University Medical School, 1953 Adjunct Professor

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

CHAUVIN, SHEILA, PhD, Louisiana State University, 1992 Joint Professor

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

CHIU, YU-WEN, MPH, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1996 & 2002 Assistant Professor

CROW, STEPHEN, PhD, North Texas State University, 1989 Adjunct Professor

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

CULBERTSON, RICHARD, PhD, MHA, MDiv, University of California, University of Minnesota , Harvard University, 1993,1973 & 1970 Professor

DEPRATO, DEBRA K. MD, LSU School of Medicine, 1984 Associate Professor

DIAZ, JAMES, MD, MHA, DRPH, MPH&TM, Tulane University Schools of Medicine and Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1975, 1990, 1995 & 2001 Professor

ESCOBAR, LUIS A., PhD, Iowa State University, 1981 Adjunct Professor

ESTRADA, JOHN, MD, University of Antioquia Medical School, 1981 Joint Associate Professor

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

FANTACI, ELLEN, MPA, JD, Tulane University and Loyola University, New Orleans, 1978 & 1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor

FERGUSON, TEKEDA FREEMAN, PhD, MSPH, MPH, University of Alabama, and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1997, 1998 & 2010 Assistant Professor

FONTHAM, ELIZABETH, MPH, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1978 & 1983 Professor and Dean

FOS, PETER, DDS, PhD, MPH, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, 1976; Tulane University Graduate School 1989 Adjunct Professor

FRADY, PHILLIP, MSW, Tulane University, 1976 Adjunct Instructor

FRONTINI, MARIA, DrPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1998 Joint Assistant Professor

GEAGHAN, JAMES P., PhD, North Carolina State University, 1980 Adjunct Professor

GEE, REBEKAH E. MS, MD, MS, Columbia University, 1998; Cornell University, 2002; University of Pennsylvania, 2009 Assistant Professor

GRUBER, DEANN, PhD, Tulane University Graduate School, 2003 Adjunct Assistant Professor

HAGAN, JOSEPH, ScD, MSPH, Tulane University, University of Louisville, 2012 & 2003 Assistant Professor

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

HARRIS, RONALD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, 1996 Associate Professor

HELM, EDWARD G., MD, Chicago Medical School, 1976 Joint Professor

HICKS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, MD, MPH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985; LSUHSC, 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor

HONORE, PEGGY, DHA, MHA, University of South Carolina, 2004; Tulane University, 1994 Associate Professor

HORSWELL, RONALD, PhD, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1990 Adjunct Assistant Professor

HSIEH, MEI CHIN, MSPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1998 Instructor

HU, CHIH-YANG, MSPH, SCD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1996 & 2001 Associate Professor

HU, GANG, MD, MPH, PhD, Tianjin Medical University and University of Kuopio, 1989, 2000 and 2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor

HUGH-JONES, MARTIN, DVM, PhD, Cambridge University, 1979 Adjunct Professor

KENDRICK, RHONDA, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 1988 Joint Assistant Professor

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

KRONENBERG, FRANNIE, MD, MS, University of Connecticut and Harvard University, 1990 & 2006 Adjunct Assistant Professor

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

LANE, WALTER, PhD, University of California, San Diego, 1978 Adjunct Professor

LEBLANC, ALICE, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1996 Instructor

LIRETTE, DAVID K., PhD, LSUHSC, 2004 Assistant Professor

LOONEY, STEPHEN, PhD, University of Georgia, 1980 Adjunct Professor

MALONE, JOHN, DVM, PhD, University of California at Davis, 1967 & 1974 Adjunct Professor

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

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

MASON, KAREN E., MSPH, Massachusetts University, 1980 Adjunct Instructor

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

MONLEZUN, CHARLES J., PhD, Tulane University, 1972 Adjunct Associate Professor

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

MORES, CHRISTOPHER, ScD, Harvard University, 2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor

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

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

PATOUT, CHARLES, MD, LSU Medical School, 1970 Joint Assistant Professor

PETERS, EDWARD S., DMD, SCD, University of Connecticut Health Center and Harvard University, 1990 & 1999 Associate Professor

PHILLIPPI, STEPHEN, JR., PhD, Tulane University, 2007 Assistant Professor

PORCHE, DEMETRIUS JAMES, DNS, LSU Medical Center, 1995 Joint Professor

RAGAN, AVERY F., JR., PhD, University of Alabama, 1978 Joint Associate Professor

RATARD, RAOULT, MD, Paris School of Medicine, 1968 Adjunct Associate Professor

RIGAMER, ELMORE, MD, MPA, LSU School of Medicine, 1966 Assistant Professor, Part-time

ROBERTS, ELLIOTT C., SR., MBA/HA, George Washington University, 1963 Professor Part-time

ROBINSON, WILLIAM PhD, Tulane University, 2001 Associate Professor

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

SCRIBNER, RICHARD, MD, MPH, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984 & 1987 Professor

SIMONSEN, NEAL, PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1993 Assistant Professor

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

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

THEALL, KATHERINE, MPH, PhD, Emory University and Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2000 & 2005 Adjunct Associate Professor

THOMAS, DWAYNE, MD, LSU Medical Center, 1984, MMM, Tulane University, 2006 Joint Associate Professor

THOMPSON, HILARY, PhD, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1986 Professor

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

TORTU, STEPHANIE, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1984 Professor and Associate Dean

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

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

VALLIERE, JEAN, MSW, University of Michigan, 1976 Assistant Professor

VELASCO-GONZALEZ, CRUZ, PhD, Tulane University, 2000 Associate Professor

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

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

WILCOX, RONALD DEAN, MD, University of Kansas Medical School, 1992 Joint Assistant Professor

WILLIAMS, DONNA, MPH, DrPH Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2009 Assistant Professor

WOOD, ANGELA, PhD, MSW, Tulane University Graduate School and Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, 2006 and 1992 Adjunct Instructor

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

XIAO, KE, PhD, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2002 Assistant Professor

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

Recapitulation of Faculty

Below are the names of faculty members of the School of Public Health listed by academic rank and in alphabetical order. The list is inclusive of full-time, part-time, joint and adjunct faculty.

PROFESSOR: Blouin, Brown, Chauvin, Chen, Crow, Culbertson, Diaz, Escobar, Fontham, Fos, Geaghan, Helm, Hugh-Jones, LaMotte, Lane, Looney, Malone, Marier, Marx, Mercante, Moody-Thomas, Porche, Roberts, Scribner, Sothern, Thompson, Tortu, Trapido, Volaufova

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Brisolara, DePrato, Estrada, Fang, Harris, Honore, Hu, Monlezun, Peters, Ragan, Ratard, Robinson, Rung, Straif-Bourgeois, Theall, Thomas, Velasco-Gonzalez, Wu, Yu

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Balsamo, Bonis, Bowers-Stephens, Brennan, Brewer, Broyles, Chiu, Fantaci, Ferguson, Frontini, Gee, Gruber, Hagan, Harrington, Hicks, Horswell, Hu, Kendrick, Kimbrell, Kronenberg, Lirette, Mores, Nuss, Oral, Patout, Phillippi, Rigamer, Simonsen, Thomson, Tseng, Valliere, Wightkin, Wilcox, Williams, Xiao,

INSTRUCTOR: Andrews, Cuccia, Frady, Hsieh, LeBlanc, Mason, Wood