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Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD

by COPH Staff | September 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Watanabe-Galloway currently teaches two courses: Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Health Information/Public Health Surveillance. She has been an academic advisor to 11 MPH students and served on 17 service learning/capstone committees. She has also served on dissertation committees for nine PhD students and mentored two MPH interns. Dr. Watanabe-Galloway’s teaching philosophy is “The more we put in as faculty, the more we get out of our teaching and advising experience.” Dr. Watanabe-Galloway finds it important for students to develop adequate scientific writing… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 09, Sep 2013

Eleanor G. Rogan, PhD

by COPH Staff | August 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Rogan sees her main mission as facilitating opportunities for students and faculty in the Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health Department, from teaching to research to service. She has played an integral role in the growth of the college, its programs, and its research agenda. In her lectures in professional and graduate student courses, she tries to engage the students to see possibilities for them to use their talents, skills, and interests. Her goal is for students to learn the essential knowledge… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 08, Aug 2013

Hongmei Wang, PhD

by COPH Staff | July 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Hongmei Wang teaches two courses: Quantitative Methods in Health Services Research, a required course for the PhD students in Health Services Research and Administration, and Health Economics, a concentration course for MPH students in Health Policy. In addition, she directs independent study courses on Economic Evaluation with PhD students from the UNMC College of Nursing and provides guest lectures on Economic Evaluation for other courses at UNMC. She also offers training at state and regional meetings. Dr. Wang serves as both… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 07, Jul 2013

Sharon Medcalf, MEd

by COPH Staff | June 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Sharon Medcalf was instrumental in the establishment of the College of Public Health’s new programs in emergency preparedness. She developed four core courses for the professional certificate and master of science programs and directs two of the courses each semester. She is pleased to observe a growth in enrollment of students who recognize the importance of a basic understanding of this field, in preparation for their careers in the health care arena. Ms. Medcalf is currently in the process of converting all… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 06, Jun 2013

Elizabeth Lyden, MS

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Ms. Elizabeth Lyden teaches Introduction to SAS Programming. This course introduces students to programming for statistical and epidemiologic analysis using the SAS Software System. It is an interactive course taught in the COPH computer lab that focuses on data management and data processing skills, as well as statistical analysis and graphical presentations, all of which are useful to public health professionals. Since 2007, Ms. Lyden has served on two-to-three student capstone committees each year, and in addition, provides SPSS and SAS consultation… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 04, Apr 2013

Lorena Baccaglini, DDS, PhD

by COPH Staff | March 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Lorena Baccaglini received her PhD in epidemiology with a minor in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also trained in dentistry, prosthodontics, and clinical research and oral medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She joined the College of Public Health (COPH) faculty in May 2012 as an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Baccaglini is the Epidemiology Graduate Program chair for the doctoral program (PhD) in epidemiology. The department has four active… Continue Reading

Posted in Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 03 Mar 2013

Susanna Von Essen, MD, MPH

by COPH Staff | February 15, 2013

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Susanna Von Essen has played a vital role in the growth of the College of Public Health (COPH). She was chair of the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health committee responsible for establishing the blueprint for the department in 2007. She contributed to the development of courses and curriculum for the Master of Public Health concentration in Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH), serving as the department’s representative on the Graduate Program Committee, the precursor to the current COPH Curriculum Committee…. Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Picks, Faculty Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 02 Feb 2013