Faculty & Staff

Department Administration

Chair Person
Doug M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.

Vice Chair
Howard Tennen, Ph.D.

Co-Director of the Graduate Programs in Applied Public Health Sciences
David I. Gregorio, Ph.D., M.S.

Co-Director of the Graduate Programs in Applied Public Health Sciences
Stacey Brown

Administrative Officer
Denise L. Parris

Did You Know?

Doug Brugge Audrey Chapman

The department has three endowed chairs: Health Net, Inc. Chair in Community Medicine and Public Health, Doug Brugge, Ph.D., M.S., UConn Health Auxiliary/Joseph M. Healey, Jr. Chair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Audrey Chapman, Ph.D., M.Div., S.T.M., and Thomas F. Babor, Ph.D., M.P.H., Diane Heath Beever Endowed Research Fund for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction.


Howard Tennen, Ph.D., was the first Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor to be named at UConn Health.

Primary Department Faculty

Angela-Bermudez-Millan

Angela Bermudez-Millan

Associate Professor

bermudez-millan@uchc.edu

Stacey-Brown

Stacey Brown

Co-Director of the Graduate Programs in Applied Public Health Sciences

stbrown@uchc.edu

Mary-Beth-Bruder

Mary Beth Bruder

Professor

bruder@uchc.edu

Doug Brugge

Doug Brugge

Chair Person

brugge@uchc.edu

Jennifer Cavallari

Jennifer Cavallari

Associate Professor

cavallari@uchc.edu

Audrey Chapman

Audrey Chapman

Professor

achapman@uchc.edu

Emil Coman

Emil Coman

Assistant Professor

coman@uchc.edu

Shayna Cunningham

Shayna Cunningham

Assistant Professor

scunningham@uchc.edu

Ellis Dillon

Ellis Dillon

Assistant Professor

edillon@uchc.edu

Wenqi Gan

Associate Professor

wgan@uchc.edu

James Grady

James Grady

Professor

jgrady@uchc.edu

David Gregorio

David Gregorio

Co-Director of the Graduate Programs in Applied Public Health Sciences

gregorio@uchc.edu

Kristin Guertin

Kristin Guertin

Assistant Professor

kguertin@uchc.edu

Amy Hunter

Amy Hunter

Assistant Professor

amhunter@uchc.edu

Youngji Jo

Youngji Jo

Assistant Professor

jo@uchc.edu

Chia-Ling Kuo

Chia-Ling Kuo

Associate Professor

kuo@uchc.edu

Zita Lazzarini

Zita Lazzarini

Associate Professor

lazzarini@uchc.edu

Bing Lu

Bing Lu

Professor

blu@uchc.edu

Tara Lutz

Tara Lutz

Assistant Professor

lutz@uchc.edu

Bonnie McRee

Bonnie McRee

Assistant Professor

mcree@uchc.edu

Erin Mead Morse

Erin Mead Morse

Assistant Professor

mead@uchc.edu

Megan O'Grady

Megan O'Grady

Associate Professor

ogrady@uchc.edu

Brian Reichow

Associate Professor

breichow@uchc.edu

Mayte Restrepo

Mayte Restrepo

Assistant Professor

restreporuiz@uchc.edu

Greg Rhee

Greg Rhee

Associate Professor

rhee@uchc.edu

Kerry-Ann Stewart

Kerry-Ann Stewart

Assistant Professor

kestewart@uchc.edu

Helen Swede

Helen Swede

Associate Professor

hswede@uchc.edu

Howard Tennen

Howard Tennen

Vice Chair

tennen@uchc.edu

Scott Wetstone

Scott Wetstone

Associate Professor

wetstone@uchc.edu

Misti Zamora

Misti Zamora

Assistant Professor

mzamora@uchc.edu

Secondary Appointments

Abdul Ahmed

Abdul Ahmed

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Anton Alerte

Anton Alerte

Professor

aalerte@uchc.edu

Linda Barry

Linda Barry

Professor

lbarry@uchc.edu

Grace Chan

Grace Chan

Assistant Professor

gchan@uchc.edu

Kevin Dieckhaus

Kevin Dieckhaus

Professor

dieckhaus@uchc.edu

Breno Diniz

Breno Diniz

Associate Professor

diniz@uchc.edu

Lindsay DiStefano

Lindsay DiStefano

Professor

lindsay.distefano@uconn.edu

Alicia Dugan

Alicia Dugan

Associate Professor

adugan@uchc.edu

Richard Fortinsky

Richard Fortinsky

Professor

fortinsky@uchc.edu

Jeffrey Hines

Jeffrey Hines

Adjunct Assistant Professor

jhines@uchc.edu

Garry Lapidus

Garry Lapidus

Associate Professor

glapidu@connecticutchildrens.org

Amir Mohammad

Amir Mohammad

Assistant Professor

amohammad@uchc.edu

Natalie Moore

Natalie Moore

Assistant Professor

nmoore@uchc.edu

Julie Robison

Julie Robison

Associate Professor

jrobison@uchc.edu

Linda Sprague

Linda Sprague Martinez

Professor

spraguemartinez@uchc.edu

Karen Steinberg

Karen Steinberg

Associate Professor

ksteinberg@uchc.edu

Thomas Van Hoof

Thomas Van Hoof

Associate Professor

thomas.van_hoof@uconn.edu

Helen (Zhao) Wu

Helen (Zhao) Wu

Associate Professor

zwu@uchc.edu

Emeriti

Thomas Babor

Professor Emeritus

babor@uchc.edu

Judy Lewis

Judy Lewis

Professor Emeritus

lewisj@uchc.edu

Stephen Schensul

Stephen Schensul

Professor Emeritus

schensul@uchc.edu