Faculty and Staff
The department consists of 23 full- and part-time faculty, 16 faculty with joint appointments, 30 adjunct faculty with clinical or teaching appointments, and over 25 dedicated research, administrative, and professional staff members.
Department Administration
Chair Person
Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.
Vice Chair
Howard Tennen, Ph.D.
Director of Program in Applied Public Health Sciences
David I. Gregorio, Ph.D., M.S.
Administrative Officer
Denise L. Parris
Did You Know?
The department has two endowed chairs: Health Net, Inc. Chair in Community Medicine and Public Health, Doug Brugge, Ph.D., M.S., and UConn Health Auxiliary/Joseph M. Healey, Jr. Chair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Audrey Chapman, Ph.D., M.Div., S.T.M..
Howard Tennen, Ph.D., was the first Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor to be named at UConn Health.
Faculty Members and Their Area of Interest
Thomas F. Babor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor
babor@uchc.edu
Alcohol and drug problems & related cultural factors
Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
bermudez-millan@uchc.edu
Nutrition and health policy
Stacey Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
stbrown@uchc.edu
Health sociology
Mary Beth Bruder, Ph.D.
Professor
bruder@uchc.edu
Developmental disabilities and early intervention
Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor and Chair
brugge@uchc.edu
Occupational & environmental health
Jennifer Cavallari, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
cavallari@uchc.edu
Occupational & environmental epidemiology
Audrey Chapman, Ph.D., M.Div., S.T.M.
Professor
achapman@uchc.edu
Humanities and bioethics
Shayna Cunningham, Ph.D., MHS
Assistant Professor
scunningham@uchc.edu
Maternal and Child Health, Community-Based Participatory Research
James Grady, Dr.P.H.
Professor
jgrady@uchc.edu
Statistical methods
David I. Gregorio, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor
gregorio@uchc.edu
Disease surveillance; Cancer epidemiology
Amy A. Hunter, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
amhunter@uchc.edu
Injury epidemiology; child maltreatment prevention
Sharon M. Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD
Professor
sgordon@uchc.edu
Public health dentistry
Susan Killmeyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
killmeyer@uchc.edu
Early intervention, early childhood disability
Chia-Ling Kuo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
kuo@uchc.edu
Statistical methods
Zita Lazzarini, J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
lazzarini@uchc.edu
Public health law
Tara Lutz, Ph.D., M.P.H., CHES
Assistant Professor
lutz@uchc.edu
Developmental disabilities & early intervention
Megan A. O'Grady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ogrady@uchc.edu
Addiction health services research, implementation science
T. Greg Rhee, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Assistant Professor
rhee@uchc.edu
Population-based clinical outcomes research and health care policy
Stephen L. Schensul, Ph.D.
Professor
schensul@uchc.edu
AIDS risk (international), applied health research
Bonnie McRee, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
mcree@uchc.edu
Substance abuse prevention
Helen Swede, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
swede@uchc.edu
Cancer chemoprevention, cancer disparities
Howard Tennen, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
tennen@uchc.edu
Stress, coping & adaptation to chronic illness
Jane A. Ungemack, Dr.P.H.
Assistant Professor
ungemack@uchc.edu
Health services research/substance abuse
Kerry-Ann V. Stewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
kestewart@uchc.edu
Biomedical sciences; Diversity
Scott L. Wetstone, M.D.
Associate Professor
wetstone@uchc.edu
Clinical epidemiology
Bingbing Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
bzhang@uchc.edu
Developmental disabilities; Child development and health
Professors Retired
- Glenn Affleck* , Ph.D.
- Joseph A. Burleson, Ph.D.
- Holger Hansen, M.D., Dr.P.H.
- Judy Lewis*, M.Phil.
- Timothy Morse*, Ph.D.
- Richard G. Stevens, Ph.D. (deceased)
* emeritus
Faculty with Joint Appointments and Their Area of Interest
A. Karim Ahmed, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
ahmed@ncseglobal.org
Environmental health
Thomas Buckley, M.P.H., R.Ph.
Associate Clinical Professor, Pharmacy
thomas.e.buckley@uconn.edu
Health disparities, medication adherence
Martin G. Cherniack, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Medicine
cherniack@uchc.edu
Occupational health, environmental epidemiology
Alicia G. Dugan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
adugan@uchc.edu
Organizational psychology
Richard Fortinsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
fortinsky@uchc.edu
Aging and health care
Garry Lapidus, PA-C, M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
glapidu@connecticutchildrens.org
Injury prevention
Grael M. O'Brien, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
gobrien@uchc.edu
Epidemiology and child health
Julie Robison, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
jrobison@uchc.edu
Aging and health care
William S. Shaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
wshaw@uchc.edu
Program evaluation
Karen L. Steinberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
ksteinberg@uchc.edu
Motivational interviewing
Thomas J. Van Hoof, M.D., Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Nursing
thomas.van_hoof@uconn.edu
Educational interventions
Zhao Helen Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
zwu@uchc.edu
Substance abuse; Health disparities
Linda K. Barry, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor, Surgery
lbarry@uchc.edu
Lindsay DiStefano, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Department Head at UConn, Storrs, Kinesiology
lindsay.distefano@uconn.edu
Jennifer L. Garza, ScD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
garza@uchc.edu
Adjunct Faculty
The Program in Applied Public Health Sciences, in particular, and other centers, units, and divisions within the department utilize the services of 30 adjunct faculty and clinical community-based faculty from outside the department and/or UConn Health to teach or serve as preceptors to students. For information on contacting these individuals contact the particular area of the department who utilizes their services. If you know the individual works at UConn Health, try searching the UConn Health Employee Directory or if the individual's primary office is on the UConn Storrs campus try using the UConn phone book.
Staff
The department employs more than 25 dedicated professional research assistants, associates and administrative staff to support its research, teaching and service mission. For a search of full- or part-time staff members, use the UConn Health directory.