Faculty
The Department of Public Health at SJSU has the legacy of influential contributions to and having meaningful impacts on our diverse students, alumni, and community at large. Our faculty are experts in their fields and dedicated to learning, research, and service, and producing the next generation of public health leaders and professionals.
Allen, Monica, DrPH, MPHTenure Line Faculty
Buckner, Anji, EdD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Dougan, Marcelle, ScD, MPH, MEng
Assistant Professor
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Gomez, Vicky, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Ross, Susan, PhD, CTRS, RTC
Associate Professor
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Worthen, Miranda, PhD
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Zhang, Ni, PhD, MPH, MA, MB
Associate Professor
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Lecturer Faculty
Aghaei, Atefeh, PhD, MS
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Agroia, Harit, DrPH, MPH
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Alabere, Regina
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Bartlett, Russ, MPH
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Doyle, Catherine, MPH
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Duong, Cindy, MA
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Duphily, Monique, PhD
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Homer-Vagadori, Kimberlee
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Johal, Jennifer, MD, MPH, CHES
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Johnson, Jennifer, MPH
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Kelly-Taylor, Kendria
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Khodaskar Khapare, Neha, BDS, MDS, MPH
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Le, Nhi, MPH
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Lee, Jasmine, DrPH, MPH
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Lo, Timothy, MPH
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Moore, Matthew, JD, MPH
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Morgan, Lisa, MPH
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Noonis, Felicia, MPH
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Oropeza, Eliana, MPH
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Prabhakaran, Mahima, BDS, MPH
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Rinck, Robert, PhD, MPH
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Sarath, Athira, MBBS, MPH
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Shah, Roshni, MPH
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Sherry, Brooke, MPH
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Shimada, Shannon, MPH
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Sutter, Nicole, MPH
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Tippins, LeeAnn, MPH, CHES
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Tirumalai, Evelyn, MPH, RN, PHN
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Umi, Shukura, PhD, MPH
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Vasanth, Sahana, MPH
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Villa, Maya-Itzel, MPH
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Williams, Naomi, MPH
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Williams, Schantel, MPH, MHA
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Emeritus Faculty
The programs within the SJSU Department of Public Health and Recreation (PHR) were founded and shaped by a group of visionary faculty. Much of who we are and how we work together was forged by these pioneers. They imagined academic programs founded on the core principles of our fields - public health and recreation - integrating community-based learning, and infused with professional development and leadership opportunities for students, alumni, and community/industry partners. Long before they became part of our professional vocabulary, these department leaders understood cultural humility, health equity, authentic meaningful engagement, service-learning, and social justice, among others. We will always be grateful for their vision and decades of hard work. Many years later, we are still inspired deeply by their choices and their lives as our proud legacy.
Emeritus Faculty include:
Anne L. Demers, EdD, MPH
B. Burt Gerstman, PhD, MPH, DVM
Edward Mamary, DrPH, MS
Daniel P. Perales, PhD, MPH
Kathleen Roe, DrPH, MPH
Kim S. Uhlik, PhD
In Memorium
Jennifer C. Hartle, DrPH, MHS, CIH (2022)
Dan McClure, MA (2023)
Jana Ruijgrok Neubauerova, MUP, MA (2023)
Sam Radelfinger, EdD, MPH (2024)
Kevin Roe, MPH (2025)
Helen S. Ross, EdD, MPH (2016)
E.B. Troast, MPH (2021)
