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Bernard Appiah

Bernard Appiah

Assistant Professor, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

DrPH, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 2013
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Dessa Bergen-Cico

Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., School of Education, Syracuse University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

Substance use, addictive behaviors, psychoactive drugs, drug trafficking, and the geopolitics of drugs and drug trafficking. Veteran' mental health, traumatic stress, and mindfulness-based interventions for mental health and addictions. The use of biomarkers to measure intervention changes and effectiveness.
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Luvenia Cowart

Professor of Practice, Public Health Department

Ed.D., Syracuse University, 1980
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Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health Department

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995
Bryce Hruska

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occupational stress, community firearm violence.

Multiple regression; multi-level modeling (linear and generalized linear mixed models); mediation and moderation; intensive data collection designs; Stata, SPSS, R, Excel.
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Ignatius N. Ijere

Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Director, Public Health Department

Psy.D, Argosy University, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Areas of specialization: Mental illness, Addiction, Assessment & Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders, Global Mental Health, and Comprehensive Psychological
Brittany Kmush

Brittany Kmush

Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2016
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Sandra D. Lane

Professor Emerita, Public Health Department

Professor Emerita by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

Research Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Upstate Medical University

Ph.D., U. California - Berkeley and San Francisco, 1998
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David Larsen

Professor and Chair, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2013
Katherine McDonald

Katherine McDonald

Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Vice President for Research, Syracuse University Office of Research

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
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Mary Ann Middlemiss

Professor Emerita, Public Health Department

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987

Miriam Mutambudzi

Miriam Mutambudzi

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center Population Health Research Brief Series

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2012
Lutchmie Narine

Lutchmie Narine

Professor, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., Department of Community Health, University of Toronto, 1993
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Lisa Olson-Gugerty

Teaching Professor, Public Health Department

DHSc, Nova Southern University, 2005
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Maureen Thompson

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1990
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Bhavneet Walia

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2008
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