Public Health Department Leadership, Faculty and Staff

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

435A White Hall | 315.443.1526 | beappiah@syr.edu

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Dessa Bergen-Cico

Professor, Public Health Department

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

444C White Hall | 315.443.0250 | dkbergen@syr.edu

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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Susan Coots

Internship Coordinator, Public Health Department

444A White Hall | 315.443.8436 | secoots@syr.edu

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Luvenia Cowart

Professor of Practice, Public Health Department

435G White Hall | 315.443.9808 | lwcowart@syr.edu

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Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health Department

430 E. Barclay | 315.443.2208 | bbgump@syr.edu

Bryce Hruska

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

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

435C White Hall | 315.443.5430 | bjhruska@syr.edu

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

435B White Hall | 315.443.9393 | inijere@syr.edu

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

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

430D Barclay | 315.443.1541 | blkmush@syr.edu

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David Larsen

Professor and Chair, Public Health Department

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

444F White Hall | 315.443.4059 | dalarsen@syr.edu

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

440 White Hall | 315.443.5313 | kemcdona@syr.edu

Miriam Mutambudzi

Miriam Mutambudzi

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

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

Research Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

444E White Hall | 315.443.9828 | msmutamb@syr.edu

Lutchmie Narine

Lutchmie Narine

Professor, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

430C Barclay | 315.443.9630 | lnarine@syr.edu

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Lisa Olson-Gugerty

Teaching Professor, Public Health Department

435F White Hall | 315.443.9795 | lolsongu@syr.edu

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Laura Sauta

Administrative Assistant, Public Health Department

444 White Hall | 315.443.2141 | llsauta@syr.edu

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Megan Snow

Internship Coordinator, Public Health Department

444D White Hall | 315.443.4100 | mesnow@syr.edu

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Maureen Thompson

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

444B White Hall | 315.443.9815 | mlthomps@syr.edu

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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

430B Barclay | 315.443.3930 | bwalia@syr.edu