People | Public Health Studies | Johns Hopkins University

Maria T. Bulzacchelli

Director, Undergraduate Program in Public Health Studies

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3505 N. Charles Street, Room 202
410-516-8340

Research Interests: Injury prevention and control, occupational safety, prevention practices, evaluation, local public health systems

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Kiara Álvarez

Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior and Society

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Research Interests: youth; adolescent; mental health disparities; mental health equity; behavioral health equity; racism; discrimination; immigrant health; Latinx health; Latino health; suicide prevention; mixed methods; implementation science; family-centered care; trauma-informed care; multilevel interventions

Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin 2014; EdM Harvard Graduate School of Education 2002

Stan Becker

Professor, Population, Family, and Reproductive Health; and International Health

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410-955-4485

Research Interests: Population and family health sciences; couples and reproductive health

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Peter Beilenson

Lecturer

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Research Interests: Health policy, healthcare

Education: MD Emory University School of Medicine

Joseph P. Bressler

Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering

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443-923-2677

Education: PhD, Rutgers University

John Michael Colmers

Senior Associate, Health Policy and Management

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Research Interests: Health care reform, health policy consulting

Education: MPH, Univeristy of North Carolina, 1977

Melissa A. Davey-Rothwell

Research Professor, Health Behavior and Society

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410-614-5854

Research Interests: implementation science; HIV/AIDS; drug abuse; interventions; norms; women; urban health; social networks; dissemination; community

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2007; MPH Emory University Rollins School of Public Health 2000

Tyler Derreth

Assistant Scientist, Health, Behavior and Society

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410-502-7240

Research Interests: Teaching and Learning; Social Justice; Service-Learning; University-Community Partnerships; Community Engagement; Critical Theory; Sociocultural Theory; Critical Whiteness Studies

Education: PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

Conan Q. Dickson

Associate Scientist

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Research Interests: health care management, strategy, finance and quantitative tools

Education: PhD Johns Hopkins University 2004; MPH Yale University 1995

Amy R. Knowlton

Professor

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410-502-4907

Research Interests: Structural approaches to linking persons with co-occurring complex conditions to resources and community-based care

Education: ScD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 1997; MPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 1992

Megan Weil Latshaw

Assistant Scientist, Environmental Health and Engineering

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410-502-8948

Research Interests: environmental health, environmental justice, public health practice, policy

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Philip Leaf

Professor, Department of Mental Health
Director, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence

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410-955-3962

Research Interests: Mental health; youth violence prevention

Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin

Heather S. McKay

Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology

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410-502-0690

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MPH, Columbia University

Nicholas Scott Meyerson

Assistant Professor

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Research Interests: Firearm policy; violence prevention; criminal-legal system; juvenile justice; health equity; police violence; misinformation; LGBTQ+ health; community conditions; structural violence

Education: MA, Clinical Psychology (2018), Northwestern University; PhD, Health Policy and Management (2024), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

W. Courtland Robinson

Associate Professor, International Health

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410-955-3892

Research Interests: International Health; Migration and Displacement; Complex Emergencies; Humanitarian Assistance; Human Rights; Mental Health; Demography; Mortality; Human Trafficking; Migrant Labor; Migrant Health Policy; Survey Research; Mixed Methods Research

Education: PhD Johns Hopkins University 2004

Tahilin Sanchez Karver

Assistant Research Professor, Health, Behavior and Society

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410-502-4877

Research Interests: Gender equity; gender transformative interventions; stigma; intersectionality; HIV prevention, treatment and care; sexual and reproductive health and rights; mixed methods; quality of care; Latinx communities

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health 2021, MPH George Washington University 2010

Michael Schneider

Research Associate, Epidemiology

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410-502-2499

Research Interests: General Epidemiology and Methodology

Education: MS, Virginia Tech University

Danetta E. Sloan

Assistant Scientist

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410-614-4908

Research Interests: Health, Behavior and Society

Education: PhD Catholic University of America 2014; MSW Catholic University of America 2007

Margaret Taub

Associate Scientist, Biostatistics

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410-614-9408

Research Interests: Statistical genetics

Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Karin E. Tobin, PhD

Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Society

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410-502-5368

Research Interests: social networks; behavioral interventions and evaluation; HIV prevention; overdose; Harm Reduction; injection drug users; gay bisexual and other men who have sex with men; intimate partner violence and trauma, MOUD

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2004; MHS Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2000