Our Faculty

Faculty at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health hail from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, nutrition, public health, business, engineering, and medicine. With excellence in teaching, research, and community-based work, our faculty are able to offer students a rich experience, both inside the classroom and out. At this point, more than 40 primary faculty call the College of Public Health their home. Jointly appointed faculty from other departments on campus also teach courses and collaborate on research.
Below is a listing of our faculty, separated by section of the college, with links to their contact information and bios.
Biostatistics
Environmental & Occupational Health
Paloma Beamer, PhD
Jeff Burgess, MD, MS, MPH
Miranda Loh, ScD
Eric Lutz, PhD
Epidemiology
Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH
Kacey Ernst, PhD
Janet Foote, PhD
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
Sydney Pettygrove, PhD
Robin Harris, PhD, MPH
Eyal Shahar, MD, MPH
Patricia Thompson, PhD
Family & Child Health
Christina Cutshaw, PhD
Burris Duke Duncan MD
John Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc (Econ)
Iman Hakim, MBBCh, PhD, MPH
Mary Koss, PhD
Douglas Taren, PhD
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, PhD
Ronald Watson, PhD
Health Behavior & Health Promotion
Lynda Bergsma, PhD
Richard Carmona, MD, MPH
Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH
Peter Giacobbi, PhD
Karen Heckert PhD, MPH, MSW
Sheila Parker, MS, DrPH
Kerstin Muller Reinschmidt Ph.D., MPH
Nicole Yuan, PhD
Public Health Policy & Management
Gail Barker, PhD
Merrill Eisenberg, PhD
Howard Eng, DrPH, MS
Ralph Renger, PhD
Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS
Kenneth Schacter, MD, MBA
Ernest Schloss, PhD
Public Health Practice
Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS - Director of Phoenix Programs
Douglas Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPH
Iman Hakim, MBBCh, PhD, MPH
Gail Barker, PhD
Janet Foote, PhD
Douglas Taren, PhD
Michael Trujillo, MD, MS, MPH
MD/MPH - Tucson
MD/MPH - Phoenix
College Administration
Douglas Taren, PhD - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
