COPH Leadership

College of Public Health

Leadership Team

Dean's Council

Iman Hakim MBBCh, PhD, MPH 
Dean and Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair of Public Health


John Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc 
Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Zhao Chen PhD, MPH 
Associate Dean for Research

Paloma Beamer PhD 
Interim Associate Dean, Community Engagement


Scott C. Carvajal, PhD, MPH
Department Chair of Health Promotion Sciences

Kacey C. Ernst, PhD, MPH 
Department Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Kelly Reynolds, MSPH, PhD
Department Chair of Community, Environment and Policy

Leila Barraza, JD, MPH
Interim Department Chair of Public Health Practice and Translational Research (PHPTR) Phoenix Campus


Lyn Duran 
Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs (OSA)

Jing Liu 
Assistant Dean for Financial Affairs and Physical Resources


Dave Gay
Director, Office of Information Technology

Shipherd Reed
Director, Communications and Digital Media