Faculty & Staff

Irene Abad
Manager of Academic & Student Success

Deborah M. Abel, PhD, RD, LDN
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Nutrition

Jennifer Abeloff
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director

Arlet Maria Acanda De La Rocha
Postdoctoral Associate

Juan Acuna
Professor

Jessica Adler
Affiliate Faculty

Nasar Ahmed
Associate Professor

Marie Alvarez
Office Coordinator

Alyssa Altamirano-Bascuas
Junior Account Manager

Hortensia Amaro
Distinguished University Professor

Nicholas Andreani
IT Generalist I

Sandhya Appunni
Data Analyst II

Zoraya Arguello
Student Services Coordinator

Alejandro Arrieta
Associate Professor

Diana Azzam
Assistant Professor, Lab Director

Rosa Babino
Assoc. Dir Research Admin

Basanth Babu Eedara
Research Assistant Professor

Noël Christopher Barengo
Associate Professor

Marianna Baum, PhD, RD
Distinguished Professor

Richard Beaulaurier
Graduate Program Director, Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare, Associate Professor

Francisco Becerra
Special Adviser of the Global Health Consortium

Sheila Jenkins Boone
Undergraduate Academic Advisor III

Shedrick Boren
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Hernández Boyer, PhD, RD
Research Scientist and Adjunct Faculty

Bridget Schneiderman Tuttle
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor

Joann Brown
Assistant Director Disaster Management Undergraduate

Shanna L. Burke
Associate Professor

Zoran Bursac
Professor and Chair

Karla Muñoz-Caamano
Director of Research

Maryann Camps-Gato
Director of Budget

Jose Candelaria
Manager of Admissions Operations

Erika Carrillo
Office Manager

Adam Carrico, Ph.D.
Chair

Berenice Castillo
Assistant Professor

Jeremy Chambers
Interim Chair, Associate Professor

Chika Chuku, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate

Rajiv Chowdhury
Chair and Professor

Altheresa Clark
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor

Rachel Clarke
Postdoctoral Associate

Ebony Coats
Research Specialist I

Catherine Coccia, PhD, RD
Associate Professor Director, PhD. Program

Darcy Cosano
Grant Administrator III

Elena Cyrus
Postdoctoral Associate

William Ward Darrow
Professor Emeritus

Mario De La Rosa
Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA)

Osmel Delgado, PharmD, MBA, FASHP

Alok Deoraj, M.S., Ph.D.
Teaching Professor & Graduate Program Director (MPH-EHS), Notable Faculty of Global Learning, Faculty of MPH Online, Faculty of Global Health, Faculty of The Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Faculty of The STEM Transformation Institute

Rianna Deringer, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Jessy Devieux
Professor

Katerine Diaz
Adjunct Faculty

Jennifer McGlothan Dziedzic
Research Associate

Elena Bastida
Professor

Evelyn Enrione, PhD, RD
Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Science Program and Dietetic Internship

Carlos Espinal
Director of the Global Health Consortium

Leah Davis Ewart
Research Assistant Professor

Rebecca Zhangqiuzi Fan
Post-doctoral Research Associate

Beatrice Farnsworth
Clinical Assistant Professor

Nicole Fava
Associate Professor

Maria Trak Fellermeier, PhD
Research Scientist

Quentin Felty
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health; Faculty Member, Biomolecular Sciences Institute; Faculty Member, Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment

Anlin Feng
Post Doctoral Associate

Kristopher Fennie
Technical

Cristina Andrade-Feraud
Graduate Assistant

Sofia B. Fernandez
Assistant Professor

Scarlet Figueroa
Program Coordinator

Laura Gamba
Research Technician I

Alejandro Garcia Flores
Post Doctoral Associate

Stephanie Garcia
Research Scientist

Alayne Gatto, RD
Adjunct Lecturer

Deleram Ghanooni
Research Assistant Professor

Natalia Giordano
Clinical Assistant Professor, Interim MSW Advisor

Susy Gomez
Assistant Dean

Samantha Gonzales
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

Arnaldo Gonzalez
Program Manager

Ingrid Gonzalez
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

Julia Gonzalez
Academic Support Services Administrator- Graduate Programs

Victoria Gray
Clinical Assistant Professor

Florence Greer
Associate Teaching Professor, Public Health Practicum Coordinator

Haiwei Gu
Associate Professor

Tomás R. Guilarte
Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work Professor, Environmental Health Sciences Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience & Imaging Director, Brain Behavior & the Environment—FIU Emerging Preeminent Program Member, Biomolecular Sciences Institute

Mileyvis Guzman
Sr. Academic Coordinator Academic Support Services

H. Virginia McCoy
Professor Emeritus

Yoonhee Han
Lab Manager II

Roland Harbeson
Office Coordinator

Mary Helen Hayden
Director

Susan P. Himburg
Professor

Laurie Holmes
Office Manager

Michelle Hospital
Research Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics; Associate Director, Community-Based Research Institute (CBRI); Administrative Co-Core Leader, FIU-RCMI

Muhammad M. Hossain
Assistant Professor

Nan Hu
Associate Professor

Gladys E. Ibañez, PhD
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director

Cynthia Ibarra
Research Study Coordinator

Boubakari Ibrahimou
Associate Professor

Faculty & Staff Resources

Ingrid Gonzalez
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

María C. Pinzón-Iregui
Research Specialist I

Ivonne Sarria
Office Manager

Jupshy Jasmin
Research Nurse

Yan Jin
Post Doctoral Associate

Mariano Kanamori
Postdoctoral Associate

Shivani Kaushik, PhD, MSSW
Assistant Professor

Maria Antonina Khalona
Program Specialist

Chunki Kim
Research Scientist

Yanhao Lai
Research Assistant Professor

Robbert Langwerden
Research Analyst II

Qi Lin Cao
Professor

Elise Linder
Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Field Education

Tan Li
Associate Professor

Qingyun Liu
Statistical Research Coordinator

Ying Liu
Associate Professor

Juan P. Liuzzi, PhD
Associate Professor

Lorena Lizarralde
Project Manager

Cindy Lopez
Coordinator, Investigator Development & Research Infrastructure Cores

Fernando Lopez
Courtesy Assistant Professor

Jeanette Lopez
Coordinator of Administrative Services

Roberto Lucchini
Professor

Miriam Ludwig
Finance Manager

Qing Lu
Research Associate Professor

Alison K. Macchi, PhD, RD
Post-doc

Mark Macgowan
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Professor

Heidi Mansour
Professor & Program Leader

Eveling Manzanares
Grant Administrator II

Adrian Marin
Undergraduate Intern

Javier I. Marques
Executive Director

Janet Diaz Martinez
Postdoctoral Fellow

Preciosa Martinez-Leon
Adjunct Faculty

Miladys Martínez
Senior Executive Assistant to the Dean

Lourdes Martin
Clinical Assistant Professor and Social Work Supervisor, Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP

Sabrina Mas
Undergraduate Intern

Wasim Maziak
Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Michèle Jean-Gilles
Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Jason Mitchell
Associate Professor

Stefanie Moore
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

Darlene Moppert, RD
Internship Clinical Coordinator

Paola Moreno
Executive Director of Operations and International Initiatives

Staci L. Morris
Associate Director for Clinical Services and Training and Research Assistant Professor

Vijaya Narayanan, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Chair and Director of the Nutrition Science Track

Nicole Neufeld
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor

Susan Nowrouzi, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Gabriel J. Odom
Assistant Professor

Carmen Ortega-Santos, PhD
Adjunct Faculty

Olatokunbo Osibogun
Assistant Professor

Cristina Palacios, PhD
Professor & Chair

Vukosava Pekovic
Clinical Associate Professor and MPH Program Director

Bridget Pelaez
Assistant Director

Katherine Perez
Program Coordinator

Yasenka Peterson
Director of Educational Programs and Workforce Development

Pia Henfridsson, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor

Pierina Picasso
Adjunct Faculty

Angela Placeres, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Miriam Potocky
Professor

Jordan Quintana
Senior Program Coordinator

Daisy Ramirez
Post Doc. Associate

Gilbert Ramirez
Visiting Professor

Helen Ramirez
Office Manager

Gladys Ramos
Program Assistant

Rashida Biggs
Clinical Assistant Professor, MCH Program Director

Gira Ravelo
Research Assistant Professor

Victoria Reis
Undergraduate Intern

Stephanie Rendon
Senior Account Manager

Connie Ricardo
Grant Administrator IV

Tania Rivera, PhD, RD, LD/N
Associate Clinical Professor

Joyce Rivers
Human Resources Manager

Thelma Robles
Coordinator of Administrative Services

Alexander Rodichkin
Graduate Assistant

Patria Rojas
Associate Professor

Margarita Romaguera
Senior Administrative Assistant

Manuel Romero
Office Manager

Rhonda Rosenberg
Research Associate Professor

Angel Ruiz
IT Generalist II

Sabrina Sales Martinez, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor

Ferass Sammoura
Graduate Assistant

Mariana Sanchez
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Research Associate at the Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse

Racha Sankar, PhD, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Elena Sebekos
Assistant Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director

Leslie Seminario
Research Coordinator

Shimelis Setegn
Adjunct Lecturer

Diana M. Sheehan
Associate Professor

Dulce Suarez
Assistant Director

Xutong Sun
Research Associate Professor

Fiorella Suyon
Public Health Admissions Coordinator

Byomkesh Talukder
Assistant Professor

Haiyang Tang
Research Associate Professor

Stacey L. Tannenbaum
Adjunct Professor

Emily Tano
Undergraduate Intern

Julie Ann Taopo
Administrative Assistant

Kim Tieu
Professor

Mary Jo Trepka
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology

Joan Vaccaro, PhD
Adjunct Faculty

Omar Valentin
Research Project Manager

Ruby Trejo Varon
Epidemiologist, Research assistant

Judy Vasquez
Research Specialist I

Emir Veledar
Courtesy Professor

Eric Wagner
Professor, Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Director, Community-Based Research Institute, Principal Investigator, FIU-RCMI & FIU BHWET-Pro

Eva D. Wales
Community Research Coordinator

Ting Wang
Professor

Melissa Ward
Assistant Professor

Weize Wang
Data Analyst IV

Courtney Wilson
Assistant Professor

Stanislaw F. Wnuk
Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Education

Xugang Xia
Professor

Xuexia Wang
Professor

Yamile Alvarez
Office Coordinator

Manivannan Yegambaram
Research Assistant Professor

Changwon Yoo
Associate Professor

Yuriana Alvarez
Office Manager

Tingting Zhang
Post Doctoral Associate

Yiyan Zheng
Research Assistant Professor

Hongxia Zhou
Professor