Faculty & Staff

Irene Abad
Manager of Academic & Student Success

Deborah M. Abel
Director, Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Nutrition

Jennifer Abeloff
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director

Arlet Maria Acanda De La Rocha
Research Assistant Professor

Juan Acuna
Professor

Silvana Andreescu
Courtesy professor

Anquanette Anderson
Senior Program Coordinator for Community Engagement

Rumi Agarwal
Assistant Professor

Nasar Ahmed
Associate Professor

Marie Alvarez
Office Manager

Yuriana Alvarez
Office Manager

Hortensia Amaro
Distinguished University Professor

Cristina Andrade-Feraud
Graduate Assistant

Nicholas Andreani
IT Generalist I

Sandhya Appunni
Data Analyst II

Zoraya Arguello
Student Services Coordinator

Alejandro Arrieta
Associate Professor

Diana Azzam
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Rosa Babino
Assoc. Dir Research Admin

Noel C. Barengo
Associate Professor

Elena Bastida
Professor

Marianna Baum
Distinguished Professor

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

Francisco Becerra
Affiliate Professor in Global Health

Kenneth Beneby
Academic Advisor III

Amarilis Betancourt
Coordinator of Administrative Services

Rashida Biggs
Clinical Assistant Professor, MCH Program Director

Sheila Jenkins Boone
Undergraduate Academic Advisor III

Shedrick Boren
Clinical Assistant Professor

Joann Brown
Assistant Director Disaster Management Undergraduate

Shanna L. Burke
Associate Professor

Zoran Bursac
Interim Associate Dean of Research, Professor and Chair

Maryann Camps-Gato
Director of Budget

Adam Carrico, Ph.D.
Professor

Chika Christle Chuku, PhD, MPH
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Jose Candelaria
Manager of Admissions Operations

Berenice Castillo
Assistant Professor

Danny Cardeso
Adjunct Professor / AIDP Undergraduate Program

Erika Carrillo
Office Manager

Javier Choque
Office Manager

Rajiv Chowdhury
Chair and Professor

Ebony Coats
Research Specialist I

Catherine Coccia, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor Director, Ph.D. Program

Leah Davis Ewart
Research Assistant Professor

Rahel Dawit

Mario De La Rosa
Distinguished University Professor, Endowed University Professor in Health Equity, Director, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA)

Laura de la Torre
Grant Administrator IV

Alok Deoraj
Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director (MPH-EHS)

Jessy Devieux
Professor

Rianna Deringer, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Janet Diaz Martinez, Ph.D., RD, LD/N
Assistant Professor

Laura Duberti
Office Manager

Carlos Espinal
Director of the Global Health Consortium

Nicole Fava
Associate Professor

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

Beatrice Farnsworth
Clinical Assistant Professor

Alyssa Fernandes, MS, RDN, LD/N
Clinical Coordinator, Dietetic Internship Program

Sofia B. Fernandez
Assistant Professor

Rene Garcia
Grant Administrator III

Stephanie Garcia
Research Scientist

Semiu Gbadamosi

Alayne Gatto, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Merhawi Gebrezgi
Adjunct

Yasmin Ghurani

Natalia Giordano
Clinical Assistant Professor

Susy Gomez
Assistant Dean

Samantha Gonzales
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

Arnaldo Gonzalez
Assistant Director Research Administration

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

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

Galed Hakim, M.D., MBA, DHSC
Adjunct Lecturer

Roland Harbeson
Office Coordinator

Mary Helen Hayden
Director

Chelsea Henderson, EdM
Senior Research Project Manager, Administrative Director of the iCARUS Lab

Pia Henfridsson, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Hernández, Ph.D., RD, LD/N
Assistant Professor, Director, Dietetic Internship Program

Susan P. Himburg

Baylee Holcomb

Laurie Holmes
Office Manager

Katrina Holts
Office Manager

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

Nan Hu
Associate Professor

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

Boubakari Ibrahimou
Associate Professor

Ayesha Jafry
Research Assistant

Jupshy Jasmin

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

Doyline Kreegel, LCSW
Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Field Education/BBSW Field Coordinator

Yanhao Lai
Research Assistant Professor

Tan Li
Associate Professor

Elise Linder
Clinical Assistant Professor

Qi Lin Cao
Professor

Ying Liu
Associate Professor

Juan P. Liuzzi, PhD
Associate Professor

Fernando Lopez
Courtesy Assistant Professor

Emmanuel Louis
Adjunct Professor / AIDP Undergraduate Program

Roberto Lucchini
Professor

Miriam Ludwig
Finance Manager

Mark Macgowan
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Professor

Heidi Mansour
Professor & Program Leader

Adrian Marin
Undergraduate Intern

Javier I. Marques, MBA, M.S.
Executive Director

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

Miladys Martínez
Special Assistant to the Dean

Preciosa Martinez-Leon
Adjunct Faculty

Sabrina Mas
Undergraduate Intern

Wasim Maziak
Distinguished Professor

H. Virginia McCoy
Professor Emeritus

Jennifer McGlothan Dziedzic
Research Associate

Nadine Mikati, Ph.D., RD, LDN
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics

Jason Mitchell
Associate Professor

Stefanie Moore
Coordinator of Statistical Research IV

Darlene Moppert, RD

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

Vijaya Narayanan, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Chair Director, Master of Science Program and Nutrition Science Track

Christi M. Navarro, Ph.D., CPH
Assistant Teaching Professor

Nicole Neufeld
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor - Coordinator of Field Education

Susan Nowrouzi, RD

Gabriel J. Odom
Assistant Professor

Carmen Ortega-Santos, PhD

Olatokunbo Osibogun
Assistant Professor

Martha Ospina
Special Adviser

Vukosava Pekovic
Associate Professor, MPH Program Director

Cristina Palacios, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair

Bridget Pelaez
Assistant Director

Cindy Perez
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor; Practicum Coordinator

Katherine Perez
Program Manager

Yasenka Peterson
Director of Educational Programs and Workforce Development, Director of Online MPH Generalist

Pierina Picasso

Katherine Pita
Research Nurse

Jordan Quintana
Program Manager

Daisy Ramirez-Ortiz
Research Assistant Professor

Gladys Ramos
Admissions Program Assistant

Gira Ravelo
Research Assistant Professor

Victoria Reis
Undergraduate Intern

Stephanie Rendon
Director of Marketing and Communications

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

Kariela Rivera-Bustelo
Research Coordinator I

Joyce Rivers
Human Resources Manager

Alexander Rodichkin
Graduate Assistant

Patria Rojas
Associate Professor

Manuel Romero
Senior Coordinator of Administrative Services

Rhonda Rosenberg
Research Associate Professor

Deodutta Roy
Professor Emeritus

Angel Ruiz
IT Project Manager

Sabrina Sales Martinez, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor

Mariana Sanchez
Associate Professor & Assistant Chair, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention; Associate Director, CRUSADA; Director, FIU Population Health Initiative; Director, FIU Health Disparities Initiative

Racha Sankar, PhD, RD
Adjunct Faculty

Bridget Schneiderman Tuttle
Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor

Elena Sebekos
Assistant Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director

Leslie Seminario
Research Coordinator

Shimelis Setegn
Adjunct Lecturer

Diana M. Sheehan, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor

Dulce Suarez
Assistant Director

Xutong Sun

Fiorella Suyon
Public Health Admissions Coordinator

Byomkesh Talukder
Assistant Professor

Stacey L. Tannenbaum

Emily Tano
Undergraduate Intern

Julie Ann Taopo
Administrative Assistant

Kim Tieu
Professor

Natalia Trujillo, PhD
Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director, MPH GH

Nickolas Valencia

Ruby Trejo Varon
Epidemiologist, Researcher

Mary Jo Trepka
Professor and Chair

Joan Vaccaro, PhD
Adjunct Faculty

Judy Vasquez
Research Specialist I

Emir Veledar
Courtesy Professor

Thaniuska Vivas
Junior Account Manager, Marketing and Communications

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

Ting Wang
Professor

Weize Wang
Data Analyst IV

Xuexia Wang
Professor

Melissa Ward
Assistant Professor

William Ward Darrow
Professor Emeritus

Amber Webber
Adjunct Professor / AIDP Undergraduate Program

Courtney Wilson
Clinical Associate Professor

Stanislaw F. Wnuk
Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Education

Xugang Xia
Professor

Changwon Yoo
Associate Professor

Tingting Zhang

Rebecca Zhangqiuzi Fan
Post-doctoral Research Associate

Hongxia Zhou
Professor

Yiyan Zheng

Isabel Capella
Career Specialist

Robert Jorge

Tara McCarthy
Director, Research Administration

Rhyan Perez Molina
Office Manager

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