Regular Faculty
Jessica Dirkes, Chair
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Co-Chair, Public Health; Public Health Program Coordinator
B.S., University of Missouri; M.P.H., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Jessica Dirkes is an NTT Assistant Professor of Public Health and the Public Health Program Coordinator.
Bhavna Shamasunder, Chair
Associate Professor and Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy; Co-Chair, Public Health
B.S./B.A., UC San Diego; M.ES., Yale University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Bhavna Shamasunder teaches and conducts research at the intersection of environmental health & justice with a focus on inequalities in chemical exposures faced by low-income communities and communities of color who live and work in urban and/or industrial environments.
Cheryl Okumura
Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Steering Committee, Public Health
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. UCLA
Cheryl Okumura teaches Public Health Biology, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis.
Marcella Raney
Associate Professor, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Steering Committee, Public Health
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor Marci Raney teaches Systems Anatomy, Biochemistry of Exercise, Nutrition and Homeostasis, and Community Health and Fitness Research. She is a certified Exercise Physiologist with the...
On Special Appointment
Corey Davis
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Temple University; M.P.H., University of North Carolina
Heng Lam Foong
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Public Health
B.A. College of New Rochelle, M.S. Capella University
Nicole Vick
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Public Health
B.S., M.P.H., University of Southern California
Melissa Withers
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Masters of Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, P.h.D., University of California at Los Angeles
