College for Public Health and Social Justice Faculty and Staff

Office of the Dean

Ellen K. Barnidge, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Interim Dean
Michael Elliott, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Public Health
Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., M. Ed.
Associate Dean of Research

Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Department of Health Management and Policy

Michael Rozier, S.J., Ph.D.
Chair
SangNam Ahn, Ph.D., M.P.S.A.
Thomas E. Burroughs, Ph.D.
Michael A. Counte, Ph.D.
Emeritus
Kimberly R. Enard, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Mark Gaynor, Ph.D.
Kathleen N. Gillespie, Ph.D.
Echu Liu, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Cheryl Rathert, Ph.D.
Kevin M. Syberg, Dr.PH., M.P.H.
Part-time faculty
Marcea Walter, M.H.S.A.

College Staff

Bernie Backer
Director-Public Health Graduate Admission and Recruitment
Maria Borrego
HMP Administrative Assistant
Amber Busler
Ph.D. Program Coordinator & Communications Project Manager
Maggie Callon
Program Manager-Undergraduate Programs
Mary Dant
Assistant Dean-Finance and Administration
Karen Effinger
Senior Financial Coordinator
Mary-Lynn Glenn
MPH Internship Coordinator
Kathleen (Katie) Linnenbrink
Administrative Secretary-Undergraduate Programs
Ben Loewnau
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Nicole Lyon
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Patti Mazzuca
Data Coordinator and Public Health Admissions
Barbara McCray
Administrative Assistant-Finance and Travel
Allese McVay
Program Manager-M.P.H. Program
Loren Owens
Administrative Assistant III-M.P.H., M.S. and Certificate Programs
Spring Schmidt
Director - Public Health Practice
Maggie Snodgrass
M.H.A./MP.H._H.M.P. Program Coordinator

News & Research

Juliet Iwelunmor, Ph.D., (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was quoted in Town & Style about her NIH-funded HIV research.

Keon Gilbert, Dr.PH. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was quoted in Yahoo about the ending of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.

Juliet Iwelunmor, Ph.D., (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was quoted in The Guardian about her fight against the rising number of cases of cervical cancer.

College for Public Health and Social Justice professors Elizabeth Baker, Ph.D. (Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education) and Katherine Stamatakis, Ph.D. (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics), along with Health in the Heartland community partners including Executive Director Janice Ballard, M.P.H., published the study 'Engaging rural communities to incorporate social determinants in developing strategies to improve access to health care in the Missouri Bootheel counties' in the 'Rural and Remote Health' academic journal.

Ricardo Wray, Ph.D., (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was interviewed by KSDK-TV Ch. 5 about Mosquito Alert STL and how citizen science can help control its population. He and Spring Schmidt, Ph.D., (Public Health Practice) were also mentioned on KSDK-TV Ch.5's web story.

Professor Zhengmin Qian, Ph.D., M.D. (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) contributed to the research study "Air pollution associated with incidence and progression trajectory of chronic lung diseases: a population-based cohort study" with researchers at other institutions and universities in the respiratory and epidemiology journal 'Thorax.'

Juliet Iwelunmor, Ph.D., (Global Health and Behavioral Science and Health Education) was featured in The St. Louis American for her work to build the next generation of HIV researchers with her organized young adult implementation HIV research as part of I-TEST and recent grants.

Keon Gilbert, Dr.PH., (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was interviewed by Capital Public Radio about Tyre Nichols's death and the culture of law enforcement and traffic stops.

Professors Zhengmin Qian, Ph.D., M.D., (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Echu Liu, Ph.D., M.B.A. (Health Management and Policy), along with other researchers at the university and globally published the study 'Short-term air pollution exposure associated with death from kidney diseases: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study in China from 2015 to 2019' in the BMC Medicine research journal.

Kimberly Enard, Ph.D., (Health Management and Policy) recently published a systematic review paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) on how social determinants of health influence heart failure outcomes. Co-authors include HMP doctoral students Alyssa Coleman and Aver Yakubu and other colleagues.

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was featured in a Q&A with Trajectory Magazine about public health and geospatial research.

Saint Louis University was mentioned in MSN.com and NASDAQ as a top university in St. Louis, one of the top 10 big cities with affordable apartments for rent. Saint Louis University was mentioned in MSN.com and NASDAQ as a top university in St. Louis, one of the top 10 big cities with affordable apartments for rent.

Recent doctoral graduate Stephen Scroggins, professor Enbal Shacham and other Saint Louis University faculty and students recently published the research article 'Spatial Optimization to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation' in "Vaccines," an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published monthly online by MDPI.

Dr. Nancy Weaver (Professor of Behavioral Science) recently published an article in the OESIS Intrepid News titled "Who We Are: Three Strategies to Create an Inclusive Classroom."

Travis Loux, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Biostatistics) recently published a research paper in 'Pediatric Obesity,' titled 'Trends in U.S. adolescent physical activity and obesity: A 20-year age-period-cohort analysis. This research was done with students, Morgan Matusik (MPH alum) and Asja Hamzic (undergrad biostatistics major).

Travis Loux, Ph.D. (Associate Professor; Biostatistics) recently published a research paper in 'Pediatric Obesity,' titled "Trends in U.S. adolescent physical activity and obesity: A 20-year age-period-cohort analysis." This research was done with students, Morgan Matusik (M.P.H. alum) and Asja Hamzic (undergrad biostatistics major).

Anne K. Sebert Kuhlmann, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was featured in Catholic Health World for her research on period poverty.

Anne K. Sebert Kuhlmann, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) published the research 'COVID-19 made it harder to access period products: The effects of a pandemic on period poverty' in Frontiers in Reproductive Health with former and current students as co-authors.

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Sciences and Health Education) was quoted in the LA Times article 'Got COVID? Your symptoms may depend on your vaccination status' about using nontraditional data sources to track COVID.

Anne K. Sebert Kuhlmann, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was mentioned as a speaker for the U.S. Conference on Poverty and Basic Needs by WICZ-TV Fox 40.

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Sciences and Health Education) was quoted in a WBEZ Chicago story about what happens when COVID-19 data goes missing.

Dr. Nancy Weaver (Professor of Behavioral Science), recently had an article published in the OESIS Intrepid News titled "More Art Is What We Need Most."

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was interviewed about the future of COVID mitigation in schools in St. Louis Magazine's article 'Could school nurses help lead the way as we transition into a 'new normal' with COVID-19?'

Associate Dean for Research in the College for Public Health and Social Justice & professor Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., was quoted in a recent KSDK Ch. 5 articles about the rise of STIs in the St. Louis region.

Dr. Anne Sebert Kuhlmann's (Behavioral Science and Health Education) research on period poverty in St. Louis high schools were featured in the KSDK Ch. 5 article ''I shouldn't be penalized because I'm having a period': Period poverty continues in St. Louis'

Terri Rebmann, Ph.D., special assistant to the president, director of the Institute for Biosecurity, and a Professor of Epidemiology in the Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice, was featured as a special guest on the APIC's '5 Second Rule' podcast in an episode focused on "Between a Rock and Hard Place: APIC's White Paper and Call to Action."

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