![Margaret Eaglin, MPH, MUPP](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/04/Faculty-Erin-Abramsohn.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Faculty
Faculty at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health are leaders in public health research and practice. Our faculty members aim to foster a collaborative learning environment while actively providing research and service opportunities for students. With diverse knowledge and skillsets, our faculty are well-versed in engaging and mentoring the next generation of public health professionals.
As an MPH@UNC student, you will work with expert instructors whose insights come from their cutting-edge public health research and practice. All students will have Gillings School faculty mentors and may take one or more courses taught by Gillings faculty. Other courses will be led by experienced adjunct lecturers. Get to know our instructors below.
![Margaret Eaglin, MPH, MUPP](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/04/Faculty-Erin-Abramsohn.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Zara Ahmed, MPH, MPP, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/04/Faculty-Zara-Ahmed.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Alice Ammerman, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Alice-Ammerman_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Maha Asham, MD, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_Asham-Maha_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Bahby Banks, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Banks.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Melinda Beck, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Melinda-Beck_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Rachel L. Blumenfeld, MPH, BSN, RN](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Blumenfield.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Carol E. Breland, MPH, RRT](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_faculty_CBreland_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Rebekkah Brown, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Brown_R.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Elizabeth Cahn Goodman, JD, DrPH, MSW](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/elizabeth-goodman_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Frankie Catalfumo, MPH, CIC](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/08/Frankie-Catalfumo_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jill Center, MPH, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Jill_Center.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Carrie Cochran-McClain, MPA](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Carrie_Cochran.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Angela Consentino, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/07/Angela-Consentino_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Sheila F. Davies, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Davies.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![W.H. Davin Townley-Tilson](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/11/Faculty_Davin-Townly-Tilson_Headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Celeste Davis, MPH, JD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_faculty_C-Davis_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Leslie deRosset, MSPH, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/08/Leslie-deRosset_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Laura DiGrande](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/11/Faculty_Laura-DiGrande_Headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Danielle Doughman, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Danielle_Doughman.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Margaret Eaglin, MPH, MUPP](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/female-silhouette.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Mehrete Girmay, PhD, MPH, CGH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/10/mehrete-girmay_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Rebecca Greenleaf, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/06/rebecca-greenleaf_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Amy Guisinger Edgecomb, PharmD, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/12/amy-guisinger-edgecomb_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Susan Helm-Murtagh, DrPH, MM](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/MPH_NewFaculty_Web_Image_SusanHelmMurtagh_080219_FINAL.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Laura Hoemeke, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Hoemeke.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Amanda S. Holliday, MS](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Amanda-Holliday_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Mike Horst, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Horst.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Christelene Horton, PhD, MPH, MS](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/08/Christelene-Horton_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Daria Igudesman](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/06/daria-igudesman_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Hanna Jardel, MS](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/hanna-jardel_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Diane R. Johnson, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/FacultyPage_Johnson_Desktop_299x238_1.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Taylor Krajewski, MA](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/taylor-krajewski_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Dr. Allison Maria Lacko, Ph.D.](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2024/02/Allison-Maria-Lacko-Headshot.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Judy Lester, MS, RDN, CSG, LDN](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_Lester-Judy_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Sharon E. Loza, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/05/sharon-loza_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_faculty_lyda_mcdonald_299x238.jpeg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Diona Martyn, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_DionaMartyn_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Nancy McGee, JD, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_faculty_Nancy-McGee_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/MPH_NewFaculty_Web_Image_AimeeMcHale_080219_FINAL.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jennifer Medearis Costello, MS](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_JenniferMedearisCostello_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Katie Meyer, ScD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Katie-Meyer_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Amy L. Nelson, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Nelson.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Shu Wen Ng, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Shu-Wen-NG_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Brettania O’Connor, PhD, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_student_Brettania-OConnor_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Melanie Phelps, JD, MA](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Faculty_Phelps_Desktop_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jennifer Platt, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_Platt-Jennifer_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Rohit-Ramaswamy_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Mackenzie Reeser, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC-MPH_faculty_Mackenzie-Reeser_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Dana Rice, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Dana-Rice_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Danielle C. Robinson, MPH, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/10/danielle-robinson_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jan Lee Santos MD, MHA, MA](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/jan-santos_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Kathryn Sayre, MPH, RD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Sayre.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Alice J. Schenall, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/alice-j-schenall_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Anna P. Schenck, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Anna-Schenck_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Randy Schwartz, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Randy_Schwartz.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Taylor Schwartz, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Schwartz.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Aimee Shea, MPH, RD, LD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/faculty_Shea-Aimee_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/MPH_NewFaculty_Web_Image_PamSilberman_080219_FINAL.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jessica Simon, MSW](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2024/01/Jessica-Simon_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Tina Simpson, JD, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/tina-simpson_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Rebecca Slifkin, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/MPH_NewFaculty_Web_Image_RebeccaSlifkin_080219_FINAL.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, LDN](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/Soldavini.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Kristin Sullivan, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/10/UNC-MPH_Faculty_Kristin-Sullivan_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Shelley Summerlin-Long, MPH, MSW, RN](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/02/Faculty_Shelley-Summerlin-Long_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Emily C. Taylor, MPH, DrPH Student](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/02/emily-taylor_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Stephanie Thomas, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/MPH_NewFaculty_Web_Image_StephanieThomas_080219_FINAL.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Katherine L. Turner, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/K_Turner.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPH, EdD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Vaughn-Mamlin_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Eduardo Valverde, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/10/eduaerdo-valverde_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Heather Wasser, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Heather-Wasser_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Dr. Jaimee Watts Isley](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/12/jaimee-watts_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Daniel Westreich, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/10/daniel-westreich_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Enjoli Willis, DrPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/11/UNC-MPH_MKTGWEB-61726_Enjoli-Willis_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Brandon G. Wilson, DrPH, MHA](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/05/brandon-wilson_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Amy Wolkin, DrPh, MSPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/10/amy-wolken_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Dana Wollins, DrPH, MGC](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/dana-wollins_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Niketta Womack, DrPH, MPH](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/10/UNC-MPH_Faculty_Niketta-Womack_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Karin B. Yeatts, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Karin-Yeatts_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
![Kristin Young, PhD](https://onlinemph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2021/05/UNC_Kristin-Young_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)