Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Health Policy & Community Health | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 - 2024 | FLEX Financial and Operational Improvement Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia State Office of Rural Health | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Bettye Apenteng | |
$802,500 | |
2019 - 2024 | FLEX Financial and Operational Improvement Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia State Office of Rural Health | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Linda Kimsey and Sam Opoku | |
$250,000 | |
2020 - 2021 | Examining the Role of State-MCO Contractual Mandates/Incentives and a Social Services Referral Program in Addressing Social Disparities of Health |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | |
Role: Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Charles Owens and Sam Opoku | |
$248,000 | |
2019 - 2020 | PHAB: Community Engagement (Public Health Accreditation Board Commission Paper: Public Health Departments and Community Engagement) |
Public Health Accreditation Board | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
$20,000 | |
2018 - 2019 | FLEX Financial and Operational Improvement Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia State Office of Rural Health | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Bettye Apenteng | |
$30,000 | |
2016 - 2018 | FLEX Financial and Operational Improvement Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia State Office of Rural Health | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Stuart Tedders and Bettye Apenteng | |
$529,614 | |
2017 | Coastal Health District |
Accreditation Technical Assistance | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Angie Peden | |
$26,030 | |
2017 | Disease Intervention Specialist Education for the Future |
Public Health Accreditation Board | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$25,000 | |
2016 - 2017 | Rural Hospital Stabilization Pilot Evaluation Grant |
Healthcare Georgia Foundation | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Bettye Apenteng | |
$100,000 | |
2015 - 2016 | Rural Community Health Systems Planning Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia State Office of Rural Health | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Bettye Apenteng and Yelena Tarasenko | |
$200,000 | |
2015 | Healthcare Georgia Foundation Accreditation Assistance |
Healthcare Georgia Foundation Accreditation | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Angie Peden | |
$3,730 | |
2014 - 2015 | Regional Healthcare Workforce Needs Assessment |
Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center, Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Bettye Apenteng | |
$49,587 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Member, Susan Ford Recovery Community Organization | 2015 - Present | Faculty Advisor, Public Health Student Association | 2014 - Present | Member, Master of Public Health Program Admissions Committee | 2020 - 2023 | Faculty Senator, Georgia Southern University | 2020 - 2022 | Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Georgia Southern University | 2020 - 2022 | Assessment Committee Member, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health | 2020 - 2021 | Faculty Assembly President, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health | 2019 - 2021 | Graduate Committee Alternate, Georgia Southern University | 2019 - 2020 | Senate Alternate, Georgia Southern University | 2017 - 2019 | Member, Faculty Service Committee | 2017 | Member, First Presbyterian Church, Statesboro, GA Transition Committee & Interim Pastor Search Committee | 2017 | Member, Georgia Public Health Association, Administrative Track Committee | 2017 | Member, Georgia Public Health Association, Conference Planning Committee | 2015 - 2016 | Member, Graduate Studies Committee | 2015 - 2016 | Marshal, Spring Faculty Marshal Undergraduate Commencement | 2015 - 2016 | Participant, Spring Honors Day Convocation | 2014 - 2016 | Member, Council on Education for Public Health Reaccreditation Committee | 2014 - 2015 | Member, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Health, Policy, and Management Strategic Planning Committee | Member, American Public Health Association | Member, Georgia Public Health Association |
Honors and Awards
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Ohio State University (2005)
- Academic Excellence and Enhancement Scholarship Award, University of Kentucky (2006, 2007, 2008)
- Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumnus Award, West Virginia University (2009)
- CPH Joel Lee Health Services Management Outstanding Dissertation, University of Kentucky (2009)
- Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Wright State University (2010)
- CPH Chapter Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, University of Kentucky (2011)
- Commencement Speaker, West Virginia University (2011)
- Statesboro Magazine, Feature Article (May/June 2015)
- Statesboro Magazine, Cover Story, Small Town Perspective on Rural Healthcare (May/June 2018)
- Beta Gamma Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (2019)
Courses
- Introduction to Global Health Policy (PUBH 3432)
- Evidence-based Public Health (HSPM 7090)
- Selected Topics in Public Health (HSPM 7090)
- Managerial Epidemiology (PUBH 7090)
- Public Health Policy and Ethics (HSPM 7133)
- Integrated Capstone Experience (PUBH 7530)
- Ethics of STI Prevention/PrEP (PUBH 7890)
- Health Policy, Regulation and Ethics (PHLD 9331)
- Public Health Doctoral Seminar (PUBH 9630)
- Dissertation (PUBH 9999)
2008 | Ph.D. in Health Services Management, University of Kentucky | |
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2005 | M.P.H. in Health Services, Management and Policy, Ohio State University | |
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1992 | M.A. in Sociology, West Virginia University | |
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1989 | B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, Wright State University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30458
Phone: (912) 478-6984
Office: Hendricks Hall, Building 303
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