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About Asli Aslan

Biography, Disciplines and Teaching Interests
Dr. Asli Aslan is a water microbiologist, and her research program bridges ecosystem and human health. She has ongoing funded projects on microbial source tracking, health risk assessment of water resources, and the ecology of pathogens in the aquatic environment. Dr. Aslan has been serving in various state and federal agencies and organizations as an adviser, reviewer, scientific committee member, and affiliated faculty. She is currently serving as the co-chair of the Water and Health Committee of the American Public Health Association.

Disciplines: Environmental Health Sciences
Teaching Interests: Water Quality; Environmental Health; Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Global Environmental Health 

Positions

2019 - Present Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
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2019 - Present Provost Fellow for Research, Georgia Southern University ‐ Office of Research
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Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Office of Research, Coastal Resilience and Sustainability
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Present Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences
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2013 - 2019 Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Georgia Southern University
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Member, Faculty Research Committee, GSU
2020 - Present Member, MPH Core Curriculum Committee, GSU
2020 - Present Member, Office of Research Internal Evaluation Subcommittee, GSU
2020 - Present Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, GSU
2020 - Present Member, Wexford Campus Steering Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Chair, Campus Research Facilities Reopening Plan Subcommittee, GSU
2019 - Present Member, Diversity Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, GSU
2019 - Present Chair, Georgia Southern Research Core Laboratories and Infrastructure initiative, GSU
2019 - Present Chair, Research Impact Areas Implementation Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Chair, Undergraduate Research Council, GSU
2018 - Present Co-Chair, Georgia Public Health Association, Rural Health Section
2017 - Present Chair, American Public Health Association, Environmental Health Section, Water and Health Committee, GSU
2017 - Present Alternate, Faculty Senate, GSU
2015 - Present Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, GSU
2017 - 2018 Alternate, Graduate Committee, GSU
2016 - 2017 Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GSU
2014 - 2015 Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GSU
2013 - 2014 Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GSU
2009 - 2013 Co-Director, International Collaboration for Sewage, Michigan State University
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Honors and Awards

  • Nominated for Public Health Student Association Faculty Mentorship (2013)
  • Nominated for DSAC Faculty Mentoring Award (2015)
  • JPHCOPH Faculty Award Recipient for Excellence in Scholarship (2020)
  • Nominated for University Excellence in Research Award (2020)

Courses

  • Global Environmental Health (PUBH 4232)
  • Public Health Perspectives in Community-Based and Translational Research (PUBH 9132)
  • Nutrients in Seawater
  • Environmental and Occupational Health (PUBH 8132)
  • Global Water and Sanitation: Principles and Research (ENVH 8335)
  • Principles of Environmental Health (PUBH 3136)
  • Environmental Health (PUBH 6532)
  • Water Quality (ENVH 7232)

Education

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2008 Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology, Istanbul University
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2002 M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology, Istanbul University
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1999 B.Sc. in Biology, Istanbul University
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Contact Information

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
501 Forest Dr. Hendricks Hall Room 2037
Statesboro, GA 30458
Telephone: (912) 478-2565
Fax: (912) 478-0171

Email:

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