Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Consultant/International Expert, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Prom | 2018 - Present | Fellow, Service-Learning Committee, GSU | 2017 - Present | Chair, JPHCOPH Public Health Student Professional Development - Student Travel Committee | 2017 - Present | Chair, JPHCOPH Student Professional Development: Travel Grant Committee, GSU | 2017 - Present | Reviewer, Journal of Cancer Epidemiology | 2015 - Present | Member, Research Committee, GSU | 2019 - 2022 | Member, Student Conduct Board, GSU | 2018 - 2022 | Member, JPHCOPH Tenure and Promotion Committee, GSU | 2021 | Member, PhD Interdisciplinary Program Ad-Hoc Committee, GSU | 2021 | Member, Research Symposium Presentations, JPHCOPH, GSU | 2021 | Member, Senate Elections Committee, GSU | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Leadership Dissertation Working Group, GSU | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Strategic Planning Ad-Hoc Committee, GSU | 2019 | Member, Development of Undergraduate Concentration in Epidemiology Subcommittee, GSU | 2018 | Grant Reviewer, Cancer Research UK | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology Search Committee, GSU | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Alternate, Graduate Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2015 | Member, The Calendar Committee, GSU | 2013 - 2014 | Member, Rural Health Research Institute, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Scholarship of the President of Russia to Study Abroad, The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (2001-2002)
- Recipient, Promising Practitioner Award, University of Kentucky (2001)
- Recipient, AcademyHealth/NCHS Health Policy Fellowship, Academy/Health and NCHS (2011-2012)
- Recipient, Cyber-Mentoring Program, Georgia Southern University (2013-2015)
- Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program, Institute for Higher Education, University of Georgia, Nominated by GSU Interim President, Jean E. Bartels, 2016.
- Georgia Southern University, Outstanding Faculty Advisor Nominee, NACADA Advising Award, Statesboro Campus (January 15, 2019).
- U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning, Fulbright Specialist Roster (for a tenure of three years starting in 2019).
- UICC Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant, Union for International Cancer Control, Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France (2021)
Courses
- Perspectives in Translational Research (PUBH 9132)
- Chronic Disease: A Modern Epidemic (PUBH 3131)
- Health Organizations Strategic and Contingency Planning (PHLD 9333)
- Cancer Disparities (PUBH 7898)
- Research Methods (PHLD 9130)
- Epidemiologic Methods (PUBH 8133)
- Public Health Funding and Grantsmanship (PUBH 9135)
- Cancer Epidemiology (PUBH 9233)
2021 - 2023 | Master of Science in Financial Planning, University of Georgia | |
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2009 - 2011 | Doctor of Public Health, University of Kentucky | |
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2009 | Master of Public Health, University of Kentucky | |
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2004 | Master of Public Administration, Southern Illinois University Carbondale | |
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2001 - 2002 | Degree in Jurisprudence, Visiting Scholar, Southern Illinois University Carbondale | |
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2002 | Degree in Jurisprudence (JD Equivalent), Vladimir State Technical University | |
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Contact Information
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Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-5057
Office: Hendricks Hall 2012
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