The faculty of the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice (PHLP) is a small but diverse group of educators, with experience in both professional and academic environments. The core faculty collaborates with professors from the Schools of Medicine and the Gillings School to produce a curriculum built around principles of leadership and public health best practices.

The PHLP staff coordinates and supports the Department, providing crucial resources to the faculty and information to students whose connection to the University is often a virtual one. The staff is practiced at meeting the different needs of distance and residential students as well as alumni and prospective applicants.

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Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice Faculty and Staff Pose at the Carolina Club for a group photo.
From Left to Right, Top Row: Daniel Reyes, Minzhi Xing, John Wiesman, Sarah Thach, Dana Rice, Lori Evarts, Tamarie Macon
Middle Row: Oscar Fleming, Chantal Donaghy, Anna Schenck, Vaughn Upshaw, Kaitlyn Stubblefield, Addie Imseis, Megan Richardson, Rohit Ramaswamy
Bottom Row: Cindy Feltner, Shannon Aymes, Laura Villa Torres, Aimee Mchale, Michele Fulton, Zuniad Ahsan, Marie Lina Excellent

 

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Faculty

Karar Zunaid Ahsan, PhD, MIPH, MSAssistant Professorzunaid@email.unc.edu
Lori A. Evarts, MPH, PMP, CPH, MBTIAssociate Professor and Associate Director, Operations Excellencelori_evarts@unc.edu
Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPHAssistant Professor and Global Health Certificate Leadmarilina@live.unc.edu
Cynthia Feltner, MD, MPHAssistant Professor and Concentration Lead - Population Health for Clinicianscindy_feltner@med.unc.edu
William Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPHAssistant Professor and and Concentration Co-Lead - Global Healthoscar.fleming@unc.edu
Karl T. Johnson, PhDAssistant Professorkarl12@live.unc.edu
Amy Joy Lanou, PhDProfessoralanou@email.unc.edu
Tamarie Macon, PhDAssistant Professortamarie@email.unc.edu
Aimee M. McHale, JD, MSPHAssistant Professorammchale@email.unc.edu
Kim Ramsey-White, PhDAssociate Dean for Inclusive Excellencewhitek22@unc.edu
Dana Rice, DrPHAssistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Master's Degree Programdanarice@unc.edu
Anna P. Schenck, PhDProfessor of the Practiceanna.schenck@unc.edu
Rhonda Stephens DDS, MPHProfessor of The Practicerhondaas@unc.edu
Sarah Brill Thach, MPHAssistant Professorsbthach@email.unc.edu
Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPH, EdDProfessor and Concentration Lead - Leadership in Practicevupshaw@unc.edu
Laura Villa Torres, PhD, MSPHAssistant Professorvillal@unc.edu
Minzhi Xing, MD, MPHAssistant ProfessorMinzhi.Xing@unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Kathryn Andolsek, MDAdjunct Assistant Professorkathryn.andolsek@duke.edu
Shannon Aymes, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorshannon_aymes@med.unc.edu
Ameena Batada, DrPHAdjunct Associate Professorabatada@unca.edu
Marcella H. Boynton, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professormarcella_boynton@med.unc.edu
Carol Breland, MPH, RRTAdjunct Instructorbrelandc@email.unc.edu
John Brock, PhDAdjunct Professorjohbroc@unc.edu
Martha Carlough, MD, MPHAdjunct Professormartha_carlough@med.unc.edu
Linnea CarlsonAdjunct Assistant Professor carlson8@live.unc.edu
Lori Carter-Edwards, PhD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorlori.c.edwards@kp.org
Kauline Cipriani, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorcipriank@unc.edu
Russell Coletti, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorrussell.coletti@unchealth.unc.edu
Donna R. Dinkin, DrPH MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorddinkin@email.unc.edu
Robert Doherty, DDS, MPH Adjunct Assistant Professor
William Donigan, DDS, MPHAdjunct Associate Professor
Kim Faurot, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorfaurot@med.unc.edu
Jill Fromewick, Sc.D.Adjunct Assistant Professorjill.fromewick@mahec.net
Timothy Gabel, MBAAdjunct Professortjg@rti.org
Jared Gallaher, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorjared_gallaher@med.unc.edu
Teresa GeorgeAdjunct Instructor
Erica GregoryAdjunct Assistant Professoreg@unc.edu
Jennifer GriffinAdjunct Assistant Professorjenngrif@email.unc.edu
Chase Harless, MSWAdjunct Assistant Professorchasehar@unc.edu
Russell P. Harris, MD, MPHAdjunct Professorrussell_harris@med.unc.edu
Mamie Sackey Harris, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professormsharris@med.unc.edu
Lisa Macon Harrison, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorlharrison@gvdhd.org
Wade Harrison, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant ProfessorWade_Harrison@med.unc.edu
Jeannine Herrick, MPHAdjunct Instructorjherrick@email.unc.edu
Elizabeth "Beth" HighAdjunct Assistant Professorhighroadconsulting@gmail.com
Vijaya K. Hogan, DrPH, MPHAdjunct Professorvhogan@email.unc.edu
Natasha Hughes, MPHAdjunct Instructornlhughes@email.unc.edu
Fabrice Julien, PhD, MPH, MAAdjunct Assistant ProfessorFabriceJulien@unc.edu
Leila C. Kahwati, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorlkahwati@rti.org
Kody H. Kinsley, MPPAdjunct Professorkkinsley@email.unc.edu
Emily Kiser, MPHAdjunct Instructoremily_kiser@med.unc.edu
Manish Kumar, MPH, PhDAdjunct Associate Professormanishindiaprofessional2012@gmail.com
Spencer Lindgren, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorslindgre@email.unc.edu
Brettania O’Connor, PhD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorlopes.blw@unc.edu
Rebecca Maine, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorrebecca.maine@gmail.com
Katrina Mattison-ChalweAdjunct Assistant Professorkmattiso@unc.edu
Nancy McGee, JD, DrPHAdjunct Associate Professornancymmcgee@gmail.com
Paul Meade, M.Sc, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorpdmeade@me.com
J. Lloyd Michener, MDAdjunct Professorlloyd.michener@duke.edu
Vanessa Miller, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorvmiller@unc.edu
Gita Mody, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorgita_mody@med.unc.edu
Virginia MoyerAdjunct Professorvmoyer@med.unc.edu
Charles Mike Newton-WardAdjunct Assistant Professorcmnewton@email.unc.edu
Jacqueline Olich, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorjolich@rti.org
Medge Owen, MDAdjunct Professormowen@wakehealth.edu
William F. Owen, Jr., MD, FACPPHLP Adjunct Professorwfowenmd@email.unc.edu
Christie Pettitt-Schieber, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorpettittc@unc.edu
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPHAdjunct ProfessorMarcus.Plescia@mecklenburgcountync.gov
Deborah Porterfield, MD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professorporterfi@email.unc.edu
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhDPhD Professorramaswam@email.unc.edu
Greg Randolph, MD, MPHAdjunct Professorgrandolp@ad.unc.edu
Marianne C. Ratcliffe, MHAAdjunct Professor
Trista Reid, MD, MPH, FACS Adjunct Assistant Professortrista_reid@med.unc.edu
Megan Richardson, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professormegan.richardson@unc.edu
Robert A. Rowe, MD, MBA, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorrobert_rowe@med.unc.edu
Ghazaleh Samandari, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorsamandar@email.unc.edu
Tanvi Shah, MBBS, DAAdjunct Assistant Professortjshah@live.unc.edu
Kevin W. Sowers, MSN, RN, FAANAdjunct ProfessorKevin.sowers@duke.edu
Paula Brown Stafford, MPHAdjunct Professorpbstafford@gmail.com
Michael Steiner, MD, MPHAdjunct Professormsteiner@med.unc.edu
Amy Belflower Thomas, MHA, MSPH, CPHAdjunct Assistant Professoramy.b.thomas@unc.edu
Hugh H. TilsonAdjunct Professorhtilson@email.unc.edu
Gina Upchurch, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorupchurch@email.unc.edu
Douglas W. Urland, MPAAdjunct Assistant Professordoug.urland@unc.edu
Gretchen L. Van Vliet, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorgretchen_vanvliet@unc.edu
Ellis D. Vaughan, DNP, RNAdjunct Instructorellisv1@email.unc.edu
Jessica Vaughan, MPHAdjunct Instructorjmvaugh@email.unc.edu
Anthony J. Viera, MD, MPHAdjunct Professorviera@med.unc.edu
Meera Viswanathan, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorviswana@email.unc.edu
John Wallace, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorjohn.wallace@unc.edu
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH, CPHAdjunct Assistant Professorrachel.wilfert@unc.edu
Louise Winstanly, LLB, MSAdjunct Assistant Professorwinstanl@email.unc.edu
Jacqueline Rollins Wynn, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorjacqueline_wynn@med.unc.edu
Susan Zelt, DrPH, MBAAdjunct Assistant Professorzelt@ad.unc.edu
Sanjay ZodpeyAdjunct Professorspzodpey@yahoo.com

Staff

Chantal N. Donaghy Executive Assistant to the Directordonaghy@email.unc.edu
Michele FultonAcademic Program Support Coordinatormmfulton@email.unc.edu
Shaneka Haynes, MS, HS-BCPMPH Student Services Director, UNC Gilling’s School’s Master of Public Health Program in Ashevilleshanekah@email.unc.edu
Addie Melsheimer Imseis, MPH, BSN, RNProject Director, Building Veteran Healthy Communities
Daniel Reyes, MAOutreach Coordinator, Building Veteran Healthy Communitiesreyesd@live.unc.edu
Megan Richardson, MPHMPH PHLP Mentoring Directormegan.richardson@unc.edu
Kaitlyn StubblefieldQuality Coordinatorkrstubbl@unc.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Russell P. Harris, MD, MPHProfessor Emeritusrussell_harris@med.unc.edu
Arnold Kaluzny, PhDProfessor Emerituskaluzny@live.unc.edu
William A. Sollecito, DrPHProfessor Emeritusbill_sollecito@unc.edu
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