Department of Health Behavior

Faculty and Staff

Department of Health Behavior Faculty Members

The Department of Health Behavior has more than 30 faculty members and 60 adjunct faculty members who guide students, colleagues and communities from across the globe in scholarship, research and service. They are renowned as local and global leaders in various fields within public health.

Clare Barrington	Associate Professor	cbarring@email.unc.edu
Lynn White Blanchard	Associate Professor	blanchard@unc.edu
Noel Brewer	Professor	ntb@unc.edu
Liz Chen	Assistant Professor	lizcchen@unc.edu
Carolyn Crump	Associate Professor	carolyn_crump@unc.edu
Geni Eng	Professor	eugenia_eng@unc.edu
Edwin Fisher	Professor	fishere@email.unc.edu
Melissa B. Gilkey	Assistant Professor	gilkey@email.unc.edu
Vivian Go	Professor	vgo@email.unc.edu
Shelley Golden	Assistant Professor	sgolden@email.unc.edu
Carol Golin	Professor	carol_golin@med.unc.edu
Nisha Gottfredson	Assistant Professor	gottfredson@unc.edu
Marissa Hall	Assistant Professor	mghall@unc.edu
Abigail Hatcher	Research Assistant Professor	abbeymae@email.unc.edu
Lisa Hightow-Weidman	Professor	lisa_hightow@med.unc.edu
Lauren Hill	Assistant Professor	hilllm@email.unc.edu
Meg E. Landfried	Assistant Professor	landfried@unc.edu
Alexandra Lightfoot	Assistant Professor	alexandra_lightfoot@unc.edu
Laura Linnan	Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs	linnan@email.unc.edu
Leslie Lytle	Professor	llytle@email.unc.edu
Suzanne Maman	Professor, Vice Chair, Global Health Concentration Lead	maman@email.unc.edu
Derrick Matthews	Assistant Professor	derrick.matthews@unc.edu
Sarah Mills	Assistant Professor	sarahmills@unc.edu
Beth Moracco	Associate Professor	moracco@email.unc.edu
Kate Muessig	Associate Professor	kate muessig@med.unc.edu
Patsy Polston	Adjunct Instructor	polston@unc.edu
Luz McNaughton Reyes	Assistant Professor	mcnaught@email.unc.edu
Kurt Ribisl	Jo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor and Chair	kurt_ribisl@unc.edu
Barbara Rimer	Alumni Distinguished Professor and Dean	brimer@unc.edu
Nora Rosenberg	Assistant Professor	nrosenbe@email.unc.edu
Samir Soneji	Associate Professor	sonejis@email.unc.edu
Jason Smith	Associate Professor	jbsmith@unc.edu
Deborah Tate	Professor	dtate@unc.edu
Tran Viet Ha	Assistant Professor	vietha@live.unc.edu
Pamela Trangenstein	Assistant Professor	ptrang@email.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty
Mary Altpeter	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mary_altpeter@unc.edu
Stephanie Baker	Adjunct Assistant Professor	sdeflori@email.unc.edu
Amrita Bhowmick	Adjunct Assistant Professor	amrita@unc.edu
Johanna Birckmayer	Adjunct Associate Professor	jbirckmayer@msn.com
Marcella Boynton	Adjunct Assistant Professor	marcella_boynton@med.unc.edu
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein	Adjunct Assistant Professor	lauren_brinkley@med.unc.edu
Felicia Browne	Adjunct Assistant Professor	febrowne@email.unc.edu
M. Justin Byron	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jbyron@unc.edu
Molly Cannon	Adjunct Instructor	mcannon@email.unc.edu
Delesha M. Carpenter	Adjunct Assistant Professor	dmcarpenter@unc.edu
Lori Carter-Edwards	Adjunct Associate Professor	lori_carter-edwards@unc.edu
Ewan Cobran	Adjunct Assistant Professor	ecobran@uga.edu
Donaldson Conserve	Adjunct Assistant Professor	conserve@email.unc.edu
Melissa Cox	Adjunct Assistant Professor	coxmj@email.unc.edu
Denise Dickinson	Adjunct Instructor	dmd@email.unc.edu
Robert Flewelling	Adjunct Assistant Professor	flewelling@pire.org
Kristie Foley	Adjunct Associate Professor	kfoley@wakehealth.edu
Vangie Foshee	Adjunct Professor	foshee@email.unc.edu
Robert Foss	Adjunct Professor	foss@hsrc.unc.edu
Elizabeth French	Adjunct Instructor	eafrench@unc.edu
Susan Gaylord	Adjunct Associate Professor	susan_gaylord@med.unc.edu
Jennifer M. Gierisch	Adjunct Assistant Professor	gierisch@email.unc.edu
Lisa Gilbert	Adjunct Assistant Professor	lkgilber@email.unc.edu
Bernard Glassman	Adjunct Instructor	bg@unc.edu
Moses Goldmon	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mgoldmon@lanecollege.edu
Adam O. Goldstein	Adjunct Professor	adam_goldstein@med.unc.edu
Susan W. Haws	Adjunct Assistant Professor	haws@email.unc.edu
Sally Herndon	Adjunct Instructor	sally.herndon@dhhs.nc.gov
Jim Herrington	Adjunct Professor	jimhsph@email.unc.edu
Christine Jackson	Adjunct Associate Professor	cjackson@rti.org
Linda Kinsinger	Adjunct Assistant Professor	leining@adminliveunc.onmicrosoft.com
Shawn Kneipp	Adjunct Associate Professor	skneipp@email.unc.edu
Maija Leff	Adjunct Instructor	maija_leff@med.unc.edu
Megan Lewis	Adjunct Assistant Professor	melewis@rti.org
Kathleen MacQueen	Adjunct Associate Professor	kmacquee@email.unc.edu
David McCoy	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Contact the department.
Meg Molloy	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mmolloy@email.unc.edu
Alexis Moore	Adjunct Instructor	alexis_moore@unc.edu
Ingrid Morris	Adjunct Instructor	Ingrid.Morris@bcbsnc.com
Allison Myers	Adjunct Assistant Professor	aemyers@live.unc.edu
Melva Okun	Adjunct Assistant Professor	melvafokun@gmail.com
Robert Pleasants	Adjunct Assistant Professor	bpleas@email.unc.edu
Kathryn Pollak	Adjunct Associate Professor	kathryn.pollak@duke.edu
Wizdom Powell	Adjunct Associate Professor	wizdomp@email.unc.edu
Scott Rhodes	Adjunct Associate Professor	srhodes@email.unc.edu
Christopher Ringwalt	Adjunct Professor	cringwal@email.unc.edu
LaHoma Romocki	Adjunct Associate Professor	lromocki@nccu.edu
Cherie Rosemond	Adjunct Assistant Professor	crosemond@unc.edu
Carol Runyan	Adjunct Professor	crunyan@email.unc.edu
English Sall	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Michael Schulman	Adjunct Professor	michael_schulman@ncsu.edu
Abigail Shapiro	Adjunct Assistant Professor	abigailw@email.unc.edu
Paschal Sheeran	Adjunct Professor	psheeran@email.unc.edu
Arjumand Siddiqi	Adjunct Assistant Professor	asiddiqi@email.unc.edu
Celette Sugg Skinner	Adjunct Associate Professor	celette.skinner@utsouthwestern.edu
Paige Hall Smith	Adjunct Associate Professor	phsmith@uncg.edu
Brian Southwell	Adjunct Associate Professor	southwell@unc.edu
Elizabeth Stern	Adjunct Instructor	lizstern100@gmail.com
Karen Strazza	Adjunct Instructor	kstrazza@rti.org
Deborah Stroman	Adjunct Associate Professor	dstro@unc.edu
Katherine Turner	Adjunct Instructor	katherineturner@unc.edu
Gina Upchurch	Adjunct Instructor	upchurch@email.unc.edu
Amy Vincus	Adjunct Instructor	avincus@gmail.com
Maihan Vu	Adjunct Assistant Professor	maihan.vu@unc.edu
Anna Waller	Adjunct Associate Professor	anna_waller@med.unc.edu
Karen Webb	Adjunct Instructor	kwebb7@bellsouth.net
Godfrey Woelk	Adjunct Associate Professor	gwoelk@pedaids.org
Michael Yonas	Adjunct Associate Professor	myonas@email.unc.edu

Emeritus Faculty
J. Michael Bowling	Professor Emeritus	jbowling@email.unc.edu
Karl Bauman	Professor Emeritus
Brenda DeVellis	Professor Emeritus
Robert DeVellis	Professor Emeritus	bob_devellis@unc.edu
Jo Anne Earp	Professor Emeritus	jearp@unc.edu
Susan Ennet	Professor Emeritus	sennett@email.unc.edu
John W. Hatch	Kenan Professor Emeritus
Ethel J. Jackson	Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Mutran	Professor Emeritus
Carol Runyan	Adjunct Professor	crunyan@email.unc.edu
Allan Steckler	Professor Emeritus

Amorelle Crossley	Grants Manager	crossley@email.unc.edu
Paula Lauren Harwick	Academic Program Support Coordinator	pharwick@email.unc.edu
Debra Littlejohn	Grants Manager	debra7@email.unc.edu
Latasha Mingo	Business Manager	lmingo@email.unc.edu
Allan Ochieng Yara	Accounting Technician	allanfy@email.unc.edu
Laura Pearson (On Leave)	Administrative Support Professional	lpearson@email.unc.edu
Darlene Laws	Assistant to the Chair	Dnlaws@Email.Unc.Edu
Katia Woolf	Administrative Assistant	ktapel@email.unc.edu

Veronica Carlisle	Community Outreach Coordinator	veronica_carlisle@med.unc.edu
Breanna Castonguay	Core Manager	bcastonguay@unc.edu
Susan Dailey	Project Manager	sadailey@email.unc.edu
James Emery	Research Associate	jemery@email.unc.edu
Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez	Project Coordinator	humberto_gonzalez_rodriguez@ med.unc.edu
Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon	Project Manager	jenmackinnon@unc.edu
Maija Leff	Project Director	maija_leff@med.unc.edu
Robert Letourneau	Research Associate	Robert_Letourneau@unc.edu
Jennifer Mendel	Project Director	jrmendel@unc.edu
Alexandra Munson	Project Manager	ajmunson@live.unc.edu
Katherine Souris	Soc/Clin Research Assistant	kjsouris@email.unc.edu
Teerada Sripaipan	Program Coordinator	teerada@email.unc.edu
Yao Patrick Tang	Program Manager	yptang@email.unc.edu

Claire Bosire	Postdoctoral Research Associate	cbosire@email.unc.edu
Brigid Grabert	Postdoctoral Research Associate	bgrabert@live.unc.edu
Karen Hicklin	Postdoctoral Research Associate	khicklin@email.unc.edu
Lindsey Horrell	Postdoctoral Research Associate	horrell@email.unc.edu
Deshira Wallace	Postdoctoral Research Associate	ddwallac@live.unc.edu

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