Faculty and Staff • UNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthUNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Department of Health Behavior

Faculty and Staff

Department of Health Behavior faculty members pose in 2017.

The Department of Health Behavior has 31 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
Marcella Boynton	Assistant Professor	mhb23@unc.edu
Noel Brewer	Professor	ntb@unc.edu
Carolyn Crump	Associate Professor	carolyn_crump@unc.edu
Jo Anne Earp	Professor	jearp@unc.edu
Geni Eng	Professor	eugenia_eng@unc.edu
Susan Ennett	Professor	sennett@email.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
Jim Herrington	Professor of the Practice	jimhsph@email.unc.edu
Lisa Hightow-Weidman	Associate Professor	lisa_hightow@med.unc.edu
Meg E. Landfried	Lecturer	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. Global Health Concentration Lead	maman@email.unc.edu
Derrick Matthews	Assistant Professor	derrick.matthews@unc.edu
Beth Moracco	Associate Professor	moracco@email.unc.edu
Kate Muessig	Assistant Professor	kate muessig@med.unc.edu
Luz McNaughton Reyes	Assistant Professor	mcnaught@email.unc.edu
Kurt Ribisl	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
Jason Smith	Associate Professor	jbsmith@unc.edu
Deborah Tate	Professor	dtate@unc.edu
Ha Viet Tran	Assistant Professor	vietha@live.unc.edu


Adjunct Faculty
Mary Altpeter	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mary_altpeter@unc.edu
Amrita Bhowmick	Adjunct Assistant Professor	amrita@unc.edu
Johanna Birckmayer	Adjunct Associate Professor	jbirckmayer@msn.com
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
Mary Davis	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mary_davis@unc.edu
Robert DeVellis	Adjunct Professor	bob_devellis@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
Daniel Halperin	Adjunct Professor	dhalpe@email.unc.edu
Susan W. Haws	Adjunct Assistant Professor	haws@email.unc.edu
Sally Herndon	Adjunct Instructor	sally.herndon@dhhs.nc.gov
Christine Jackson	Adjunct Associate Professor	cjackson@rti.org
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
Marta Mulawa	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Mulawa@unc.edu
Allison Myers	Adjunct Assistant Professor	aemyers@live.unc.edu
Melva Okun	Adjunct Assistant Professor	melvafokun@gmail.com
Krista Perreira	Adjunct Professor	perreira@email.unc.edu
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
Michael Schulman	Adjunct Professor	michael_schulman@ncsu.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
John W. Hatch	Kenan Professor Emeritus
Ethel J. Jackson	Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Mutran	Professor Emeritus
Allan Steckler	Professor Emeritus

Melonie Clarke	Academic Coordinator	mclarke1@email.unc.edu
Amorelle Crossley	Grants Manager	crossley@email.unc.edu
Debra Littlejohn	Grants Manager	debra7@email.unc.edu
Riley Smith	Assistant to the Chair	rileysmith@unc.edu
Allan Ochieng Yara	Accounting Technician	allanfy@email.unc.edu
Laura Pearson	Department Secretary	laura_pearson@unc.edu
Judith Winkler	Communications	winklerj@unc.edu

Peter Balvanz	Project Coordinator	balvanz@email.unc.edu
Veronica Carlisle	Community Outreach Coordinator	veronica_carlisle@med.unc.edu
James Emery	Research Associate	jemery@email.unc.edu
Robert Letourneau	Research Associate	Robert_Letourneau@unc.edu
Alexis Moore	Research Project Manager	alexis_moore@unc.edu
Elizabeth Moore	Research Associate	egm@email.unc.edu
Teerada Sripaipan	Program Coordinator	teerada@email.unc.edu
Yao Patrick Tang	Program Manager	yptang@email.unc.edu

Kristin Black	Cancer Health Disparities
Nicole Cranley	Cancer Health Disparities
Kia Davis	Cancer Health Disparities
Katrina Ellis	Cancer Health Disparities
Marissa Hall	Cancer research
Lauren Hill	HIV/AIDS research
Michelle Jeong	Cancer research

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