Our department’s faculty and staff are seasoned veterans in maternal and child health practice and scholarship. Many have worked within or in close consultation with the major domestic and global maternal and child health public health agencies – the State Health Department/Title V Program, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The U.S. Agency for International Development, The United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization. They have also led the maternal and child health field in teaching, continuing to introduce curricular innovations to ensure that our students obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective leaders in the field.

Currently, the department has 31 faculty members, 20 of whom have primary appointments in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). Complementing these faculty are four emeritus members, and more than 65 adjunct faculty, many of whom hold leadership positions in MCH research and practice settings. Given the interdisciplinary nature of our department, faculty and staff research interests and activities span the full array of issues and areas of focus for the maternal and child health population. Our initiatives are designed to create new knowledge and directly improve the health of this population. World-class faculty have been carefully recruited with these goals in mind.don

Our skilled and dedicated staff members support our faculty, students and alumni, ensuring that our teaching and research programs run smoothly and effectively. Together, faculty and staff help our department stay responsive to the changing needs of MCH students, alumni and the practice community.

Faculty

Gustavo Angeles, PhDAssociate Professorgustavo_angeles@unc.edu
Janine Barden-O'Fallon, PhDAssistant Professorbardenof@email.unc.edu
Pierre Barker, MDProfessorpierre_barker@med.unc.edu
Caroline Chandler, MPH, PhDAssistant Professorcaroline.chandler@unc.edu
Dorothy Cilenti, DrPHProfessorcilenti@email.unc.edu
Sian Curtis, PhDProfessorscurtis@email.unc.edu
Julie L. Daniels, PhDProfessorjulie_daniels@unc.edu
Claudia S. Plaisted Fernandez, DrPHProfessorclaudia_fernandez@unc.edu
Sherri Green, PhD, MSW, LCSWAssociate Professorsgreen@email.unc.edu
Carolyn T. Halpern, PhDProfessor and Chaircarolyn_halpern@unc.edu
Jon M. Hussey, PhDAssistant Professorjon_hussey@unc.edu
Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, PhD MHSAssociate Professorljennings.mayowilson@unc.edu
Sandra L. Martin, PhDProfessor, Associate Chair for Researchsandra_martin@unc.edu
Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhDAssociate Professorkavita_singh@unc.edu
Angela Parcesepe, PhDAssistant Professorangela_parcesepe@unc.edu
Herbert Peterson, MDWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professorherbert_peterson@unc.edu
Meghan Shanahan, PhDAssociate Professorshanahan@unc.edu
Ilene Speizer, PhDProfessorilene_speizer@unc.edu
Alison Stuebe, MDProfessor and Distinguished Scholar in Infant and Young Child Feedingastuebe@med.unc.edu
Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FANDAssistant Professorcatherine_sullivan@unc.edu
John Thorp, Jr., MDProfessorjohn_thorp@med.unc.edu
Christine Tucker, PhDAssistant Professorcmtucker@live.unc.edu
Bharathi Jayanthi Zvara, PhDAssociate Professorzvara@email.unc.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Trude Bennett, DrPHProfessor Emeritatrude_bennett@unc.edu
Anita M. Farel, DrPHProfessor Emeritaanita_farel@unc.edu
Jonathan B. Kotch, MDProfessor Emeritusjonathan_kotch@unc.edu
Miriam H. Labbok, MD, MPH (deceased)Professor Emeritalabbok@unc.edu
Lewis Margolis, MD, MPHProfessor Emerituslew_margolis@unc.edu
Diane Louise Rowley, MDProfessor Emeritadrowley@email.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Kathryn Andersen, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorkathrynandersen7@gmail.com
Dr. Mary Eyram AshinyoAdjunct Assistant Professorkeyram1@yahoo.co.uk
Joy Noel Baumgartner, PhD, MSSWAdjunct Associate Professorjoy.baumgartner@unc.edu
José Belizan, MD, PhDAdjunct Professorbelizanj@gmail.com
Janie Benson, MPH, DrPHAdjunct Professorbensonjanie@gmail.com
Pouru Bhiwandi, MSPHAdjunct Professorbhiwandi@bellsouth.net
Deborah Billings, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorbillindl@mailbox.sc.edu
Shelah Bloom, ScDAdjunct Associate Professorssbloom@email.unc.edu
Courtney Bonner, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorcpbonner@rti.or
Dalia Brahmi, MD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professordaliabrahmi@gmail.com / brahmi@email.unc.edu
Dorothy C. Browne, DrPHAdjunct Professordbrowne@email.unc.edu
Amy Bryant, MD, MSCRAdjunct Associate Professoramy_bryant@med.unc.edu
Holly McClain Burke, PhD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professorhburke@fhi360.org
Martha Carlough, MD, MPHAdjunct Professor Professormartha_carlough@med.unc.edu
Cecilia Casanueva, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorcasanuev@email.unc.edu ccasanueva@rti.org
Cynthia Cassell, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorchcassell@gmail.com
Marcia Cordova-Roth, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professormarcia_roth@unc.edu
Leslie deRosset, MSPH, MPHAdjunct Instructorderosset@email.unc.edu
Abigail English, JDAdjunct Associate Professorenglish@cahl.org
Jessica Fehringer, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorjessica_f@unc.edu
Renee FerrariAdjunct Assistant Professorrferrari@unc.edu
William Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPHAdjunct Assistant Professoroscar.fleming@unc.edu
Alfredo Fort, PhDAdjunct Associate Professoralfredoluisfort@gmail.com
Jean Christophe Fotso, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorjcfotso@evihdaf.com
Shoshana K. Goldberg, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorskgold@email.unc.edu
Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, MD, MSPH, PhDAdjunct Professorgomezr@paho.org
Phillip Graham, DrPHAdjunct Professorpgraham@rti.org
Melissa Green, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professormagreen@email.unc.edu
Rebecca Greenleaf, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorrebecca_greenleaf@unc.edu
Joumana Haidar, DBAAdjunct Assistant Professorjoumana_haidar@unc.edu
Elaine Hart-BrothersAdjunct Associate Professorehartbrothers@gmail.com
Marcia E. Herman-Giddens, DrPHAdjunct Professormherman-giddens@unc.edu meherman.go@gmail.com
Stephanie HernandezAdjunct Assistant Professor
Vijaya Hogan, DrPHAdjunct Professorvhogan@email.unc.edu
Dilshad Jaff, MD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professorjdilshad@email.unc.edu
Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhDAdjunct Professormarian.johnsonthompson@gmail.com
Michael Edwin Kafrissen, MD, MSPHAdjunct Professormkafriss@mit.edu
Nicole Kahn, PhD, MEdAdjunct Assistant Professor
Nathalie Kapp, MD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professornathaliek@gmail.com
Jack Leiss, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorjackleiss@outlook.com
Baker MaggwaAdjunct Professormaggwa@email.unc.edu, bmaggwa2@gmail.com
Gerri Mattson, MD, MSPH, FAAPAdjunct Associate Professorgerri.mattson@dhhs.nc.gov
Donna R. McCarraherAdjunct Associate Professordmccarraher@fhi360.org
Elizabeth M. McClure, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorbmcclure@email.unc.edu
Tekleab Mekbib, MD, PhD, MPHAdjunct Professormekbib@live.unc.edu
Amy Mullenix, MSPH, MSWAdjunct Instructoramy_mullenix@unc.edu
Robert MurphyAdjunct Associate Professorrobert.murphy@duke.edu
Priya Nanda, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorpnanda@icrw.org
Constance J. Newman, MPH, MSWAdjunct Associate Professorcnewman@intrahealth.org
Logan NickelsAdjunct Assistant Professorlogan@malecontraceptive.org
Krista Perreira, PhDAdjunct Professorperreira@email.unc.edu
McLean Pollock, PhD, MSW, LCSWAdjunct Assistant Professormcleanpollock@gmail.com
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhDAdjunct Professorramaswam@email.unc.edu
Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPHAdjunct Associate Professorringelta@email.unc.edu
Doris J. Rouse, PhDAdjunct Professorrouse@rti.org
Lucille Siegel, MPHAdjunct Associate Professorlpsiegel28@gmail.com
Paige Hall Smith, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorphsmith@uncg.edu
David Sokal, MDAdjunct Associate Professordcsokal@gmail.com
John StanbackAdjunct Associate Professorjstanback@yahoo.com
Joseph Telfair, DrPHAdjunct Professorjtelfair@georgiasouthern.edu
Elizabeth Tolley, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorbtolley@fhi360.org
Nana A. Y. Twum-Danso, MD, MPHAdjunct Assistant Professorntwumdanso@ihi.org
Sarah Verbiest, DrPHAdjunct Assistant Professorsarahv@med.unc.edu
Yudan Chen Wang, PhDAdjunct Associate Professorwang@hsrc.unc.edu
Stephanie Watson-Grant, DrPHAdjunct Assistant Professorwatsongr@email.unc.edu
Andra Wilkinson, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professorandra.wilkinson@gmail.com
Kathryn Wouk, PhD, MS, IBCLCAdjunct Assistant Professorkwouk@pire.org
Jennifer Yourkavitch, MPH, PhD, IBCLCAdjunct Associate Professoryourkavi@live.unc.edu
Adam Zolotor, MD, DrPHAdjunct Professorajzolo@med.unc.edu

Chair’s Office Staff

Kia B Barbee, MBADirector of Finance and Administrationkbarbee@unc.edu
Kathy BiancardiAdministrative Support Associatekathy_biancardi@unc.edu
Carolyn T. Halpern, PhDProfessor and Chaircarolyn_halpern@unc.edu
Quetta LongAccounting Technicianquetta_long@unc.edu
Catherine RobinsonExecutive Assistantcatherine_robinson@unc.edu
La-Sonya F. RobinsonAccounting Technicianla-sonya.robinson@unc.edu
Victoria StephensAccounting Technicianvjs1@unc.edu
Allan YaraBudget and Finance Managerallanfy@email.unc.edu

Staff

Michelle Abel-ShoupProgram Managermichelle.shoup@unc.edu
Rakiah AndersonEvaluation Managerrakiah@unc.edu
Rachel R. Berthiaume, MPHDeputy Director of Distance Educationrberthia@email.unc.edu
Julia Bourg, RN, BSN, IBCLCBreastfeeding Healthcare Manager / Project Directorjuliabourg@unc.edu
Jessica Bridgman, MPH, RDN, LDNChild Care and Communities Specialist/Social Clinical Research Specialistjbridgman@unc.edu
Dorothea Calhoun-SmithBusiness Services Coordinatordorothea_calhoun@unc.edu
Ting ChenGraduate Research Assistant at Carolina Population Centertchen2@unc.edu
Karla Cooper, RN, BSN, NCSN, CCHC-CRegional Child Care Nurse Consultant / Child Care Health Consultant Coachkarla_cooper@unc.edu
Leslie deRosset, MSPH, MPHResearch Investigatorderosset@email.unc.edu
Kathy Donnald, MSDeputy Director of Intensive Educationkdonnald@unc.edu
Chantelle Dowsett, PhDEvaluation Managerchantelle_dowsett@unc.edu
Myka ElliottExecutive Assistant, WHO Collaborating Centermkelliot@email.unc.edu
Vickie Fennell, MSInformation and Lead Training CoordinatorVickie_Fennell@unc.edu
Allison George, MPHCurriculum Development Specialistgeorgea@email.unc.edu
Brooke GilliamSocial Clinical Research Specialistbgilliam@unc.edu
Rebecca Greenleaf, MPHSocial/Clinical Research Specialistrebecca_greenleaf@unc.edu
Tamala GrissettCenter Administratortamala@email.unc.edu
Steven Gunn, MPATraining Specialiststeven_gunn@unc.edu
Michelle Hendricks, MBA, RD, LD, IBCLCSocial Clinical Research Specialistmjhen@email.unc.edu
Daina C. Huntley, MPH, CHESSocial Clinical Research Specialist/Director, Community Activitiesdchuntley@unc.edu
Sharleen Laporte, MS, CHES, CCHC-C/ERegional Child Care Health Consultantslaporte@unc.edu
Christine Masterman, MSN, RN, IBCLCSocial Clinical Research Specialistcmasterman@unc.edu
Amy Mullenix, MSPH, MSWAdjunct Directoramy_mullenix@unc.edu
Kathy Parry, MPH, IBCLC, LMBTProject Manager/Social Clinical Research Specialistkathyparry@unc.edu
Lindsey Pertet, BSChild Care Health Consultant and Training Coordinatorlindsey_pertet@unc.edu
Janet Place, MPHLearning Managerjplace@unc.edu
Robert A. PoarchCommunications Specialistrpoarch@unc.edu
Beth Porreco, BSNSocial/Clinical Research Specialistbeth_porreco@unc.edu
Stacy Rosser, MPH, CCHC-C/ERegional Child Care Health Consultantstacy_rosser@unc.edu
Kelli Sheppard, BS, BSBACommunications Managerksheppard@unc.edu
Lisa Shifflett, RN, CCHC-CClinical Research Specialistlisa_shifflett@unc.edu
Jacqueline Simmons, MScPH MCHESProject Directorjdsimmons@unc.edu
Theresa Vinson Stenersen, RN, BSN, CCHC-CNurse Consultanttheresa_stenersen@unc.edu
Courtney Summey, MPH, CCHCInfant/Toddler Child Care Health Consultantcsummey1@unc.edu
Alicia Tanner, BSN, RNRegional Child Care Health Consultant Manageraltanner@unc.edu
Linda Tawfik, MSc, PhDSenior Research Scientistlindat@email.unc.edu
Julie Theriault, MAAccreditation and Training Managerjther@email.unc.edu
Lynn TomkinsEvent Planner
Jasmine Walker, MAData Administratorjswalker@unc.edu

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