Faculty and Staff
Faculty
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Bio ItemAndrea S. Bertke, PhD , bio
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
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Bio ItemRyan Calder, ScD, MASc, PE , bio
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health and Policy
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Bio ItemAlasdair Cohen, PhD, MPH, MSc , bio
Assistant Professor, Environmental Epidemiology
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Bio ItemNatalie Cook, PhD , bio
Assistant Professor, Public Health
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Bio ItemKatie Cross, M.S.Ed. , bio
Director of Advising
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Bio ItemCornelia Deagle, PhD, MSPH , bio
Assistant Professor, Public Health
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Bio ItemStephen Eubank, PhD , bio
Adjunct Professor, Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemYuba Gautam, MS, PhD, MCHES , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor, Public Health
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Bio ItemMostafa Ghanem, DVM, MS, PhD , bio
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine Department Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine Associate faculty at The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
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Bio ItemJulia M. Gohlke, PhD , bio
Associate Professor, Environmental Health
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Bio ItemJennifer L. Hodgson, BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, DACVM–Bacteriology/Immunology , bio
Professor, Microbiology
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Bio ItemNicole Holt, MPH, DrPH , bio
Director, Master of Public Health Program; Assistant Professor of Practice, Epidemiology
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Bio ItemKimberly Horn, MSW, EdD , bio
Research Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; Secondary Faculty, Department of Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemKathy W. Hosig, RD, MPH, PhD , bio
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research
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Bio ItemLaura L. Hungerford, DVM, MPH, PhD, CPH , bio
Department Head, Population Health Sciences; Professor, Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
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Bio ItemThomas M. Kerkering, MD, FACP, FIDSA , bio
Adjunct Professor, Infectious Disease
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Bio ItemLisa M. Lee, PhD, MA, MS , bio
Research Professor
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Bio ItemMolly L. O'Dell, MD, MFA , bio
Adjunct Professor, Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemJacquelyn Pelzer, MS, DVM, PGCVE , bio
Assistant Dean, Student Support and Admissions, DVM Program; Associate Professor of Practice
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Bio ItemValerie E. Ragan, DVM , bio
Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine; Professor of Practice
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Bio ItemMd Rasheduzzaman, PhD, MSc , bio
Postdoctoral Associate, Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemKerry J. Redican, MSPH, MPH, PhD , bio
Director, Certificate Programs; Professor, Public Health Administration, Program Development in Health Education, Comparative Health Care, and Public Health Systems
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Bio ItemCassidy Rist, DVM, MPH, DACVPM , bio
Associate Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine; Associate Professor of Practice
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Bio ItemCorrine W. Ruktanonchai, MPH, CPH, PhD , bio
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemNick W. Ruktanonchai, PhD , bio
Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences
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Bio ItemAudrey Ruple, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM, MRCVS , bio
Associate Professor, Quantitative Epidemiology
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Bio ItemCarla Savage, DVM, MPhil, PhD, PgC, CertAqV. , bio
Associate Professor of Practice, Aquatic Animal Medicine Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine
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Bio ItemAmy H. Smith, PhD , bio
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Public Health
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Bio ItemDan Stanton, PMP , bio
Project Manager, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine
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Bio ItemNathaniel L. Tablante, DVM, MPVM, MS, DACPV , bio
Associate Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine Professor and Extension Poultry Veterinarian
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Bio ItemSophie Wenzel, MPH, DrPH , bio
Assistant Professor of Practice; Associate Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research
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Bio ItemStephen R. Werre, PhD , bio
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Population Health Sciences
Staff

Liz Bowman
Program and Administrative Support
(540) 231-4113
elbowman@vt.edu

Elizabeth Caton, MSW
Administrative Faculty and Project Coordinator
(540) 231-1837
ecaton@vt.edu

Brenna Evancho
Program and Administrative Support
(540) 231-7398
brennae@vt.edu

Becky Jones
Program Assistant
(540) 231-3945
bjones57@vt.edu

Lynn Margheim, MS, MPH, CHES
Instructional Design Specialist
lynn85@vt.edu

Angela Mathias, MAED
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
(540) 231-6813
mathias@vt.edu