Program Faculty
The Extended Degree Program draws on faculty from the departments of the University of Washington School of Public Health. The faculty are involved locally, nationally, and internationally in public health research, policy and practice.
Susan Astley, PhDProfessor, Epidemology; Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Thomas Burbacher, PhD
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interests: Behavioral toxicology, developmental effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to environmental contaminants
Wendy Baesler, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Financial Management, Not-For-Profit Accounting
Donna Denno, MD
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Services; Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology;
Research Interests: International Health
Ann Downer, EdD, MS
Senior Lecturer, Global Health; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Health Services
Research Interests: Assessment, strategic planning, intervention design, implementation and evaluation of domestic and international HIV/AIDS/STI prevention, treatment and care programs; health communication; instructional design; educational leadership and management
Paul Fishman, PhD, MA
Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Cost Analysis, Risk Adjustments
Steven Gilbert, PhD, DABT
Affiliate Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Affiliate Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Research Interests: Neurotoxicology, Neurological Disorders
David Grembowski, PhD, MA
Professor, Dental Public Health Sciences; Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Evaluation, prevention, design and performance of health delivery systems; technology diffusion; methodology interests are program evaluation and survey research
Karen Hartfield, MPH
Lecturer, Health Services; Planner, Public Health - Seattle & King County
Research Interests: Effectiveness of health behavior/health promotion interventions
Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Global Health
Phil Kienast, PhD, MA
Associate Professor, Human Resource Management;Adjunct Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: The role of skill tests in predicting career success, the impact of competition on value creation in negotiations
Lloyd Mancl, PhD, MS
Research Associate Professor, Dental Public Health Sciences; Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Research Interests: Statistical methods for correlated and longitudinal data; generalized estimating equasions and random effects modeling; peridontal disease and TMD
Margaret McKenna, PhD, MPH, MA
Clinical Associate Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Health behavior, alternative systems of care, help-seeking behavior
Martha Pilcher, PhD, MS
Senior Lecturer, Operations Management; Adjunct Lecturer, Health Sciences
Research Interests: Polyhedral theory and cutting planes, symmetric traveling salesman problem, statistics and methodology for comparing heuristics, test problem generation, vehicle routing, logistics, health-care applications of OM/QM tools and techniques
Jeremy Sappington, MSPH
Senior Lecturer, Health Services
Research Interests: Theories and models of management, application of management skills
Deborah Shattuck, MSPH
Clinical Instructor, Health Services
Research Interests: NA
Sharyne Shiu-Thornton, PhD, MA
Senior Lecturer, Health Services; Adjunct Lecturer, Psychosocial and Community Health
Research Interests: Cultural compentency,community-based participatory research
Lisa Skow, PhD, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Health promotion and health education
Clarence Spigner, DrPh, MPH
Associate Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Tobacco-related behavior; racism as a stressor; social construction of 'race' vis-a-vis biological reductionism in health research and behavior; knowledge and opinions about organ donation among ethnic groups; program evaluation; popular culture
Neal Sofian, MSPH, BGS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Services
Research Interests: Community networks
John R. (Jack) Thompson, MSW
Senior Lecturer, Health Services
Research Interests: Public health organization and financing, workforce development, integration of health and health care services
Charles Treser, MPH, DAAS
Senior Lecturer, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interests: Environmental health practice, law & regulation; policy analysis; decision making; program planning and evaluation; education of environmental health
Marcia Williams, PhD, MPH
Senior Lecturer, Epidemiology; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Rehabilitation Medicine
Research Interests: Early identification of neuromotor abnormalities in pre term infants; developmental consequences of in utero cocaine exposure; etiology of cerebral palsy in low birth weight infants; effects of prenatal exposure to methamphetamine on the developmental outcome of children; risk factors for clubfoot deformity in infants
Carolyn Watts, PhD, MA
Professor, Health Services; Adjunct Professor, Economics; Adjunct Professor, Evans School of Public Affairs
Research Interests: Health care economics and policy; public health genetics; health care industry structure and incentives
Thomas Wickizer, PhD, MPH
Professor, Health Services; EXDP Program Director
Research Interests: Managed care costs and outcomes, occupational health, quality improvement, expenditure growth, economic outcomes of substance abuse treatment
Noel Weiss, MD, DrPH
Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, clinical epidemiology
