Faculty

Faculty

Janice F. Bell, MN, MPH, PhD

jfbell@u.washington.edu; 206-685-4979
Assistant Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health

Research and teaching interests:

  • Childhood obesity
  • Social determinants of maternal and child health
  • Health geography
  • Disparities in maternal and child health
  • Health services research
  • Secondary analysis of large survey datasets

Daniel A. Enquobahrie, PhD, MPH, MD

danenq@u.washington.edu; 206-287-2390
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology,
School of Public Health

Research and teaching interests:

  • Cardiovascular/perinatal epidemiology
  • Developmental origins
  • Genetic/molecular epidemiology (transcription and post-transcription regulation)
  • International research

Affiliations:Cardiovascular Health Research Unit; Center for Perinatal Studies, Swedish Medical Center; Reproductive, Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiology Training Program


Colleen E. Huebner, PhD, MPH

colleenh@u.washington.edu; 206-685-9852
Associate Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health
Director, Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program
Adjunct Associate Professor, Family and Child Nursing, School of Nursing
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry

Research and teaching interests:

  • Social basis of language
  • Cognitive and emotional development in normal and at-risk children
  • Prevention of childhood morbidities associated with social and economic disadvantage
  • Child and adult literacy and health literacy
  • Methods and measures to monitor the health and well-being of all children, including those with disabilities
  • Building family-community-preschool-healthcare partnerships that benefit infants and young children
  • Epidemiology of early developmental problems

Affiliations: Center on Human Development and Disability; Institute on Learning and Brain Sciences; Center for Infant Mental Health; Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative


Jane Rees, PhD, RD, CD

jrees@u.washington.edu; 206-616-9309
Lecturer in Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Adjunct Lecturer in Health Services,
School of Public Health

Adolescent Nutrition
Information about adolescent eating disorders, including a description of the various disorders, and their development, complications, and treatments.

Research and teaching interests:

  • Nutritional and developmental factors in adolescent pregnancy and optimal birth outcomes
  • Nutrition education
  • Adolescent nutrition and health
  • Physical growth and development

Melissa Schiff, MD, MPH

mschiff@u.washington.edu; 206-744-9436
Professor of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
Co-Director, Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program

Research and teaching interests:

  • Perinatal and reproductive epidemiology
  • Pregnancy outcomes following injury
  • Sport injuries in girls
  • Injury epidemiology

Affiliations: Harborview Injury Prevention Center


Rosa Solorio, MD, MPH

solorio@u.washington.edu; 206-543-9773
Assistant Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health

Research and teaching interests:

  • Community approaches to reducing health disparities in Latinos, including HIV prevention
  • Prevention of type-2 diabetes in youth

Marcia F. Williams, PhD, MPH, PT

marwill@u.washington.edu; 206-685-0481
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine

Research and teaching interests:

  • Developmental outcome of low birthweight infants
  • Etiology of cerebral palsy
  • Neuromotor assessment of high-risk infants
  • Developmental consequences of prenatal substance exposure
  • Epidemiology of maternal and child health conditions

Affiliations: Center on Human Development and Disability