Teaching Excellence
Students recognize outstanding faculty in 2014-2015.
One of the goals of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is to “Promote, value, and achieve excellence in teaching and learning.” As part of this goal, the School is delighted to highlight the following faculty members who have achieved the highest ratings from students in their course evaluations.
SUMMER TERM
Pierre Coulombe
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Public Health Biology
Gregory Glass
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Public Health Biology
Barun Kanjilal
Senior Associate, International Health
Course: Health Economics and Cost Effectiveness
Gary Ketner
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Public Health Biology
George Korch
Visiting Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Public Health Biology
Tamjul Saxena
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Human Resources Management for Health
TERM 1
Randy Bryant
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Biochemistry -- An Introductory Course I
Thomas Burke
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Maureen Cadorette
Assistant Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Fundamentals of Occupational Health
Brian Caffo
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Advanced Methods in Biostatistics I
Richard Chaisson
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control
Lawrence Cheskin
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Critical Thinking in Nutrition
Christopher Cox
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies
Simon Day
Associate, Biostatistics
Course: Biostatistics in Medical Product Regulation
Janet DiPietro
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Prenatal and Infant Growth and Development
Janice Evans
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology
Homayoon Farzadegan
Professor, Epidemiology
Courses: Epidemiology and Natural History of Human Viral Infections; Epidemiology and Public Health Impact of HIV and AIDS
Mary Foulkes
Associate, Biostatistics
Course: Biostatistics in Medical Product Regulation
Mary Fox
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Michael Giandrea
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Statistical Analysis for Policy Making I
Jonathan Golub
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control
Caroline Jacoby
Associate, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Entertainment Education for Behavior Change and Development
Emory Knowles
Associate, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Principles of Occupational Safety
Bruce Leff
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Health Issues for Aging Populations
Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos
Assistant Professor, Mental Health
Course: Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement
Ellen MacKenzie
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: PhD Seminar in Health Policy
John McGready
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics
Course: Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I (in-person and online)
Graham Mooney
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Life and Death in Charm City: Histories of Public Health in Baltimore, 1750 to the Present
Alvaro Munoz
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies
Keeve Nachman
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy
David Paige
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Courses: Prenatal and Infant Growth and Development; Nutrition and Growth in Maternal and Child Health
David Peters
Professor, International Health
Course: Applications in Managing Health Organizations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Michael Rosenblum
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Probability Theory I
Daniel Scharfstein
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Advanced Statistical Theory I
Elizabeth Selvin
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Welch Center Research Seminar
Katherine Clegg Smith
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Sociological Perspectives on Health
Elizabeth Stuart
Professor, Mental Health
Course: Seminar on Statistical Methods for Mental Health
Jon Vernick
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Issues in Injury and Violence Prevention
Peter Winch
Professor, International Health
Course: Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods in Applied Medical Anthropology I
Jennifer Wolff
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Health Issues for Aging Populations
TERM 2
Arnold Bakker
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Course: Principles and Methods of Functional Neuroimaging I
Shyam S. Biswal
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Environmental Health: The Molecular Basis
Janice Bowie
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Seminar for MPH Concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences II
Terry Brown
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology
Randy Bryant
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Biochemistry -- An Introductory Course II
Thomas Burke
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Risk Policy, Management and Communication
Valeria Culotta
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Environmental Health: The Molecular Basis
Karen Davis
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Innovations in Health Care for Aging Populations
Janice Evans
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology
Homayoon Farzadegan
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Advanced Topics on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Mary Fox
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Risk Policy, Management and Communication
Constantine Frangakis
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Statistical Theory II
Michael Giandrea
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Statistical Analysis for Policy Making II
Andre Hackman
Research Associate, Biostatistics
Course: Introduction to Data Management
Adnan Hyder
Professor, International Health
Course: Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective (in-person and online)
Caitlin Kennedy
Assistant Professor, International Health
Course: Seminar for MPH Concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences II
Sabra Klein
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Survival Skills for Academia in the Lab Sciences
Robert Lawrence
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Courses: Food Production, Public Health, and the Environment; Human Rights and Health Seminar
Philip Leaf
Professor, Mental Health
Course: Seminar on Methods in Public Mental Health Research
Martin Lindquist
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Principles and Methods of Functional Neuroimaging I
Ellen MacKenzie
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: PhD Seminar in Health Policy II
Arik Marcell
Associate Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Masculinity, Sexual Behavior & Health: Adolescence & Beyond
Joseph Margolick
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Immunology, Infection and Disease
John McGready
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics
Course: Statistical Reasoning in Public Health II (in-person and online)
Tamar Mendelson
Associate Professor, Mental Health
Course: Manuscript Writing for Mental Health Research
Keeve Nachman
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Food Production, Public Health, and the Environment
Andrew Pekosz
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Survival Skills for Academia in the Lab Sciences
Sarah Poynton
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Biomedical Writing I
Daniel Scharfstein
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Advanced Statistical Theory II
Alan Scott
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Immunology, Infection and Disease
Maria Segui-Gomez
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective
Elizabeth Selvin
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Welch Center Research Seminar
David Stein
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Human Rights and Health Seminar
Cristian Tomasetti
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Probability Theory II
Nhan Tran
Assistant Scientist, International Health
Course: Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective
Bruce Trock
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Fundamentals of Clinical Oncology for Public Health Practitioners
Polly Walker
Research Associate, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Food Production, Public Health, and the Environment
Mei-Cheng Wang
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Survival Analysis II
Peter Winch
Professor, International Health
Course: Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods in Applied Medical Anthropology II
William Wright
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Courses: Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology; Molecular Biology of Pandemic Influenza
Barry Zirkin
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Course: Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology
TERM 3
George Alleyne
Visiting Professor, International Health
Course: Case Studies in Management Decision-Making
Sara Bennett
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Health Policy Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Sara Bleich
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to Global Obesity in Public Health
Lee Bone
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Health and Homelessness
Carey Borkoski
Assistant Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Course: Policy Analysis in Practice
Anne Burke
Associate Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Clinical Aspects of Reproductive Health
Richard Chaisson
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control
Lawrence Cheskin
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Clinical Health Behavior Change Experience in Weight Management
Parul Christian
Professor, International Health
Course: Nutrition and Life Stages
Frank Curriero
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Spatial Analysis and GIS I
Michele Decker
Associate Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Gender-Based Violence Research, Practice and Policy: Issues and Current Controversies
Homayoon Farzadegan
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiology and Natural History of Human Viral Infections
Carolyn Fowler
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Evaluation-Informed Program Development and Implementation
Mary Fox
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Constantine Frangakis
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health I
Michael Giandrea
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Statistical Analysis for Policy Making III
Jonathan Golub
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control
Ann-Michele Gundlach
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Foundations of Organizational Leadership
David Helms
Senior Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: State Healthcare Policy
David Holtgrave
Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Translating Research into Public Health Programs I
Jessica Jones-Smith
Assistant Professor, International Health
Course: Introduction to Global Obesity in Public Health
Juleen Lam
Assistant Scientist, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Peter Lees
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
David Levin
Professor, Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
Course: Principles of Grant Writing I
Francesca Litow
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Clinical Environmental and Occupational Toxicology
Paul Locke
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Environmental and Occupational Health Law and Policy
Ellen MacKenzie
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: PhD Seminar in Health Policy III: Policies for Saving Lives Millions at a Time, A Multidisciplinary Dialogue
Aidan McDermott
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics
Course: The SAS Statistical Package: A Survey for Statisticians
Erin Donnelly Michos
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Assessment of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease
Cynthia Minkovitz
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Attitudes, Programs, and Policies for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Kristin Mmari
Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Fundamentals of Program Evaluation
Laura Morlock
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Patient Safety and Medical Errors
William Mosher
Senior Scientist, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Issues in Survey Research Design
Roni Neff
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments
Jeanine M. Parisi
Associate Scientist, Mental Health
Course: MHS Thesis in Mental Health: From Proposal to Publication II
Henry Perry
Senior Scientist, International Health
Course: Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care
David Peters
Professor, International Health
Course: Case Studies in Management Decision-Making
Peter Pronovost
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Patient Safety and Medical Errors
Naresh Punjabi
Professor, Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
Course: Principles of Grant Writing I
Anne Riley
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Teaching at the University Level
Courtland Robinson
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Migration and Health: Concepts, Rates, and Relationships
Daniela Rodriguez
Assistant Scientist, International Health
Course: Health Policy Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Andrea Ruff
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Infectious Diseases and Child Survival
Ana Maria Rule
Research Associate, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
Daniel Salmon
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Vaccine Policy Issues
Edyth Schoenrich
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Current Issues in Public Health
Elizabeth Selvin
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Welch Center Research Seminar
Timothy Shields
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Course: Spatial Analysis and GIS I
Larissa Shimoda
Associate Professor, Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
Course: Principles of Grant Writing I
Vicki Hong Smith
Lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Course: English for Academic Purposes I
Douglas Storey
Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Health Communication Programs I: Planning and Strategic Design
Donna Strobino
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Clinical Aspects of Maternal and Newborn Health
Elizabeth Stuart
Professor, Mental Health
Courses: Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health I; Seminar on Statistical Methods for Mental Health
Andrea Sutherland
Associate Scientist, International Health
Course: Vaccine Policy Issues
Kawsar Talaat
Assistant Scientist, International Health
Course: Infectious Diseases and Child Survival
Henry Taylor
Senior Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care
Cristian Tomasetti
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Probability Theory III
Lisa Townsend
Assistant Professor, Mental Health
Course: Social, Psychological, and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders
Jon Vernick
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Public Health and the Law
Mei-Cheng Wang
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Essentials of Probability and Statistical Inference III: Theory of Modern Statistical Methods
Daniel Webster
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Understanding and Preventing Violence
Brian Weir
Assistant Scientist, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Translating Research into Public Health Programs I
Albert Wu
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Patient Safety and Medical Errors
Peter Zandi
Associate Professor, Mental Health
Course: Introduction to Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics
TERM 4
Jacqueline Agnew
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Occupational Health
Colleen Barry
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Data and Methods for Studying U.S. Health Politics
Chris Beyrer
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Assessing Epidemiologic Impact of Human Rights Violations
Patrick Breysse
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Lawrence Cheskin
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Critical Analysis of Popular Diets and Dietary Supplements
Elizabeth Colantuoni
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics
Course: Multilevel Statistical Models in Public Health
Greg Conderacci
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Marketing in Health Care Organizations
Derek Cummings
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Infectious Disease Dynamics: Theoretical and Computational Approaches
Frank Curriero
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Spatial Analysis and GIS II
Gail Daumit
Associate Professor, Mental Health
Course: The Intersection of Mental and Physical Health
Pierre-Gerlier Forest
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Current Issues in Policy Analysis
Carmelita Frondoza
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Biological Response to Biomaterials
Kathleen Gabrielson
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Environmental Toxicological Pathology
Joseph Gallo
Professor, Mental Health
Course: The Intersection of Mental and Physical Health
Danielle German
Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Doctoral Seminar in Mixed Methods for Public Health Research
Michael Giandrea
Associate, Health Policy and Management
Course: Statistical Analysis for Policy Making IV
Andrea Gielen
Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Injury Prevention: Behavioral Sciences Theories and Applications
Alden Gross
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiology of Aging
Andre Hackman
Research Associate, Biostatistics
Course: Introduction to Data Management
Bradley Herring
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
David Holtgrave
Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Translating Research into Public Health Programs II
David Jernigan
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Media Advocacy and Public Health: Theory and Practice
Jeff Kahn
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Ethical Issues in Public Health
Peter Lees
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Occupational Health
Justin Lessler
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Infectious Disease Dynamics: Theoretical and Computational Approaches
Elizabeth Letourneau
Associate Professor, Mental Health
Course: Childhood Victimization: A Public Health Perspective
Benjamin Lozare
Senior Associate, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Health Communication Programs
Maria Merritt
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Ethics of Public Health Practice in Developing Countries
Edgar Miller
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Ramin Mojtabai
Professor, Mental Health
Course: Introduction to Mental Health Services
Keeve Nachman
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Case Studies in Food Production and Public Health
Roni Neff
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Food System Sustainability Practicum
Cindy Parker
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Global Sustainability & Health Seminar
Naresh Punjabi
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Principles of Grant Writing II
George Rebok
Professor, Mental Health
Course: Mental Health in Later Life
Anne Riley
Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Family - Health, Public Health and Policy
Joanne Rosen
Associate Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Course: Legal and Public Health Issues in the Regulation of Intimacy
Michael Rosenblum
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Statistical Theory IV
Gary Rosner
Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Bayesian Methods II
Debra Roter
Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Interpersonal Influence in Medical Care
Helaine Rutkow
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Public Health Agencies: Law, Policy and Practice
Robert Scharpf
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Bayesian Methods II
Roberta Scherer
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology
Course: Clinical Trials Management
Edyth Schoenrich
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Course: Current Issues in Public Health
Jennifer Schrack
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Epidemiology of Aging
Richey Sharrett
Professor, Epidemiology
Course: Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Clive Shiff
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Malariology
Larissa Shimoda
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Course: Principles of Grant Writing II
Frances A. Stillman
Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Global Tobacco Control
David Sullivan
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Course: Malariology
Cristian Tomasetti
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Course: Probability Theory IV
Antonio Trujillo
Associate Professor, International Health
Course: Econometric Methods for Evaluation of Health Programs
Peter Van Dyck
Senior Associate, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: Seminar in Child Health
Brian Weir
Assistant Scientist, Health, Behavior and Society
Course: Translating Research into Public Health Programs II
D'Ann Williams
Assistant Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences
Course: Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Terri Williams
Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Course: The Social Context of Adolescent Health and Development
Andrea Wirtz
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Course: Assessing Epidemiologic Impact of Human Rights Violations