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Augusta University will soon welcome Teresa M. Waters, PhD, as the inaugural dean of the new School of Public Health. Waters, who will begin in her new role on Aug. 1, currently serves at the University of Kentucky’s College of Public Health as the chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, Charles T. Wethington Jr. Endowed Chair in the Health Sciences and interim director of the Center for Health Services Research, Implementation Science, and Policy.

"I’m honored to serve as the inaugural dean at Augusta University’s School of Public Health and thrilled to work with the exceptional faculty, staff and students who will call the School of Public Health home."

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Benjamin Ansa, PhD

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Andrew Balas, PhD, MD

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Teal W. Benevides, PhD, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

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Jie Chen, PhD

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Raymond Chong, PhD

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Catherine Clary, JD

  • Rural Health

Steven Coughlin, PhD

  • Epidemiology

Biplab Datta, PhD

  • Global Health/Health Disparities

Gianluca DeLeo, PhD, MBA

  • Health Management/Digital Health

Santu Ghosh, PhD

  • Biostatistics

Vahé Heboyan, PhD

  • Health Economics and Policy

K.M. Islam, PhD

  • Epidemiology

Deborah Jehu, PhD

  • Fall Prevention

J. Aaron Johnson, PhD

  • Substance Use Disorders

Denise Kornegay, MSW

  • Healthcare Workforce

Stephen W. Looney, PhD

  • Biostatistics

Neil MacKinnon, PhD

  • Health Policy

Ban Majeed, PhD

  • Epidemiology

Erin Mundy, MPA

  • Health Policy

Tran Ha Nguyen, DPH, MPH

  • PH Core/Informatics/Leadership

Lorriane Odhiambo, PhD, MPH

  • Epidemiology

Nicole Peritore, PhD

  • Health Promotion

J. Paul Seale, MD

  • Social and Behavioral Health

Yoon Ho Seol, PhD

  • Public Health Informatics

Yang Shi, PhD

  • Biostatistics/Bioinformatics/Data Science

Jeane Silva, PhD

  • Molecular Diagnostics

Jessica Lynn Stewart, PhD, MPH

  • Social Determinants of Health/Health Disparities

Ashwini Tiwari, PhD

  • Health Promotion and Behavior

Dustin Tracy, PhD

  • Health Economics and Policy

Michael Vitacco, PhD

  • Forensic Psychology

Laura Williamson, PhD

  • Bioethics

Hongyan Xu, PhD

  • Genomics/Data Science/Biostatistics

Li Fang Zhang, MD, MS

  • Biostatistics

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