Faculty research and scholarship

Faculty and students in Falk College’s Public Health program are activity engaged in ongoing, nationally funded research projects. From disability studies and health policy, culturally competent care, maternal and infant health, infectious diseases and malaria prevention, and environmental toxicants to post-traumatic stress among Veterans and others, interventions to reduce gang violence and community trauma, and addictions services and treatment, our faculty engage in a wide variety of research impacting individuals, families and communities.

Meet our Faculty

Bernard Appiah

Assistant Professor, Public Health

Dessa Bergen-Cico

Graduate Director, Professor of Public Health, Coordinator of Addiction Studies Programs Syracuse University, Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, Maxwell School, Affiliated Investigator, Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center, Center for Integrative Healthcare, Public Health

Luvenia Cowart

Professor of Practice, Public Health

Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health

Ignatius N. Ijere

Associate Teaching Professor , Public Health

Brittany Kmush

Associate Professor, Public Health

Sandra D. Lane

Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Public Health & Anthropology, Research Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology Upstate Medical University, Public Health

David Larsen

Department Chair, Professor, Public Health

Katherine McDonald

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration, Professor of Public Health, Faculty Fellow, Aging Studies Institute, Faculty Fellow, Burton Blatt Institute, Faculty Fellow, Consortium for Culture and Medicine, Faculty Fellow, Disability Studies, Public Health, Office of Research Development

Mary Ann Middlemiss

Professor Emerita, Public Health

Miriam Mutambudzi

Assistant Professor, Public Health

Lutchmie Narine

Professor, Public Health

Lisa Olson-Gugerty

Associate Teaching Professor , Public Health

Maureen Thompson

Undergraduate Director, Associate Professor, Public Health

Bhavneet Walia

Associate Professor, Public Health

Affiliated Faculty

  • Captain Martin Joseph De Vita, Ph.D.; United States Army Medical Officer, Behavioral Sciences Branch
  • Margaret K. Formica, Ph.D.; Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Indu Gupta, MD, MPA, MPH, Courtesy Appointment as Professor of Practice
  • Scott M. Robertson, Ph.D.; Policy Strategist, Technology Innovator, and Social Scientist, US Department of Labor

Our Professional Staff