Mothers, Children, and Families

SPH research plays a critical role in improving the health of women, infants, and children by identifying risk factors, understanding the causes of health issues, informing policies, and developing effective programs and interventions that address these populations unique needs and challenges.

Faculty List
Raiza Beltrain
Raiza Beltran, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Assistant Professor School of Public Health Katie Berry University of Minnesota
Kaitlyn Berry, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Zobeida Bonilla
Zobeida Bonilla, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Rebecca Cunningham
Rebecca Cunningham
Professor
Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Ellen Demerath
Ellen W. Demerath, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Simone French
Simone French, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Rachel Hardeman
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH
Professor and Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
J'Mag Karbeah
J'Mag Karbeah, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Katy Kozhimannil
Katy B. Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Shalini Kulasingam
Shalini Kulasingam, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Susan Mason
Susan Marshall Mason, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH
Regents Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Ruby Nguyen
Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD
Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Theresa Osypuk
Theresa L. Osypuk, SD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Kyle Rudser
Kyle Rudser, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Nancy Sherwood
Nancy Sherwood, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Jamie Stang
Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Drissa M. Toure
Drissa M. Toure, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families