University Writing Program
Affiliated Faculty: MISPH
Jameta Nicole Barlow, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Writing
Jeffrey Bingenheimer, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Prevention and Community Health
Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Program Co-Director, Master of Science in Public Health, Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Topic areas include: HIV among Women in Washington, DC (or nationally); Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
Jillian Catalanotti, MD, MPH
Professor
Professor of Medicine and of Health Policy & Management | Vice Chair for Academic Affairs | Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Cynthia Deitch, PhD
Associate Professor
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Sociology, and Public Policy
Jehan El-Bayoumi, MD
Professor
Associate Professor of Medicine; Founding Director, Rodham Institute
Medical Faculty Associates / School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Topic areas include: Domestic Violence; Health Equity in DC; Medical Education
Mary Ellsberg, PhD
Professor and Founding Director
Professor of Global Health and Founding Director of the Global Women’s Institute
Mary A. Foulkes, PhD
Research Professor
Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology; Department of Health Policy and Management
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
University Professor
University Professor of Medical Humanities and Professor of American Studies (joint appointment in Milken Institute SPH's Department of Health Policy and Management)
Mimi Ghosh, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Topic areas include: Biological mechanisms of sexual transmission of HIV in women; HIV immune responses in postmenopausal women; HIV immune responses in women experiencing sexual violence
Phyllis Goldfarb, JD, LLM
Professor
Jacob Burns Foundation Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Shirley Graham, PhD
Director, Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA)
Director, Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA)
Associate Professor of Practice of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs
Rachelle S. Heller, PhD
Research Professor and Director
Elizabeth J. Somers Women’s Leadership Program; Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Mount Vernon Campus; Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Sandy Hoar, DMSc, LSHTM, ABDA emeritus, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
School of Public Health and Health Services
Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD
Research Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Sara Imershein, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Topic areas include: Abortion in America: Patients, Politics and Procedures; Contraception: The Methods and the Madness; and From Population Control to Civil Rights: the History of the Reproductive Rights Movement
Feygele Jacobs, DrPH, MS, MPH
Director, Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health; Professor, Health Policy & Management
Department of Health Policy and Management
Carly Jordan, PhD
Associate Professor
Women's Leadership Program, Science, Health & Medicine Cohort; Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH
Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management; Director, Center for Health Policy Research
Topic areas include: Budget issues in health policy, immigrant health care, DC's health insurance exchange: DC Health Link
Anne Rossier Markus, PhD, JD
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Policy and Management
Sara Matthiesen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Melissa McCarthy, ScD, MS
Professor
Professor of Health Policy and of Emergency Medicine
Karen McDonnell, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Prevention and Community Health; Director, DrPH Program in Health Behavior
Topic areas include: HIV, DV, Substance Use, Poverty: Looking at women's health through a syndemic lens; Gender Based Violence (Latina, programs, community); Chronic Pelvic Pain: It's not all in my head
Barbara Miller, PhD
Professor, Director
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Director, Institute for Global and International Studies; Director, Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program; Director, Global Gender Program
Daniel Moshenberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of English and Women's Studies
Nitasha C. Nagaraj, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Prevention and Community Health
Chavon M. Onumah, MD, MPH, FACP, AAHIVS
Director, Primary Care Clerkship; Associate Professor of Medicine
General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Whitney Pinger, CNM, MSN, FACN
Founder and Past Director, GW Midwifery
Midwifery Services; Associate Clinical Professor, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Topic areas include: Cesarean Prevention; Midwifery Pearls: Evidence for Clinical Practice; Midwifery in general
Patricia (Polly) Pittman, PhD
Professor and Institute Director
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Director of Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Maria Portela, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine; Department of Health Policy and Management
Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy
Department of Health Policy and Management
Monica S. Ruiz, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Prevention and Community Health
Naomi Seiler, JD
Associate Research Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Topic areas include: Affordable Care Act and public health; HIV policy; and public health law
Hina Shaikh, JD, MPH
Research Director
Director, Research Operations and Program Management
Center for Social Well-Being and Development, Department of Prevention and Community Health
Office of Research Excellence
Julia Strasser, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Research Professor, Director of Jacobs Institute
Department of Health Policy and Management; Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Sonia M. Suter, MS, JD
Research Professor
The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law; Founding Director, Health Law Initiative
Anushree Vichare, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Amita Vyas, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor
Department of Prevention and Community Health; Director, Maternal and Child Health Program
Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc
Research Professor
Research Professor of Health Policy and Management
Susan F. Wood, PhD
Research Professor Emerita
Department of Health Policy and Management
Topic areas include: Women's Health and Health Care Reform; Emergency Contraception: FDA Policy and Action; Family Planning Services at Community Health Centers
Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH
Professor and Policy Researcher
Professor and Health Services and Policy Researcher, School of Nursing (with joint appointment at the Milken Institute SPH)