PHSSR Grantee Profiles

The National Coordinating Center for PHSSR's grantee programs include the Junior Investigator Awards and the Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards. Find out more here about current and former grantees' areas of research and how they benefit public health practice and policy.

Click on the researcher's name to view a list of their publications and presentations.

Name	Areas of Research
Kaja Abbas, BTech (Hons), M.S., Ph.D., M.P.H.	Public Health Financing Local Public Health Services
George Avery, Ph. D., M.P.A.	Finance Relationship of Political Institutions and Health Program
Priscilla Barnes, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Health Promotion Community Mobilization Inter-organizational Collaboration
Kate Beatty, M.P.H.	Public Health Accreditation Geographic Variation Missouri PBRN affiliate
Angela Beck, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Public Health Workforce
Betty Bekemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H., FAAN	Local Public Health Services Workforce Public Health Nursing
James Bellamy, Ph.D., M.P.H., B.S.	Preparedness Workforce
Patrick M. Bernet, Ph.D., M.P.A.	Finance
Erin Carlson, M.P.H.	Disparities
Erik Carlton, M.S., Dr.P.H.	Public Health Partnerships
Susan Chen, Ph.D.	Disparities
Dorothy Cilenti, M.S.W., M.P.H.	Global Health
Maria Del Mar Landron, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.	Preparedness
Laura H. Downey, Dr.P.H.	Rural Public Health
Geoffrey Downie, M.P.A.	Network Structure Organizational Relationships Strategic Management in Public Health Practice
Paul Campbell Erwin, M.D., M.P.H.	Population Health Outcomes
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, M.S.C.E., Ph.D.	Environmental Health Environmental Health Disparities
Theresa Green, A.A.C., M.B.A.	Public Health Financing Quality Improvement
Jenine Harris, Ph.D.	Public Health Systems and Social Media Networks Gap Between Discovery and Delivery in Public Health
Tracy Hilliard, Ph.D.	Geographic variation Workforce Washington PBRN affiliate
Holly Jarman, Ph.D.	Information technology policy and implementation Informatics governance and public health law
Ellen Jones, M.S.	Health Policy
Jonathan Keeling, M.S.	Public Health Law Technology, Data & Methods
Tamar Klaiman, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Preparedness
Kristina Knight, M.P.H.	Public Health Partnerships Social Determinants of Health Ohio PBRN affiliate
Zeida Rojas Kon, M.P.H.	Disparities
Nuha Lackan, Ph.D.	Disparities
Kristi Lewis, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Community Health
Cammie Marti, B.S.N., M.P.H.	Partnerships
William Mase, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., M.A.	Workforce
Christopher Maylahn, M.P.H.	Public Health Partnerships
Rodney McCurdy, Ph.D., M.H.A.	Disparities
Thaddeus L. Miller, Dr. P.H., M.P.H.	Comparative effectiveness and health policy research Economic analysis of tuberculosis
Robyn Mobbs, M.B.A.	Comparative Effectiveness Partnerships
Maggie Paul, M.S.	Finance
Robin Pendley, Dr.P.H.	Public Health Workforce
Michael Preston, M.P.H.	Health Disparities Preventive and Screening Services
Natalie Privett, Ph.D.	Partnerships
Fanta Purayidathil, M.P.H.	Public Health Law Notifiable Disease Reporting
Sarah Ramirez, Ph.D.	Public Health Policy Disparities California PBRN affiliate
Rose Rodrigues-Monguio, Ph.D.	Disparities
Hector P. Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Surveillance
Donna Schmutzler, Dr.P.H.	Material & Child Health
Arjumand Siddiqi, Ph.D.	Health Inequalities Social Determinants of Health
Amber Sinclair, B.A., M.S.P.H.	Environmental Health
Simone Singh, Ph.D.	Public Health Finance
Maria Sistrom, RN, M.S.N.	Public Health Nursing
Sharla Smith, M.P.H.	Partnership
Yelena Tarasenko, M.P.H., M.P.A.	Finance Organization
Danielle Varda, Ph.D.	Collaborative Management Policy Networks Measuring & Monitoring Connectivity in PH Collaborations
Joshua Vest, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Technology, Data & Methods