Public Health Department Faculty

Bernard Appiah

Assistant Professor, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

DrPH, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 2013

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Dessa Bergen-Cico

Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., School of Education, Syracuse University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

Substance use, addictive behaviors, psychoactive drugs, drug trafficking, and the geopolitics of drugs and drug trafficking. Veteran' mental health, traumatic stress, and mindfulness-based interventions for mental health and addictions. The use of biomarkers to measure intervention changes and effectiveness.

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Luvenia Cowart

Professor of Practice, Public Health Department

Ed.D., Syracuse University, 1980

Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health Department

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occupational stress, community firearm violence.

Multiple regression; multi-level modeling (linear and generalized linear mixed models); mediation and moderation; intensive data collection designs; Stata, SPSS, R, Excel.

Ignatius N. Ijere

Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Director, Public Health Department

Psy.D, Argosy University, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Areas of specialization: Mental illness, Addiction, Assessment & Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders, Global Mental Health, and Comprehensive Psychological