About the IPH

Faculty and Staff

“Twenty-plus years of administrative work in a non-profit, educational environment has been very rewarding for me. The greatest reward is the feeling that what I have done to earn a living may have indirectly improved other people's lives. The IPH is deeply committed to that end, and is realized by such an extraordinary group of dedicated and talented people!”

- Kirsten Barstad-Mulvey, Operations Manager

IPH Executive Director

Suzanne Lindsay, PhD, MSW, MPH
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Assistant Professor of Public Health

IPH Deputy Director

Robert Seidman, PhD
Health Services Research
Associate Professor of Public Health

IPH Faculty Associates

Karen Jacqueline Coleman, PhD
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Louise Hofherr, PhD
Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Public Health
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Audrey Hokoda, PhD
Child and Family Development
Associate Professor
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Paul Kurtin, MD
Maternal and Child Health
Research Professor of Public Health
Head of the Maternal and Child Health Initiative

Amy Pan, PhD
Psychology
Senior Research Scientist
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Michael Peddecord, DrPH
Health Services Quality Assurance
Professor of Public Health
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Elisa Sobo, PhD
Maternal and Child Health
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Faculty Associate, Institute for Public Health

Emilio C. Ulloa, PhD
Psychology
Undergraduate Coordinator, Faculty Member, Department of Psychology
Director, Minority Biomedical Research Support Program, College of Sciences

IPH Staff

Lisa (Kwizera) Asmus, MPH
Evaluation Specialist

Kirsten Barstad-Mulvey
Operations Manager

Susan Hedges, MPH
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor

Dorothy Kerin, RN, BSN, PHN
Nurse Abstractor
Application Development Specialist

Barbara Lefkarites
Distance Learning Developer
Project Coordinator

Corinne McDaniels, MPH
Evaluation Specialist

Sherry Patheal, MPH
Web Software Developer

Bertha Ruvalcaba
Administrative Support Coordinator

Diana R. Simmes, MPH
Research Associate

Kanako Sturgis, MPH
Multimedia Design Specialist
Data Analyst

Janet Wolf, MS
Evaluation Specialist

Graduate Students

Alexis Lukas
Research Assistant

Valerie Orrison
Research Assistant

Christyna Prounh
Research Assistant

Updated: 10/2/2007