Academic Integrity Board
The Academic Integrity Board is a group of faculty members and students who resolve allegations of academic misconduct in the School of Public Health. Faculty members with primary appointments in the School of Public Health and students currently enrolled in a degree program in the School of Public are eligible to serve on the School of Public Health’s Academic Integrity Board. Members of this board are appointed by the dean on an annual basis. To learn more, see additional information on the UAB Academic Integrity Code, read the UAB Academic Integrity Code FAQs, view the full UAB Academic Integrity Code, and report Academic Misconduct when experienced.
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Members
Name
Role
Suzanne Perumean-Chaney, PhD
Chair
Mercy Egiliwebi Aula, PhD
Faculty Member
Bhekumusa Lukhele, PhD
Faculty Member
Emmanuel Odame, PhD
Faculty Member
Chinaza Esiaba
Student Member
Nic Carlisle
Student Member
Haley Weaver
Student Member
Admissions and Graduation Committee (A&G)
The A&G Committee is responsible for monitoring compliance with established rules and procedures for admission and graduation for all degree programs that are the responsibility of the School of Public Health including the MPH, MSPH, and DrPH. The Graduate School has responsibility for the PhD and MS degree programs. This responsibility includes but is not limited to conducting reviews and developing recommendations for admission status for individual applicants who do not meet approved admissions guidelines and developing general admission and graduation guidelines that the committee deems necessary. The A&G Committee serves as an advisory committee to the Faculty Assembly of the School, which is the final decision-maker on admissions and graduation policies.
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Members
Name
Role
Matt Fifolt, PhD
Chair & Voting Member, HPO
Fazlur Rahman, PhD
Vice Chair & Voting Member, BST
Erika “Ela” Austin, PhD, MPH, CPH
Ex-Officio Member, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Jonghwa Oh, PhD
Voting Member, EHS
John Waterbor, MD, DrPH
Voting Member, EPI
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, PhD
Voting Member, HB
Kiara Aaron
Voting Member, PHSA Graduate Student Representative
Anushree Gade
Voting Member, PHSA Undergraduate Student Representative
Nicole Cross, MA
Program Coordinator, BST
Julie Brown, MS, MBA
Program Coordinator, EHS and HB
Kimberly Hawkins-King, MHA, MAEd
Program Coordinator, EPI
Brenda Campbell
Program Coordinator, HPO
Hannah VanSlambrouck, MBA
Staff Support, Office of Student and Academic Services
Community Engagement Council
The Community Engagement Council provides insight on the school’s strategic priorities and initiatives, guidance on the relevance of its educational programs to the public health workforce, and suggestions for community engagement activities. Council members include UAB School of Public Health alumni, community partners in Birmingham and the state of Alabama, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) officials, and academic partners within the university. Together these individuals offer their knowledge and expertise to advise the school in areas of improvement, inform appropriate community engagement, address stakeholder concerns, and overall ensure the school is meeting the educational, service, research, and practice needs of its students.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEI)
The mission of the DEI Committee is to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the school through advising, and by identifying and helping to implement best practices in such School of Public Health operations as developing curricula, recruiting and retaining students and faculty, and fostering an inclusive school culture. This is an advisory committee comprised of faculty representatives from each department, staff, administrators, and students that reflect diversity within the SOPH community.
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Members
Name
Role
Abril Bonita Agnew
Staff, EPI
Richard Bennett
Staff
Camryn Durham
Staff, Sparkman Center
Matt Fifolt, PhD
Faculty, HPO
Ebony N. Harris, MSW
Staff
Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH
Faculty, EPI
Paulisha Holt, MBA
DEI, Program Director
Tessa Graham, MPH
Staff
Kathryn Kaiser, PhD
Faculty, HB
Bhekumusa Lukhele, PhD
Faculty, HPO
David Keith McMahan
Student
Sean McMahon, MA
Staff, Lister Hill Center
Miriam Alecia Roxanne Miles
Student
Crystal T. Stephens, MSN
Student
Teneasha Washington, PhD
Faculty, HB
Marcelle Alana Whittier
Staff
Educational Policy Committee (EPC)
The Faculty Assembly, through its charter, delegates the development of policies, and discharge of certain responsibilities in academic affairs to the EPC. Fulfillment of these responsibilities includes, but is not limited to: the approval of new courses and modifications to course descriptions, objectives, or credit hours of existing courses; approving new tracks and/or degree programs and Category A academic certificate programs; approving substantial modifications to existing tracks and/or degree programs and/or Category A certificate programs which involve more than one department and/or are deemed substantial by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; and reviewing all programs globally for the school when departmental degree program reviews are conducted to ensure that each program meets the minimum requirements.The EPC serves as an advisory committee to the Faculty Assembly of the School, which is the final decision-maker on educational policy.
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Members
Name
Role
Greg Pavela, PhD
Chair & Voting Member, HB
Julie Preskitt, MSOT, MPH, PhD
Vice Chair & Voting Member, HPO
Dustin Long, PhD
Voting Member, BST
Kristina Zierold, PhD
Voting Member, EHS
Matthew O’Madigan Gribble, PhD
Voting Member, EPI
Naiya Drayton
Voting Member, PHSA Graduate Student Representative
Ashley Cisco
Voting Member, PHSA Undergraduate Student Representative
Erika “Ela” Austin, PhD, MPH, CPH
Ex-Officio Member, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Amy Hutson Chatham, PhD
Ex-Officio Member, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education
Kelley Swatzell, DrPH
Ex-Officio Member, Assistant Dean for Accreditation
Hannah VanSlambrouck, MBA
A&G Representative
Nicole Cross, MA
Program Coordinator, BST
Julie Brown, MS, MBA
Program Coordinator, EHS and HB
Kimberly Hawkins-King, MHA, MAEd
Program Coordinator, EPI
Brenda Campbell
Program Coordinator, HPO
Cheryl Johnson, MEng
Staff Support, Office of Student and Academic Services
Emergency Management Team (EMT)
The Emergency Management Team (EMT) advises the Dean on issues associated with natural and man-made events that arise spontaneously and require a school-wide response. Such issues include weather emergencies, building-system failures (flooding, fires, collapses, explosions, electrical faults, plumbing failures, etc.), medical emergencies, malicious acts by persons, and other unforeseen events. The EMT proposes and maintains policies in the form of the School of Public Health Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP). Additionally, the EMT recommends and coordinates emergency preparedness training for the faculty, staff, and students.
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Members
Name
Role
Paul Erwin, MD, DrPH
Professor and Dean
Andy Rucks, PhD
Professor Emeritus, HPO
Kevin Fontaine, PhD
Professor and Chair, HB
Erika “Ela” Austin, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Lisa McCormick, DrPH
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Paul Muntner, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Maria White, MA
Communications Director
Jeff Wickliffe, MS, PhD
Professor and Chair, EHS
Sarah Nafziger, MD, MSHA
Professor, HPO
Leigh Anne Robertson, CPA, MBA
Executive Director of Administrative Operations
Paulisha Holt, MBA
Director, DEI
Allyn Holliday
Deputy Director, Deep South Center
Kody Spruell
Building Administrator, EMT Committee Chair
Executive Committee (EC)
The EC advises the Dean on issues and policies related to administration, budgeting and resource allocation, compensation, and planning and evaluation policies and procedures. It assesses the extent to which the School of Public Health is achieving its mission and goals, while serving as the oversight body for ongoing self-evaluation and for accreditation.
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Members
Name
Title
Paul C. Erwin, MD, DrPH
Professor and Dean
Erika L. Austin, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
VACANT
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Lisa McCormick, DrPH
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Amy Hutson Chatham, PhD
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education
Paul Muntner, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Jeff Szychowski, PhD
Interim Department Chair, BST
Kevin R. Fontaine, PhD
Department Chair, HB
Martha S. Wingate, DrPH
Department Chair, HPO
Jeffrey K. Wickliffe, MS, PhD
Department Chair, EHS
Cora E. Lewis, MD, MSPH
Department Chair, EPI
Shauntice Allen, PhD
Chair, SOPH Faculty Assembly
Leigh Anne Robertson, CPA, MBA
Director, SOPH Administration and Fiscal Affairs
Ebony Harris, MSW
Director of Development
Ebitimi Agberebi
Staff Council Representative
Koriyama R. Evans
Staff Support, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)
The function of the FAC is to advise both the Dean and the Faculty Assembly. This committee is responsible for the development and review of the criteria to be met for appointment, promotion and tenure in the various faculty ranks, the conduct of interim faculty reviews, recommendations on faculty sabbatical requests, and the evaluation of proposals for the appointment, promotion and/or tenure of individuals. Occasionally, the FAC will be asked by the Dean or the Faculty Assembly to develop recommendations on other faculty-related matters.
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Members
Name
Role
Emily Levitan, PhD
Chair, Voting Member, EPI
Bisakha “Pia” Sen, PhD
Co-chair, Voting Member, HPO
Mark Beasley, PhD
Voting Member, BST
Claudiu Lungu, PhD
Voting Member, EHS
Dorothy (Dori) Pekmezi, PhD
Voting Member, HB
Julie Preskitt, PhD
Voting Member, Dean’s Appointee
Sadeep Shrestha, PhD
Voting Member, Dean’s Appointee
Andrea Blackert-Owens
Secretary, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Faculty Assembly (FA)
The FA consists of all faculty members who have primary appointments in the School of Public Health. The chair of the FA is elected from the school’s primary full-time faculty for a three-year term. The FA meets twice a year in the fall and spring unless there is reason to meet more frequently.
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Members
Name
Role
Shauntice Allen, PhD
Chair
Andrea Blackert-Owens
Secretary
Staff Council
The UAB School of Public Health Staff Council was established to make the school an outstanding place to work, research, serve the community, and to learn. Its mission is to support the institutional vision, mission, and goals of UAB by promoting a positive and collaborative work environment through a diverse group of staff representatives from across the school’s academic, support, and administrative units.
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Members
Name
Role
Michael Busbin
Chair, Medical Towers
Coretta Robinson Thomas, MPH
Past Chair, BST
Richard Bennett
SOPH Representative, UAB Staff Council
Ebitimi Agberebi
Executive Committee Representative, BST
Cassandra Johnson
Treasurer, EPI
Linda Davis
Secretary, EHS
Jared Ball
Department Representative, HB
KaShunti Farmer, MPA, MPH
Department Representative, Dean’s Office
Camryn Durham, MPH
Department Representative, Centers
Janet Griffin
Department Representative, HPO