Practicum Coordinator

kehl@hawaii.edu | (808) 956-5771 | Biomed D-104E

Health Policy and Management

Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Academic Degrees

• MPH (Social and Behavioral Health Sciences), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• MSW (Health), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• BA (Psychology), Mercyhurst University

Courses Taught

• PH 202 – Public health Issues in Hawai‘i (3)
• PH 301 – Seminar in Public Health Issues (3)
• PH 485 – Public Health Applied Learning Experience (3)
• PH 791 – Advanced Public Health Practice (3)

Research Interests

• Tobacco Control Policies
• Tobacco Use Prevention
• Undergraduate Public Health Education

Selected Publications

Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C., Kehl, L., Braun, K. L. (2019). Aloha undergraduates: Development and application of local & Indigenous topics into an undergraduate public health curriculum. Frontiers in Public Health, 7:16.

Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C., Tagorda, M., Kehl, L., Buchthal, O. V., & Braun, K. L. (2018). Developing an undergraduate public health introductory core course series. Frontiers in Public Health, 6:155.