Faculty & Staff Directory
Graduate Faculty
Kathryn L. Braun, DrPH
Professor
Graduate Chair, PhD Public Health Program
Opal Vanessa Buchthal, DrPH
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair
Jane Chung-Do, DrPH
Professor & Associate Director
Specialization Head: Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
Eric Hurwitz, DC, PhD
Professor & Director
Graduate Chair, PhD Epidemiology Program
Specialization Head: Epidemiology
Lisa Kehl, MSW, MPH, LSW, TTS
Practicum Coordinator
Elizabeth McFarlane, PhD
Associate Professor
Alex Ortega, PhD
Dean, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health
Professor of Public Health
Tetine Lynn Sentell, PhD
Professor of Public Health
Chin Sik & Hyun Sook Chung Endowed Chair
Specialization Head: Health Policy and Management
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH
Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, MPH and MS Programs
Instructional Faculty
Uday "AJ" Patil, PhD
Instructor
Research Faculty
Veronica Carvajal, MSC
Junior Specialist
Erin Julia Chosy, PhD
Associate Specialist
May Rose Dela Cruz, DrPH
Associate Researcher
Alden Henderson, PhD
Specialist
Claire Huang, MPH
Junior Specialist
Lehua Brooke Keliikoa, DrPH
Associate Specialist
Jordan Marshall, MPH
Junior Specialist
Meghan McGurk, MPH
Junior Specialist
Joseph Peters, MA
Junior Specialist
Michael Phillips, PhD
Associate Specialist
Yuka Polovina, PhD
Specialist
Rebekah Rodericks, MSc
Junior Specialist
Kara Saiki, MPH
Junior Specialist
Whitney Watts, MS
Junior Specialist
Rosana Hernandez Weldon, PhD, MPH
Associate Specialist
Administrative Staff
Lyn Guiang
Administrative Officer
Marie Guillermo, MEd
Graduate Advisor
Sarah Haanen
Field Education Assistant Coordinator
Bailey Holly
Undergraduate Advisor
Kimberly Inouye
Student Services Specialist
Tina Lee
Administrative Officer
Kirsten Sensano
Student Services Specialist
Norene Tanaka
Administrative Assistant
Research Staff
