Faculty

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Deborah H. Bennett

Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Public Health Sciences
dhbennett@ucdavis.edu

Typically teaches:

SPH 114: Air Pollution & Chemicals in the Environment 

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Mark Carroll

M.P.H.

Vice Chair, Health Informatics Graduate Group

Public Health Informaticist 

Lecturer

Division of Health Informatics; Department of Public Health Sciences
mjcarroll@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 120: Introduction to Health Informatics

SPH 121: Health Informatics Systems

SPH 122: Data Organization and Visualization in Health Informatics 

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Melanie Dove

M.P.H., Sc.D. 

Assistant Professor 

Department of Public Health Sciences

mdove@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 198: Tobacco Cessation Policy 

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Lorena Garcia

M.P.H., Dr.P.H.

Professor of Epidemiology

Director of Undergraduate Education

Department of Public Health Sciences 

lgarcia@ucdavis.edu  

Typically teaches:

SPH 102: Introduction to Human Epidemiology

SPH 107V: Foundations of Epidemiology

SPH 101: Introduction to Public Health

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Stephen Henry

M.D., M.Sc. 

 

Associate Professor

Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Bioethics 

sghenry@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches: 

SPH 198: Tobacco Cessation Policy

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Irva Hertz-Picciotto

Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health

Director, Environmental Health Sciences Center

ihp@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 109: History of Epidemiology in Public Health
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Rose Kagawa

Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

rkagawa@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 180: Gun Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Hannah S. Laqueur

Ph.D., M.A., M.P.A.

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

hslaqueur@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 180: Gun Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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Brad Pollock

Ph.D., M.P.H.

Department Chair

Rolkin Chair in Public Health

Distinguished Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

bpollock@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 192: Medlife Seminar

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Danica Loralyn Taylor

Ph.D., M.S. 

Lecturer

Department of Public Health Sciences 

dltaylor@ucdavis.edu 

Typically teaches:

SPH 113: Health Disparities

SPH 104: Globalization & Health

SPH 102: Introduction to Human Epidemiology

SPH 108: Introduction to Program Planning and Evaluation

SPH 111: Evaluation and Research Methods in Public Health

SPH 190: Topics in Public Health

SPH 101: Introduction to Public Health