Directory

Leadership

Thankam S. Sunil

Department Head

Accepting PhD Students

Nutrition Faculty

Stephanie Antonelli

Assistant Professor of Practice

Ahmed Bettaieb

Associate Professor

Carolina Cawthon

Assistant Professor

Sarah Colby

Associate Professor

Dallas Donohoe

Associate Professor

Dena French

Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, ACEND-accredited Coordinated Program in Nutrition and Dietetics (CP)

Melissa Hansen-Petrik

Clinical Professor

Kimberly Johnson

Lecturer

Katie Kavanagh

Associate Professor

Jenna Martin

Lecturer

Jared McGuirt

Associate Professor

Lee Murphy

Distinguished Lecturer

Ximena Perez-Velazco, PhD

Assistant Professor

Hollie Raynor

Professor, Department of Nutrition and Executive Associate Dean of Research & Operations

Fatima Reyes-Jurado

Teaching Assistant Professor

Marsha Spence

Professor of Practice and Coordinator of Community and Public Health Nutrition Graduate Programs

Ling Zhao

Professor

Nikki DeWalt

Clinical Instructor and Director, ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)

Public Health Faculty

Christopher E. Anderson, PHD, MSPH

Assistant Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Jiangang Chen, MD, PhD

Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Beomyoung (Luke) Cho, PhD, MPH, MS, OT

Assistant Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Julie Grubaugh, MPH, MCHES

Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director

Laurie L. Meschke, MS, PhD

Professor and PhD Program Director

Larisa Ozeryansky, MPH, MSIPM, PhD

Teaching Assistant Professor

Jennifer Perion, PhD, MCHES

Associate Professor of Practice and MPH Distance Education Program Director

Angela Fidler Pfammatter, MS, PhD

Methodologist and Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Peyton Prothero, MPH

Lecturer and Applied Practice Experience (APEx) Coordinator

Kaylee Ramage, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Jennifer Russomanno, DrPH, MPH, CHES

Associate Department Head, Associate Professor of Practice, and MPH Program Director

Barbara Saltzman, PhD, MPH

Teaching Associate Professor

Brittany Shelton, MPH, DrPH

Assistant Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Kenneth D. Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jeanna Tran, PHD, CHES

Teaching Assistant Professor

Phoebe Tran, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor
Accepting PhD Students

Victoria R. Wagner-Greene, PhD, MPH, MCHES

Teaching Assistant Professor

Amy Wotring, PhD, MPH, CHES

Assistant Professor of Practice

Alexander “AJ” Wray, MA, PHD

Assistant Professor
Accepting PHD Students

Jennifer Lord, DVM, MS, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health & Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences

Michael Mahero, DVM, MS, MPH, PhD, DACVPM

Assistant Professor of Public Health & Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences

Dennis Makau, PhD

Assistant Professor – Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department

Agricola Odoi, BVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA, FACE

Assistant Professor – Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department

Chika C. Okafor, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology)

Associate Professor

Marcy J. Souza, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Avian), DACVPM

Associate Professor

Soghra Jarvandi, MD, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor – Public Health / UT-Extension, Health Specialist

Staff

Matt Jenkins

Research Technician

Niki Schmura, MAOL, MBA

Business Manager

Wendy Smith, CAP

Administrative Specialist I

Taryn Zachary

Financial/HR Associate

Distinguished Retirees

Betsy Haughton

Professor Emeritus of Public Health Nutrition

Jay Whelan

Professor Emeritus, Nutrition Department Head 2001-2021