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EpiCH P&A staff are a diverse group of individuals who bring special skills and expertise in many areas of research to the division. The group includes Research Associates, Research Fellows, Coordinators, and a variety of Specialist positions in public health and education.

P&As work in many capacities, including:

• participating in the design, implementation, evaluation, and analysis of research studies
• overseeing academic programs or service centers; supervisory and administrative duties
• planning, developing, and writing grant applications
• collaboration or lead authorship on reports, conference papers, and publications.

EpiCH P&A Council (EPAC)
The Division has an organization that brings together its P&A employees several times a year, the EpiCH P&A Council.

EPAC co-chairs are:
     Lindsey Fabian and Kathleen Lenk.

• To help promote the goals of the Division of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health;
• To foster communication between EpiCH P&A employees and the Division faculty, staff, and administration;
• To increase the visibility of EpiCH P&A across the Division, the School, the University and the community;
• To serve as resource and advocate for EpiCH P&A across the Division, the School and the University; and
• To facilitate collegiality among the EpiCH P&A employees.

Peg Krieser is the Chair and EpiCH's representative to the P&A Senate of the School of Public Health: an elected body of six P & A staff members, each representing one of the divisions (including the Dean's Office) within the School. The chair of the P & A Senate sits on the School's Policy Council, which guides the Dean of the School of Public Health.

P&A Staff Members in the Division

Research Associates
Dan Graham, PhD, MA
Mary Hearst, MPH, PhD
Mary Homan, MD, MPH
Nicole Larson, PhD, MPH
Pam Lutsey, PhD
Andy Odegaard, MPH, PhD

Senior Research Fellows
Kian Farbakhsh, MS
Peter Hannan, Mstat, MEd, MA

Research Fellows
Heather Gray, MPH
Kathleen Lenk, MPH
Misti Paudel, MPH
Qun Shi, MS
Xia (Summer) Zhou, MS

Associate Continuing Education Specialist
Julia Johnsen, MPH

Assistant Education Specialist
Aida Miles, MMSC

Senior Public Health Specialist

Public Health Specialist
Christine Petrich, MEd

Associate-to-the-Director
Richard Portnoy, MBA, MSW

Assistant Program Director
Kerrin Brelje, MPH, RD
Karen Kaphingst, MPH
Peg Krieser, MPH
Pam Van Coevering, MA

Post-Doctoral Associate
Michael Wilkerson, PhD
Derek Smolenski, MPH, PhD

Coordinators
Natalie Collins, MPH
Shelley Cooksey, MEd
Gene Danilenko, MS, MBA
Sarah Friend, MPH
Colleen Flattum, MS, RD
Anne Marie Hotop, MA, MS
Denise King, PhD, MS
Laura Klein, MPH
Mark Miazga, JD
Nathan Mitchell, MPH
Stacey Moe, MPH
Sarah Rybicki, MSW, MPH
Kathryn Schwartz, MEd
Tricia Skarphol, MA
Richard Weinmeyer, MPhil