Global Health Studies Program Steering Committee Members, 2013-14

GHSP policies, courses, and program offerings are determined by a steering committee consisting of faculty from a wide range of disciplines, including medical humanities, public health, nursing, dentistry, history, geography, anthropology, and women's studies, as well as P&S staff and students who meet as a body at least twice each semester. The steering committee also uses these meetings to evaluate all aspects of the program.

Faculty and Staff

David Bedell, M.D.

Family Medicine, College of Medicine
01290 Pomerantz Family Pavilion
Phone: 319-384-7525
E-mail: david-bedell@uiowa.edu
152:199 Special Projects in Global Health
Dr. Bedell's website

Margaret Carrel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Geography
Research interests include medical geographic research using GIS and spatial statistical techniques. Courses include Health and Environment: GIS Applications; Geography of Asia: Japan to Pakistan; and Hungry Planet: Global Geographies of Food.
Email: Margaret-carrel@uiowa.edu
Office/ Phone: 303 Jessup Hall; 319-335-0154
Dr. Carrel’s website

Thomas Cook, Ph.D.

Research interests include Ergonomics, International Health, and uses of information/communications technology.

Center for International Rural and Environmental Health
College of Public Health
158 IREH, Oakdale campus
Phone: 319-335-4533
E-mail: thomas-cook@uiowa.edu
Dr. Cook's website

Peter Damiano, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Director, Public Policy Center / Director, Health Policy Research Program/
Professor, Preventive and Community Dentistry
Public Policy Center
212 South Quadrangle
Phone: 319-335-6813
Email: peter-damiano@uiowa.edu
Dr. Damiano's website

Laurence Fuortes, M.D.

Associate Professor Occupation and Environmental Health, College of Public Health. Director of the University's Occupational Health Services Clinic. Research interests include rural occupational and environmental health, economic and social factors impacting occupation and environmental health.

Occupational Health, College of Public Health
2124 Westlawn (Main Campus)
Phone: 319-335-9819
E-mail: laurence-fuortes@uiowa.edu
Dr. Fuortes' website

Carol Gorney, PA-C

Director of Clinical Education
Physicians Assistant Program
E-mail: carol-gorney@uiowa.edu
Dr. Gorney's website

Paul Greenough, Ph.D.

Professor of History, founder and immediate past director GHSP, current director of the Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies graduate training project, University of Iowa. His research interests include the history of international public health, history of science and technology in South Asia, global immunization programs, and environmental health history in South and Southeast Asia. Research areas include India, Nepal and Tanzania-Zanzibar.

Professor of History and of Community & Behavioral Health Director
Room 280 Schaeffer Hall,  Iowa City, IA, 52242
Phone: 319-335-2222
E-mail: paul-greenough@uiowa.edu
Dr. Greenough's website

Craig Just, Ph.D.

Adjunst Associate Professor, Civiland Environmental Engineering
4111 Seamans Center
Phone: 319-335-5051
Email: craig-just@uiowa.edu
Dr. Just's website

Maureen McCue, M.D., Ph.D.

Adjunct Clinical Professor in Public Health, Adjunct Professor in Medical Anthropology, former director of GHSP. Research interests include women's health, rural and environmental health,  human rights.

Global Health Studies Program
1120 University Capitol Centre
Phone: 319-335-1304
E-Mail: mickiq@earthlink.net

Margaret Mills, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
638 Philips Hall
Phone: 319-335-2848
Email: margaret-mills@uiowa.edu
Dr. Mills' website

Robin Paetzold-Durumeric

Global Programs Director
College of Medicine
114 CMAB
Phone: 319-353-5762
E-Mail: robin-paetzold@uiowa.edu

Tyler Priest, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History and Geography
Research interests include history of business, technology and the environment with a focus on the history of petroleum, energy, and globalization.  Courses include History of Globalization; and U.S. Energy Policy in Global Context
Email: tyler-priest@uiowa.edu
Office/ Phone: 113 Schaeffer Hall; 319-335-2096
Dr. Priest’s website

Erica Prussing, Ph.D.

Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
114 Macbride Hall
Phone: 319-335-0528
E-Mail: erica-prussing@uiowa.edu
Dr. Prussing's website

Hazel Seaba, MS

Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Development
Division of Drug Information Service, College of Pharmacy
Phone: 319-335-9241
Email: hazel-seaba@uiowa.edu
Associate Dean Seaba's website

Christopher Squier, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Dentistry. As a Professor in the Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, Dr. Squier's interests are in the relationship between tobacco and oral disease and the role of the health professional in reducing tobacco use among their patients.

Dental Research
N419 DSB
Phone: 319- 335-7388
E-Mail: christopher-squier@uiowa.edu
Dr. Squier's website

Anne Wallis, M.H.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health

Office:  S435 CPHB
Phone:  (319) 384-1562
Email:  anne-wallis@uiowa.edu
Dr. Wallis' website