Faculty & Staff

Public Health Program Faculty

Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Public Health Program; Director, Indians Into Medicine Program; Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• donald.warne@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Melanie Nadeau, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Director, Public Health Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

• melanie.nadeau@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Laura Hand, Ph.D., M.P.P.

Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Political Science and Public Administration

• laura.hand@UND.edu
•  MPH Faculty

Amber Lyon-Colbert, Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

• amber.lyon@UND.edu
•  MPH Faculty

Cristina Oancea, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

• cristina.oancea@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Ursula Running Bear, Ph.D., M.A.

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

• ursula.runningbear@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Andrew Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

• andrew.d.williams@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Siobhan Wescott, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Director, Indians Into Medicine Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

• siobhan.wescott@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Nicole Redvers, N.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

• nicole.redvers@UND.edu
•  MPH & PhD Faculty

Grace Karikari, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S.

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Population Health

• grace.karikari@UND.edu
• MPH Faculty 

Public Health Program Staff

Ashley Evenson, M.P.H.

Program Manager, Public Health Program

• ashley.n.evenson@UND.edu
• 701.777.6368

Zauna Synnott

Program Assistant, Public Health Program

• zauna.synnott@UND.edu
• 701.777.6079

Ivy Baird

Administrative Assistant, Public Health Program

• ivy.baird@UND.edu
• 701.777.6079

Public Health Program Adjunct Faculty

Public Health Program Affiliated Faculty

• James Beal, Ph.D., Department of Family & Community Medicine
• Charles Christianson, M.D., ScM, Education Resources
• Brad Gibbens, M.P.A., Director, Center for Rural Health
• Nasser Hammami, M.B.A., M.S., SMHS Chief Information Officer
• Scott Johnson, BSME, BSPE, Engineering & Mines
• Soizik Laguette, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Earth Science Systems & Policy
• Bradley Rundquist, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
• Abe Sahmoun, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine
• Arielle Selya, Ph.D., Department of Population Health
• Don Shields, MHA, FACHE, former director, Grand Forks Public Health Department
• Paul Sum, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Political Science & Public Administration
• Tanis Walch, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness