Faculty & Staff
Public Health Program Faculty

Director, Public Health Program; Director, Indians Into Medicine Program; Associate
Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- donald.warne@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Director, Public Health Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Population
Health
- melanie.nadeau@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Political Science and Public
Administration
- laura.hand@UND.edu
- MPH Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
- amber.lyon@UND.edu
- MPH Faculty

Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
- cristina.oancea@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
- ursula.runningbear@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
- andrew.d.williams@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- nicole.redvers@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Population Health
- grace.karikari@UND.edu
- MPH Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
- kyle.hill@UND.edu
- MPH & PhD Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
- shawnda.schroeder@med.UND.edu
- PhD Faculty
Public Health Program Staff

Program Manager, Public Health Program
- ashley.bayne@UND.edu
- 701.777.6368

Indigenous Health Department
- zauna.synnott@UND.edu
- 701.777.3472

Administrative Assistant, Public Health Program
- ivy.baird@UND.edu
- 701.777.6079
Public Health Program Adjunct Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Public Health Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Part Time Instructor, Department of Population Health
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
- 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