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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
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
Ursula Running Bear, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
  • ursula.runningbear@UND.edu
  •  MPH & PhD Faculty
Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
  • andrew.d.williams@UND.edu
  •  MPH & PhD Faculty
Portrait of Nicole Redvers
Nicole Redvers, N.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
  • nicole.redvers@UND.edu
  •  MPH & PhD Faculty
Portrait of Grace Karikari
Grace Karikari, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Population Health
  • grace.karikari@UND.edu
  • MPH Faculty 
Kyle Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
  • kyle.hill@UND.edu
  •  MPH & PhD Faculty
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Shawnda Schroeder, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
  • shawnda.schroeder@med.UND.edu
  •  PhD Faculty

Public Health Program Staff

Ashley Bayne, M.P.H.
Program Manager, Public Health Program
  • ashley.bayne@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6368
Zauna Synnott
Indigenous Health Department
  • zauna.synnott@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3472
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Ivy Baird
Administrative Assistant, Public Health Program
  • ivy.baird@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6079

Public Health Program Adjunct Faculty

Todd Sabato, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Public Health Education
  • todd.sabato@UND.edu
Corey Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
  • corey.b.smith@UND.edu
Ian Watson, M.P.H., M.U.R.P.
Part Time Instructor, Department of Population Health
  • ian.w.watson@UND.edu

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
Public Health Program
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1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
P 701.777.6079
F 701.777.3277
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