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Faculty & Staff

FACULTY
NAME	CONTACT	DIVISION
Swann A. Adams, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	swann.adams@sc.edu (803) 576.5620	EPID / Nursing
Cheryl L. Addy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biostatistics Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	caddy@sc.edu (803) 777-5030	BIOS
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, MSPH Assistant Professor	dbarrand@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-2857	EPID
Steven N. Blair, P.E.D. Professor Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center	sblair@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-0567	Health Aspects of Physical Activity/EPID
Jim Burch, Ph.D. Associate Professor	burch@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 576-5659	EPID / Cancer Prevention & Control Program / VA
Bo Cai, Ph.D. Associate Professor	bocai@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-5053	BIOS
Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Dr.PH Associate Professor of Biostatistics Director, Health Sciences Research Core	rishic@sc.edu 803-777-3170	BIOS
Jan M. Eberth, PhD Assistant Professor	jmeberth@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 576-5770	EPID/Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Nancy Fleischer, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor	nfleisch@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-6220	EPID
Melinda Forthofer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Epidemiology Division Head	mforthof@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-1527	EPID
James R. Hébert, ScD Health Sciences Distinguished Professor Director, South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program Hollings Cancer Center Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston	jhebert@sc.edu (803) 576-5666	EPID / Cancer Prevention & Control Prog.
James Hardin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biostatistics Division Head Director, Biostatistics Collaborative Unit	jhardin@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-0379	BIOS/ HSRC/ Institute for Families in Society
Linda J. Hazlett, PhD, MT (ASCP) Clinical Assistant Professor Graduate Director for Epidemiology	ljhazlet@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-6653
James Hussey, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Clinical Associate Professor Graduate Director for Biostatistics	jhussey@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-3268	BIOS
Wilfried Karmaus, MD, DrMed, MPH Professor	karmaus@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-9814	EPID
Angela D. Liese, PhD Professor Director, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities	liese@sc.edu (803) 777-9414	EPID Nutrition Center
Jihong Liu, Sc.D. Associate Professor	jliu@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-6854	EPID
Robert E. McKeown, PhD, FACE Distinguished Professor Emeritus Interim Director, Institute for the Advancement of Health Care USC - GHS Academic Health System	rmckeown@sc.edu (803) 777-7353	EPID
Alexander C. McLain, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	mclaina@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-1124	BIOS
Anwar Merchant, Sc.D, MPH, DMD Associate Professor Director, Curriculum Development	merchant@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-6095	EPID
Robert Moran, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor Director, Data Support Services Unit	rrmoran@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-6203	BIOS / HSRC / Nutrition Center
Andrew Ortaglia, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor	Ortaglia@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-6203	BIOS
Harris Pastides, Ph.D., M.P.H. President of the University of South Carolina Professor	pastides@sc.edu (803) 777-3264	EPID / President
Susan E. Steck, PhD, MPH, RD Associate Professor	ssteck@sc.edu (803) 576-5638	EPID / CPCP
Myriam E. Torres, PhD, MSPH Clinical Assistant Professor Director, Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies	torresme@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-2598	EPID / Comsortium for Latino Immigration
Kellee White, PhD Assistant Professor	kwhite@mailbox.sc.edu
Edith M. Williams, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor	willi425@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 251-6300	EPID / Institute for Health Disparities
Hongmei Zhang, PhD Associate Professor	hzhang@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-3823	BIOS
Jiajia Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	jzhang@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-4474	BIOS

EMERITUS FACULTY
NAME	CONTACT	DIVISION
J. Wanzer Drane, P.E., Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Emeritus	wdrane@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-7666

STAFF
NAME	CONTACT
Dana Barker Student Services Program Coordinator	DBARKER@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-7353
Valerie R Ekue Grants Coordinator	vekue@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-7666
Victoria Germann Research Specialist II	germannv@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-1978
Stephanie Kline Business Manager	sdriver@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-5876
Alyssa J. Mackelprang Research Specialist II	amackelp@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-1965
Robert F. Roscoe Research Associate	roscoer@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-1961

ADJUNCT FACULTY
NAME	CONTACT
John F Acquavella, Ph.D. Executive Director, Global Epidemiology Amgen	jacquave@amgen.com 805-447-9372
Timothy E. Aldrich, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor	aldrich@etsu.edu (423) 439-4427
Omar Bagasra, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Professor	obagasra@claflin.edu (803) 535-5253
Manuel E Baldeon, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. Director of the Master Program in Foods and Nutrition San Francisco de Quito University, Ecuador	manuelb@mail.usfq.edu.ec +593-2-2-894-802
Eric Brenner, M.D. Adjunct Associate Professor	ebrenner@rocketmail.com (803) 898-0648
Steven P. Cuffe, M.D. Adjunct Associate Professor	(803) 898-1593
Virginie G Daguise, Ph.D. Executive Director South Carolina Cancer Alliance	Daguisvg@dhec.sc.gov (803) 545-4942
Plamen Dimitrov, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. Adjunct Professor Associate Professor and Head of the Section Social Epidemiology of the National Center of Public Health Protection in Sofia, Bulgaria	p.dimitrov@ncphp.government.bg + 359 2 8056420
Wayne A. Duffus, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor	duffuswa@dhec.sc.gov 803-898-0691	Epidemiology
James E. Ferguson, Dr.P.H. Adjunct Assistant Professor	(803) 898-3605
Ivo Foppa, Sc.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor	ifoppa@tulane.edu (504) 988-3056
Abdul Ghaffar, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor	ghaffar@med.sc.edu (803) 733-3279
James J. Gibson, M.D., M.P.H. Adjunct Professor	(803) 898-0861
Prakash C. Gupta Adjunct Professor	pcgupta@healis.org +91 22 2757 5487
Khosrow Heidari, M.A., M.S., M.S. Director of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Office Bureau of Community Health and Chronic Disease Prevention South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)	(803) 545-4928
Sue Heiney, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor	sue.heiney@palmettohealth.org (803) 434-4760
William J.M. Hrushesky, M.D. Adjunct Professor	william.hrushesky@med.va.gov (803) 695-6825
James Laditka, D.A., Ph.D., M.P.A. Adjunct Associate Professor	jladitka@uncc.edu
Michael J LaMonte, Ph.D., M.P.H. Adjunct Faculty	mlamonte@buffalo.edu (716) 829-2975x689
Andrew Lawson Adjunct Professor - homepage	lawsonab@musc.edu
Caroline A. Macera, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor	cmacera@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-3453
Charles E. Matthews, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor	charles.matthews@vanderbilt.edu (615) 936-2145
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty	emayer_davis@unc.edu (919) 966-1991
Godwin E Mbamalu, Ph.D. FAIC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Benedict College, Columbia, SC	mbamalug@benedict.edu (803) 705-4583
Rebecca A Meriwether, M.D., M.PH.	rebecca.meriwether@sc.edu (803) 434-2447
Daniela Nitcheva, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor	nitcheva@mailbox.sc.edu
Rudolph S. Parrish, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Professor & Chair of the Department of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics	rudy.parrish@louisville.edu (502) 852-2797
Howell Sasser, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty Director of Research at Dickson Institute for Health Studies	howell.sasser@carolinashealthcare.org (704) 355-0561
Richard M. Schulz, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor	schulz@cop.sc.edu (803) 777-3891
John Vena, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor	jvena@sc.edu (803) 777-7333
William Wills, M.S. Adjunct Assistant Professor	(803) 772-4334
Arthur Wosniak, Dr.Ph., M.T.	wosniaka@dhec.sc.gov (803) 896-0965
Guang Zhao, Ph.D. Assistant State Registrar Chair of DHEC Institutional Review Board (IRB) Director, Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Services SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control	ZHAOG@dhec.sc.gov (803) 898-3653

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