Administration

Office of the Dean

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
Stuart Tedders, PhD, MS	Dean	478-2674*
Erin Shuman	Budget Manager	478-2676
Bobbie Jo (BJ) Newell, MEd	Assessment Specialist	478-1258
Ruth Ellen Whitworth, MPH, MBA	Academic Professional AC	478-7904

*Contact number for both the Statesboro and Savannah campuses

Internal Faculty and Staff Resources

• JPHCOPH By-Laws
• JPHCOPH Zoom Backgrounds

Office of Academic Affairs

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH, CHES	Associate Dean	478-3307
Monica Brister, MEd	Academic Services Coordinator	478-2674
Joanne Chopak-Foss, PhD	MPH Program Director	478-1530
Andrew Hansen, DrPH, MS	DrPH Program Director	478-0261
Jeff Jones, PhD	BSPH Program Director	478-7422
Linda Kimsey, PhD	MHA Program Director	478-2008
Katie Mercer, DrPH	Distance Learning Coordinator	478-1343
Elizabeth Mundhenke	Undergraduate Academic Advisor	478-2675

Office of Practice and Research

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MSW, MPH	Associate Dean	478-2412

Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
Hani Samawi, PhD, MS	Professor & Interim Department Chair, Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences	478-1345
Fran Aultman	Department Coordinator	478-2426

Department of Health Policy and Community Health

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
Gulzar Shah, PhD, MStat, MSS	Professor & Department Chair, Health Policy, Management and Behavior	478-2419
vacant	Department Coordinator	344-3633

Research and Service Centers

Name	Title	Phone (912)	Email
vacant	Director, Center for Addiction Recovery	478-2288
Charles Owens, MSA	Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research	478-2023
Angela Peden, MPH	Associate Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research	478-2581
Kelly Sullivan, PhD, MSPH	Director, Karl E. Peace Center for Biostatistics and Survey Research	478-7902

Last updated: 1/26/2024