Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Primary Faculty by Specialization Track

Epidemiology Track

Omur Cinar Elci, MD, PhD
Department Chair, Professor and Epidemiology Track Director
MD: Ege University School of Medicine, Turkey
PhD: Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
oelci@sgu.edu

Emmanuel Keku, MA, MSPH, MD
Professor
MA: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
MSPH, MD: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
ekeku@sgu.edu

Cecelia Hegamin- Younger PhD
Professor
MPH: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
PhD: University of Iowa
chegamin-younger@sgu.edu

Shelly Rodrigo, PhD
Assistant Professor
MSc: University of the West Indies
MPhil: University of the West Indies
PhD: Monash University
srodrigo@sgu.edu

Gerard St. Cyr, MPH
Instructor
Coordinator of Undergraduate Public Health Education
MPH: St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies
gstcyr@sgu.edu

Environmental and Occupational Health Track

Muge Akpinar-Elci, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Track Director
MD: Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Turkey
MPH: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
makpinarelci@sgu.edu

Martin Forde, Sc.D, P. Eng
Professor 
MASc: Technical University of Nova Scotia, CAN
Sc.D: University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
mforde@sgu.edu

Hugh Sealy, PhD, P. Eng
Associate Professor
Msc: Brunel University, UK
PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
hsealy@sgu.edu

Satesh Bidaisee, DVM, MSPH
Assistant Professor
Practicum and Alumni Relations Coordinator
DVM:  University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
MSPH: St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies
sbidaisee@sgu.edu

Brian Neff, MSc
Instructor
MSc: University of Colorado, Denver, CO
bneff@sgu.edu

Health Policy and Management Track

Praveen Durgampudi, MBBS, MPH, MSPH
Assistant Professor
MBBS: N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, India
MPH: University of Sheffield, UK
MSPH: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
pdurgampudi@sgu.edu

Kennedy Roberts, MPH
Instructor
Public Health Career Development Advisor
MPH: Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
kroberts@sgu.edu

Christine Richards, MPH
Instructor
MPH: St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies
ricchr@sgu.edu

Rohan Jeremiah, MPH
Instructor
Accreditation Coordinator
MPH: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PhD (cand): University of South Florida
rjeremiah@sgu.edu

Kamilah B. Thomas, MPH, CHES
Instructor
MPH: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

PhD (cand.): University of South Florida

Anika Keens-Douglas, MPA
Instructor
MPA: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
akeensdouglas@sgu.edu

Shantel Peters, MPH
Demonstrator
MPH: New York Medical College
SPeters@sgu.edu

Veterinary Public Health Track

Diana Stone, MPH, DVM, PhD
Professor and Track Director
MPH: University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
DVM: University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
PhD: Washington State University, Pullman WA
dstone@sgu.edu

Rohini Roopnarine, BVSc, M.Phil
Assistant Professor
BVSc: University of Liverpool, UK
M.Phil: University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
rroopnarine@sgu.edu

Richard M. Kabuusu, BVM (Mak), MPH (SGU)
Assistant Professor
BVM Makerere University
MPH St. George’s University
PhD (cand.) St. George’s University
rkabuusu@sgu.edu