Dean and Faculty

PhD, University of Michigan
DDS, Temple University

Dr. Robert Bagramian is a professor in the Gerald and Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences and was the Dean in 2007-2015. He is a Professor in the School of Dentistry and Public Health at the University of Michigan, where he also served as a Professor and Chair in the Department of Community Dentistry for seventeen years. He is an accomplished scholar and the recipient of many awards in the dental and public health spheres and currently provides consultancy services both nationally and internationally. In addition to teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels at major universities such as the University of Michigan and University of California, he has served as Visiting Professor at the University of Berne, Switzerland, and the National University of Singapore.

PhD, University of Toronto
MPH, American University of Armenia
MD, Yerevan State Medical University

Dr. Lusine Abrahamyan is a Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (University Health Network) and an Associate Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. Dr. Abrahamyan’s research interests are in comparative effectiveness research and health technology assessment using clinical trials, observational studies, administrative data analysis, systematic reviews, surveys, and economic evaluation studies. She is the Co-Lead of the Canadian Research Network for Adult Congenital Heart Disease interventions (CRN-ACHDi). Her research team at the Toronto General Hospital conducts studies to answer high priority research questions in ACHDi, embracing innovative methods and providing excellent research and training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and fellows. She is also interested and has experience in health services research in heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, obstructive sleep apnea, COPD and rare diseases. She is currently teaching graduate courses in health survey research methods and systematic reviews. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences and has been supervising MPH students since 2006.

PhD, George Washington University

MPH, University of Southern California

Dr. Anya Agopian is an Assistant Professor in the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia. Her work and research thus far have focused on the intersection between infectious disease prevention and behaviors, using surveillance and systematic data collection to help inform public health activities and policy.  After obtaining her MPH from the University of Southern California, Dr. Agopian worked with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health conducting infectious disease surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases.  She went on to receive her PhD in epidemiology from the George Washington University, where she also managed the Washington, DC site of the CDC-sponsored National HIV Behavioral Surveillance project, a bio-behavioral surveillance system focused on persons at high risk for HIV infection. Dr. Agopian currently teaches graduate courses in epidemiology and data management, as well as an undergraduate health course.

Room: PAB Room 437W
Email: [email protected]
Department: Gerald & Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)
Address: 40 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019, Armenia

PhD, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

MSN & BSN, American University of Beirut

Dr. Nour Alayan is an Associate Professor and the Inaugural Chair of the Nursing Program at the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia. She is an experienced nurse clinician, researcher, and educator with a focus on health behavior change and the use of complementary and bio-behavioral approaches that support mental health and well-being. Dr. Alayan completed her PhD in Nursing at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (2017), and her MS in Nursing (2008) and BS in Nursing (2004) at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Alayan’s research work has two arms; (1) clinical research that is based on mind-body science and investigates bio-behavioral treatment, such as heart rate variability biofeedback, and (2) health promotion and primary care research that investigates evidence-based interventions, such as Motivational Interviewing and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Dr. Alayan is also a Stop Smoking Practitioner and a behavioral health specialist. She uses holistic interventions such as Motivational Interviewing, Hypnosis, Biofeedback, and Emotional Freedom Techniques to support mental health and well-being.

Room: PAB Room 407W
Phone: 060 61 2570
Email: [email protected]
Department: Gerald & Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)
Address: 40 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019, Armenia

Visiting Professor, AUA Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS), Seymour and Ruth Perlin Professor of Health Administration and Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions

PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, University of Washington

Dr. Adam Atherly is an experienced health services researcher and health economist whose research spans numerous methodological and topical areas, including choice modeling, healthcare spending and expenditure modeling, scale development and psychometric analysis, evaluation of efforts to improve quality of care and patient safety, and cost-effectiveness analysis.  Dr. Atherly has published more than 100 peer review papers and book chapters.  Numerous papers focus on the effect of health on health care spending, including lifetime spending and life expectancy projections for Medicare beneficiaries with and without chronic illnesses and the effect of copayments and other cost sharing on health care spending.  Dr. Atherly has also completed many cost effectiveness studies, on topics ranging from cancer to asthma to Covid-19. His research often focuses on consumer decisions regarding health insurance plan choice, and, more recently, value-based healthcare. Dr. Atherly is an experienced teacher and has taught courses in health economics, health policy, research methods, cost effectiveness and more at levels ranging from introductory undergraduate courses to doctoral seminars.  Dr. Atherly also has a long-standing collaboration with American University of Armenia, where he has an academic appointment and has taught periodic courses for nearly two decades.

PhD, University of Idaho

Dr. Casey Bartrem is Executive Director and Environmental Scientist at TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO), an international non-governmental organization that provides assistance to communities in low-income countries to address environmental pollution. Her primary area of work and research is international environmental health and risk assessment. Since 2010, she has occupied a key leadership role in the Zamfara Emergency Environmental Response Project, which was recognized by the United Nations and given their 2011 Green Star Award. Dr. Bartrem’s Ph.D. research focused on assessing environmental heavy metal exposures experienced by vulnerable populations in Northern Nigeria during the lead poisoning outbreak. Dr. Bartrem also assists Alta Science and Engineering with quality assurance/quality control and analysis of blood lead/soil lead data for the Bunker Hill Superfund Site, one of the largest waste sites in North America. She has worked on human health risk assessments in Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and the United States, often in close collaboration with local stakeholders, government representatives, humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, and other NGOs. Dr. Bartrem is a member of the Norwich University/AEHS Environmental Security Working Group, providing perspectives of how environmental degradation and climate change are impacting TIFO’s humanitarian response work. As a Senior Fellow at the Norwich Center for Global Resilience and Security, Dr. Bartrem works with students and faculty to explore environmental security issues and innovative resilience strategies. She is a visiting assistant professor at the American University of Armenia’s Turpanjian College of Health Sciences where she teaches a course in Environmental Health Risk Assessment for Master of Public Health Students. Dr. Bartrem is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an independent, international academy of renowned scientists in the fields of occupational and environmental health. Dr. Bartrem has presented at conferences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. From 2007-2009, Dr. Bartrem was a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kingdom of Lesotho, working with communities on grassroots health and development projects. 

PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Marie Diener-West is the inaugural Helen Abbey and Margaret Merrell Professor of Biostatistics Education and the Chair of the Master of Public Health program at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her training includes a PhD in Biostatistics in 1984 from the Johns Hopkins University and she has been a Hopkins faculty member since 1986.  Professor Diener-West has taught and mentored numerous masters and doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.  Her research interests have focused on the design, conduct and analysis of multicenter clinical trials or longitudinal studies. From 1986 through 2006, she served as the Deputy Director and Study Statistician of the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study, a set of trials evaluating radiotherapy versus enucleation for treatment of ocular melanoma.  Other research interests include treatment trials for cystic fibrosis and a longitudinal assessment of the relationship between sleep disorders and heart disease in the Sleep Heart Health Study. Since 1990, Professor Diener-West has been one of the lead instructors for the introductory statistical methods course sequence for graduate students at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and co-developed with Dr. Sukon Kanchanaraksa the School’s first online course in quantitative methods. She has been a 6-time recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.  Outside of Baltimore, she has taught short courses at the University of Washington and at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan. She was the recipient of the Statistics Section Award for Academic Statistics given by the American Public Health Association in 2003.  In 2006, she became a fellow of the American Statistical Association for innovation and excellence in biostatistics education of health scientists and professionals and for leadership in statistical applications in clinical research.  She also received the 2010 Association for Schools of Public Health/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence.

MSN & BSN, American University of Beirut

Talin Gulgulian is a Lecturer at the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia. She is an expert nurse leader in neonatal and children’s health, encompassing over 10 years of experience in direct patient care, more than six years of academic teaching experience. She is passionate about community health nursing programs specifically in early childhood intervention and development initiatives. She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing Community Public Health (2010) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the American University of Beirut Hariri School of Nursing, Beirut, Lebanon. Her current research work is focused on the role of debriefing in resuscitation education and training of various health care professionals. Mrs. Talin Gulgulian is also an American Heart Association (AHA) instructor in children and neonatal resuscitation programs such as Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). She is a member of the honorary nursing society of excellence Sigma Theta Tau as a recognized nurse leader in her field of specialty.

Room: PAB Room 407W
Phone: 060 61 2570
Email: [email protected]
Department: Gerald & Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)
Address: 40 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019, Armenia

PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
MPH, American University of Armenia

Dr. Tsovinar Harutyunyan is an Associate Professor at the Gerald and Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS) of the American University of Armenia (AUA). She is a Research Consultant at the Center for Health Services Research and Development (CHSR). Dr. Harutyunyan earned her PhD in Health Services Research from the College of Health and Human Sciences of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte in 2011.  She obtained her MPH degree from the American University of Armenia in 1999. After graduating from AUA, she worked for more than 7 years at the Center for Health Services Research and Development on the number of studies focusing on needs assessment and evaluation of public health interventions. Currently Dr. Harutyunyan teaches graduate courses in program development and evaluation, survey research methods, and problem solving in public health. Dr. Harutyunyan has authored several peer-reviewed publications and has presented her work at international scientific meetings and conferences. Before joining AUA Dr. Harutyunyan worked as a Graduate Research Assistant/Teaching Associate in the UNC Charlotte, where she instructed courses in social determinants of health and issues of health and quality of life.

Room: PAB Room 404W
Phone: 060 61 2560
Email: [email protected]
Department: Gerald & Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)
Address: 40 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019, Armenia

PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Kim Hekimian, PhD is Associate Professor of Nutrition in Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology,
and Nutrition) and the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University Medical Center. There,
she is the Director of the Master of Science in Nutrition program. She is also the Associate Director
of Education for the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (VP&S) Program in Education in
Global and Population Health. Dr. Hekimian teaches courses in global health, public health nutrition
and research methods at VP&S and the IHN. She is a member of the Virginia Apgar Society of
Medical Educators and a recipient of the Columbia University Provost Award for Hybrid Learning
Course Redesign for Research Methods in Global Health.
Previously, she served as the Associate Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program as
well as Founder and Director of the Center for Health Services Research at AUA CHS. At CHS, she
continues to teach coursework in nutrition and public health and mentors MPH students.
Dr. Hekimian received her PhD in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health with
a concentration in Behavioral Science and Health Education. Her research has focused on maternal
and child nutrition with a special interest in infant and young child feeding. She was the PI for a
multi-year national breastfeeding campaign in the Republic of Armenia through partnerships with
the Ministry of Health, USAID and UNICEF.
In Spring 2020, she co-organized a Public Health Working Group for Armenia during the time of
COVID-19. This group of epidemiologists, biostatisticians, public health policy makers and risk
communication experts from academic centers around the globe supports efforts of the Ministry of
Health of the Republic of Armenia in health system strengthening activities.
Currently, Dr. Hekimian is an advisor to the Minister of Health through a supported partnership for
health policy development by the Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI) and the
Health Network for Armenia (HENAR). Her work focuses on developing nutrition policies and
programs as well as perinatal care reforms to improve maternal mortality, cesarean deliveries, and
post-partum care practices to promote exclusive breastfeeding.

PhD, RN, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Sarah H. Kagan is the Lucy Walker Term Professor of Gerontological Nursing at Penn and holds clinical appointments in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery and in the Penn Center for Human Appearance. She is Adjunct Professor at the American University of Armenia, Visiting Professor at the Oxford Brookes University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, and Honorary Professor in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong. Dr. Kagan’s education and training includes a bachelor of arts in behavioral science from the University of Chicago, a bachelor of science in nursing from Rush University, and a master’s degree in gerontological nursing and a PhD from the University of California San Francisco. Since arriving at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, Dr. Kagan’s has developed an educational focus in undergraduate nursing education.  She currently directs the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Nursing Honors Program and two clinically-based undergraduate international exchange programs in nursing – one in the United Kingdom and one in Australia. In addition, Dr. Kagan teaches short term study abroad for the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health. She also maintains an active program of clinical scholarship and practice in geriatric oncology which serves as a wellspring for her undergraduate pedagogy and anchors her understanding of the nurse-patient relationship and nursing care. Dr. Kagan’s work is acknowledged nationally and internationally as innovative, sophisticated and clinically relevant. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Kagan has held numerous visiting professorships at many notable institutions nationally and internationally. Among the awards she has received for her practice, research, and teaching are the Sigma Theta Tau International Founders Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.

Ph.D., Cornell University
M.A., University of Texas at Austin

Dr. McLean began his career in health economics and finance as a Research Associate in the American Medical Association’s Center for Health Services Research and Development. Prior to his retirement, he held academic positions at the University of Kansas, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Creighton University. From 2005 to 2012, he was Director (later, Head) of University Relations at CFA Institute, a global association of financial professionals. He has taught in professional development programs for health management professionals in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, and Ukraine. He has served as a Fulbright lecturer at the Czech Republic’s Palacký University, and has been a Visiting Professor of Public Health at King Saud University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, the Health Care Management Review, Health Services Management Research, the Journal of Health Administration Education, and other journals. He is author of four books, including Financial Management in Health Care Organizations (1st and 2nd editions, Cengage Learning). He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

DPhil, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention
MSc, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention
MPH (2013), AUA Turpanjian College of Health Sciences

Ani Movsisyan, MPH, MSc, DPhil is a postdoctoral researcher at the Pettenkofer School of Public Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich). Dr. Movsisyan’s research interests include development, implementation, and evaluation of complex population health interventions, complex systems thinking, and use of evidence in policy-making. Much of her work has focused on extending and developing methods for assessing the evidence of complex population health interventions. Her DPhil work explored how the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) guidance may be advanced to better describe the evidence base of complex interventions. Currently, she is a researcher on the ADAPT Study (a collaboration among five institutions, including DECIPHer at Cardiff University, LMU Munich, the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in University of Glasgow, University of Sheffield, and University of Stirling), which aims to develop an overarching guidance for adapting complex population heath interventions when transferring them into new contexts. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned Dr. Movsisyan to write and edit a new chapter in the WHO Handbook of Guideline Development on how to incorporate a complexity perspective into WHO guidelines. In 2019, she also received the Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung (research funding) to lead a project on mapping the field of evidence use, specifically the intellectual structure of research co-production and its conceptual developments across different disciplines. Dr. Movsisyan joined AUA’s CHS as a Visiting Assistant Professor to teach Qualitative Research Methods (QRM) in 2019. She is particularly interested in the use of QRM in the context of collaborative research in health and aims to further work in this area to contribute to the development of critical approaches in implementation science. Previously, Dr. Movsisyan has lectured at the University of Oxford and the University of Malta on the methods of evidence synthesis and systematic reviewing.

PhD, MS, Ohio State University
MS, Charles University, Czech Republic

 Dr. Martina Pavlicova is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She teaches courses about Applied Regression, Categorical Data Analysis, Introduction to Health Data Science in Mailman School of Public Health. She is a director of the Statistics, Assessment and Data Management core within HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Columbia University. Additionally, she is a senior/head biostatistician in the Division of Behavioral Medicine, CUIMC, Columbia University, in Substance Abuse Center at Division on Substance Use at NYSPI, and also in NIDA Clinical Trials Network, Greater New York Node. Dr. Pavlicova is additionally active member of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) in the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research in CUIMC.

 Dr. Pavlicova has a long-standing interest in effective modern teaching methods for statistics and biostatistics and in methods of successful collaborations. As a recipient of many teaching awards (2016 Presidential Teaching Award, 2010 Early Career Teaching Award) and member of some prestigious societies (Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy, ASPH/Pfizer Health Academy of Distinguished Teachers), she pioneers innovative modern methods of team-based and self-directed learning methods in her classroom. In her collaborations, she utilizes modern management approaches to direct small to medium-sized teams of master-level statisticians located within large collaborative centers.

Dr. Pavlicova methodological research include analysis clinical trials data, longitudinal analysis of non-normally distributed data, multiple comparison procedures and statistical methods for analysis of functional MRI images. To  solve a multiple comparison issue when analyzing fMRI images, she developed Enhanced P-value Adaptive Thresholding procedure (EPAT) that applies adaptively false discovery rate to images in wavelet space while accounting for their specific spatial neighborhood structure and distribution. She is currently interested in methods of machine learning and their application in large datasets. Dr. Pavlicova additionally led papers introducing advanced statistical methodologies in fields of substance abuse or HIV, and has been the primary or senior biostatistician on numerous clinical trials.

MS, University of Toronto

MPH, American University of Armenia

MD, Yerevan State Medical University

Dr. Yeva Sahakyan is a Scientific Associate at University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Canada and a visiting faculty at the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS), American University of Armenia. Dr. Sahakyan’s areas of expertise include health economic evaluation, decision modeling and statistical analyses. Her current research focuses on economic evaluation of cancer screening projects in collaboration with Canadian Partnership against Cancer. She is also a lead decision modeller in studies focussing on cystic fibrosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia and chronic hepatitis C. Dr. Sahakyan received her medical degree from Yerevan State Medical University. She holds a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics from the University of Toronto and a Master of Public Health from the American University of Armenia. She received training in decision analytic modeling and methods of economic evaluations. During her years of study, she received merit-based university-wide awards for her outstanding academic performance. Prior to joining UHN, she has worked as an assistant professor and practicing physician at the Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Internal Medicine at the Yerevan State Medical University Hospital. Search for Dr. Sahakyan ‘s publications in Pubmed.

PhD, American University of Beirut
M.H.P.E. University of Illinois, Chicago

Dr. Tekian is Professor and the Director of International Affairs at the Department of Medical Education (DME), and the Associate Dean for the International Affairs at the College of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  He joined DME in 1992, and is involved in both teaching courses offered in the Master’s of Health Professions Education (MHPE) program and advising graduate students.  He also teaches one of the major courses in the Masters in Patient Safety Leadership program.  Prior to joining DME, he was the founding Director of the Medical Education Department at King Saud University, College of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1983 – 1990).  He served during the 80s and 90s as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) for projects in the Division of Development of Human Resources for Health.  He also served as consultant to the Ministries of Health and Education in most of the Eastern Mediterranean countries. Dr. Tekian established a number of medical education departments/ units in the Eastern Mediterranean countries.Dr. Tekian is an internationally recognized scholar and leader in health professions education.  He has organized and conducted over 150 workshops in more than 40 countries and 55 cities.  His consultations and workshops have focused on curriculum development, assessment, program evaluation, and patient safety.  He has received numerous honors and awards.  In 1996, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Tashkent University in Uzbekistan.  Dr. Tekian was the recipient of the 1997 Teaching Recognition Program Award from the University of Illinois (UIC) Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.  He is also the recipient of the 2012 ASME (Association for the study of Medical Education) Gold Medal Award which is one of the most prestigious international awards in medical education.  He has served as the President of the Division of Education in the Professions of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2009 – 2012.   His scholarship in health professions education is reflection in publications in the premiere medical education journals.  He is the senior author of the book “Innovative Simulations for Assessing Professional Competence: From Paper-and-Pencil to Virtual Reality”published in 1999.  His current research interests include curriculum planning and evaluation for medical schools, student assessment and innovative testing methodologies, instructional technology, medical simulations, patient safety, and international health professions education. Dr. Tekian has taught/ consulted in the following countries: Canada,  Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, The Netherlands,  Sweden, Armenia, Lithuania, Poland, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Tunis, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, Israel, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Iran, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.

DrPH, Johns Hopkins University
MS, University of Maryland at Baltimore County

Dr. Thompson is an Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he coordinates their CEPH-accredited Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree program and their CAHME-accredited Master of Health administration (MHA) Program.  His responsibilities include program evaluation, curriculum development, and implementation of educational innovations as well as accreditation activities.  Dr. Thompson holds an adjunct appointment at AUA and has been involved with the AUA Gerald and Patricia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences since its inception.  From 2000-2005, Dr. Thompson was with AUA on a full-time basis, serving as the Associate Director of the MPH Program, Director of the Center for Health Services Research and Development, and Interim Vice President. Dr. Thompson holds a bachelor’s degree in biology (1986) from Johns Hopkins, a master’s degree in emergency health services administration (1988) from the University of Maryland, and a Doctor of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Management (health services research and evaluation) from Johns Hopkins (2002) based on research conducted in Armenia at CHSR.  Dr. Thompson is skilled in teaching group process and conflict resolution. Dr. Thompson’s research agenda is focused on providing the evidence base for vulnerable communities to collaborate in identifying and addressing their challenges.  As such, he has tackled issues ranging from blindness prevention to dental public health to tobacco control to hospital quality assurance, with most efforts focused on reproductive/maternal child health, self-rated health, and public health workforce development.  In addition to helping launch the AUA and UNC Charlotte public health programs, Dr. Thompson has consulted on the establishment or improvement of graduate public health programs in Lebanon, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.

PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Karunesh Tuli is a public health consultant. He holds a PhD and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University as well as an MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and an MBBS from the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, India.  His professional experience includes consulting for non-governmental organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Bank.  He has also served as a Prevention Effectiveness fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  In addition, he has worked for CARE-India, Johns Hopkins University, and Texas Tech University.

P.E., PhD, Washington State University

Dr. Margrit von Braun’s teaching and research has been in the area of hazardous waste management and risk assessment. She helped found and directed the Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering programs at the University of Idaho from 1993-2003 and served as Dean of the College of Graduate Studies for nearly 10 years before retiring in 2010. Dr. von Braun is an environmental engineer with degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S), the University of Idaho (MCE), and Washington State University (PhD). She is a licensed Professional Engineer. She and her husband, Dr. Ian von Lindern, founded TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc. in 1984; currently with 6 offices the company’s projects have focused on remediation of hazardous waste sites, particularly in mining districts. Dr. von Braun is co-founder of TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO), a non-governmental organization providing assistance to communities in many countries to reduce environmental exposures. Dr. von Braun received a 3-year leadership development fellowship from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Engineering and the Graduate Teaching Excellence.  She has served as President of the Western Area Graduate Schools.  In 2012, Dr. von Braun was elected as a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini.

PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore County

Dr. Kathleen M. White has been an Adjunct Professor at the AUA CHS since 2004 who is also a member of the RN to BSN Advisory Board. Dr. White maintains a joint appointment as a clinical nurse specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she is a member of the EBP Steering Committee and an original part of the collaborative SON/JHH team that developed the widely published, award-winning Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-based Practice Model and Guidelines. Dr. White served as a senior adviser to the Center for Health Workforce Analysis, the Division of Nursing, and the Office of Performance Management in the Bureau of Health Professions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Health Resources and Services Administration from 2010-2013. Dr. White’s numerous practice leadership roles have included consulting with Parkway Group Healthcare in Singapore and the primary healthcare reform project in Armenia; serving as visiting faculty at the American University of Armenia; as a member of the Hopkins-Healthways Advisory Group; and as chairperson of the American Nursing Association Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics from 2006-2010. She currently serves on the Maryland Health Care Commission’s Hospital Performance Evaluation Guide Advisory Committee, the Howard County General Hospital Board of Trustees, and the Maryland Patient Safety Center’s Board of Directors. At the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Dr. White has served as director of the Master of Science in Nursing (Entry into Nursing), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and Master’s programs, and coordinated the MSN Health Systems Management Track and the MSN/MBA dual degree option.