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Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Environmental Exposures, and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
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Coronavirus, Monkeypox, and Infectious Diseases
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Mortality Rates in the United States: Suicide, Overdose, Substance Use, Infant/Maternal Mortality
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College of Public Health Faculty

  • Rima Nakkash

    Professor, Public Health

    Rima Nakkash is a Professor in the Global and Community Health Department. Nakkash is a leading international scholar in tobacco control research in prevention and policy evaluation.
  • photo of Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

    Professor, Nursing

    Oetjen’s educational interests include nursing leadership, advancing the role of nurses in health care, and quality care of children and adolescents.  She is an expert on pediatric care where most of her career has been focused on improving quality care and removing barriers to access for vulnerable and uninsured children. 
  • Kyeung Mi Oh

    Associate Professor, Nursing
    Doctoral Program Director, Nursing

    Dr. Kyeung Mi Oh’s research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in public health, health literacy, cancer screening, and smoking cessation. She has done extensive research on culture-specific influences on health behaviors, tobacco use, cancer information seeking, and cancer screening participation among ethnic minorities, particularly Korean American (KA)s. In her past research, she has worked closely with churches, senior resource centers, and community organizations for KAs and gained valuable skills, knowledge, and experience in conducting community-based health research. She recently conducted a smoking cessation intervention study for Chinese and Korean immigrants.
  • Dean
    College of Public Health
    George Mason University

    Dr. Perry, trained as an epidemiologist in public health, is the Dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University.
  • Anna Pollack

    Associate Professor, Public Health

    Anna Pollack’s research focuses on the relationship between environmental chemical exposures and fertility, pregnancy, and gynecologic health. Critical to understanding these endpoints, she investigates biological mechanisms underlying these processes, such as biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine disruption
  • Laura Poms

    Professor
    Currently serving as Director of Mason Core…

    Laura Wheeler Poms is a Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, and Graduate Program Director in Global and Community Health.  She is an occupational health psychologist focusing on how an individual's work environment influences physical and mental health.
  • Assistant Professor, Social Work

    Dr. Amy Preston Page is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work. Page’s research interests are military spouses and families, behavioral health education, and children’s behavioral health. Page’s combination of practice and research experience provides her with a unique perspective on the experiences of military spouses and families. Before coming to Mason, Page was an adjunct instructor with the OnlineMSW Program at Fordham University and a part-time lecturer with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. Prior to that she worked for several years providing direct services to children and families in a range of settings.
  • Lucas R. Prieto, PhD, MSW

    Assistant Professor, Social Work

    Dr. Prieto joined Mason in the fall of 2023. His research interests focus on aging and sexual health among older adults. He is passionate about advancing the discussions concerning sexual satisfaction and health disparities among older LGBTQIA+ populations. Prieto has published in several health-related journals such as Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. He earned his B.S. in Sociology/Criminal Justice at Central Michigan University, M.S.W. at the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. at Michigan State University.
  • Margie Rodan

    Professor & Acting Director
    School of Nursing

    Dr. Margie Rodan is Professor and Acting Director in the School of Nursing at George Mason University.
  • Amira Roess

    Professor, Public Health

    Dr. Roess is a professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Department of Global and Community Health. She is an epidemiologist with expertise in infectious diseases epidemiology, multi-disciplinary and multi-species field research and evaluating interventions to reduce the transmission and impact of infectious diseases.