Research Areas

Agent Orange and its association with health
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Galen
N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: (706) 542-6730
Colleague Abroad: Chuck Searcy
NGO, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Child Nutrition and Maternal Health
Advisor: Dr. Alex Anderson
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
261 Dawson Hall
305 Sanford Dr
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3622
anderson@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-7614
Fax: (706) 542-5059
Colleagues Abroad: Dr. Sophia Winful
District health director, Tetteh Quarshire Memorial Hospital and Dr. Matilda Asiedu
Professor, University of Ghana
Research Location: Ghana
Avian influenza and control measures for H5N1
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Galen
N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: (706) 542-6730
Colleague Abroad: Chuck Searcy
NGO, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Environmental Exposure and Air Pollution
Advisor: Dr. Luke Naeher
150 Environmental Health Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
lnaeher@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-2454
Fax: (706) 542-7472
Colleague Abroad: Manuel Aguilar-Villalobos
Engineer, Asociacion del Aire Ambiental
Research Location: Lima, Peru
Health Promotion Issues
Advisor: Dr. Su I. Hou
309 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
shou@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-8206
Fax: (706) 542-4956
Colleague Abroad: Phoenix Tsai
Deputy Director of Nursing and Health Care, Minister of Health
Research Location: Taiwan

Advisor:  Dr. Carol P. Cotton
Department of Health Promotion and Behavior
College of Public Health
University of Georgia
325 Ramsey Center
Athens, GA 30602
cpcotton@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542- 2804
Research Location:  Croatia

HIV Prevention
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Galen
N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: (706) 542-6730
Colleague Abroad: Quang Huy Nguyen, MA, PhD
Head-Human Resource Development, International Cooperation & Communication, Hanoi School of Public Health; Vietnam Ministry of Health and Jane Hughes
Director, Population Council Vietnam
Research Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

HIV/AIDS Research
Advisor: Dr. Harry Dailey
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-2690
hdailey@uga.edu
Colleague Abroad: Dr. Linda-Gail Baker
Desmond Tutu HIV Center, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Cape Town Medical School
Research Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Advisor: Dr. Su I. Hou
309 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
shou@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-8206
Fax: (706) 542.4956
Colleague Abroad: ZhenYu Luo
Director of Public Administration Depatment,SiChuan Administration Institute, Chengdu, SiChuan
Research Location: SiChuan, China

Advisor: Dr. Anil T. Mangla
anmangla@dhr.state.ga.us
Phone: (404) 463-0772
Colleague Abroad: TBD
University of Natal, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape
Research Location: Durban and Cape Town, South Africa

HIV and malaria
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Whalen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

N132 Coverdell Center           
Athens, GA 30602
ccwhalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 227-4736

Colleague Abroad: Moses Kamya, MBChB, MPH
Makerere University School of Medicine
Research Location: Kampala, Uganda

Land Mine Removal
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Galen
N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: 706.542.6730
Colleague Abroad: Chuck Searcy
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Research Location: Quang Tri, Vietnam

Malaria
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Whalen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

N132 Coverdell Center           
Athens, GA 30602
ccwhalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 227-4736

Colleague Abroad: Moses Kamya, MBChB, MPH
Makerere University School of Medicine
Research Location: Kampala, Uganda

Rabies Pathogenesis
Advisor: Dr. Zhen Fang Fu
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Phone: (706) 542-7021
Fax: (706) 542-5828
zhenfu@vet.uga.edu
Colleague abroad: Dr. Yongzhen Zhang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention China
Research Location: China

Skin Cancer and Climate Change
Advisor: Dr. Harry Dailey
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-2690
hdailey@uga.edu
Advisor: Dr. Harry Dailey
Colleague Abroad: Michael Kimlin
Program Leader, Australian Sun and Research Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
Research Location: Brisbane, Australia

Tuberculosis Transmission and Prevention
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Whalen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

N132 Coverdell Center           
Athens, GA 30602
ccwhalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 227-4736

Colleague Abroad: Achilles Katamba, MBChB, PhD Makerere University School of Medicine and Juliet Sekandi, MBChB, MS Makerere University School of Public Health
Research Location: Kampala, Uganda


Advisor: Dr. Anil T. Mangla

anmangla@dhr.state.ga.us
Phone: (404) 463-0772
Colleague Abroad: TBD
University of Natal, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape
Research Location: Durban and Cape Town, South Africa

Women’s Reproductive Health
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Galen
N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: (706) 542-6730
Colleague Abroad: Jane Hughes
Director, Population Council Vietnam
Research Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Disaster Management
Advisor: Dr. William C. Bell
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
wbell@rx.uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-6480
Fax: (706) 545-5254


Nutrition and diseases
Advisor: Advisor: Dr. Silvia Giraudo
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
280 Dawson Hall
305 Sanford Dr.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3622
sgiraudo@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-6977
Fax: (706) 542-5059
Colleague abroad: Susana G. Galindo Delfín
Director of Nutrition Service, Hospital Civil Dr. Luis F. Nachon
Research Location: Xalapa, Mexico
Malaria and Placental Immunity
Advisor: Dr. Julie Moore
Department of Infectious Diseases
N330C Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602
julmoore@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5789
Research location: Kisumu, Kenya
Parasitic Disease in Children
Advisor: Dr. Ynes Ortega
Department of Food Science and Technology
Center for Food Safety
185 Melton Bldg
Griffin, GA 30322
ortega@uga.edu
Phone: (770) 233-5587
Research location: Lima, Peru
Occupational Health
Advisor: Dr. Anil T. Mangla
anmangla@dhr.state.ga.us
Phone: (404) 463-0772
Colleague Abroad: TBD
University of Natal, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape
Research Location: Durban and Cape Town, South Africa
Environmental Epidemiology
Advisor: Richard Schuster
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
College of Public Health
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602
rschuste@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-9878

Colleague Abroad: Shai Linn, Professor and Head, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, School of Public Health, Haifa University; and Head, Unit of Epidemiology, Rambam Medical Center


Research Location: Haifa, Israel