2009-10
- Prof. Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD Division of Health Policy & Management
- Prof. Kathleen Conklin, PhD Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics
- Prof. Debra DeBruin, PhD Center for Bioethics
- Assoc. Dean Judith Garrard, PhD School of Public Health
- Assoc. Dean George D. Green, PhD Graduate School
- Prof. Sharon Jansa, PhD Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
- Asst. Dean Erin Keyes, JD Law School
- Prof. Mike Kilgore, PhD Natural Resources Science & Management
- Assoc. Dean Greg Lindsey, PhD Science, Technology & Environmental Policy
- Prof. Jonathan S. Marchant, PhD Pharmacology
- Prof. Karen Oberhauser, PhD Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
- Carol Rachac, MA Joint Degree Program
- Amber Thomas, JD, MPH candidate Student Representative
- Prof. William Toscano, PhD Joint Degree Program & Environmental Science
- Prof. Kathleen Watson, MD Medical School
- Prof. Betsy Wattenberg, PhD Environmental Health
- Prof. Susan Wolf, JD Joint Degree Program
Prof. Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD
Division of Health Policy & Management
Professor Kathleen Thiede Call is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration in the School of Public Health. Prof. Call received her doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=callx001
Prof. Kathleen Conklin, PhD
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics
Professor Kathleen Conklin is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.micab.umn.edu/faculty/Conklin.html
Prof. Debra DeBruin, PhD
Center for Bioethics
Professor Debra DeBruin is an Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Director, Center for Bioethics; and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota. Currently, she co-directs the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project, under contract with the Minnesota Department of Health. In addition to her work in public health policy, she teaches and conducts research in the ethics of research.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics/facstaff/debruin_d/home.html
Assoc. Dean Judith Garrard, PhD
School of Public Health
Associate Dean Judith Garrard is a research psychologist with postgraduate training in epidemiology. She is a Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Research in the School of Public Health.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=jgarrard
Assoc. Dean George Green
Graduate School
Associate Dean George Green is the Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean of the University of Minnesota's Graduate School. His scholarly specialty is American economic and business history. He earned his PhD in Economics and History at Stanford University.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.hist.umn.edu/people/profile.php?UID=green007
Prof. Sharon Jansa, PhD
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Professor Sharon Jansa is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb/faculty/JansaSharon/
Asst. Dean Erin Keyes, JD
Law School
Assistant Dean Erin Keyes is Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Minnesota Law School. She oversees student services for all of the 850 JD and LLM students and advises student groups on public service programs. She received her JD cum laude from the University of Minnesota and was awarded the Excellence in Public Service Award.
Prof. Mike Kilgore, PhD
Natural Resources Science & Management
Professor Mike Kilgore is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Forest Resources. He received his PhD in Natural Resources Economics, Policy, and Administration from the University of Minnesota.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.forestry.umn.edu/people/facstaff/kilgore/
Assoc. Dean Greg Lindsey, PhD
Science, Technology & Environmental Policy
Associate Dean Greg Lindsey is Associate Dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He previously served as associate dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at IUPUI in Indianapolis. As associate dean, Lindsey oversees all academic and research operations of the Humphrey Institute. As a researcher, Lindsey specializes in environmental planning, policy, and management at the state and local levels.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.hhh.umn.edu/people/glindsey/index.html
Prof. Jonathan Marchant, PhD
Pharmacology
Professor Jonathan Marchant is Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Graduate Studies.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.pharmacology.med.umn.edu/staffmarchant.html
Prof. Karen Oberhauser, PhD
Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Professor Karen Oberhauser is Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. She conducts research on several aspects of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) ecology.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/personnel/faculty/oberhauser.php
Carol Rachac, MA
Joint Degree Program
Carol Rachac is the Associate Program Director for the Consortium and the Joint Degree Program. She has worked in academic administration at the University of Minnesota since 1988, including 8 years in the Department of Sociology and 10 years in the Carlson School of Management. Carol serves on the Disabilities Issues Senate Sub-committee and has been active with various task teams and process improvement initiatives. She earned a BA in Political Science and an MA in Higher Education Administration from the University of Minnesota. Her duties include management and administration, coordination of admissions, student advising, development, and grants management.
To read Ms. Rachac's bio, visit www.jointdegree.umn.edu/people/bio.carol.rachac
Amber Thomas
Student Representative
Amber Thomas is a JD, MPH candidate in Public Health Administration & Policy. Ms. Thomas served as the 2008-09 student representative also.
Prof. William Toscano, PhD
Joint Degree Program
Professor William Toscano is Professor and Head of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences and Head of Global Programs at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006. He serves on numerous editorial boards, including the Faculty editorial board of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology. He joined the Joint Degree Program as Associate Director in July 2009. Prof. Toscano replaces Professor Colin Campbell, PhD (Pharmacology) who stepped down this year after serving as Associate Director of the Joint Degree Program since 2000.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=tosca001
Prof. Kathleen Watson, MD
Medical School
Professor Kathleen Watson is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Residency Program Director for Internal Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean for Education at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School where she also completed her residency. She has an active practice in General Internal Medicine.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.med.umn.edu/gim/faculty/watsonk/home.html
Prof. Betsy Wattenberg, PhD
Environmental Health
Professor Betsy Wattenberg is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Division of Environmental Health Science in the School of Public Health. She received her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=watte004
Prof. Susan Wolf, JD
Joint Degree Program
Professor Susan Wolf is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy at the University of Minnesota; the Faegre & Benson Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School; Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School; and a Faculty Member in the University's Center for Bioethics. She is also founding Director of the University's Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences and founding Chair of the University's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. She received her AB summa cum laude from Princeton University and her JD from Yale Law School, with graduate work at Harvard University.
Prof. Wolf's recent research has been funded principally by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Law School's Robina Research Fund for Law, Public Policy & Society (LaPPS); and The Greenwall Foundation. She writes frequently on genetics and genomics, assisted reproduction, death and dying, women's health care, human subjects research, and other topics in health law and bioethics.
For a list of publications and a complete bio, visit www.law.umn.edu/facultyprofiles/wolfs.html