Faculty

Faculty List

  • Megumi Inoue

    Associate Professor, Social Work

    Dr. Inoue is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work. Her research focus is primarily on older adults with declined health who are vulnerable to losing autonomy and dignity.
  • Jeah Jung

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Jeah Jung is a Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Jung’s research analyzes health policy issues using approaches to infer causal relations from observational data. Jung’s focus has been on provider incentives,  prescription drug policies, Medicare Advantage, and health disparities. Jung has been the Principal Investigator of several R01 grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
  • MSW Online Program Director and Assistant Professor, Social Work  

    Dr. Daphne King is an Assistant Professor and MSW Online Program Director in the Social Work Department/College of Public Health. King’s research interests are self-esteem issues in teens and adolescents, mental health concerns and treatment modalities for women of color, specifically African-American women, and the impact engagement in Christianity or spiritual practices have on self-esteem.
  • Vicki Kirsch

    Clinical Associate Professor, Social Work

    Vicki Kirsch, MSW, MA, PhD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work at George Mason University. Her interests and practice focus on trauma and recovery, gender and sexualities, and issues of spirituality and religion.
  • Panagiota Kitsantas

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Yiota Kitsantas, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Department of Health Administration and Policy, has extensive research experience in the fields of child and maternal health, especially around utilizing data mining techniques to address various public health issues in these populations.
  • Assistant Professor, HAP

    Dr. Hansoo Ko is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Hansoo is a public health physician and health services researcher with training in health economics.
  • Susan Koduah

    Assistant Professor, School of Nursing 

    Dr. Susan O. Koduah is an assistant professor in the College of Public Health /School of Nursing. Koduah’s research interests are in the areas of factors that influence students' critical thinking and using effective teaching strategies for students’ success.
  • Image of Yanika Kowitlawakul

    Associate Professor, Nursing

    Dr. Yanika Kowitlawakul is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and has been involved in teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Kowitlawakul’s research interests are educational technology and patient safety.
  • Jenna Krall

    Associate Professor, Public Health

    Dr. Jenna R. Krall is an associate professor in the Department of Global and Community Health.  Krall is a biostatistician with research interests in air pollution and environmental epidemiology.
  • Martha (Marti) Y. Kubik, PhD, RN, FAAN
    Professor, School of Nursing

    Dr. Marti Kubik has an 18-year history of extramural-funded research with a focus on youth and families and low-income and minority populations. Nationally recognized in the field of childhood obesity prevention, Dr. Kubik’s work has advanced understanding of the school food environment, contributing to school nutrition policy at state, national and international levels. Other research examined the role of school nursing in obesity prevention. New work piloted a trauma-informed, resilience-based multi-level intervention to reduce violence among urban youth. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a past standing member of the NIH Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section.