Public Health Faculty
Public Health faculty at UMass Boston are experts dedicated to their respective fields of training, research & scholarship, and teaching. They serve on regional, national, and international boards, providing leadership to their professional societies in which they have received recognition and honors. Please follow the links below for detailed profiles, expertise, areas of research, publications, and honors.
Core and Affiliated Faculty
Jeffrey Burr
Professor, Department of Gerontology
Tel: 617.287.7318
jeffrey dot burr@umb.edu
Expertise: Social Demography of Aging, Aging and Health
Phil Gona
Professor, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.4826
phil dot guna @umb.edu
Expertise: Statistical Methods for Public Health
Laura Hayman
Professor, Department of Nursing
Tel: 617.287.7504
laura dot hayman@umb.edu
Expertise: Child and Adolescent Health
Ana Lindsay
Professor, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7579
ana dot lindsay@umb.edu
Expertise: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition
Alexander More
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Public Health
Tel: 617.287.6839
alexander dot more@umb.edu
Expertise: Climate Change and Health
Chantel Pheiffer
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Public Health
Tel: TBA
chantel dot pheiffer@umb.edu
Expertise: Social Demography, Social Determinants of Health, Global Health
Josephine Roberts
Associate Lecturer, Department of Nursing
Tel: TBA
josephine dot roberts@umb.edu
Expertise: TBA
Ling Shi
Director of Nursing PhD Program and Associate Professor, Department of Nursing
Tel: 617.287.7508
ling dot shi@umb.edu
Expertise: Child Health
Courtenay Sprague
Associate Professor of Global Health, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School and Department of Nursing
Tel: 617.287.4596
courtenay dot sprague@umb.edu
Expertise: TBA
Elizabeth Sweet
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Tel: 617.287.6894
elizabeth dot sweet @umb.edu
Expertise: TBA
Jessica Whiteley
Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Tel: 617-287-3807
jessica dot whiteley@umb.edu
Expertise: Health Promotion Intervention
Lingling Zhang
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing
Tel: 617.287.7845
lingling dot zhang@umb.edu
Expertise: Health Equity