Public Health Online
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5 p.m. Central Time, August 21, 2025
Attend a free info session!
Join Anders Cedergren, Academic Program Director, for an online information session to learn more about the Master of Public Health (MPH) online program. He will provide a program overview and answer your questions. A Zoom link will be sent upon registration.
Academic Director
- Assistant Professor
- acedergren@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6790
Specialty areas:
Health Program Planning & Evaluation
Health Education Research Methods
Global Health
Department Chair
- Associate Professor
- spember@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6788
Specialty areas:
Social & Structural Drivers of Health, Qualitative Research in Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Applicant, Student, and Instructor Assistance
- Professional Education Program Specialist
- amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6528
Specialty areas:
Conference services, professional development, and graduate program support. Primary contact for School Psychology Online, Recreation Management-Professional Development, and Public Health graduate programs.
- Credit Coordinator
- osantoyo-garcia@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6513
Specialty areas:
Non-credit and credit program support; event logistics; graduate program applicant and student assistance.
Primary contact for student Commencement questions and for Summer/Winter Session.
Instructors in PHCHE
- Assistant Professor
Specialty areas:
Health Program Planning & Evaluation
Health Education Research Methods
Global Health
- Lecturer
Specialty areas:
Sexual Health, Adolescent Health, Global Health, Communication, Grant Writing, Program Planning
- Professor
Specialty areas:
Public Health Epidemiology; Family Health and Wellness; Cancer Prevention and Early Detection; Psychological Type and Preference; Community-Based Participatory Research; Global Health Issues.
- Assistant Teaching Professor
Specialty areas:
Built Environment, Health Equity and Access to Outdoor Recreation, Community Design, Barriers to Active Transport
- Teaching Professor
Specialty areas:
Nutrition and weight management, work site wellness, health and wellness coaching, program planning, maternal and child health
Affiliated instructors
Kayleigh Day
Senior Manager, Advocacy & Public Policy
Specialty areas - Advocacy, Policy
Course taught - PH 760, Public Health Advocacy & Policy
Lauren Gottlieb
Director of Health and Human Services
Specialty areas: Population level health, Program development, Program and grant management, Organizational leadership and administration
Course taught: PH 790 - Public Health Administration & Organization
Keely Rees
Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Advancement
Speciality areas - Women’s Health (pregnancy, exercise, maternal & child health, menstruation) Adolescent Health Behaviors; Health Policy and Advocacy; Motivational Interviewing, Grant Writing in Health and Human Services.
Course taught - PH 775, Grant Development for Public Health
Cassandra Worner
Associate Director of Health Promotion
Speciality areas - Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation; Alcohol & Other Drug Misuse Prevention for College Students; Sexual Health
Course taught - PH 771, Program Implementation and Evaluation
Advancing Public Health
"The M.P.H. curriculum prepared me well for roles in public health leadership. The degree afforded me opportunities that would not otherwise have been available, particularly in leading a health department as a Health Officer in Wisconsin."
—Jen Rombalski, Wisconsin public health leader
