Faculty

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 234, Room 207

Dr. Daniel Drost is assistant dean for the Usha Kundu, MD College of Health, interim chair for the Department of Public Health, and a faculty member in the Department of Movement Sciences and Health.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 135

Dr. Karishma Chhabria is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of West Florida. She received her M.P.H. in Biostatistics and Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of Florida. She completed her post-doctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 135

Dr. Colette Davis is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Epidemiology Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 135

Dr. R. Wesley Farr, Lecturer, teaches environmental health, aerospace toxicology, global health, and infectious diseases for the UWF Department of Public Health

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 135

Dr. Emma Fletcher is a Research Associate working with Dr. Panagiotis Koutakis in the Department of Public Health. The team aims to delineate potential underlying mechanisms involved in skeletal muscle pathology, particularly in response to peripheral artery disease and associated comorbidities.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 131

Bio coming soon

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 106 A

Dr. Panagiotis Koutakis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health. His research focuses on human clinical and preclinical trials to develop therapeutic treatments for cardiovascular disease patients.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 127

Dr. Justice Mbizo, professor, teaches epidemiological research methods and applied public health analysis.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 135

Eva Papoutsi is a Faculty Member within the Usha Kundu College of Health’s, Public Health Department. She is working as a Research Associate, performing the tasks of a clinical coordinator and running cell cultures of human endothelial and skeletal muscle cells.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 104

Dr. Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, associate professor, teaches disease surveillance and monitoring and applied data analysis in public health.

• Department: Public Health
• Office Location: Building 38, Room 102

Dr. Melanie Sutton, professor, teaches bioinformatics, health information systems, medical informatics, medical terminology, and computer and geographic information systems applications in public health.