Stephen C. Alder, PhD, MBA
Professor Alder is a Health Ecologist specializing in community-based health development. He has a background as a clinical research and biostatistical methodoligist. His doctoral training emphasized individual and group health behavior change.
Research Interests: Global Health and Development, Community Engagement, Health Ecology, Leadership and Administration, Community-Based Primary Healthcare, Integrating Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Health Behavior, Health Policy, Health & Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurism, and Biostatistical, Epidemiological & Research Methods
Kelly G. Baron, PhD, MPH, CBSM
Dr. Baron is involved in sleep research as well as providing non-drug treatment for sleep disorders. In the clinic, she provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the most effective treatment for chronic insomnia.
Research Interests: Circadian Rhythms Disruption and Obesity, Technology-Assisted Interventions for Sleep, Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Sleep Disorders in Medical Populations, Couples and Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
L. Scott Benson, MD, PhD, MPH
Scott Benson, MD, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health. His interest in global health was fostered by his environmental health research in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Benjamin Brown, MD, MPH
Benjamin Brown, M.D, M.P.H. is a board-certified family medicine physician. He received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Utah State University and attended medical school at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont.
Rachel Ceballos, PhD
Dr. Rachel Ceballos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Utah, Senior Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), is a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at HCI, and holds a Huntsman Cancer Institute Endowed Chair in Cancer Research.
Susan E. Cochella, MD, MPH
Susan E. W. Cochella, M.D., M.P.H., is a board certified family medicine physician who specializes in full spectrum care for patients of all ages. She received her medical degree from the University of Nevada, completed residency at the University of Utah, as well as a faculty development fellowship and master’s in public health.
Research Interests: Care of children, adolescents and young families
Teresa DeAtley, PhD, MPH
Teresa (Tess) DeAtley, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Public Health. She is a social and behavioral scientist with expertise in tobacco regulatory science and tobacco-related health disparities.
Michael C. Flynn, MD
Michael Flynn, M.D., is a board-certified physician specializing in pediatrics and internal medicine. He received his bachelor of science degree in bio-engineering from the University of Colorado in 1994, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Texas in 2000.
Research Interests: Patient education and resident training.
Katherine T. Fortenberry, PhD
She is currently an Associate Professor (Clinical) in the University of Utah Division of Family Medicine, where she serves as the Behavioral Science Education Director and sees patients at the Madsen and Sugarhouse Family Clinics.
Research Interests: She is currently focusing on translating research to improve care for individuals with comorbid diabetes and mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, in the primary setting. Additionally, she guides Family Medicine residents in developing and disseminating clinic quality improvement (CQI) projects.
Johanna E. Greenberg, PA-C
Johanna Greenberg, PA-C, MPAS, is a board-certified physician assistant specializing in family practice. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Washington and her Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from the University of Utah.
Lisa H. Gren, PhD
Lisa Gren, PhD, MSPH is a Professor in the Division of Public Health at the University of Utah. Her research interests include promoting youth mental health and resilience utilizing peer-mentoring, and identifying risk and protective factors related to maternal and child health metrics.
Research Interests: Global Health; Primary Care Research; Health Disparities; Community Engaged Research; Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention
Tiffany Ho, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Tiffany Ho, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is a board-certified family medicine physician who also practices obstetrics as well as inpatient medicine. She's originally from San Jose, California, and has hopped to various cities for training.
Alana M. Jonat, MD
Dr. Alana Jonat is a family medicine and obstetrics provider with the University of Utah, working at the Redwood Health Center. She is board-certified in family medicine. She treats the whole family, at new baby check-ups, well child checks, prenatal (OB) care, acute and chronic medical visits, and more.
Bernadette Kiraly, MD
Bernadette Kiraly, MD, is a family physician currently practicing at the Sugar House Health Center Family Medicine Clinic at the University of Utah. Primary care is her passion, with an emphasis on elevating those who may need assistance navigating the health system.
Amy B. Locke, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Locke completed her medical degree and residency training from the University of Michigan Medical School. She then served as faculty at UM until 2015 where she served as Director of Integrative Family Medicine, directed the Integrative Medicine Fellowship program and helped coordinate care of adolescents.
Jennifer Mundt, PhD, DBSM
Jennifer Mundt, PhD, DBSM, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Utah. Dr. Mundt is a sleep psychologist whose research focuses on developing behavioral treatments for hypersomnia disorders, REM parasomnias, and NREM parasomnias.
Shahpar Najmbadi, PhD, MPH, MS
Shahpar Najmabadi is a Research Assistant Professor for the Division of Public Health. As a public health professional and researcher with a clinical background, she is intensely interested in improved outcomes for reproductive health.
Christy A. Porucznik, PhD, MSPH
Her area of research interest is in appropriately timing measurement of exposures. In the environmental domain, she studies endocrine disruptors and reproductive endpoints including fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and breastfeeding.
Research Interests: Primary Care Research; Reproductive & Women's Health; Life Course Epidemiology & Health; Substance Abuse and Policy
Susan Saffel-Shrier, MS, RD
Susan Saffel-Shrier, MS, RD, CD, is a registered dietician and certified gerontologist, and currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Nutrition at the University of Utah.
Research Interests: Global Health; Primary Care Research; Community Engaged Research
Karen C. Schliep, PhD, MSPH
Through her training, Dr. Schliep has developed a solid foundation in reproductive epidemiology. Her research to date has centered on determining the impact of diet, lifestyle, and psychosocial factors on premenopausal women’s reproductive health, including sex steroid synthesis and gynecologic pathology.
Research Interests: Reproductive & Women's Health; Life Course Epidemiology & Health
Kimberley Shoaf, DrPH, MPH
Over the course of my academic career, I have been a practice-based public health systems and services researcher utilizing mixed-methods. Much of my research has focused on the field of emergency public health and the development of the health workforce.
Research Interests: Global Health; Health Professions Workforce; Health Professions Education & Mentoring; Health Disparities; Community Engaged Research; Emergency Preparedness & Disasters
Saskia Spiess, MD, FAAFP
Saskia Spiess, MD, is a family medicine and obstetrics provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. She provides care for pregnant patients and pediatric patients, as well as wellness exams and health screenings for adults, teens, and children.
Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH
Dr. Stanford seeks to understand and improve the impact of reproductive health on child health and development. Since 1991, he has conducted research in natural family planning, natural procreative technology, reproductive epidemiology, and life course epidemiology, including serving as principal investigator or co-investigator for five preconception cohort studies.
Research Interests: Reproductive & Women's Health; Environmental Health; Life Course Epidemiology & Health
Erika A. Sullivan, MD
Dr. Sullivan is a board-certified family physician. She completed her residency in Family Medicine from the University of Utah in 2014. She attended medical school and graduate school at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she received both an MD and an MS degree in Pathology in 2011.
Sharon L. Talboys, PhD, MPH
Dr. Talboys is a "pracademic" with research and practice experience in governmental, academic, and global settings. Her research and practice focus in on gender-based violence, health equity, workforce development, and community needs assessment.
Sonja N. Van Hala, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FAAFP
Sonja Van Hala, MD, MPH, FAAFP is a board-certified family medicine physician and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician who welcomes patients of all ages to her practice. She sees patients through virtual visits (telemedicine) only.
James A. VanDerslice, PhD
James VanDerslice, MSEE, PhD, is an environmental epidemiologist who focuses on methods to assess community exposures and the relationships between these exposures and a wide variety of health outcomes.
Research Interests: Global Health; Community Engaged Research; Environmental Health; Life Course Epidemiology & Health
