David Bangsberg MSc, MD, MPH, MS
Founding Dean
David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, is the Founding Dean of the joint Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health. He is a native Oregonian and formerly a Professor at Harvard School of Medicine, Professor at Harvard School of Public Health, Visiting Professor at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda, and Visiting Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology in India.…
Barbara Campbell MA, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Barbara Campbell is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Public Health. She specializes in addictions treatment research, focusing on interventions that increase treatment engagement and retention, and improve the fidelity of treatment delivery.…
Emily Cartwright BA
Interim Executive Assistant to the Dean
Education, Degrees
BA, San Francisco State University, 2009
Laura Ehrlich MSEd, MLA
Graduate Student Services and Registration Specialist
Education, Degrees
M.S. Ed., Portland State University
M.L.A., University of Virginia
B.A. Cornell University
Rachael Godlove MA
Academic Affairs Coordinator
Rachael Godlove supports curricular and academic personnel work in the Dean’s Office.
Education, Degrees
M.A., Georgetown University
B.S., Northern Arizona University
Josh Hodsden MBA
Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Specialist
Josh Hodsden has been a student advocate in higher education for eight years, coaching both undergraduate and graduate students before and during their programs.
Education, Degrees
B.S., Business Management, University of Phoenix, 2002
M.B.A., University of Phoenix, 2010
Richard Johnson MS, PhD
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
In September 2018, Dr. Richard Johnson became the Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Dr. Johnson is also Professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland Oregon.
He received his BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Washington and his MS and PhD degrees from the Oregon Graduate Institute (now part of OHSU).…
Kevin McLemore MS, PhD
Director of Assessment & Evaluation
Education, Degrees
B.A., DePaul University, 2005
M.S., DePaul University, 2008
Ph.D., University of California – Davis, 2014
Cert., WSCUC Assessment Leadership Academy, 2018
Lynne Messer MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Lynne Messer teaches across the educational spectrum, from undergraduate epidemiology, master’s level women’s health, masters and doctoral health and social inequalities, and doctoral research methods.
Her research explores the intersection of social-environmental justice and residential segregation in exacerbating maternal and child health disparities among vulnerable populations. Her early work focused on better characterizing the built and social environments for population-based epidemiologic disparities research.…
Holly Moraes BS
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Education, Degrees
B.S., Political Science, Santa Clara University, 2004
Dawn Richardson MPH, DrPH
Associate Dean for Social Justice and Associate Professor
Dawn Richardson is an Associate Professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, where she teaches Foundations of Public Health, Urban and Community Health, and Global Health. Richardson also serves as the Faculty lead for the Practice Experience.
Richardson is a social epidemiologist trained in Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR). Her research advances health equity by integrating and building on new knowledge, combining social determinants of health with the science of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), with the aim of developing policies and programs in response.…
Jamie Townsend BS
Post-Award Grant Manager
Education, Degrees
BS Accounting, Portland State University, 2014
Liana Winett DrPH, MPH, MCHES
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Community Engagement and Associate Professor
Liana Winett is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Community Engagement at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, where she teaches graduate level courses in media advocacy and mass communication for public health. Dr. Winett has served on faculty and as an administrator since 2000. Prior to joining PSU, she was Research Coordinator for the Berkeley Media Studies Group.…
Andrew Wyman BS
Student Support
Andrew is an administrator in the School of Public Health. He is currently the program support for the undergraduate programs and 4 of the graduate programs. He is housed on the PSU campus in the Urban Center on the 4th Floor.
Education, Degrees
B.S., Health Studies, Portland State University
Belinda Zeidler MST
Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, & Academic Advisor
Belinda Zeidler has been a faculty member at PSU for over 30 years. As associate dean of undergraduate programs at the School of Public Health, she is the undergraduate curriculum chair and is responsible for overseeing the curricular changes to courses and programs at the undergraduate level. She also works as an academic advisor and internship co-coordinator.…