Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

Dr. Galea is a physician and an epidemiologist. He is the Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to his appointment at Boston University, Dr Galea served as the Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at the University of Michigan and at the New York Academy of Medicine.

In his scholarship, Dr. Galea is centrally interested in the social production of health of urban populations, with a focus on the causes of brain disorders, particularly common mood-anxiety disorders and substance abuse. He has long had a particular interest in the consequences of mass trauma and conflict worldwide, including as a result of the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, and the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This work has been principally funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and several foundations. He has published over 600 scientific journal articles, 50 chapters, and 10 books and his research has been featured extensively in current periodicals and newspapers. His latest book, co-authored with Dr. Katherine Keyes, is Population Health Science, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2016.

Dr. Galea has a medical degree from the University of Toronto, and graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University; he has an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow. He was named one of TIME magazine’s epidemiology innovators and has been listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” for the Social Sciences. He is past-president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the American Epidemiological Society.

Dr Galea serves frequently on advisory groups to national and international organizations. He currently serves on the Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities and has formerly served as chair of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Community Services Board and as member of its Health Board.

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Coordinator II
Center for Global and Community Health
Texas Area Health Education Center East

Bradley joined the Center for Global & Community Health in November 2015 with a background in education, information technology, and private practice medical administration. His experiences allow him to function in a capacity that will be able to handle a wide variety of projects and tasks. With a strong interest in community outreach and support, volunteering, and a positive attitude he hopes to continue to support the growth of the programs he works with.

Associate Professor and Chair, ad interim Department of Global Health

Assistant Dean for Global Outreach and Community Engagement
Associate Professor
Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist

Director
Texas Area Health Education Center East
Center for Global & Community Health

Tomiko joined UTMB during November of 2020 as the program manager for Texas AHEC East. Compassion, curiosity, and courage are words that describe Tomiko’s approach to assisting medically underserved and rural communities throughout East Texas. She is responsible for personnel, operational, and financial management of Texas AHEC East to help ensure the delivery of competent, customer-focused, and efficient services for our stakeholders. Tomiko will use her extensive grant and project management experience to assist with administrative and operational needs for UTMB and our regional centers. She enjoys Texas’ sunshine and its diverse culture.

Assistant Professor 

Physical Therapy Student 

Assistant Professor 

Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
International HIV Program and Clinic Director
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Galveston County Local Health Authority

Dr. Keiser is the local health authority for Galveston County, a rural area in which the Program Office is located. Dr. Keiser's primary interest is in the care and treatment of HIV and its related infections. He has been actively treating HIV infected individuals for over 20 years. He is the Chairman of the Texas AIDS Drug Assistance Program Advisory Board in the Principal Investigator for the Texas Oklahoma AIDS Education Center. Dr. Keiser has been actively involved in HIV clinical research and has been an investigator in over 50 clinical trials. Since 2006, Dr. Keiser has been involved in the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and has been involved in HIV clinical care, teaching and research in Kenya. He has an active clinical research program that is centered on the outcomes of patients treated with anti-retroviral medications.

Assoc. Dean for Global Health and Community Engagement
Professor
Alice O. Stubblefield Professorship in Nursing

Division Chief
Pediatric Surgery

Administrative Coordinator
School of Public and Population Health

Sadie Odem currently serves as the Administrative Coordinator in the School of Public and Population Health supporting the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology where she excels in personnel management, including recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding, alongside coordinating high-level administrative duties and managing departmental budgets.  Sadie earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration, graduating cum laude from Sam Houston State University in July 2021 and also holds an Associate of Applied Science in Business with certificates in both Management and Marketing from College of the Mainland.  When Sadie is not at the office, she is busy holding officer positions on multiple boards surrounding her children’s activities and for her personal time, she likes to bowl with her family and friends and travel.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public and Population Health
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health and Health Disparities

Dr. Pennel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, the Director of the Public Health Program, and the Director of Public Health Practice at UTMB. Broadly, her interests and expertise include community health assessment, program planning and evaluation, community engagement, and improved integration of research/scholarship, teaching, and practice. Her educational development and scholarship goals include innovation in practice-based teaching, application of public health knowledge and skills into practice, and engagement in community- and service-based learning. Her research areas are community health assessment and community health improvement planning, particularly as they relate to nonprofit hospitals’ requirements, and projects that build community and academic partnerships using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approaches. Dr. Pennel and her community partner were selected as members for the 2017-2018 cohort of the CBPR Partnership Academy through University of Michigan and the Detroit Urban Research Center.

Program Manager
Global Health & Emerging Diseases

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine