Preventive Medicine and Population Health – Faculty

Preventive Medicine and Population Health

Faculty and Staff

Michelle Crum, PhD
Interim Department Chair

Bio

Dr. Michelle Crum has experience in molecular biology, virology, and pandemic preparedness. She joined the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in July 2020 as an assistant professor after years of teaching undergraduate biology courses to pre-professional students and engaging in bench research on various topics including emerging viruses and other topics relating to infectious disease.

Her interests include pathogenesis of emerging disease, chronic disease mechanisms, public health interventions to improve community health, pandemic preparedness, response, mitigation and prevention, and the promotion of health literacy to share messages of prevention against infectious and chronic disease challenges.

Yordi Tiruneh, MPhil, PhD
Associate Professor

Peter Pendergrass, MD
Program Director, General Preventive Medicine Residency

Guinevere Ellison-Giles
Environmental Health Fellow

Association of Public Health Laboratories Wastewater Surveillance Project

Amna Elbadawi
Environmental Health Fellow

Association of Public Health Laboratories Wastewater Surveillance Project

CDC - CRC

Gabrielle Frachiseur 
Program Manager

CDC - CRC

RAD-X Project

Sandy Monsivals
Program Manager

RAD-X Project

Octavia Howard
Community Health Worker

RAD-X Project

Todd Welton
Community Health Worker

RAD-X Project

Letha Starks 
Community Health Worker

RAD-X Project

Center for Community & Rural Health Education

Kim Bush 
Director

Center for Community & Rural Health Education             

Carlea Patrick 
Project Coordinator, CHW Training/AHEC, Healthy Paths for Strong Brains

Center for Community & Rural Health Education           

Christie Cofer 
Project Coordinator

Lifestyle Change Programs
Center for Community & Rural Health Education         

Liz Mendoza 
Training Coordinator/Training Specialist, Hypertension Program

Center for Community & Rural Health Education                 

Erika Carmona 
Community Health Worker, Hypertension Program

Center for Community & Rural Health Education                

Rachelle Grabowski
Community Health Worker

Healthy Paths for Strong Brains         

Tammy Dry 
Program Specialist

Center for Community & Rural Health Education