Internal Advisory Committee
About
The Cornell Public Health Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) provides input and advice to the Cornell Public Health Program to ensure that the Program is responsive to new opportunities and changing needs in achieving its mission and vision. Members of the IAC act as ambassadors for the Program; keep the Program apprised of relevant opportunities and initiatives; provide input on the MPH curriculum; and offer recommendations for the Program’s strategic growth and direction.
Committee Members
Maria Fitzpatrick, PhD
Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Brooks School of Public Policy
Associate Vice Provost for the Social Sciences, Cornell University
Oliver Gao, PhD, MS
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director and Principal Investigator, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health
Laura Harrington, PhD, MS
Professor, Department of Entomology and Department of Public & Ecosystem Health
Program Director & Principal Investigator, Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
David Lodge, PhD
Francis J. DiSalvo Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Saurabh Mehta, ScD, MS, MBBS
The Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Monika Safford, MD
John J. Kuiper Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Cornell Center for Health Equity
Basil Safi, MPH, PE, MS
Executive Director, David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement
Kim Weeden, PhD, MA
Jan Rock Zubrow Professor of the Social Sciences; Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow; Director, Center for the Study of Inequality
Chair, Department of Sociology
Martin Wiedmann, Dr.med.vet, PhD
Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety, Department of Food Science
Co-Director, New York State Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence