Faculty | Master of Public Health
Ji-Yeun Park
- Associate Professor of Public Health
- Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington
- MPP, KDI (Korea Development Institute) School of Public Policy and Management
- B.S., Sookmyung Women's University
Ji-Yeun Park’s teaching focuses on health behavior theories, social and behavioral health sciences, and research methods. The primary goal of her teaching is to provide rich learning opportunities that encourage students to think more deeply and critically about public health issues. She enjoys bringing Christian faith into the classroom so that students can better understand how the Christian...
Courses
- Lifetime Wellness
- Public Health Principles and Practice
- Principles of Biostatistics
- Public Health Policy and Practice
- Research Methods
- Current Issues in Global Health
- Community Health Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation
Research Interests
- Substance Abuse
- Mental Health and well-being
- Policy evaluation
Brent Peterson
- Co-Program Chair of Kinesiology and Public Health
- Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Public Health
- Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado
- MPH, Colorado School of Public Health
- M.S., California State University Fullerton
- B.A., Concordia University
Dr. Peterson’s research background is founded on biomedically-based applications [molecular to applied] in human, animal, and clinical settings. Specifically, his doctoral training was focused on applying the aforementioned methodologies toward the investigation of human movement-related physiological adaptations, and applying outcomes observed in animal models, in