Deans
Dr. Michael Perri, Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Research
Dr. Stephanie Hanson, Executive Associate Dean
Dr. Mary Peoples-Sheps, Associate Dean for Public Health Development and Practice
Dr. Joanne Foss, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs
Dr. Ronald H. Rozensky, Associate Dean for International Affairs
Dr. Michael Perri, Interim Dean and Professor
Michael
G. Perri, Ph.D., is Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Research at the
University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions. Dr.
Perri joined the UF faculty in 1990 as a Professor of Clinical and Health
Psychology. From 1992 to 2004, he served as Director of the UF Health Science
Center’s Psychology Internship Program. Dr. Perri has contributed
to more than 100 professional and scientific publications, and his research
on diet and exercise has been funded for 25 years by grants, awards and
contracts from public and private sources, including the National Institutes
of Health and the Veterans Administration Merit Review Research Program.
Dr. Perri is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology
and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Behavioral
Medicine, and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. He
has served on the editorial boards of numerous behavioral science journals
including Health Psychology, Eating Behavior, Annals of Behavioral Medicine,
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,
and Behavior Therapist. In addition, Dr. Perri has served on scientific
review panels for the Institute of Medicine, the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney
Diseases, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office, and the American College
of Sports Medicine. His current research, funded by the National Institutes
of Health, focuses on the treatment of obesity in underserved rural settings.
Contact: (352) 273-6214
Address:
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean's Office
PO Box 100185
Gainesville, Fl. 32610
Dr. Stephanie Hanson, Executive Associate Dean and Clinical Professor
Stephanie
Hanson, Ph.D., is the Executive Associate Dean and a Clinical Professor
at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions.
A member of the college since 1996, Dr. Hanson received her Ph.D.s in developmental
psychology and clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University. From 1986
to 1991 she was a clinical assistant professor in the University of Missouri
School of Medicine, during which time she directed inpatient psychology
services at Rusk Rehabilitation Center and helped establish their first
postdoctoral psychology training program. She also established psychological
services at the University’s Women’s Health Center. In 1991,
she moved to North Carolina, where she led the development of the first
comprehensive outpatient brain injury program at Charlotte Institute of
Rehabilitation. She subsequently worked as the neurology program development
coordinator for Whitaker Rehabilitation Center in Winston-Salem. Dr. Hanson
chaired the ethics committee for the APA Rehabilitation Psychology division
(Division 22) for seven years (1993-2000) and served as a Division 22 Executive
Committee member (1998 to 2001). She was one of the first women board certified
in rehabilitation psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology
and was on the board of directors of the American Board of Rehabilitation
Psychology, which certifies psychologists in the specialty of rehabilitation,
from 1999 to 2002. She has chaired multiple APA-sponsored continuing education
workshops and symposia, published, and taught on health care ethics. Her
other interests include academic program development, interdisciplinary
team functioning, and traumatic brain injury and stroke. Dr. Hanson currently
oversees administrative aspects of the Bachelor of Health Science program
and teaches in Therapeutic Communication Skills for Patients, Families and
the Health Care Team.
Contact: (352) 273-6377
Address:
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean's Office
PO Box 100185
Gainesville, Fl. 32610
Dr. Mary Peoples-Sheps, Associate Dean for Public Health Development and Practice
Mary
Peoples-Sheps, Dr.P.H., is Associate Dean for Public Health Development
and Practice and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services
Research, Management and Policy.
Dr. Peoples-Sheps received her Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Saint John College in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1969, a Master of Science in Nursing, with a major in Maternal and Child Health, from Boston University in 1973, and the Doctor of Public Health degree in Health Administration from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill in 1981. She practiced public health nursing throughout the 1970s. From 1981 until 1998, Dr. Peoples-Sheps was on the faculty of the UNC School of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Nursing, and Public Health Practice and Leadership. She also served the school as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as the first Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. In 2004, she joined the faculty of UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions to develop infrastructure and to integrate public health programs into the college.
For the past 25 years, Dr. Peoples-Sheps’ teaching, service and research have focused on surveillance of health problems and program planning, evaluation and performance measurement, particularly on behalf of mothers, children and other vulnerable population groups.
Contact: (352) 273-6084 mpeoplessheps@phhp.ufl.edu
Address:
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean's Office
PO Box 100185
Gainesville, Fl. 32610
Dr. Joanne Foss, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs
Joanne
Foss, Ph.D., is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and a Clinical Assistant
Professor at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health
Professions. She is also the Program Director of Professional Programs in
Occupational Therapy. In this capacity she is responsible for all administrative
duties in the program, as well as the competitive admissions process, academic
retention and advising, and graduation certification. In addition, Dr. Foss
is the director of the occupational therapy entry-level master’s program
and she instructs graduate and undergraduate classes in life span human
development, and pediatric assessment and intervention. Dr. Foss has served
as an investigator, author and editor of a self-study program in Training
of Occupational and Physical Therapist in Early Intervention Services (TOPSEI);
this program is offered nationally as a certification workshop and as a
graduate course. Her research and education interests are in professional
education and training, and pediatric assessment and intervention.
Contact: (352) 273-6135 jfoss@phhp.ufl.edu
Address:
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean's Office
PO Box 100185
Gainesville, Fl. 32610
Dr. Ronald R. Rozensky, Associate Dean for International Affairs
Ronald
H. Rozensky Ph.D. is Associate Dean for International Programs at the University
of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions. Dr.
Rozensky joined the UF faculty in 1998 as Chair and Professor of Clinical
and Health Psychology. He served as departmental chair from June 1998 until
September 2006. Dr. Rozensky has published five textbooks and numerous journal
articles on health psychology and professional psychology. Dr. Rozensky
is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in both
Clinical and Clinical Health Psychology and is a fellow of the American
Psychological Association. He was the founding editor of the Journal of
Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings and served as editor for thirteen
years. Dr. Rozensky was named the 2001 Distinguished Educator by the Association
of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers and the 2007 Outstanding International
Psychologist by the American Psychological Association’s Division
of International Psychology. He was elected to serve on the American Psychological
Association’s Board of Directors and chaired that association’s
Board of Educational Affairs and Board of Professional Affairs.
Contact: (352) 273-6033, rozensky@phhp.ufl.edu
Address:
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
PO Box 100165
Gainesville, Fl. 32610
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