A clinician trained in pediatric primary care, Thompson worked at an urban, acute care health facility in the neonatal intensive care unit. After completing a graduate degree in nursing, she joined Syracuse University’s School of Nursing teaching in the undergraduate…

In 2000, Chef Kiernan came to Syracuse University to work in Carrier Dome Catering where she managed 42 private suites and numerous other functions related to games and floor dinners. She became an instructor in Hospitality Management in 2007 and…

Bhavneet Walia is an assistant professor in Falk College’s Department of Public Health. Walia joined Syracuse University in 2015 from Western Illinois University where she was an associate professor of decision sciences and founding director of the business analytics post-baccalaureate…

With published research in the fields of behavioral sports economics, applied econometrics, and applied game theory, Dr. Shane Sanders joined Syracuse University from Western Illinois University in Fall 2016. At WIU, Sanders served as the Cecil P. McDonough Endowed Professor…

Biography Ken Marfilius is the Director of the Falk College Office of Online and Distance Education and is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Social Work. Prior to his new appointment at Syracuse University, Marfilius served as the…

Bernard Appiah joined the Department of Public Health in Falk College as Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. Prior to joining Syracuse University, Appiah was Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University’s School of Public Health in the Departments of Environmental and…

Dr. Vasilenko’s research focuses on adolescence and young adult health and well-being, with a focus on sexual behavior. Her work on this topic is inspired by both health risk and normative developmental perspectives. She is particularly interested in understanding what…

Before joining Syracuse University, Pilkay served as an adjunct lecturer at both Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work in New York, NY since 2018 and the University of Tennessee, College of Social Work in Knoxville, TN since 2015, teaching…

Miriam Mutambudzi joined the Department of Public Health in Falk College as Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. Prior to joining Syracuse University, Mutambudzi served as a Research Associate in the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University…

Lisa Olson-Gugerty teaches undergraduate courses that focus on health promotion, health & disease, and healthcare administration. She is a family nurse practitioner and maintains an outside practice as an emergency healthcare provider at a regional community healthcare center. Olson-Gugerty holds…