People
Faculty: Ballweg | Beaton | Berkowitz | Black | Bond | Bridges | Gale | Hammer | Oberle | Shiu-Thornton | Stergachis | Terriff | Woods
Staff: Bruch
Faculty
Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C
Program Director, MEDEX Northwest
Ruth Ballweg oversees MEDEX physician assistant training at three locations and has extensive experience in videoconference-based training to rural areas. She is a national leader in physician assistant education.
Office: 4311 11th Ave NE, Suite 200
Mail: Box 354725
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-4725
rballweg@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-616-6343
fax: 206-616-3889
Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT
Research Professor in Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing
Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Dr. Beaton has conducted research on the causes and effects of occupational stress in emergency workers such as firefighters and paramedics for more than a decade. He has also evaluated the benefits of interventions for firefighter departments with funding from NIOSH and FEMA. More recently his research has focused on the psychosocial parameters of community-wide disasters and disaster preparedness.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm T506B
Mail: Box 357263
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7263
randyb@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-543-8551
fax: 206-543-3624
Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
Alumni Endowed Professor of Nursing and Interim Chair, Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing
Bobbie Berkowitz is currently the Alumni Endowed Professor of Nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing, Interim Chair of the Department of psychosocial and Community Health, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Dr. Berkowitz also directs the NIH/NINR funded Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research at the UW School of Nursing.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm T518E
Mail: Psychosocial and Community Health
Box 357263
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7263
bobbieb@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-543-3116
fax: 206-543-8566
Douglas Black, PharmD
Associate Professor of Department of Pharmacy
Douglas Black has served as a clinical pharmacist at the University of Washington Medical Center, where he was co-investigator for several antibiotic studies. His major research focus is in surveillance and management of antibiotic resistance.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm H375U
Mail: Box 357630
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7630
dblack@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-685-2714
fax: 206-543-3835
Eleanor Bond, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing
Eleanor Bond is a nurse physiologist with acute/critical care teaching and practice experience. She led development of UW’s Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) Masters program and currently leads two HRSA-supported initiatives: Rural-Adult NP Masters program and Rural-Interdisciplinary Training.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm T618C
Mail: Box 357266
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7266
rebond@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-616-1964
fax: 206-543-4771
Elizabeth Bridges, PhD, RN, CCNS
Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing
Dr. Bridges is also the Clinical Nurse Researcher at the University of Washington Medical Center. Her research investigates the care of critically ill/injured patients in unique and austere environments, to include long distance military aeromedical transport and the performance and integration of hemodynamic data into the care of critically ill patients. Dr Bridges teaches the critical care nursing seminar and guest lectures in areas related to hospital-based disaster response and the performance of clinical research/evidence-based practice by bedside nurses. Dr. Bridges serves as an advisor to the TriService Nursing Research Program, she is a co-editor of the textbook Cardiac Nursing, 5th edition, and serves as a consultant for military nurse researchers/clinicians on a number of topics related to operational healthcare and international disaster response.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm T608C
Mail: Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Box 357266
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7266
ebridges@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-598-2169
James Gale, MD, MS
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Jim Gale currently teaches in the Community-Oriented Public Health Practice track of the MPH program. He is interested in closer ties between academic public health and public health practice. He is former director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm F363C
Mail: Box 357236
Seattle, WA 98195-7236
jlg@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-543-8873
fax: 206-685-9651
Dana Hammer, PhD, RPh
Director, Bracken Pharmaceutical Care Learning Center, Department of Pharmacy
Director, UW Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy Residency Program
Dr. Hammer’s research and teaching interests are in the areas of student professional development and assessment. She received a B.S. in pharmacy from Oregon State University, and her Ph.D. from Purdue University.
Mail: Box 357630
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7630
dphammer@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-221-3632
fax: 206-221-3225
Mark Oberle, MD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Health Services
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Mark Oberle has been a member of the faculty since 1990. He has extensive experience with disease surveillance, has directed state epidemiology programs in two states and has published more than 100 research and practice articles in the fields of public health, medicine, and ecology.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm F346
Mail: Box 357230
Seattle, WA 98195-7230
moberle@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-616-9394
fax: 206-543-3813
Sharyne Shiu-Thornton, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Health Services
Sharyne Shiu-Thornton has been a member of the faculty since 1994 and is affiliated with the Social and Behavioral Sciences Track, (MPH program). Her interests are in cultural competency and community-based participatory research.
Office: H-679
Mail: Box 357660
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7660
sharyne@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-616-2940
fax: 206-543-3964
Andy Stergachis, PhD, RPh, MS
Professor of Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy
Andy Stergachis coordinates all pharmaceutical preparedness training and technical assistance within the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and serves as the Strategic National Stockpile Coordinator for Region 6 (Seattle and King County). His research interests include Pharmacoepidemiology and other studies of medications and health systems and outcomes and epidemiology of biological and chemical hazards.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm F167A
Mail: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98105
Campus Mail: Box 354809
stergach@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-616-9460
fax: 206-616-9415
Colleen Terriff, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy, Washington State University
Colleen Terriff teaches and precepts pharmacy students at WSU and Deaconess Medical Center and is the pharmacy practice residency program director. Her general area of interest is internal medicine and critical care, she also specializes in HIV/AIDS and pharmacy preparedness and response for terrorism and disasters.
WSU College of Pharmacy & Deaconess Medical Center
800 West 5th Ave
Spokane, WA 99204
terrifc@empirehealth.org
tel: 509-473-2364
fax: 509-473-7531
Susan L. Woods, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean—Academic Services, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing
Susan Woods has been on the faculty since 1975 and has taught both undergraduates and graduates in the School of Nursing. Her clinical and research focus is in cardiac nursing, particularly in measurement of cardiovascular variables and chronobiology.
Office: Health Sciences Center Rm T302
Mail: Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Box 357266
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7266
slwoods@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-543-8732
fax: 206-616-2420
Staff
Rick Bruch
Web Computing Specialist, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Office & Mail: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98105
Campus Mail: Box 354809
rbruch@u.washington.edu
tel: 206-543-3969
fax: 206-616-9415