Dr. Susan Kiene

Biography

Before joining San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, Kiene served as Assistant Professor in Community Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine from 2011-2014 and as an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Brown University from 2007-2011, where she remains an adjunct faculty member at the School of Public Health. Her research program, the Salawo Collaboration, operates in rural Uganda and focuses on developing sustainable community-based public health interventions that can be implemented at individual, group, and community levels. Kiene also works in South Africa and has established strong collaborations with faculty at Makerere University School of Public Health and local public health facilities. She is engaged in global health research opportunities, looking for graduate students interested in developing mobile health applications in resource-limited settings. Her volunteer work includes empowering women through computer programming training. Kiene's academic background includes a Doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut, a Master's in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, a Master's in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut, and a Bachelor's in Exercise Science from the University of Nebraska.

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