Posted 8/11/2008

Arnold School welcomes 5 new tenure-track faculty

Five persons will join the Arnold School of Public Health this month as tenure-track faculty members.

Dr. Christine E. Blake and Dr. Melinda Spencer will join the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior.

Blake, a registered dietitian, comes from Cornell University where she was a postdoctoral associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. She earned her bachelor’s degree from State University of New York at Plattsburg and her master’s and doctorate from Cornell.

Spencer has been a Kellogg Health Scholar and research assistant at the Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburg Graduate School of Public Health. She earned her bachelor’s, masters and doctorate from West Virginia University.

Dr. Peter Soros will join the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

He has been a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. He has a medical degree from the Hannover Medical School in Germany and a bachelor’s degree (equivalent) from the University of Gottingen.

Dr. Raja A. Fayad and Dr. Michael W. Beets will join the Department of Exercise Science.

Fayad has been a research assistant professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago. He has a medical degree from Aleppo University School of Medicine in Aleppo, Syria.

Beets comes from Oregon State University where he was Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Public Health. He earned his bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his doctorate from Oregon State University.

All of the new faculty members will hold the title of assistant professor.