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RODLESCIA SNEED, PhD, MPH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MSU MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

Dr. Sneed provides instruction on Community Engagement in Public Health Practice within the Master of Public Health Program. Drawing on her experience as a community-engaged researcher, Sneed helps students to understand why including community voices in public health programming is crucial for advancing health equity, especially in marginalized communities. Students in her course learn about both theoretical and practical considerations associated with community-engaged programming and are challenged to develop community-engaged projects that serve the communities where they live and work.

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MOHAMED SATTI, PhD, MSc ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MSU MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

Dr. Satti is an expert in parasitic and infectious diseases. His research focus has been on diseases common in the tropics – such as schistosomiasis, second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease. And onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. In the United States, he studies locally transmitted diseases, such as pinworms, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and giardiaa waterborne infection that causes abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea, and diarrhea in humans and infects dogs. His research has found more than 70 percent of shelter dogs are infected. In the Master of Public Health program and the College of Veterinary Medicine, he has taught numerous classes, from parasitic diseases to foodborne parasites and their impact on food safety, field methodology for investigating parasitic diseases, and more.

Satti spent many years researching and teaching in Sudan, the Cayman Islands, Denmark, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and England. He has published many studies and presentations on infectious diseases at international conferences.