CHP Faculty and Staff

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Full Name and Credentials
Karen Niemchick MHS, PhD

Title
Associate Professor

Office
RFH 203V

Phone
616-331-5535

Email
[email protected]

Bio
Associate Professor, and Practicum Coordinator for the MPH program. She serves on 2 committees within APHA’s Genomics Forum, at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute in pharmacogenomics, the Advisory Panel for Public Health Genetics and the Committee for Public Health Genetics and Genomics Week. She has published projects on genomic education, genetic services use, and an NHGRI training module in pharmacogenomics. Currently working on student projects with the Genomics Forum.

Professional Interests
Research interests in public health genomics and genomic education, and in several areas of human health including chronic disease and antimicrobial resistance.

Education

B.A. Biology/Chemistry, University of Toledo 1989
MHS, Grand Valley State University 1999
PhD Public Health Epidemiology, Walden University 2017

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