BIO
Linda Roberts, M.H.S., B.S.N. is an experienced education Instructor skilled in Epidemiology, Oncology, Healthcare, Clinical Research, and Medicine. She is a healthcare services professional with an M.H.S. focused in Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.S. in nursing from Wayne State University. She has worked in the Vermont Department of Health as a Public Health Analyst in Research, Epidemiology, and Evaluation, and as a Research Project Coordinator and Data Manager in the Department of Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Trials, at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the faculty of the graduate public health programs at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine in 2013, serving as an educational instructor in the Department of Medicine. Professor Roberts is an expert and enthusiastic public health teacher: she has designed and taught graduate-level public health courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, and health policy and actively mentors students in public health research.
When asked what public health means to her, she writes: “Public health is the dynamic process of balancing multiple factors, such as environment, biology, genetics, behavior, science, politics, and policy, to nurture and maintain the health of people, communities, and societies.”
Area(s) of expertise
Public Health Policy, Epidemiology, Biostatistics
Bio
Linda Roberts, M.H.S., B.S.N. is an experienced education Instructor skilled in Epidemiology, Oncology, Healthcare, Clinical Research, and Medicine. She is a healthcare services professional with an M.H.S. focused in Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.S. in nursing from Wayne State University. She has worked in the Vermont Department of Health as a Public Health Analyst in Research, Epidemiology, and Evaluation, and as a Research Project Coordinator and Data Manager in the Department of Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Trials, at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the faculty of the graduate public health programs at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine in 2013, serving as an educational instructor in the Department of Medicine. Professor Roberts is an expert and enthusiastic public health teacher: she has designed and taught graduate-level public health courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, and health policy and actively mentors students in public health research.
When asked what public health means to her, she writes: “Public health is the dynamic process of balancing multiple factors, such as environment, biology, genetics, behavior, science, politics, and policy, to nurture and maintain the health of people, communities, and societies.”
Areas of Expertise
Public Health Policy, Epidemiology, Biostatistics