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Dr. Zeinab Baba
Assistant Professor, MPH Assessment Coordinator
College of Health Sciences - Health
Bio
Zeinab Baba, DrPH, MS, CPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health. She earned her doctorate in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University in 2014 where she worked as an outreach educator for the Drexel University College of Medicine's Department of Surgery. Prior to joining WCU she worked as a Chronic Disease Epidemiologist in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Delaware Division of Public health and as a research assistant and data analyst/programmer at the children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Baba has extensive experience managing and analyzing various healthcare datasets for pediatric and adult populations. At WCU, Dr. Baba teaches courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She also serves as the Assessment coordinator for the MPH program.
Expertise
- Epidemiology
- Research Methods
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- Health Disparities
Education
- The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Mathematics, African Studies(minor), 2004
- The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, MS, Epidemiology, 2006
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, DrPH, Community Health and Prevention, 2014