Dr. Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Community Health and is the Armstrong Campus Program Director for the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health. Dr. Marshall holds an MPH from East Stroudsburg University and a DrPH from Georgia Southern University. Dr. Marshall is also a certified health education specialist. 

 

Dr. Marshall has over 15 years of community engagement experience including fostering partnerships and relationships with grass roots organizations, state coalitions, non-profits and national associations, particularly around health inequities. These experiences, along with her completion of the Georgia Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program and the Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI), have contributed to her commitment to addressing the social determinants of health through community engagement, enhancing student leadership, and conveying the importance of achieving health equity. Dr. Marshall has also worked with both Rural and Urban populations to identify and address barriers in various community health issues. 

 

Dr. Marshall has served as a member and leader in numerous public health organizations including the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the American Public Health Association. She currently serves as the Chair of the Science Board, Co-Chair for the Joint Policy Committee, and as an Ex-Officio member of the Executive board for the APHA (2018-2019). Additionally, she serves as the Education and Training Co-Lead (2018-2019) for the Georgia Society for Public Health Education (GASOPHE) and as a member of the CRASH committee for the United States Breastfeeding Coalition (USBC), which focuses on equity issues in breastfeeding. 

 

Dr. Marshall has been a faculty member since Fall 2013 and has been involved in securing grants as a PI, Co-PI, and contributor in community based programming and participatory research including a recently funded (2018) CDC REACH grant (Savannah H.O.P.E.) on which she is leading the breastfeeding initiative.

 

Disciplines: Community Health Behavior and Education