George Wehby received his doctorate in health management and policy with a concentration in health economics from the University of Iowa in 2006. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa. He also holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Sciences from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Wehby’s scholarly accomplishments include 35 published/in-press articles (first author of 26 of those) with 10 more currently under review and 11 in various stages of preparation. He has been the principal investigator of four National Institutes of Health grants and one Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant totaling more than $4 million, and is co-investigator on other grants totaling more than $8 million.

Wehby has established a national reputation as a scholar advancing the understanding of the early determinants of health and human capital, particularly investments during the prenatal period and early childhood, as well as in research approaches to integrate genetics and social sciences to study the determinants and consequences of health behaviors. He is an active and energetic teacher who genuinely wants to influence the intellectual and character development of students and is highly committed to quality teaching. Wehby has taught courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level and has played an active role in helping to improve the Master of Health Administration program and the doctoral program in the Department of Health Management and Policy.

Mary Nettleman received her Master of Science degree in preventive medicine and epidemiology from the University of Iowa in 1993. She also holds an MD from Vanderbilt and a BS from Ohio University Honors Tutorial College. Nettleman was recently named vice president for health affairs and dean of the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota after serving as chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine since 2003. She is a nationally recognized expert in several areas, including epidemiologic and health outcomes research.

Nettleman has authored 122 peer-reviewed publications and 62 books and chapters. They have included articles on infection control, particularly related to travel medicine; antimicrobial resistance, including MRSA; vaccination recommendations; women’s health; and pregnancy-related determination and outcome. She has received numerous awards, including a Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Army, for Service to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research on Gulf War Illness; Shepard Award for Excellence in Scientific Achievement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Master and Fellow of the American College of Physicians; and the Young Investigator Award of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America.