Ela Austin, PhD, MPH, CPH

MPH, Public Health Practice, 2015
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

PhD, Sociology, 2004
School of Public Health
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

MA, Applied Social Research, 1999
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

BA, Political Science and Sociology, 1997
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

• Certified in Public Health (CPH), 2021

• Health and health care needs of stigmatized populations
• Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methodologies
• Evidence-based best practices in public health education

2024–present
Associate Dean for Public Health Programs
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2023–2024
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2018–2023
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2017–2023
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2015–2018
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2011–2015
Health Services Researcher
Department of Veterans Affairs
Birmingham, AL

2006–2011
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2004–2006
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

• American Public Health Association