Debbie Humphries Ph.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Instructor in Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Dr. Humphries has a broad background in public health practice. She has consulting expertise in the areas of diet and physical activity behavior change, sustainability of community health programs, program monitoring and evaluation, and training in participatory monitoring and evaluation.
Dr. Humphries has research experience in relationships between nutritional deficiencies and infectious disease in resource-poor environments. She is interested in interdisciplinary research on nutrition, immune function, and disease.
Engaging with students in the classroom, on theses and internships, Dr. Humphries provides valuable insights and the opportunity to investigate different perspectives and approaches. Students she has supported are conducting research in topics as varied as mapping access to health centers in Burkina Faso, developing a game for teaching communities about malaria transmission, mapping access to food and cigarettes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and policy approaches to reducing the diabetes impact in India. She enjoys experimenting in the classroom with pedagogical methods that combine academic concepts with practical experience.
Education
Ph.D. in International Nutrition, Public Policy, Infectious Diseases, Cornell University, 1996
M.P.H. in Human Nutrition, University of Michigan, 1992
B.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington, 1986
Courses Taught
GHD 542b Community Health Program Planning
GHD 545a Global Problems of Malnutrition
GHD 550b International Health Promotion
Current Research Projects
Evaluation of Biofortified Crops for Preventing and Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies and Evaluation of an NGO Capacity Building Project in the Field of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.
Yale Affiliations
Investigator, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)
Selected Publications
Hartwig, K., Humphries, D., and Matebeni, Z. Building Capacity for AIDS NGOs in Southern Africa: Evaluation of a Pilot Initiative. Health Promotion International, in press.
Yim, A., Humphries, D., and Abuova, G. Food, Alcohol and Cigarette Availability and Consumption in Almaty, Kazakstan: Results and Appraisal of a Rapid Assessment. Public Health Nutrition 6(8): 791-800, 2003.
Krummel, D.A., Humphries, D., and Tessaro, I. Focus Groups on Cardiovascular Health in Rural Women: Implications for Practice. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 34(1): 38-46, 2002.
Humphries, D.L. and Krummel, D.A. Perceived Susceptibility to Cardiovascular Disease and Dietary Intake in Women. American Journal of Health Behaviors 23(4): 250-260, 1999.
Humphries, D.L., Stephenson, L.S., Pearce, E.J., The, P.H., Dan, H.T., and Khanh, L.T. The Use of Human Faeces for Fertilizer is Associated with Increased Intensity of Hookworm Infection in Vietnamese Women. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91: 518-520, 1997.
Humphries, D., Vella, A.T., and Pearce, E.J. Increased CD4+ T Cell-dependent Anti-erythrocyte Antibody Levels Following the Onset of Parasite Egg Production in Schistosoma mansoni Infected Mice. Parasite Immunology 16: 469-477, 1994.
For a further list of Dr. Humphries’ publications, please see PubMed.
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