Dr. Michael Thompson is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Public Health Sciences at UNC Charlotte.  He directs its CAHME-accredited and nationally ranked Master of Health Administration (MHA) Program and its Health Informatics and Analytics programs. He has over 20 years’ experience in actively developing, leading, and seeing accredited public health and health administration programs domestically and internationally.

Dr. Thompson earned his doctorate in public health (DrPH) in 2002 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing in Health Services Research and Evaluation.  His professional practice focuses on competency-based workforce development and assessment as well as community-driven programmatic interventions. He currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health and external advisory board member at the American University of Armenia, Past efforts include supporting public health and health administration program development in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Lebanon, among other locations.

In 2002, Dr. Thompson was inducted into the Delta Omega Alpha Chapter as a student.  Dr. Thompson was among the faculty to found UNC Charlotte’s Beta Phi Chapter immediately after its initial CEPH accreditation in 2009.  He has served as the Chapter’s Delegate and been active in Delta Omega national efforts since.

Cindy Prins, PHD, MPH, CIC, CPH, is a clinical associate professor of Epidemiology in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Dr. Prins received her PhD in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology from Penn State University in 2000, where she studied replication of JC virus. She completed her post-doctoral training at the University of Florida, focusing on regulation of vaccinia virus transcription elongation. Concurrently, she earned her MPH in the Epidemiology concentration from the College of Public Health and Health Professions at UF in the fall of 2006. After this she worked in Infection Prevention and Control at UF Health Shands Hospital.

Dr. Prins joined the Epidemiology faculty in the fall of 2010. Her research interests include the prevention of healthcare-associated infections, including those caused by multi-drug resistant organisms, and compliance with vaccine recommendations. Dr. Prins is Board Certified in Infection Control (CIC) and Public Health (CPH). She was inducted as an alumni member of the Beta Upsilon chapter of Delta Omega in 2011.

Dr. Alison Oberne is an Instructor III and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. She has over 15 years of experience teaching undergraduate public health, as well as extensive experience in curriculum development. She is passionate about mentoring students and promoting skill development to support the next generation of public health and healthcare professionals.

Dr. Oberne earned both her MPH and PhD in public health from the University of South Florida, specializing in health promotion and behavior.  Her research interests include health literacy and health promotion among young adult populations. Dr. Oberne was inducted into Delta Omega in 2010 and served as the Tau Chapter president for 5 years before joining the national executive committee.

Bernard Toney Jr., DMSc, MPAS, MPH, CPH, PA-C, is a U.S. Diplomat and 21-year Army combat veteran serving as a Foreign Service Medical Provider with the U.S. Department of State. He operates at the nexus of global health, primary care, and strategic medicine, supporting health systems strengthening and crisis response across low- and middle-income countries.

From 2018 to 2022, he served as a White House Medical Officer, providing direct medical support to the President, Vice President, and First Lady of the United States. His global health experience spans more than 18 years across Asia, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific, advancing health security policy and operational readiness in complex environments.

Dr. Toney’s honors include the Order of Military Medical Merit (2024), Presidential Service Badge (2020), selection as a Tillman Scholar (2022), and induction into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (2023), where he serves as President of the Omega Chapter at The George Washington University.

A 2024 graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows Program, he continues his executive education at Harvard, focusing on how artificial intelligence can advance leadership, healthcare, and governance.

Mitchel A. Rosen, PhD, CHES is Director of the Center for Public Health Workforce Development and Associate Professor in the Rutgers School of Public Health, Urban and Global Public Health Department.  Dr. Rosen’s interests include workforce development issues for public health professionals, specifically in the concentrations of occupational health and safety, public health capacity development, and emergency preparedness.  Dr. Rosen develops capacity for vulnerable populations to provide safety and health education in their native language. Dr. Rosen focuses his research on impact of training on workplace practice.

Dr. Rosen has been active in the leadership of the Alpha Omega Chapter since 2016, and served as Chapter President since 2018.

Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH, MS, is an Associate Professor at the Office of Public Health Studies, in the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, at the University of Hawaiʽi at Mānoa (UHM).  She is also adjunct faculty with the Department of Psychiatry, in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at UHM.  Dr. Sugimoto-Matsuda received her Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) in Community Based Translational Research from UHM, and concurrently completed a Certificate in Public Policy Studies.  She was inducted into the Gamma Chapter of Delta Omega at UHM upon graduation in 2013, and became Chapter President in 2019.

Dr. Sugimoto-Matsuda‘s research interests focus on mental and behavioral health, including suicide prevention, bullying and violence prevention, and health policy/advocacy and systems-building.  She is part of the Steering (Leadership) Committee of the Prevent Suicide Hawaiʻi Taskforce, the State’s network of agencies and community members leading suicide prevention, intervention, and post-vention work.  She is also a Board Member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Hawaiʻi Chapter.  Dr. Sugimoto-Matsuda is currently Principal Investigator of the Hawaii’s Caring Systems Initiative to Prevent Youth Suicide (funded through SAMHSA’s GLS Program), and also Director of Hawaii’s Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training network.

Elizabeth Claydon is an Associate Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health. She has been involved with Delta Omega since 2016 with the Gamma Mu Chapter’s leadership team and became a member and then faculty advisor of Gamma Mu after that. She has served as Gamma Mu’s advisor since 2018 and is excited for the opportunity to serve on the executive committee.