Cal State San Marcos announced Friday it hired a director for public health.
Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, an educator with more than 25 years of experience in academic administration, teaching and research, began serving in the role earlier this month. Iyiegbuniwe’s appointment
As director for public health, Iyiegbuniwe will provide vision and administrative direction for a new master of public health program in the early stages of accreditation with the Council on Education for Public Health
Among his key responsibilities will be faculty and staff recruitment, supervision,
mentoring and evaluation, fostering research initiatives and coordinating accreditation applications, self-studies, site visits and reports.
The master of public health degree will prepare graduates to be public health
professionals and leaders in community organizations, government, the military, academia and private-sector businesses. CSUSM’s program offers students flexibility with full- and part-time options, including evening classes for working professionals.
Iyiegbuniwe received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in environmental and occupational health sciences from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also earned another master of science and master of business administration from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and Western Kentucky University.
For more information, go to www.csusm.edu/el/mph.
