Staff

Kristin Van De Griend, PhD, MPH

ICIDP Principal Investigator
Department Chair, Associate Professor, Community and Public Health, Kasiska Division of Health Sciences

Office: Reed Gym, Room 242 921 South 8th Ave, Stop 8109 Pocatello, ID 83209

(208) 282-1074

kristinvandegrien@isu.edu

Brief Biography:
Dr. Kristin Van De Griend engages in public health research and practice with the intent to promote health equity. She employs community-based, mixed methods in her research, which she grounds within social justice and intersectionality frameworks. She has trained globally through fellowships at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit-2 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia conducting infectious disease research, and at iccdr,b in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kristin is passionate about strengthening transdisciplinary teamwork and inter-professional education.

Education:
B.A., University of Northern Iowa, Biology-biomedicine
M.P.H., University of Iowa, Epidemiology
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior

Nnamdi Stephen Moeteke, MBBS, MPH

ICIDP Project Coordinator
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Public Health
Idaho State University

Office: Reed Gym, Room 242 921 South 8th Ave, Stop 8109 Pocatello, ID 83209

(208)282-6181

nnamdimoeteke@isu.edu

Brief Biography:

Dr. Nnamdi Moeteke is a public health physician committed to working with underserved communities for health development. Most of his practice and research has focused on strengthening health systems especially with respect to primary healthcare, and training of the health workforce for enhancement of service delivery and improvement in population health outcomes. He was involved in the  clinical management of patients with tuberculosis for almost a decade, and served as a WHO state technical facilitator for polio control activities in Delta State, Nigeria. He was a deputy coordinator for the Ebola Virus Preparedness and Response Committee of the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, and a case officer in the Delta State COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Team. Nnamdi is certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners in the United States. He is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians (Faculty of Community Health), and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health in the United Kingdom.

Education/Training:

• MBBS: University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• MPH (specialization in management of health systems): University of Liverpool
• Residency (public health and preventive medicine) and fellowship training (community health): Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria

Ryan Lindsay, PhD, MPH

ICIDP Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Community and Public Health
Idaho State University

Office: 1311 E. Central Dr., Meridian, ID 83642

208-373-1779

ryanlindsay@isu.edu

Brief Biography:

Dr. Ryan Lindsay is interested in building rural health systems globally and locally. I have led research in how substance use, including smoking, influences communicable disease infection and progression. My research has highlighted the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS and/or addiction, people experiencing homelessness or disability, immigrants, and sex worker populations. I have been involved in Community Health Worker workforce development programming in Idaho since 2016.

Education/Training:

• Master of Public Health: Brigham Young University
• Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health (Global Health emphasis): University of California San Diego/San Diego State University joint doctoral program
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of California San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education

David M Hachey, PharmD, AAHIVP

ICIDP Co-Principal Investigator
Professor
Department of Family Medicine

Office: 465 Memorial Drive Pocatello, ID 83209

(208) 282-5763

hachdavi@isu.edu

Brief Biography:

Dr. David Hachey is a Professor of Family Medicine and the Program Director of the ISU Ryan White Part C Program which provides HIV care to nearly 200 persons living with HIV in Easter Idaho.  He has worked providing services for HIV prevention, treatment of STIs, hepatitis C and other communicable diseases.  He also has an active global health practice and has completed sabbaticals with the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and the University of Namibia. He currently holds a visiting professor title with the University of Namibia where he has strong clinical and research interests with HIV and TB. 

Education:

• Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island
• Residency/Fellowship, Idaho State University