Katherine Jones Debay, MSPH

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Assistant Professor, Global Health

Prof. Jones Debay teaches in the areas of global health practice and professional development. Her professional career prior to joining LLUSPH was in international health and development with the U.S. Agency for International Development with long-term service in Latin America in Bolivia and Ecuador, West Africa in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire covering the West and Central Africa region, and in Washington, DC; and short-term work Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, India. She began her own global health journey as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua where she worked with community health workers and traditional birth attendants among the Mayangna indigenous group. She began her public health career as an epidemiologist for the State of Oregon.

Throughout her career Prof Jones Debay has created strong relationships with international counterparts, NGO partners and donors, conceptualizing and developing programs, and managing financial and human resources in challenging environments. She is a trained leadership/life coach and mentor to multi-cultural teams, organizations and individuals overseas and in the U.S. to achieve program results and fulfill their potential. Katherine enjoys coaching and mentoring students to prepare them for a career in global health. She speaks Spanish and struggles with French.

Email: katjones@llu.edu

Cell: 626-807-0285

Office hours by appointment. Please contact instructor.