Two Black Public Health Scholars Join the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has added eight new faculty members this fall. Two of the new assistant professors are black.

Renee E. Walker is a new assistant professor of community and behavioral health promotion. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Walker is a graduate of Lake Forest College in Illinois. She holds a master of public health degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia and a doctorate in public health from the University of Pittsburgh.

Emmanuel Ngui was also appointed assistant professor of community and behavioral health promotion. He was teaching at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

He received his doctorate in maternal and child health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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  1. I congratulate Dr. Emmanuel Ngui for the wonderful academic achievements. Keep it up Prof. Always thank God for all. We require intellectuals and professionals of your caliber to assist in pulling up the developing economies in Africa.

  2. Dr Emmanuel Ngui, I take this opportunity to congratulate you for the efforts you’ve made in changing peoples lives. God bless you.

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