Heather A Stark,

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean's Office

Business Phone: (352) 273-6566

Business Email: hastark@ufl.edu

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About Heather A Stark

Heather Stark, MD, MPH. is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Program Director of the Master of Science in Epidemiology. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Johns Hopkins University, a Medical Degree from the University of Maryland, and a Master of Public Health for the University of Florida. Her research projects include improving maternal and child health, nutrition, and health disparities in the African countries of Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. Dr. Stark teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, including Principles of Epidemiology (PHC 6001), Global Public Health (PHC 3440), Global Health Disparities and Disabilities (PHC 3678), Public Health Nutrition (PHC6521), Assessment and Surveillance in Public Health (PHC 6251), and Applied Practical Experience (PHC 6411).

Additional Positions:

Director, Master of Science in Epidemiology Program

2022 – Current · University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

2019-2021,2023-2025

PHC6521 Fundamentals of Public Health Nutrition

2021-2025

PHC6937 Special Topics in Public Health

2021

PHC6251 Assessment and Surveillance in Public Health

2022,2024-2025

PHC6940 Master of Public Health Capstone

2022

PHC4101 Public Health Concepts

2022-2025

PHC3440 Global Public Health

2022

HSC4930 Special Topics

2022-2024

PHC6917 Supervised Research Project

2022-2025

PHC6001 Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health

2022-2023

PHC6941 MPH Applied Practice Experience

2022-2025

HSC4970 Public Health and Health Professions Senior Honors Thesis

2023-2025

PHC6971 Research for Master’s Thesis

2023-2025

PHC3678 Global Health Disparities and Disabilities

2023

HSC4913 Supervised Research Experience

2024-2025

HSC4905 Individual Study

2025

HSC4608 Clinical Diagnosis and Decision Making

Board Certifications

Florida Medical License

ME 78163

Research Profile

Areas of Interest

Global Health
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition and Wellness

Publications

Academic Articles

2024

Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: Evidence from Un Oeuf study.

Public health nutrition. 1-31 [DOI] 10.1017/S1368980024002490. [PMID] 39663979.

PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2024

From traditional to transactional: exploration of khat use in Ethiopia through an interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMC Public Health. 24(1887) [DOI] https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19357-1.

Publisher’s Site

2024

Khat use and related determinants among pregnant women within Haramaya, Ethiopia: a mixed methods study

Frontiers Global Womens Health. 5 [DOI] https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1359689.

Publisher’s Site

2024

The importance of incorporating systems thinking and One Health in global health classrooms: findings from a One Health simulation activity.

Frontiers in public health. 12 [DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1299116. [PMID] 38481838.

1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2022

Household decision-making, women’s empowerment, and increasing egg consumption in children under five in rural Burkina Faso: Observations from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6 [DOI] 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1034618.

Publisher’s Site

2022

Sustainability and scalability of egg consumption in Burkina Faso for infant and young child feeding.

Frontiers in nutrition. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fnut.2022.1096256. [PMID] 36712530.

1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2021

The Un Oeuf study: Design, methods and baseline data from a cluster randomised controlled trial to increase child egg consumption in Burkina Faso.

Maternal & child nutrition. 17(1) [DOI] 10.1111/mcn.13069. [PMID] 32770664.

4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2020

Behavior Change, Egg Consumption, and Child Nutrition: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Pediatrics. 146(6) [DOI] 10.1542/peds.2020-007930.

Publisher’s Site

Presentations

2024-02-08

What a Difference an Egg Makes

International / Invited. Symposium. Gainesville, Florida

2024-02-21

Global Food Secuirty

State / Invited. Seminar. University of Florida

Education

Master of Public Health

2015-2017 · University of Florida

Doctorate of Medicine

1991-1995 · University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science

1987-1991 · Johns Hopkins University

Contact Details

Phones:

Business:: (352) 273-6566

Emails:

Business:: hastark@ufl.edu

Addresses:

Business Mailing:: PO Box 103600
GAINESVILLE FL 32610