Contact – APEx

Preceptors must first be registered to access APEx.

Students should only access the APEx portal after they have secured an internship.

For questions about the APEx Portal and Internships, please contact the Office of Public Health Practice at ophp@uab.edu. Students, please list your department in the email subject line.

Faculty and Staff, Office of Public Health Practice

Name	Position
Lisa McCormick, DrPH	Senior Associate Dean for Academics and Public Health Practice
Jessica Chambliss, PhD, MPH	Assistant Dean for Public Health
Riley Blum, MPH	Internship Coordinator, MPH students in Health Behavior
Tessa Graham, MPH	Internship Coordinator, MPH students in Epidemiology
Elena Kidd, MPH	Internship Coordinator, MPH students in Health Policy and Organization, DrPH students in Health Policy and Organization, DrPH students in Biostats
Meena Nabavi, MPH	Internship Coordinator, MPH students in Population Health, MPH students in Environmental Health Sciences, MSPH students in Industrial Hygiene

Internship Instructors & Contact Information

Internship Instructors	Email	Degree Tracks
Lisa McCormick, DrPH	lmccormick@uab.edu	Masters of Public Health (MPH), concentration in: – Environmental and Occupational Health – Epidemiology
Matthew Fifolt, PhD	mfifolt@uab.edu	Masters of Public Health (MPH), concentration in: – Health Policy and Organization – Maternal and Child Health Policy and Leadership
Jessica Chambliss, PhD, MPH	jlthames@uab.edu	Masters of Public Health (MPH), concentration in: – Health Behavior
Lisa McCormick, DrPH, MPH	lmccormick@uab.edu	– Public Health/Physician Assistant Studies (MPH/MSPAS) – Public Health/Medicine (MPH/MD) – Public Health/Optometry (MPH/OD) – Public Health/Pharmacy (MPH/PharmD) – Public Health/Veterinary Medicine (MPH/DVM)
Greg Pavela, PhD	pavela@uab.edu	– Masters of Public Health (MPH) students with a concentration in Population Health – Public Health/Business Administration (MPH/MBA) – Public Health/Public Administration (MPH/MPA) – Public Health/Juris Doctorate (MPH/JD) – Public Health/Social Work (MPH/MSW) – Public Health/Health Administration (MPH/MSHA) – Public Health/Environmental Engineering (MPH/MSCE) – Public Health/Civil Engineering (MPH/PhD)