SLU Public Health Unscripted

Public Health Unscripted, Episode 15: Ellen K. Barnidge, Ph.D.

SLU CPHSJ Season 2 Episode 15

Dr. Ellen Barnidge, CPHSJ faculty member who served as Interim Dean from February 2022 to November 2023 joins the 'Public Health: Unscripted Podcast' to talk about what a Dean is and her experience in the role, how she has seen the college change since her time being a student, and how she approaches career transitions.

Barnidge has been part of the public health family at SLU since 2002, when she began working toward her MPH in behavioral science and epidemiology. She joined the then School of Public Health as a project coordinator in 2005 and joined the faculty in 2010.

Barnidge’s research has focused on food insecurity, especially in a pediatric population. 

Barnidge holds graduate degrees in behavioral science and epidemiology, as well as public health studies from Saint Louis University. She has a B.A. in Psychology from College of Holy Cross.