Biography:

Stuart H. Tedders is an Associate Professor in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University.  He is a native of Georgia, living most of his life in Perry located approximately 125 miles south of Atlanta.

After completing high school, Dr. Tedders attended Georgia Southern College where he majored in Biology.  After graduating in 1987, he enrolled at Clemson University and received a Masters degree in Medical Entomology.  In 1994, he earned a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of South Carolina. During his time at USC, Dr. Tedders studied the epidemiology, ecology, and control of vector-borne diseases.  Specific areas of research included the surveillance and control of tick populations as vectors of Lyme disease in coastal South Carolina.  Additional research experience included assistance with laboratory and field bioassays of vector susceptibility and improved methods of vector control.

From 1994 to 2000, Dr. Tedders was employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM).  Duties at MUSM included the management of all aspects of the community based medical curriculum.  This curriculum was designed to introduce students to an evidence-based approach to medicine by emphasizing the basic principles of prevention, public health practice, epidemiology, biostatistics, research design, rural medicine, and health care delivery.

After leaving MUSM, Dr. Tedders accepted a position in the School of Public Health at Georgia Southern University where he currently serves as the Director for the Center for Rural Health & Research. Dr. Tedders currently teaches in the undergraduate Health Sciences curriculum and in the Master of Public Health—Community Health degree program.  Classes taught include Community Health Analysis, Epidemiology, Health Promotion Program Planning/Evaluation, and Health Theory.  Dr. Tedders' research interests involve many elements of population-based health research, and his experience in this area includes the surveillance of health related outcomes, community health assessments, health planning, and rural health.  Recent scholarly endeavors have involved epidemiological investigations of cancer in Georgia, as well as perceptions of breast and cervical cancer risk among women enrolled in a public health cancer screening program.

In 1998, he was awarded the Rural Health Researcher of the Year in Georgia by the Georgia Rural Health Association.  He is currently a board member of the Georgia Rural Health Association and the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center.

Dr. Tedders also enjoys spending time with his family, reading, racquetball, and outdoor sporting activities.

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