Rochelle Altman

Visiting Instructor of Public Health

Education

• Ph.D.(c) in Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, University of South Carolina
• Ed.D. in School Psychology, Loyola University - Chicago
• Ed.S. in School Psychology, The Citadel
• B.S. in Psychology, College of Charleston

Research Interests

• Intersection of mental health and climate change, focusing on how environmental factors impact psychological well-being.
• Maternal and child health, particularly in the context of public health interventions.
• The social determinants of health, aiming to understand how socioeconomic factors influence health outcomes.

Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• American Academy of Health Behavior
• Society of Behavioral Medicine
• SC School Psychology Association

Honors & Awards

• USC MCH Peer Mentor Award, 2023
• SC Public Health Scholarship, 2024        
• Malcolm U. Dantzler Scholarship, 2024

Courses Taught

• HEAL 215: Intro to Public Health
• HEAL 216: Personal and Community Health

Selected Publications

• Garrett, C.M., & Altman, R. (2024), "Vulnerabilized: Revisiting the language of the vulnerable populations framework." American Journal of Public Health, 114(2), 177-179.
• Winters, M.N., Frongillo, E.A., Altman, R., Kirkpatrick, S.I., Hammond, D., Thrasher, J.F., Davis, R.E., & Jáuregui, A. (2024), Mediation of the association between sociodemographic characteristics and psychosocial well-being by food insecurity among Mexican and U.S. Mexican American adults in 2021. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(2), 102532.