Faculty and Staff

Kasi Lou Van Heel is a D.P.H. Health Education and Promotion graduate of Loma Linda University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Spelman College and her Master of Public Health degree (M.P.H.) from Morehouse School of Medicine. After 10 years in Metro Atlanta, Kasi recently returned to her hometown in South Florida where she is currently a member of NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Public Health Department.

Her experience in public health ranges vastly from environmental health practice at Dekalb County Board of Health to economic development and public health consulting within the non-profit sector. With a niche for social media and infodemiology, her interests in public health mainly include increasing access to health education and health information resources for lay audiences and marginalized groups. Her research is grounded in her interest to explore social determinants of access to health information particularly via internet use. Her goal as a public health professional is to help others utilize and navigate credible resources in ways that are safe, accurate, and complemented by care or knowledge from professional providers.