J. Craig Longenecker

Dr. Craig Longenecker is a Teaching Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He joined the department after serving at Kuwait University’s College of Medicine and College of Public Health (2002-2023), and at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Public Health before that (1996-2002).

During his tenure at Kuwait University, Dr. Longenecker taught a wide range of students, including medical students, medical residents, and public health students at the BSc and MPH levels. As Inaugural Vice-Dean, Academic, in the College of Public Health between 2015 and 2021, he was instrumental in launching the college.

As an educator, he has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including topics in clinical epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, research methods, community medicine, general public health, health promotion and disease prevention. Dr. Longenecker’s research interests have focused on non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular and renal disease, hypertension, and diabetes. He also has experience in national health surveys in Kuwait such as the World Health Organization STEPS Study and the Kuwait Salt Intake and Renal Disease Study, which have been used to inform public health practice in that country.