Timothy De Ver Dye, Ph.D., J.D.

Biography

Dr. Timothy De Ver Dye is a Medical Ecologist and population health researcher whose career spans continents, disciplines, and communities throughout the world. He currently serves as Professor and Chair in the Department of Population Health at Florida Atlantic University. In his previous role, he served as Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, with joint appointments in Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, Dentistry, and Health Humanities and Bioethics. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Springer Nature’s Maternal and Child Health Journal.

Dr. Dye’s work bridges anthropology, epidemiology, informatics, and law to advance community- and action-centered population health. With more than 5,000 citations and 100+ peer-reviewed publications, he is recognized for crossing disciplines and partnering with clinicians, communities, and scientists to address complex public health problems —using a multilevel approach that integrates biological, cultural, environmental, and social determinants. His research addresses maternal-child health, chronic disease, infectious disease, environmental exposure, and disaster response in over 30 countries, particularly in Latin America and the Pacific.

Dr. Dye has trained more than 100 students and postdoctoral scholars, from many communities throughout the USA and around the world, and his former mentees now lead research and public health efforts worldwide. His work continues to shape how population science improves lives—not only by documenting disparities but by fostering local capacity, advancing innovation, and democratizing knowledge.

Dr. Dye has overseen a $30+ million research and education portfolio and guided strategic development of interdisciplinary doctoral training as former Director of the Translational Biomedical Science PhD Program, and as an early champion of on-line learning for health professionals throughout the Americas. A former CDC epidemiologist, Dr. Dye has held leadership roles at the University of Hawai‘i, Syracuse University, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Axios International.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, the Society for Applied Anthropology, the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the Royal Society of Public Health, and is a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His research has been supported by NIH, CDC, NSF, industry, and international foundations. His recent work on biospecimen ethics, participation in genetic research, and international legal frameworks supporting biospecimen-based science culminated in a 2024 Science commentary, and funding from the World Universities Network to lead a consortium of 10 international institutions. Dr. Dye is a licensed attorney with the Missouri Board of Law Examiners and the District of Columbia Bar.

Education

• 1984: A.S., State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology
• 1985: B.A., International Relations, Syracuse University
• 1987: M.P.A., Concentration in International Development Administration, Syracuse University
• 1987: M.A., International Relations, Syracuse University
• 1990: M.S., Epidemiology, State University of New York at Buffalo
• 1993: Ph.D., Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2013: M.A., Documentary Film and History, Syracuse University
• 2024: JD, Law, Syracuse University

Work History

• 2026 – present: Professor and Chair, Department of Population Health, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
• 2012 – present: Editor-in-Chief, Springer/Nature, The Maternal and Child Health Journal, Springer
• 2014-2026: Professor and Division Chief and Associate Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• 2011 – 2013: Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, and Public Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
• 2011: Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, David B. Faulk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• 2008 - 2010: Professor and Director of the Center for Research and Evaluation, Department of Public Health/Preventive Medicine, Microbiology / Immunology, and Medicine, State University of New York, Update Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Scholarly Activity

• Siddiqi S, Taveras Cueto PL, Qui√±ones Tavarez Z, Hall W, Flores S, Estill-Varner H, Jesurum A, Sanchez JJ, Betemit C, Dye TDV. Social determinants of access to health care among deaf people in the Dominican Republic: a qualitative study. BMC Glob. Public Health 3, 91 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00207-0.
• De Ver Dye TD. Regulating the Midwife: Power, Public Health, and the Decline of Traditional Midwifery in West Virginia, 1881-1929. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2025 Jul 16:1-6.
• Lizarraga KJ, Zizzi C, Romero S, Camargo Salazar I, Dye TDV, Dorsey R, Castaneda B. Locally adapting digital health technologies to address the global challenge of Parkinson's disease. Equity Neuroscience. 2025 Aug 29:100010.
• Li D, Rahman I, Zand MS, Pryhuber G, Dye TD, Goniewicz M, Konigshof M, Eickelberg O, Mora AL, Rojas M, Ma Q, Lugo-Martinez J, Bar-Joseph Z, Lanna S, Finkel T, Xie Z. Evaluation of statistical differential analysis methods for identification of senescent cells using single-cell transcriptomics. Cell Reports Methods. 2026 Jan 22.
• Hall WC, Henner J, Dye TD. Preliminary development of the deaf childhood experiences scale. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2025 Jun;30(SI):SI129-37. PMID: 40499931
• Kotelchuck M, Petersen D, De Ver Dye T. The Origins and Evolution of the Maternal and Child Health Journal, 1991-2025. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2025 Jul 1:1-3.
• Xiao J, Tsakos G, Brannemo I, Dye T, Ashley P, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Meyerowitz C. Closing the Oral Health Divide: System-Level Care for Mothers and Young Children-A Forgotten Disparity in the United States, United Kingdom, and Sweden. JDR Clinical & Translational Research.:23800844251372513.
• Dye TDV, Quinones Z, Rivera I, Cardona Cordero N. Social Determinants of Participation in Genetic Research among Puerto Ricans and in the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Social Science and Medicine 2024 Dec 1;362:117437. PMID: 39461167
• Dye TD, Menikoff JA. Biospecimen research and the law. Science 2024;385:695. PMID: 39146400
• Barbosu CM, Avirvarei C, Manciuc C, Dye TD. Stigma-associated attitudes and practices among Romanian clinical providers. HIV Medicine 2024;1‚Äê9. doi:10.1111/hiv. 13742. PMID: 39586611

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Research Interests

• Population health sciences
• Epidemiology
• Maternal-child health
• Chronic disease
• Infectious disease
• Environmental exposure
• Biospecimen ethics

Honors and Awards

• Academic Visitor, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
• Faculty Diversity Award, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Fulbright Specialist Scholar to United Nations University’s Institute on Computing in Society; J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, US Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs
• Ad Honorem Professor, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Fulbright Specialist Scholar to Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Professional Societies

• Fellow (elected) Royal Anthropology Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAI)
• Fellow (elected) Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)
• Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology
• Fellow (elected) American College of Epidemiology (FACE)
• Fellow and Chartered Geographer, Royal Geographic Society (C.Geog.)