Dr. Joseph Telfair recently joined the Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public as the department chair of community health and behavior education. He is the first recipient of the Karl E. Peace/Jiann-Ping Hsu Endowed Eminent Scholar Chair in Public Health. Dr. Telfair is a professional with over 25 years of experience in the health care field. Previously, Dr. Telfair worked at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Health and Human Performance where he served as a professor of public health research and practice in the department of public health education as well as director of the UNCG Center for Social Community and Health Research and Evaluation.