Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Dr. George Rhoads, SPH, 683 Hoes Lane West, Room 135, Busch Campus (732/235-4646)

Codirector: Dr. Michael Greenberg, Civic Square Building (732/932-0387, ext. 673)

Application and General Information: 732/235-4646

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Patrick R. Clifford, Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Texas (Houston) Alcohol treatment outcomes and drug policy

Michael A. Gallo, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Albany Medical College Metabolism of xenobiotics; hormone carcinogenesis; receptor action

Michael Gochfeld, Clinical Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Albert Einstein, Ph.D., New York
Medical surveillance; biomonitoring

Audrey R. Gotsch, Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science and Dean, UMDNJ-SPH; Director, Public Education and Risk Communication Division, EOHSI; Dr.P.H., Columbia Attitudes and practices regarding health risks; evaluating the training needs of special target groups; environmental health-science education

Lois A. Grau, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Gerontology; long-term care; health services utilization

Michael R. Greenberg, Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia
Geography of mortality, morbidity, and risk factors; hazardous waste management

Jun-Yan Hong, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., UMDNJ Impact of genetic factors on an individual's susceptibility to environmental diseases

Howard Kipen, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine and Director of Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., California (San Francisco); M.P.H., Columbia
Clinical epidemiologic studies of occupational asthma and disease diagnosis

Paul J. Lioy, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Human exposure to toxic substances from single and multiple media; health effects of ozone

Alan C. Monheit, Professor of Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., CUNY Health insurance and employment; private and public insurance, health care use and expenditures; the uninsured population

George Rhoads, Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., Harvard
Epidemiology of perinatal, environmental, and noninfectious health problems

Mark Robson, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers Pesticide use; policy; regulation and alternative pest control

Dona F. Schneider, Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Geographic distribution of mortality, disease, and high-risk behavior among children and young adults

Weichung Joe Shih, Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH/CINJ; Ph.D., Minnesota Statistical methodology in clinical trials; sequential design and analysis, incomplete data

Daniel Wartenberg, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Epidemiologic methods; geographic patterns of disease

Clifford P. Weisel, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Human exposure to organic compounds and trace metals

Junfeng Zhang, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers Air pollution, exposure measurement and assessment, atmospheric chemistry, health risk assessment, greenhouse gases emissions, policy implications

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Cande V. Ananth, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Perinatal epidemiology and development of applications of statistical models in human reproduction

Michael Brimacombe, Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-NJMS; Ph.D., Toronto Health services evaluation and outcomes; genetic epidemiology

Amy Davidow, Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-NJMS; Ph.D., New York Longitudinal data analysis; epidemiology of tuberculosis, spatial analysis of disease rates

Cristine Delnevo, Associate Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D. Temple Clinical prevention services; tobacco control; survey research methods

Kitaw Demissie, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., McGill; M.D., Addis Ababa Childhood asthma, perinatal epidemiology, breast cancer

Jane Lewis, Associate Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Dr.P.H., Texas Planning, implementation, and promotion of programs

Jason G. Liao, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Categorical data analysis, hierarchical models, statistical application in medical research and statistical computing

Yong Lin, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Mixture hypothesis and models; cancer phase I/II clinical trial design; bootstrap and statistical computing

Shou En Lu, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Cohort case-control design and analysis; clustered-failure time data

Stephen Marcella, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., New York Cancer control epidemiology and children's health

Jane Miller, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Maternal and child health and nutrition; reproductive health; demography

Dirk Moore, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Washington Correlate correlated binary and count data; statistical methods in genetics and epidemiology

Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Associate Professor of Biometrics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Cornell
Analysis with small samples; categorical data; random effect models; clustered failure time data

Omowunmi Y.O. Osinubi, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., Ibadah
Smoking cessation intervention in asbestos workers

Lynn Waishwell, Assistant Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Southern Illinois (Carbondale) Needs assessment; multicultural issues; models of health behavior change

Bernadette M. West, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers Community health assessment

Nancy Wolff, Association Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Iowa State Organization, financing, distributing, and cost of mental health services