Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Alan C. Monheit, UMDNJ-SPH, 683 Hoes Lane West, Room 135, Busch Campus (732-235-4646)
Codirector: Professor Michael Greenberg, Civic Square Building (732-932-0387, ext. 673)
Application and General Information: 732-235-4646 or website at http://sph.umdnj.edu
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Elisa V. Bandera, Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Málaga (Spain); Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Nutritional epidemiology of cancer; cancer prevention
Neal
R. Boyd, Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Ed.D., Tennessee; M.S.P.H., Alabama
Tobacco control;
cancer prevention and control; computer-generated tailored print
communications
Diane R. Brown, Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science; Executive Director, Institute for the
Elimination of Health Disparities, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Maryland
Health
disparities in minority populations; mental health; aging;
community-based interventions
Patrick R. Clifford, Professor
of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Texas
(Houston)
Alcohol treatment outcomes and drug policy
Amy Davidow, Associate 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 (Canada); M.D., Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Childhood asthma; perinatal epidemiology; breast cancer
Sandra Echeverría, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Columbia
Social determinants of health; neighborhood features shaping racial/ethnic health disparities
Patricia Fleming, Adjunct Professor of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-NJMS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
HIV/AIDS
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 College of Medicine, Ph.D., New York
Medical surveillance; biomonitoring
Audrey
R. Gotsch, Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Dr.P.H., Columbia
Attitudes and practices regarding
health risks; evaluating the training needs of special target groups;
environmental health-science education
Irina Grafova, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D. Michigan
Economics of health behaviors; health and financial well-being; environment and health
Lois A. Grau, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy and Associate Dean, Newark Campus, 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
William
Halperin, Professor and Chair of Preventative Medicine and Community
Health, UMDNJ-NJMS; M.D., Harvard; Dr.PH., Harvard
Public health
surveillance; injury and occupational epidemiology
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; Director of
Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., California (San Francisco);
M.P.H., Columbia
Clinical epidemiologic studies of occupational asthma and disease diagnosis
Jane Lewis, Associate Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, UMDNJ-SPH; Dr.P.H., Texas
Planning, implementation, and promotion of programs
Yong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics,
UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Mixture hypothesis and models;
cancer phase I/II clinical trial design; bootstrap and statistical
computing
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
Shou En Lu, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins
Cohort case-control design and analysis; clustered-failure
time data
Grace Lu-Yao, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale
Prostate cancer research
Stephen Marcella, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,
UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., New York
Cancer control epidemiology and children's health
Alan
C. Monheit, Professor of Health Systems and Policy and Associate Dean, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D.,
CUNY
Health insurance and employment; private and public insurance;
health care use and expenditures; the uninsured population
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
Marian Passannante, Associate Professor of Preventative
Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-NJMS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Questionnaire design; survey research; injury
epidemiology; tuberculosis epidemiology; impact of social factors on disease
outcomes
George Rhoads, Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., Harvard
Epidemiology of perinatal, environmental, and noninfectious health problems
Mark
Robson, Professor of Entomology and Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs, SEBS; 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
Stephan K. Schwander, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., Goethe; Ph.D., Hamburg (Eppendorf)
Human
antimycobacterial immunity; air pollution effects on immunity
Derek Shendell, Assistant Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; D.Env., California (Los Angeles)
Environmental public health sciences and services;
environmental epidemiology and human exposure assessment field studies
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, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Human exposure to organic compounds and trace metals
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Jane Miller,
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health,
EJBSPPP/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Maternal and child health and
nutrition; reproductive health; demography
Omowunmi Y.O. Osinubi, Adjunct Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; M.D., Ibadan (Nigeria)
Smoking cessation intervention in asbestos workers
Bernadette M. West, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers
Community health assessment