Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Alan C. Monheit, School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, Room 111, Busch Campus (732-235-4327)

Website: http://sph.rutgers.edu/academics/degrees/phd.html

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Elisa V. Bandera, Professor of Surgery, 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, SPH; Ed.D., Tennessee; M.S.P.H., Alabama
Tobacco control; cancer prevention and control; computer-generated tailored print communications

Diane R. Brown, Professor Emerita of Health Education and Behavioral Science; Executive Director, Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, 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, SPH; Ph.D., Texas (Houston)
Alcohol treatment outcomes and drug policy

Amy Davidow, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, SPH; Ph.D., New York
Longitudinal data analysis; epidemiology of tuberculosis; spatial analysis of disease rates

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

Kitaw Demissie, Professor of Epidemiology, SPH; Ph.D., McGill (Canada); M.D., Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Childhood asthma; perinatal epidemiology; breast cancer

Irina Grafova, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy, SPH; Ph.D., Michigan
Economics of health behaviors; health and financial well-being; environment and health

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 of Epidemiology, SPH; M.D., Harvard; Dr.P.H., Harvard
Public health surveillance; injury and occupational epidemiology

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

Howard Kipen, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, SPH; 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, SPH; Dr.P.H., Texas
Planning, implementation, and promotion of programs

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

Adana A.M. Llanos, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, SPH; Ph.D., Howard
Molecular and cancer epidemiology; population health; health disparities

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

Grace Lu-Yao, Professor of Medicine, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale
Prostate cancer research

Thomas I. Mackie, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy, SPH; Ph.D., Brandeis
Employment of mixed methods to examine health policies and practices for children

Oingyu Meng, Assistant Professor of Environment and Occupational Health, SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers
Exposure and risk assessment on chemical and nonchemical stressors; climate change related exposure and health effects; personal exposure to ambient and indoor air pollutants

Alan C. Monheit, Professor of Health Systems and Policy and Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, 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, SPH; Ph.D., Washington
Correlated binary and count data; statistical methods in genetics and epidemiology

Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Associate Professor of Biometrics and Associate Dean of the Piscataway/New Brunswick Campus, SPH; Ph.D., Cornell
Analysis with small samples; categorical data; random effect models; clustered-failure time data

Marian Passannante, Professor of Epidemiology, SPH; 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, 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, and regulation; alternative pest control

Jeannette Rogowski, University Professor of Health Systems and Policy, SPH; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Health economics; health services research

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, SPH; M.D., Goethe; Ph.D., Hamburg (Eppendorf)
Human antimycobacterial immunity; air pollution effects on immunity

Derek Shendell, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, 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, SPH/CINJ; Ph.D., Minnesota
Statistical methodology in clinical trials; sequential design and analysis; incomplete data

Clifford P. Weisel, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, SPH; 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 Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, SPH; M.D., Ibadan (Nigeria)
Smoking cessation intervention in asbestos workers

Barbara L. (Weidner) Read, Assistant Professor of Health Education and Behavioral Science, SPH; Ph.D., Utah
Global public health; ethnographic research; vulnerable populations

Bernadette M. West, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy and Associate Dean of Community Affairs, SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers
Community health assessment