Members of the Faculty
Connie Chuang, Instructor of Environmental and Occupational Health; M.D., Albany Medical College; M.P.A., New York University Wagner School of Public Health;
M.P.H., Rutgers School of Public Health
Occupational health; continuous quality improvement
Nancy Fielder, Professor of
Environmental and Occupational Health;
Ph.D., Bowling Green State
Human health effects of stress and neurotoxicants; controlled
chemical exposure studies
Panos Georgopoulos, Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Computational Chemodynamics Laboratory (CCL)
Jun-Yan Hong, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Ph.D., UMDNJ-
New Jersey Medical School; M.S., Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology (China)
Impact of genetic factors on an individual's susceptibility to
environmental diseases
Yi-Hua Jan, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health; Ph.D., Rutgers
Metabolism of xenobiotics; chemical redox cycling; cellular and
biochemical mechanisms of chemical toxicity; developing countermeasures against
organophospate intoxication and sulfur mustard exposure
Howard M. Kipen, Professor and Interim Chair of Environmental and
Occupational Health;
M.D., California (San Francisco); M.P.H., Columbia
Controlled exposure studies of air pollutants; inflammation and
cardiovascular disease models; biopsychosocial models of disease; World Trade
Center symptomology; Gulf War Syndrome
Koshy Koshy, Instructor of
Environmental and Occupational Health; Ph.D., Rutgers
Developing
and accessing training programs in occupational safety and health for hard-to-reach workers and workers in high-hazard industries; building disaster
preparedness competencies
Jeffrey Laskin, Professor and Division
Chief of Environmental and Occupational Health; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Biochemical and molecular pharmacology
and toxicology; inflammation, skin, and lung toxicity; hepatotoxicology;
oxidative stress; chemical redox cycling; mechanisms of photo toxicity;
carcinogensis
Robert Laumbach, Associate Professor
of Environmental and Occupational Health; M.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; M.P.H., Columbia- Mailman School
of Public Health
Occupational and environmental respiratory diseases;
medically-unexplained illness
Qingyu Meng, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health; Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers; M.S., Chinese
Academy of Sciences
Exposure and risk assessment on chemical and nonchemical stressors;
climate change
related exposure and health effects; personal exposure to ambient and indoor air
pollutants
Michael Pratt,
Instructor and Residency Director of Environmental and Occupational Health; M.D.,
Indiana University School of Medicine; M.P.H., Rutgers School of Public Health
Occupational health
Stephan Schwander, Associate
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director, Center for Global Public Health; Ph.D., Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany); M.D., Johann Wolfgang Goethe (Germany)
Human antimycobacterial immunity;
human lung immunology during mycobacteriumtuberculosis
infection and disease; effects of particulate matter on antimycobacterial
immunity
Derek Shendell, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health; D.Env., California School of
Public Health (Los Angeles); M.P.H., Yale School of Medicine
Environmental public health sciences and services; environmental epidemiology and human exposure
assessment field studies; indoor air and environmental quality in schools,
homes, and day care; urban outdoor air quality (United States, Latin America, China,
Japan, Nigeria); children's environmental health
Iris G. Udasin, Associate Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health; M.D., SUNY, Downstate Medical Center
Blood borne pathogens; indoor air quality; hazardous waste
workers; violence in the workplace.
Clifford Weisel, Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Health; Ph.D., M.S., Rhode Island
Multiroute chemical exposures; applications of biomarkers for characterizing
exposure and in epidemiological studies; use of sensors for real-time exposure
characterization; effects of air pollutants on the lung microblome and
respiratory disease; transportation-linked exposures; application of
metabolomics in exposure science
Helmut
Zarbl, Professor and NIEHS Center Director, Ph.D., McGill University (Canada)
Environmental
and occupational health and cancer research
Associated Members of the Faculty
Joanna Burger,
Professor of
Environmental and Occupational Health; primary at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences; Ph.D., Minnesota; M.S.,
Cornell
Risk perception and communication for fish consumption and other
wild-caught foods;
effects of lead, mercury, and cadmium on neurological
development and behavior
Dina Fonseca, Associate
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania
Molecular epidemiology; population genetics; hybridization and
evolution of disease transmission; insecticide resistance, ecology and
evolution of introduced mosquito disease vectors.
Michael A. Gallo,
Professor Emeritus of
Environmental and Occupational Health; Ph.D., Albany
Medical College
Metabolism of xenobiotics; hormone carcinogenesis; receptor
action; environmental
risk assessment
Michael Gochfeld, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational
Health;
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine;
Ph.D., CUNY
Susceptibility; application of medical surveillance;
biomonitoring of workers and
communities exposed to hazardous wastes;
environmental and ecological risk assessment
Robert M. Goodman,
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; Ph.D., Cornell
Environmental microbiology
Gediminas Mainelis, Assistant Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health; primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; P.h.D, Cincinnati
Bioaerosols research
Mark Robson, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health;
primary at
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; Ph.D., Rutgers;
M.P.H., UMDNJ-School of Public Health; M.S., Rutgers
Pesticide use, policy, regulation; alternative pest control
Adjunct Members of the Faculty
Brian Buckley, Adjunct
Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Executive
Director, Laboratories and Facilities, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences Institute; Ph.D., North Carolina
State
Extraction techniques for analysis of
contaminants in water; analytical procedures for environmental contaminants
John S. Dobi,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Ph.D., Massachusetts;
M.S., Rutgers
Ecological and environmental risk assessment; PCBs water/sediment
contamination; bioaccumulation factors impacting ecological and human risk
Fred Ellerbusch,
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Solvay; Ph.D., M.P.H., UMDNJ-School of Public Health; M.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology
Urban and
environmental/occupation health, policy, and management; Brownfields
revitalization and hazardous waste management
Migzhu Fang, Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Environmental and Occupational Health; M.D., Norman Bethune University of
Medical Science, Jilin University (China); Ph.D., College of Veterinary Medicine,
Seoul National University (South Korea)
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms on the
development of environmental diseases, including cancer; role of biological
circadian rhythm on disease development; development of screening methods and
strategies for risk assessment of environmental toxicants
Gary Garetano, Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Assistant Director, Hudson Regional Health
Commission; Ph.D., UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Environmental health
Drew A. Harris,
Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health;
D.P.M., Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine; M.P.H., UMDNJ-School
of Public Health
Public health
preparedness, policy, and advocacy
Daniel Lefkowitz, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health and Research Scientist, New Jersey Department of Health; Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers
Occupational health surveillance with focus on hazard surveillance
and intervention
Leroy Meyer,
Adjunct Instructor
of Environmental and Occupational Health and Section Chief/Research Scientist, Pesticide
Control Program, New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (Retired); M.S., Rutgers
Environmental contamination with pesticides; tracking of pesticide
exposures and education in areas of pesticide poisoning
Omowunmi Y.O. Osinubi, Adjunct Associate Professor of
Environmental and Occupational Health;
M.D., Ibadan (Nigeria); M.Sc., CUNY
Smoking cessation; occupational health
Douglas Pastore, Adjunct Instructor of Environmental and
Occupational Health and Director,
Safety,
Health and Environment, L'Oreal USA; M.S.,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Occupational health and safety; industrial
hygiene
Joseph Romano, Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health; M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine
Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance
Edward Sargent, Adjunct Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health and Retired
Senior Director, Toxicology, Merck & Co.; Ph.D.,
New York; M.P.H., Yale
Environmental risk assessment; pharmaceuticals in the environment;
regular toxicology of pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals
Alan Stern, Adjunct Associate
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Chief, Bureau for Risk
Analysis, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Dr.P.H., Columbia School of Public Health
Environmental toxicology; human health
risk assessment; mercury, chromium, quantitative dose response modeling
Tanisha Taylor, Adjunct Instructor of
Environmental and Occupational Health; Attending Physician at Monmouth Medical
Center; M.D., New York Medical College
Occupational medicine; toxicology;
industrial hygiene
Stella Tsai, Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Research Scientist, New Jersey
Department of Health; Ph.D., UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Microbial exposure assessment
Alvaro Osornio Vargas, Adjunct Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health; Ph.D., Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Global public health; air pollution research
Eric Vowinkel, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and
Occupational Health and Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey; Ph.D., Rutgers
Source water quality; drinking water quality
Charles J. Weschler, Adjunct
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; primary at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Ph.D., M.S., Chicago
Air pollution and indoor environmental quality
