Members of the Faculty
Leslie Kantor, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health and Chair; Ph.D, Columbia School of Social Work; M.P.H., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia
Improving the health of underserved, underrepresented, and marginalized communities and populations; understanding determinants of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in underserved communities
Teri E. Lassiter, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health and Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice, Diversity, and Inclusion; Ph.D., UMDNJ-School of Nursing; M.P.H., UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Violence prevention; health disparities; urban systems; prisoner reentry
Stephan Schwander, Associate
Professor of Urban-Global Public 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 mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection and disease; effects of particulate matter on antimycobacterial
immunity
Pamela Valera, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; Ph.D., South Carolina; M.S.W., Michigan
Cancer health disparities; cancer health outcomes in incarcerated populations; tobacco control; criminal justice and health
Associate Members of the Faculty
Jeffrey R. Backstrand, Associate Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at School of Public Affairs and Administration; Ph.D., Connecticut
Anthropology; public health with focus on food and nutrition;
urban health disparities
Qiana
L. Brown, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at Rutgers School of Social
Work; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; M.P.H.,
Alabama (Birmingham); M.S.W., University of Alabama School of Social
Work
Substance abuse epidemiology; the role of the social
environment in shaping substance use and other behavioral health
outcomes among women, youth, and families, with an emphasis on examining
substance use among reproductive-age women
Rufus Caine Jr., Associate Professor of Urban-Global Public Health and Chair;
primary at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine; D.D.S., Meharry Medical College;
M.P.H., Michigan
Decision analysis; risk assessment; epidemiology of chronic and
infectious oral diseases
Michael Conte, Assistant
Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at Rutgers School of Dental
Medicine; D.D.S., D.M.D., UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School; M.P.H., UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Contamination of the compressed air supplied to dental operatories
Cecile A. Feldman, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine; D.M.D., Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Wharton
Health professions education; quality assessment; outcomes; health
informatics; cost-benefit and health services research
Mark Gluck, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at Rutgers University-Newark; Ph.D., Stanford
Computational and theoretical neuroscience; cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory; neurobiology of learning and memory; major depressive disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Parkinson's disease and drug addiction
Jennifer Rosen-Valverde, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; primary at Rutgers Law School; J.D., M.S.W., Loyola
Public health law
Frank J. Thompson, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health;
primary at School of Public Affairs and Administration; Ph.D., M.A., California (Berkeley)
Health care policy; policy implementation; public personnel
policy
Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Associate Professor of Urban-Global Public Health;
primary at School of Public Affairs and Administration; Ph.D., CUNY
Survey research; program outcomes in government and nonprofit
sectors
Administration, Centers, and Faculty 
