Urban-Global Public Health (UGPH) Faculty

Members of the Faculty

Richard Thurman Barnes, Associate Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; J.D., Rutgers School of Law-NewarkGun violence prevention

Shauna Downs, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; Ph.D., University of Sydney School of Public Health (Australia); M.S., Alberta (Canada)
Food policy; food systems; value chain analysis; sustainable diets; nutrition-sensitive agriculture; multiple burdens of malnutrition

Devin English, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; Ph.D., George Washington University
Critical health equity; intersectionality; stigma; discrimination; LGBTQ health

Ashley Gross, Assistant Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; Ph.D., Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration; HIV; LGBTQ health; sex work; sex education; stigma; reproductive health

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

Mitchel A. Rosen, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences and Director, Center for Public Health Workforce Development; Ph.D., Rutgers; M.S.P.H., Massachusetts
Development of training programs in occupational safety and health and emergency preparedness; creating educational opportunities for practicing public health professionals; assessing training needs of populations to develop educational programs to meet their needs

Stephan Schwander, Associate Professor of Urban-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

Vincent Silenzio, Professor of Urban-Global Public Health; M.D., UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; M.P.H., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Global Health; LGBTQ health

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