Members of the Faculty
Jon-Patrick Allem, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD,
Keck School of Medicine, USC
Tobacco control; adolescent health; social media; media effects; health communication
Joye Anestis, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD, Florida State
Personality; assessment, suicide, mental health treatment outcomes, psychopathy; exterrnalizing
Julia Chen-Sankey, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, PhD, School of Public Health, University of Maryland
Tobacco marketing; flavored tobacco; tobacco policy; emerging tobacco products; health disparities; health equity; minority health
Patrick R. Clifford, Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences;Ph.D., Texas School of Public Health
(Houston); M.A., CUNY (Hunter College)
Alcohol treatment outcomes research; research assessment reactivity effects;
longer-term functioning post-alcohol use disorders (AUD) treatment
Katie Darabos, RBHS Instructor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD, CUNY
Young adults with cancer; stress and coping; decision-making, salivary bioscience, social support; psychological distress; mhealth
Cristine Delnevo, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies; Ph.D., Temple; M.P.H., UMDNJ
Tobacco control; tobacco regulatory science; public health policy; survey research methods non-cigarette tobacco products (cigars, SLT, e-cigarettes)
Shauna Downs, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy; PhD, University of Sydney (Austrailia); MS, University of Alberta (Canada)
Food policy; food environments; sustainable diets; climate change and food systems
Paul Duberstein, Chair and Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., University of New York at Buffalo
Aging; end-of-life; geriatric mental health; gerontology; health care utilization; palliative care
Gwyneth Eliasson, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy; JD, Brooklyn Law School; MPH-Rutgers School of Public Health
Anti-poverty (safety net) programs; health law and policy; medical-legal partnerships; older adults; public health law and ethics
Nir
Eyal, Professor of Health Systems and Policy and Director of the Center
for Population-Level Bioethics; D.Phil., Oxford (England);
Population-level bioethics; research ethics; health inequities, ethics of health promotion; ethics in hiv policy and research; political philosophy; consequentialism
Ollie Ganz, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Dr.P.H., George Washington (Milken Institute School of Public Health)
Tobacco control; tobacco regulatory science; health communication; health disparities; health equity; mental health; lgbtq health; tobacco industry marketing; survey research
Stefanie Gratale, RBHS Instructor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.P.A., George Washington
Health communication, tobacco regulatory science, tobacco industry marketing, risk perceptions, health misinformation
Marybec Griffin, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., New York
Sexual health; contraceptive access; substance use; LGBTQ competent care
Mary Hrywna, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health; M.P.H., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Tobacco control policy; tobacco regulatory science; population health; priority/special populations; surveillance and monitoring; non-cigarette tobacco products
Michelle Jeong, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Tobacco regulatory science; tobacco control; health communication; tobacco marketing
Racquel Kelly Kohler, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cancer disparities; global cancer control; hpv testing and vaccination, homelessness, sexual and reproductive health; implementation science; mixed methods; preference elicitation
Elissa Kozlov, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy; Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis)
Palliative care; geropsychology; end-of-life; geriatric mental health care; psychological symptoms and serious illness; depression; anxiety; caregiving; aging; mindfulness
Laura E. Liang, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs ; Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Rutgers School of Public Health
Community outreach and education;K-12 health science education; youth development and engagement
Mark McGovern, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy; PhD, University College of Dublin (Ireland)
Health economics; health disparities; life cycle effects of inequality; causal inference; quasi-experimental methods; missing data
Slawa Rokicki, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy; PhD, MS, Harvard
Maternal and child health; perinatal mental health; policy evaluation; health disparities; social determinants of health, global health, adolescent health
Hillary Samples, Assistant Professor of Health Systems and Policy; PhD, MHS, Johns Hopkins
Health services; health policy; health equity; disparities; behavioral health; mental health; substance use
Kevin Schroth, Associate Professor of Health System and Policy; J.D., Rutgers
Tobacco control; tobacco regulatory science, cigar regulations; flavored tobacco restrictions; tobacco retail density reduction; e-cigarettes; tobacco price control; novel tobacco products; hookah regulation; marijuana legalization, opioids; public health law
Mara Sheftel, RBHS Instructor of Health Systems and Policy; Ph.D., City University of New York; M.A., Brooklyn; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Health disparities, aging and the life course, immigration, cognition
Kymberle Sterling, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; DrPH,
UT (Houston); MPH, Tulane
Adolescent and young adult tobacco use; tobacco-related health disparities; tobacco regulatory sciences
Andrea Villanti; Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD, Johns Hopkins; MPH, Columbia
Tobacco; young adults; menthol; flavors; regulatory science; smoking cessation
Olivia Wackowski, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Ph.D., M.P.H., Rutgers School of Public Health
Tobacco control; tobacco regulatory science; tobacco risk perceptions; tobacco marketing; e-cigarettes; smokeless tobacco; menthol cigarettes; tobacco warnings; health and risk communication; qualitative research; content analysis
Chongyi Wei, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; Dr.P.H., Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
HIV/AIDS; global health; sexual minorities; LGBT health; behavioral epidemiology; behavioral interventions; implementation science
Cui Yang, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences; PhD, Johns Hopkins
HIV/AIDS, substance use; COVID-19; implementation science; mental health; health equity; social determinants of health, social networks; harm reduction; qualitative and quantitative methods; evaluation; mhealth
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