Faculty Experts
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Health
Elise Andaya
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Cuba and political/economic changes; reproductive health; reproductive technologies; cross-cultural ideas of family; gender; sexuality
Drew Anderson
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Eating disorders; anorexia; bulimia; binge eating; body image; obesity; weight loss; dieting; psychology; mental health
Mary S. Applegate
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
School of Public Health
Director
New York State Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Reproductive health; family planning; adolescent pregnancy; sexuality; maternal & child health; breastfeeding promotion; preventive medicine; public health
David O. Carpenter
Director
Institute for Health and Environment
Professor
Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds.
Kristin V. Christodulu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, challenging behavior, positive behavior support, sleep disturbances
Mary Gallant
Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Aging; health promotion chronic illness management; social support; public health
Edward Hannan
Distinguished Professor
School of Public Health
Health services research; evidence-based medicine; outcomes research; cardiac surgery; angioplasty, trauma systems; carotid endarterectomy; volume-outcome relationships in health care; medical decision-making; risk-adjustment; medical errors; patient safety
Akiko S. Hosler
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Diabetes; obesity; smoking; nutrition; Japan
Janine Jurkowski
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior
Health disparities/minority health; Latino health; community based public health; disability
Jennifer Manganello
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Mass media; health literacy; health communication; children's health; media campaigns
Kristi J. McClamroch
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Epidemiology; sexually transmitted infections (STI); HIV; sex work; Haiti; Madagascar; the Democratic Republic of Congo
Paulette McCormick
Professor
School of Public Health and Gen*NY*Sis
Center of Excellence in Cancer Genomics
Cancer; stem cell research; metastases; mutant mouse research; developmental genetics; biology
Priya Nambisan
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Healthcare information technology; healthcare and medical informatics; technology and information management in healthcare
Philip Nasca
Dean
Director of Public Health
Etiological studies of breast cancer; cancer of the female reproductive organs; childhood cancers; nursing; cancer epidemiology
Claudia J. Ricci
Lecturer
Department of Journalism
Journalism; blogging; health and environmental reporting; creative writing; fiction writing; writing and healing
Hua Shi
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Molecular and cellular biology of transcription and signal transduction; aptamer-mediated multi-pathway control in living organisms; forward engineering approach to drug discovery and development
Carol P. Stenger
Sexuality Counselor
University Counseling Center
Sexuality; sexual health; sex education; European approaches to sex education; AIDS/HIV; sexually transmitted diseases and infections; adolescent sexuality; internet pornography
Kate Strully
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Health and poverty; low birth weight; health and unemployment
Scott Allen Tenenbaum
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Gen*NY*Sis
Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics
Genomics; gene-expression; cancer; stem cells; virology; genetics; microarrays; biotechnology; immunology; ribonomics
Martin Tenniswood
Empire Innovation Professor
Department of Biomedical Science
Chemoprevention of prostate cancer; therapies for prostate and breast cancer; diet and prostate cancer
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JoEllen Welsh
Empire Innovation Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Nutrition and cancer; hormones; vitamin D; breast cancer
