UAlbany Faculty Experts - Public Health

Faculty Experts
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Public Health

Mary S. Applegate
Interim Dean
University at Albany School of Public Health
Director
New York State Preventive Medicine Residency Program

Areas of expertise:
Reproductive health; family planning; adolescent pregnancy; sexuality; maternal & child health; breastfeeding promotion; preventive medicine; public health

Campus e-mail:

mapplegate@uamail.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0283

David O. Carpenter
Director
Institute for Health and Environment
Professor
Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences

Areas of expertise:
Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds.

Campus e-mail:

carpent@uamail.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 525-2660

Diane Dewar
Associate Professor
School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
Health economics; medical technology; aging; end-of-life care; palliative care; health policy

Campus e-mail:

ddewar@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0290

Sharon DeWitte
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

Areas of expertise:
human osteology; paleodemography; paleopathology; paleoepidemiology; the Black Death; epidemics

Campus e-mail:

sdewitte@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4715

Edward Hannan
Distinguished Professor
School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
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

Campus e-mail:

elh03@health.state.ny.us

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0297

Timothy Hoff
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior

Areas of expertise:
Physicians; managed care; patient safety

Campus e-mail:

thoff@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-6512

Janine Jurkowski
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior

Areas of expertise:
Health disparities/minority health; Latino health; community based public health; disability

Campus e-mail:

jjurkowski@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0420

Heather Larkin
Assistant Professor
School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise:
Substance abuse; co-occurring disorders; impact of adverse childhood experiences; homelessness; aging; meditation interventions; integrative service system responses; Integral Restorative Processes (IRP)

Campus e-mail:

hlarkin@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 591-8779

Kristi J. McClamroch
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
Epidemiology; sexually transmitted infections (STI); HIV; sex work; Haiti; Madagascar; the Democratic Republic of Congo

Campus e-mail:

kmcclamroch@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0397

Louise-Anne McNutt
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Areas of expertise:
Infectious disease epidemiology; epidemics; HIV/AIDS in developing countries; transmission of bloodborne pathogens (HIV, hepatitis); sexually transmitted diseases; intimate partner violence

Campus e-mail:

lam08@health.state.ny.us

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0403

Jean Moore
Director
Center for Health Workforce Studies

Areas of expertise:
New York State healthcare workforce; U.S. healthcare workforce shortages; nursing shortages; minority health workforce disparities; healthcare workforce solutions

Campus e-mail:

jmm04@health.state.ny.us

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0250

Philip Nasca
Dean
Director of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
Etiological studies of breast cancer; cancer of the female reproductive organs; childhood cancers; nursing; cancer epidemiology

Campus e-mail:

pnasca@uamail.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0283

Shadi S. Saleh
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior

Areas of expertise:
Prescription drugs; hospital sector; health care financing; health care outcomes; pay-for-performance; substance abuse

Campus e-mail:

ssaleh@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0333

Carol P. Stenger
Sexuality Counselor
University Counseling Center

Areas of expertise:
Sexuality; sexual health; sex education; European approaches to sex education; AIDS/HIV; sexually transmitted diseases and infections; adolescent sexuality; internet pornography

Campus e-mail:

cstenger@uamail.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-5896

Recai M. Yucel
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
Analysis of multivariate incomplete data; multilevel models; Bayesian data analysis; computational statistics and response error problems

Campus e-mail:

ryucel@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0421