Faculty Research Interests

 

University at Albany Full-Time Faculty

DiRienzo, Greg   Department Chair and Associate Professor

Theory and practice of non-parametric and semi-parametric statistical methods for model selection in longitudinal studies with missing data; clinical trials; high-dimensional data; survival analysis.

Gates, Maggie   Assistant Professor
Cancer epidemiology and prevention, modifiable risk factors for breast and ovarian cancer, cancer disparities, cancer survival

Gensburg, Lenore   Assistant Professor
Adverse health effects of environmental and occupational exposures to toxic agents, Love Canal Follow-Up Health Study.

Grubert, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor
Aging population, physical activity, bone health, chronic pain, social determinants of health.

Hosler, Akiko   Assistant Professor
Diabetes and chronic disease epidemiology, effects of socio-environmental factors on health, survey research methods, and applied GIS.

Kuznetsov, Igor  Associate Professor
Bioinformatics. Application of computational and statistical methods to problems in genomics and proteomics

McNutt, Louise-Anne  Associate Professor
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Violence Prevention and Health Effects Related to Violence Epidemiologic Methods.

Moslehi, Roxana  Assistant Professor
Genetic and Epidemiologic Studies of Cancer and Cancer Precursors

Nasca, Phil  Professor
Epidemiology of breast and female reproductive system tumors and childhood neoplasia; cancer control research.

Stratton, Howard   Professor
Measurement error models, mixture mortality models, selection bias corrections, hidden marker chains.

Yucel, Recai M.   Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Analysis of missing and multilevel data, Bayesian data analysis, computational algorithms and software development, methods for response errors, observational data analysis and methodological issues in public health research and prevention research.

Zdeb, Mike   Assistant Professor
Reproductive epidemiology, including maternal mortality, cesarean childbirth, infant mortality; computer applications in epidemiology, including the management and use of large data bases, computerized mapping; validity and confidentiality issues regarding the use of third-party databases

Zurbenko, Igor   Professor
Multivariate methods in Statistics, Time series, Geographich data analysis, parametric and nonparametric approach. Analysis of real data in Time and Space.

Department of Health Faculty

Backenson, P. Bryon   Assistant Professor
Infectious disease epidemiology, particularly arthropod-borne and zoonotic diseases.  Risk communication.  Public health education.

Birkhead, Gus  Professor
Communicable disease epidemiology; epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases, public health surveillance, HIV/AIDS prevention.

Blog, Deb  Assistant Professor

Boscoe, Francis  Research Assistant Professor
Spatial analysis, applications of geographic information systems in public health, cancer epidemiology, and data collection and quality in central disease registries. He is currently working on a geographic study of sunlight exposure and its beneficial association with non-skin cancers.

Browne, Marilyn   Assistant Professor
Perinatal epidemiology, in particular congenital malformations research; environmental epidemiology

Carrascal, Alvaro   Assistant Professor
Acute HIV infection, smoking and HIV, morbidity and mortality among HIV infected populations. International health.

Coles, Bruce   Associate Professor
Communicable disease epidemiology; epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases

Dennison, Barbara    Clinical Professor
Epidemiology and Prevention Obesity, Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Translational Research

Druschel, Charlotte   Assistant Professor
Perinatal epidemiology; congenital malformation research, congenital malformation registry; environmental epidemiology.

Eidson, Millicent   Associate Professor
Zoonotic diseases, rabies, West Nile Virus, geographic information systems (GIS), infectious disease forecasting.

Gotham, Ivan  Assistant Professor

Herdt-Losavio, Michele  Assistant Professor
Reproductive Epidemiology; Low birth weight, preterm birth; Occupational Epidemiology and Environmental Epidemiology

Hwang, Syni-an   Research Associate Professor
Application of statistics in expert systems; data analysis; modeling; multivariate analysis; sampling technique and theory; survival analysis.

Kacica, Marilyn   Clinical Associate Prof

Kramer, Laura    Associate Professor

Lazariu, Victoria    Assistant Professor

Leckman-Westin, Emily  Assistant Professor
Psychiatric epidemiology, psychotropic prescribing practices, maternal and child mental health, and how evidence based science is transferred to practice.

Lin, Shao    Research Associate Professor
Reproductive epidemiology, including birth defects, prematurity, low birthweight and fertility; paternal lead exposure and adverse reproductive outcomes; asthma and air pollution, reproductive health among nurses.

Loo, George  Assistant Professor
Disaster Epidemiology, Disaster Mental Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Injury Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Bio-terrorism    

Mauer, Matt    Assistant Professor
Occupational and environmental medicine, occupational and environmental epidemiology, health effects in World Trade Center disaster response workers, health effects of the built and natural environment.         

McLaughlin, Colleen    Assistant Professor
Cancer epidemiology and surveillance

Noyes, Kimberly  Assistant Professor

Pruzek, Bob   Professor
Measurement, psychometric methods, research design and especially multivariate analysis and regression

Reilly, Andrew    Assistant Professor

Schymura, Maria    Assistant Professor
Cancer epidemiology; screening for breast cancer; time trends in cancer incidence; epidemiologic methods.

Smith, Lou    Assistant Professor
HIV/AIDS epidemiology, perinatal transmission of HIV, HIV incidence surveillance, hepatitis C seroprevalence.

Spadola, Mary    Adjunct Lecturer
Training various clinical research industry personnel on the conduct of clinical trials and responsibilities in accoordance with applicable regulations and buidelines

Stephens, P. Clay    Assistant Professor
HIV/AIDS, STD's Hepatidities and TB, Intervention and Care, Community Involvment and Communtiy-Based Research: Ethics and Study Design, Harm Reduction as a route to behavior change.

Talbot, Thomas    Assistant Professor

Van Zutphen, Alissa  Research Assistant Professor
Birth defects and other adverse reproductive outcomes related to maternal chronic disease, medication use, environmental/occupational exposures during pregnancy.  Improving quality of care to reduce morbidity in those living with birth defects.

Wallace, Barbara    Assistant Professor
Infectious disease epidemiology; communicable disease outbreak investigations; public health preparedness planning.

White, Dennis   Associate Professor
Vector-borne zoonotic and human diseases, ecology, vector biology and environmental assessment.

Zansky, Shelley  Assistant Professor

 

University at Albany Faculty with Secondary Appointments in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Bell, Erin   Associate Professor
Occupational and environmental epidemiology, health effects of pesticides, reproductive epidemiology, including birth defects, cancer epidemiology, the use of GIS techniques for exposure assessment.

Bloom, Michael   Assistant Professor
Effects of oxidative stress and environmental exposures including metals, persistent organic pollutants and plasticizers on human thyroid function and human reproductive function, including assisted reproductive technologies.

Fitzgerald, Edward   Professor
Adverse health effects of environmental and occupational exposures to toxic agents, particularly polychlorinated hydrocarbons; perinatal epidemiology; psychosocial epidemiology. 

Gage, Timothy    Professor
Hazards modeling of mortality patterns and survival analysis; genetic epidemiology; quantitative methods. Dr. Gage is also affiliated with the Department of Anthropology. To learn more about his work in the field of Anthropology, click here

Schell, Lawrence    Professor
Reproductive epidemiology, human growth and development; biological impact of urban environments; Native Americans: anthropometric and genetic variation. Dr. Schell is also affiliated with the Department of Anthropology. To find out more about his work in Anthropology.

Strogatz, David Associate Professor
Etiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease, stroke and the risk factors for these diseases; socioeconomic and racial comparisons in the occurrence of disease; applications of epidemiology in the evaluation of public health.

Strully, Kate   Assistant Professor
Social determinants of health; socioeconomic and racial-ethnic health disparities

 

Other Faculty

Armstrong, Donna   Associate Professor Emeritus
Community-level predictors of premature heart disease mortality rates. Social class and race and premature heart disease mortality. Community planning including jobs and skills development and public transit systems to reduce the risk of coronary mortality in low income population. 


Baptiste, Mark     Assistant Professor
Cancer epidemiology including research on cholesterol, environmental risk factors, personal and lifestyle risk factors, neuroblastoma, cervical cancer and cancer control.

DeHovitz, Jack     Adjunct Professor
Natural history of HIV infection in women; epidemiology of HIV infection in Central/Eastern Europe.

Fisher, Brian   Research Assistant Professor
Community approaches to promote active living and healthy lifestyles. Worksite-based resources supporting healthy lifestyles.

Jenkins, Paul    Adjunct Assistant Professor

McClamroch, Kristi      Research Assistant Professor
Quantitative methods, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, decision-making, sex workers in developing settings

Morse, Dale     Adjunct Professor
A spectrum of emerging infections including foodborne diseases, influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS, and general areas of surveillance, workforce development and international health.

Michalek, Arthur    Adjunct Associate Prof.
Cancer education; cancer epidemiology and screening; Native American studies; special populations research.

Oschshorn, Peter      Assistant Professor

Samuels, Steve   Adjunct Associate Professor

Smith, Perry      Assistant Research Professor
AIDS/HIV epidemiology; AIDS case surveillance; HIV seroprevalence and seroincidence studies; health care worker HIV transmission.