Faculty Mentors
Residents work closely with faculty mentors on choosing coursework, planning and carrying out practicum rotations, and exploring career paths. The following list includes many, but not all, of the mentors available to residents, with a brief description of their areas of interests.
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Mary S. Applegate, MD, MPH * |
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Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH
Deputy Commissioner, Office of Public Health, NYSDOH
Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: HIV/AIDS epidemiology, prevention & treatment; Communicable disease epidemiology; Public health surveillance; Immunization programs; Lyme disease.
Debra S. Blog, MD, MPH *
Director, Bureau of Immunization, NYSDOH
Assistant Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Special Interests: Immunizations; children with special health care needs; children's environmental health.
Christine Compton, MD, MPH*
Prevention Specialist, Albany County Health Department
Special Interests: Community health, cancer prevention & survivorship.
James B. Crucetti, MD, MPH
Commissioner, Albany County Health Department
Clinical Assoc Professor of Health Policy, Management, & Behavior, SPH
Special Interests: Public health - managed care partnerships, clinical preventive medicine.
Heather Dacus, DO, MPH *
Co-Chair, Residency Advisory Committee, NYSPMR
Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Control, NYSDOH
Special Interests: Cancer prevention, screening, and care; tobacco control.
Rachel M. De Long, MD, MPH *
Director, Bureau of Maternal & Child Health, NYSDOH
Special Interests: Early childhood; building family assets; rural health.
Charlotte Druschel, MD, MPH
Director, Congenital Malformations Registry, Center for Environmental Health, NYSDOH
Asst. Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: Birth defects surveillance; perinatal and pediatric epidemiology
Carolyn Grosvenor, MD, MPH *
Staff Physician, Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center
Director, Clinical Preventive Medicine, NYS PMR
Special Interests: Urban health; health care quality improvement.
Matthew Mauer, DO, MPH *
Co-Chair, Residency Advisory Committee, NYSPMR
Public Health Physician, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, NYSDOH
Asst. Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: Environmental and Occupational Health.
David C. Momrow, MPH
Senior Vice President & Director of Cancer Control, American Cancer Society - retired
Clinical Assoc. Professor, Dept of Health Policy, Management, & Behavior, SPH
Special Interests: Cancer Prevention; tobacco control; health promotion; population-based interventions; cancer epidemiology and surveillance; cancer advocacy.
Dale Morse, MD, MS
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Science, NYSDOH - retired
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: Communicable disease outbreak investigation; AIDS epidemiology; tuberculosis, emerging infections.
Kimberly Noyes, MD, MPH*
Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, NYSDOH
Special Interests: communicable disease surveillance, influenza, communicable disease in pregnancy, women's health.
Margaret Oxtoby, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of TB Control, NYSDOH
Asst. Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: Tuberculosis prevention and control; HIV/AIDS epidemiology.
David Pratt, MD, MPH*
Commissioner, Schenectady County Public Health Services
Special Interests: Local public health services.
John Silvernail, MD, MPH*
Director, Emergency Epidemiology Program, NYSDOH
Special Interests: Emergency preparedness, injury prevention, health care for persons with developmental disabilities.
Lou Crocker Smith, MD, MPH *
Director, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, NYSDOH
Special Interests: HIV/AIDS; hepatitis; epidemiology, prevention, and health care issues for chronic infectious diseases.
Marc F. Stern, MD, MPH
Consultant in Correctional Health Care
Assistant Affiliate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Journal Club Director, NYS PMR
Special Interests: Health services research, evidence-based medicine; clinical epidemiology, outcomes research, medical education, prison medicine.
Barbara Wallace, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Division of Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention, NYSDOH
Asst. Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Special Interests: Communicable & chronic disease epidemiology & control.
* Graduates of the New York State Preventive Medicine Residency Program
