Interim Dean
Mary S. Applegate, M.D.
The John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health,
Associate Dean
Nancy Alfred Persily
Health Policy, Management & Behavior Faculty
Distinguished Professor & Department Chair
Edward Hannan, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts
Professors
Edward Hannan, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Health Policy
University of Massachusetts
Laurence Karminsky, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Environmental Health Services
Cape Town University
Howard Stratton, Ph.D.
University of California Riverside
Igor Zurbenko, Ph.D.
University of Moscow
Associate Professor
Donna Armstrong, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Diane Dewar, Ph.D.
University at Albany, SUNY
James Dias, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Washington State University
Edward Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Yale University
Mary Gallant, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Timothy Hoff, Ph.D.
University at Albany, SUNY
Louise-Anne McNutt, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
David S. Strogatz, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clinical Associate Professors
Robert Westphal, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Dwight Williams, M.S.W.
Rutgers University
Assistant Professors
Erin Bell, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Irina Birman, Ph.D.
Moscow Agricultural University
Kristen Davison, Ph.D.
Penn State University
Janine Jurkowski, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Haider Khwaja, Ph.D.
University of New Brunswick
Jennifer Manganello, Ph.D.
John Hopkins
Kristi McClamroch, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Priya Nambisan, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shadi Saleh, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Benjamin Shaw, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Scott Tenenbaum, Ph.D.
Tulane University
Wendy Weller, Ph.D.
John Hopkins University
Yuchi Young, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Michael Zdeb, M.S.
University at Albany, SUNY
Research Assistant Professor
Lawrence Lessner, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Public Health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health through organized community efforts. It is focused on protecting populations from disease and injuries.
The University at Albany and the New York State Department of Health have entered into a formal arrangement to administer cooperatively the School of Public Health and to offer graduate and professional programs in Health Policy, Management & Behavior, Biomedical Sciences, Biometry, Environmental Health & Toxicology, and Epidemiology. Undergraduate students interested in graduate study should contact our Office of Student Sucess at (518) 402-0283.
The Department of Health Policy, Management & Behavior at the School of Public Health has developed exciting joint study opportunities for undergraduate economics, sociology, and psychology majors. Students majoring in these areas can earn an undergraduate degree along with a masters degree in 5 years of full-time study, including the summer prior to the fifth year. Interested undergraduates are encouraged to contact Health Policy, Management & Behavior at (see above for list of key faculty) (518) 402-0333 for more information.
The School of Public Health also offers an undergraduate Public Health minor and is in the process of proposing a faculty-initiated interdisciplinary major at the undergraduate level. Students interested in these options are encouraged to contact the school.
In the School of Public Health, all undergraduate H Sph courses, H Epi 460, H Hpm310, and H Hpm 381 offered by the School of Public Health are considered �liberal arts and sciences� courses for the purposes of meeting B.A. and B.S. degree requirements.
Courses in the School of Public Health are preceded by the school�s letter H.
