Public Health Experts

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School of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Regulatory & Research Compliance, Division for Research & Economic Development
Professor & Interim Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance
Areas of expertise: Environmental exposures, Health disparities, Child development, Birth outcomes, Birth defects, Communitiy-engaged research, PFAS
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Maternal and child health, Childhood obesity prevention, Adolescent health and wellness, Community-engaged research
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School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor
Areas of expertise: Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds
Alan Chen
Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Molecular biophysics and computational chemistry, Biomolecular computer simulations, RNA folding and structural biology, RNA-drug interactions
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School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences
Research Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Drug discovery, Genomics, Gene-expression, Microarrays, Flow cytometry, Enzymology, High throughput technologies
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School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Environmental heterogeneous chemistry, Surface chemistry
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Health economics, Health policy, Health system, Vulnerable populations, Medical technology, Aging, End-of-life care, Palliative care
Oliver Timm
Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Climate change and variability, Impacts of climate on the environment and human health, Paleoclimate of the last 1,000 to 1,000,000 years
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School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Geographic information systems and spatial analysis, Industrial food animal production, Climate, land use change, and health, Hair and nail biomarkers of trace element exposures, The food environment
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Interim Dean of the School of Public Health; Professor
Areas of expertise: Aging, Health promotion chronic illness management, Social Support, Public Health
Janine M. Jurkowski
School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Professor
Areas of expertise: Community-based participatory research, Health disparities, Low-income communities, women's health and family health
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Clinical Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Global health, Social Behavior Change Communications, Social Marketing, Strategic Communications, Program Development and Evaluation, Program Management, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Facilitation, Management and Leadership Coaching, and Mentoring
Heather Larkin Holloway
School of Social Welfare
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Adverse childhood experiences and ACE consequences, including substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, Restorative Integral Support, including Healthy Environments and Relationships That Support, meditation interventions, and emerging practices, Service Outcomes Action Research, Post-Trauma Wellness, Intergenerational and lifespan perspectives, Aging
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Health technology, Social media, Informatics, Analytics, Global health
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School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor
Areas of expertise: Climate change, extreme weather, and air pollution on human health, Disaster epidemiology and public health (WTC 9/11 disaster, Hurricane Sandy, power outages, school environmental factors and children’s health, attendance and performance, Environmental exposures and childhood asthma
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Professor
Areas of expertise: Health communication, Health literacy, Health disparities, Mass media, Social media, Media campaigns, Health information seeking
Erika Martin
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, Public Administration & Policy, School of Public Health
Professor, PhD Director
Areas of expertise: Public health policy, HIV/AIDS, Resource allocation
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School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences
Emeritus Professor
Areas of expertise: Neurodegenerative disorders, Stem cells, Human genetics
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Research Assistant Professor
Areas of expertise: Health workforce planning and monitoring, Health workforce diversity, Workforce shortages and maldistributions, Oral health workforce research, Scope of practice, Workforce strategies to expand access to care
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School of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Genetic Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Cancer Genetic Susceptibility, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes, DNA Repair Genes, Role of Cancer Genes in Fetal and Placental Development, Gene-Environment Interactions, Family-Based and Genome-Wide Linkage and Association Studies
Cara Pager
Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Liver disease, Hepatitis C, RNA therapies, Virus-host interactions, Translational control, replication and assembly of RNA viruses
Lawrence M. Schell
Anthropology, School of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Distinguished Professor
Areas of expertise: Anthropology, Minority health disparities, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Childhood development, Environmental health, Risk factors
Hua Shi
Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: 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
Kendra Smith-Howard
History
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Environmental history, Twentieth-century US history, History of consumer culture and politics, History of technology, History of public health, Agriculture and rural life
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School of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Mental Health, Depression , Posttraumatic stress disorder, Suicide, Substance use, Violence, Trauma exposure , Adverse childhood experiences, Disasters, Social determinants of health, Health disparities, Epidemiologic methods, Complex systems approaches, Agent-based modeling
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Drug addiction, binge eating disorder, Obesity, psychiatric and medical outcomes, Psychosocial stress and health, Laboratory behavioral model, Epidemiology
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School of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Epidemiology of aging, Physical activity, Cognitive function, Disability, Sedentary behavior, Individual and communities social determinants of health
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Chair & Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Financing and access to care, Health reform, Medical outcomes, Provider payment
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Economics
Professor
Areas of expertise: Public economics , Health economics, Applied microeconomics, Charitable giving, Volunteering, Non-profit sector, Public Health, Alcohol, tobacco, and substance use control policies
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School of Public Health, Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Long-term care, Aging, Comparative effectiveness research, Sensor technology and work related injury prevention, Policy impact on dementia care, International health policy comparison
A portrait of Lei Zhu.
School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor
Areas of expertise: Statistics, Pollution and health