2024 Election: Faculty Experts Available for Press

Mitchel Rosen 
Expert of environmental and occupational health who leads the Center for Public Health Workforce Development. Can speak to occupational safety and health, workforce development, and emergency planning and preparedness.

Michael D. Anestis
Expert on gun violence prevention, suicide prevention and firearm purchase surges during COVID-19. Executive director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research.

Erica Eliason
Expert in health policy, Medicaid/CHIP, health equity, child health insurance, and maternal, child, and reproductive health.

Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa
Expert in community health and can conduct interviews in Spanish.

Mara Getz Sheftel
Expert in health disparities, immigration, and immigrant health. 

Perry N. Halkitis
Infectious disease epidemiologist, applied statistician, and public health psychologist. Available to discuss LGBTQ+ population health, health disparities, HIV/AIDs, drug abuse, and mental health. Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health.

Leslie Kantor
Expert on sexual and reproductive health, women’s health, abortion and access to care. Formerly the vice president of education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Laura Lindberg
Expert on sexual and reproductive health, women’s health, abortion and access to care.

Devin English
Expert in critical health equity, intersectionality, stigma, discrimination, Black youth, policing, and safety.