Secondary, Emeritus, and Volunteer Faculty

A list of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice primary faculty can be found here.

Joanna Burger, Ph.D., M.S., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Risk perception and communication for fish consumption and other wild-caught foods, and effects of lead, mercury, and cadmium on neurological development and behavior

Robert M. Goodman, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Environmental microbiology

Georgios Kelesidis, Ph.D., Volunteer Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 
Research Interests: Climate Change, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollutants, Nanotechnology, Aerosol Science, Combustion Technology

Gediminas Mainelis, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Bioaerosols research

Mark Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Pesticide use, policy, regulation, and alternative pest control.

A list of Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy primary faculty can be found here.

Ayse Akincigil, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Social Work
Research Interests: Health care quality, Medicare, disparities

Toni Beninato, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Endocrine tumors, carcinoid tumors, thyroid surgery, adrenal gland surgery, minimally invasive surgery clinical trials

Rula Btoush (Wilson), Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Nursing
Research Interests: Cancer and health disparities, public health related clinical and health care issues, domestic violence

Joel Cantor, Sc.D., Distinguished Professor
Primary at Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Research Interests: State health policy, access to care, health services research

Sujoy Chakravarty, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Research Interests: Health economics and policy, healthcare delivery, efficiency and quality of care, hospital utilization patterns, long-term services and supports, hospital payment structure

Benjamin F. Crabtree, Ph.D., M.A., Distinguished Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Organizational change, prevention, primary care practice, qualitative methods

Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Social Work
Research Interests: Aging and chronic illness focusing on gerontological policy

Tracy Estelle-Kathryn Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at School of Health Professions
Research Interests: Gerontology, HIV prevention in older adults, end of life care, health promotion, mental health and aging

Katie Devine, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Research Interests: Cancer prevention and control

Nurgül Fitzgerald, Ph.D., M.S., R.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Prevention of Type II diabetes and related cardiovascular conditions among minority populations

Mark Gluck, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences - Newark
Research Interests: Neuroscience, behavioral processes, brain substrates, clinical applications

Irina Grafova, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Research Interests: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Financial Strain, Financial Toxicity of Cancer, Health Policy; Healthcare Spending, Neighborhoods

Kathryn Greene, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Communication and Information
Research Interests: Role of communication in preventing and maintaining health and wellness

Emily Greenfield-Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Social Work
Research Interests: Aging, life course human development, social relationships and health, supportive services for older adults and family caregivers

Carolyn Heckman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Research Interests: Cancer risk and risk-reduction behaviors

Shawna Hudson, Ph.D., Professor, Henry Rutgers Chair and Research Division Chief
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Cancer health disparities, cancer survivorship, cultural competency, health communication

Manuel Jimenez, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P., Assistant Professor
Primary at Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Research Interests: Pediatrics, adverse childhood experiences, health literacy, health care access, Latino health, literacy, autism

Evan Kleiman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Everyday lives of individuals at risk for suicide using smartphone and wearable monitoring technology

Sharon L. Manne, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Research Interests: Cancer prevention and control, behavioral/psychosocial oncology

Richard G. Marlink, M.D., Henry Rutgers Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Global health, HIV/AIDS

Charles E. Menifield, Ph.D., Dean and Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration
Research Interests: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, obesity, state and local urban affairs

Gregory Peck, D.O., Assistant Professor
Primary at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Global health; global surgery and injury, critical care, health policy, health care access

Nancy E. Reichman, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Health economics, demography, maternal and child health issues

Edward A. Selby, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Suicidal and self-injurious behavior, personality disorders, eating disorders, emotion dysregulation, use of self-sabotaging behaviors

Marc L. Steinberg, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Tobacco dependence in mental health settings

Michael B. Steinberg, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Professor
Primary at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Tobacco dependence treatment, clinical preventive services, cancer early detection and prevention, physician prevention practices

Jill M. Williams, M.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers Behavioral Health Care
Research Interests: Health care policy, policy implementation, public personnel policy

Itzhak Yanovitzky, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Communication and Information
Research Interests: Health communication, behavior change, program evaluation

Diane R. Brown, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Audrey Gotsch, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Jeannette Rogowski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Bernadette West, Ph.D., M.A., Professor Emeritus

A list of Department of Urban-Global Public Health primary faculty can be found here.

Charletta Ayers, M.D., Associate Professor
Primary at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Research Interests: Global health, maternal health, contraception, and bleeding disorders in women and adolescents

Qiana Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Social Work
Research Interests: Substance use disorder epidemiology, maternal and child health, urban health, mental health, health disparities, social determinants of health, program evaluation, prevention science

Rufus Caine Jr., D.D.S., M.P.H., Associate Professor and Director of the MPH in Dental in Public Health
Primary at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Research Interests: Decision analysis, risk assessment, epidemiology of chronic and infectious oral diseases

Cecile A. Feldman, D.M.D., M.B.A., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Research Interests: Health professions education, quality assessment, outcomes, health informatics, cost benefit, health services research

Mark A. Gluck, Ph.D., Professor
Primary at Rutgers University–Newark, College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Computational and theoretical neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory, neurobiology of learning and memory, hippocampal, frontal, and basal ganglia function in learning, memory dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Parkinson’s disease, drug addiction, behavioral genetics, categorization, concept learning

Lawrence Kleinman, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor
Primary at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Shristi Rawal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary at the Rutgers School of Health Professions
Research Interests: Maternal health, gestational diabetes, taste/smell, cardiometabolic diseases, mhealth

Jennifer Rosen-Valverde, J.D., M.S.W., Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Law
Research Interests: Special education law, social justice lawyering, cross-systems educational advocacy, health justice, medical-legal partnership, social determinants of health, intersection of health, law and poverty, interprofessional education and collaboration

Joachim Sackey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Health Professions

Daniel Semenza, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers University - Camden
Research Interests: Gun violence, health disparities, criminology, firearm markets, victimization, exposure to the criminal justice system

Maxine Strickland, DMD, MS, MPH, Assistant Professor
Primary at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

Elizabeth Ioannidi, PhD, Visiting Associate Professor

Mkhoi L. Mkhoi, MD, Visiting Lecturer

George Koulierakis, PhD, Visiting Associate Professor