School of Public Health Faculty & Staff
The School of Public Health at Downstate is home to talented academic and administrative professionals dedicated to serving students and promoting health equity for all.
Departmental faculty have been extensively involved in a broad range of scholarly and research activities. These include clinical outcomes and health care quality improvement, risk management in health care institutions, home health care, hospice care, cost containment and prospective payment, Medicaid, community mental health, strategic health planning, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, cancer epidemiology, prostate cancer, and comparative mortalities in surgical procedures. Current plans for future research directions include disparities in health and health care among minority populations, urban health issues, cancer epidemiology, health care evaluation, women's health, prevention issues for urban minority populations, and HIV prevention and treatment.
![photo of Howard Minkoff, MD](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/minkoff-300-400.jpg)
Howard L. Minkoff, MD, FACOG
Distinguished Service Professor
Health Policy & Management
![photo of Mohamed Nakeshbandi](/education-training/department-of-medicine/_images/faculty/nakeshbandi.jpg)
Mohamed Nakeshbandi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor / Hospitalist
Department of Medicine
![photo of Sharifa Nasreen, MD, PhD, MPH](/faculty/school-of-public-health/_images/sharifa.jpg)
Sharifa Nasreen, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![photo of Andrea Norcini Pala](/faculty/school-of-public-health/_images/pala.jpg)
Andrea Norcini Pala, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health
![photo of Dr. Puac-Polanco](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/puac-polanco.jpg)
Victor Puac-Polanco, MD, DrPH, MSCE
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Photo of Dr. Simone Reynolds](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/reynolds.jpg)
Simone A. Reynolds, PhD, MPH
Director of Online Learning and Instructional Innovation, Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP](/about/_images/portraits/riley-2021.png)
Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP
President
Office of the President
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
![photo of Raeann Rolston](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/rolston-300-400.jpg)
Raeann Rolston, MA
Director of Admissions & Recruitment
School of Public Health
![Photo of Dr. Janet Rosenbaum](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/janet_rosenbaum.jpg)
Janet Rosenbaum, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Photo of Dr. Carl Rosenberg](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/rosenberg.jpg)
Carl Rosenberg, PhD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Moro O. Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP](/education-training/department-of-medicine/_images/salifu-welcome-page.jpg)
Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP
Chair of Medicine, Chief of Nephrology Division, Director of Interventional Nephrology
Department of Medicine
![photo of Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/sharath-300-400.jpg)
Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
![photo of Paula Spann](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/spann.jpg)
Paula Spann, BA
Student Affairs Program Manager
School of Public Health
![photo of Jia Sun, PhD, MPH](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/sun-300-400-dec-2022.jpg)
Jia Sun, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
![Photo of Dr. Michael Szarek](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/szarek.jpg)
Michael Szarek, PhD, MS
Executive Director of the Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research, Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![photo of Azure Thompson](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/thompson-300-400.jpg)
Azure Thompson, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
![photo of Jennifer Thompson](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/thompson-j.jpg)
Jennifer Thompson
Department Coordinator
School of Public Health
![photo of Wendy Williams, PhD](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/williams-300-400-new.jpg)
Wendy Williams, PhD
Director of Pedagogical Advancement and Evaluation, Clinical Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences