Advisory Boards
Community Advisory Board (CAB)
The 2022 DHSU School of Public Health Community Advisory Board (CAB) was envisioned to create, foster, and build meaningful, synergistic, and lasting partnerships with diverse stakeholders to promote excellence in our educational curriculum and in the scientific inquiry of major urban health challenges. The main purpose of the SPH CAB is to provide regularly informed input on the school’s vision, mission, and values as well as on student outcomes, curriculum, and new plans and activities.
Our CAB is a dynamic cross-section of individuals who represent diverse sectors including academia, technology, food, healthcare, industry, and local representatives from the NYC Mayor’s office and Brooklyn Borough President’s Office. Many of our CAB board members are actively engaged as site perceptors for our APEx.
| Member’s Name | Position in CAB | Professional Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey Lawrence | Chair | Chief Executive Officer, Brownsville Multiservice Family Health and Wellness Center |
| Aimee Afable, PhD | SPH Faculty Liaison | Associate Dean for Community Engagement |
| Cheryl Hall | Member | Executive Director, Caribbean Women’s Health Association |
| Mon Yuck Yu | Member | Policy Director, Office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso |
| Jacqueline Barley | Member | Director of Planning at the Brookdale Medical Center |
| Nathan Sherfinski, MSW | Member | Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Health and Human Services |
| Susan Beane, MD, FACP | Member | Vice President and Executive Medical Director, Healthfirst, Inc |
| Ngozi Moses, MSc | Member | Executive Director, Brooklyn Perinatal Network |
| Marilyn Fraser, MD | Member | Chief Executive Officer, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health |
| Adam Aponte, MD, MSC, FAAP | Member | Chief Medical Officer, Boriken Neighborhood Health Center |
| Alyson Clark, MPH | Member | Program Coordinator, HIV Prevention, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and SPH Alum |
| Milenka Berengolc | Member | Director, Special Projects Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled |
| Chizoba Nwankwo, PhD | Member | Executive Director, Outcomes Research, Merck |
| Michael Joseph, PhD, MPH | Member | Vice-Dean for Education, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Ramon Gist, MD, FAAP | Member | Clinical Director, Kings Against Violence Initiative |
| Porez Luxama | Member | Executive Director, Life of Hope |
| Isaiah Marshall-Thomas | Member | Administrative Fellow, DHSU Office of the President and SPH alum |
| Cynthia de Luise, PhD | Member | Senior Director of Epidemiology at Pfizer Pharmaceutical |
| Edgar Mandeville, MD | Member | Chairman Emeritus, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health |
| Sarita Dhuper, MD | Member | Founder & Executive Director of Live Light, Live Right |
| Tamer Badr, MD | Member | Program Manager, the Brownsville Community Culinary Center/Melting Pot Foundation |
| Donell Harvin, DrPH | Member | Senior Homeland Security Policy Researcher, the RAND Corporation |
Alumni Advisory Board (AAB)
The School of Public Health (SPH) Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) is a coalition of alumni who represent the voice of SPH alumni to SPH leadership. Along with SPH leadership, they work to inform and create opportunities to advance professional development, networking, community service, and public health education.
The composition of the SPH AAB includes a cross-section of alumni representing various sectors including: health care, local government, the pharmaceutical industry, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, FQHC/safety-net providers, health technologies, women’s health associations, disability advocacy and service provider organizations.
- Eric Persuad, DrPH
- Erika Usui, MPH
- Erin Andrews, DrPH
- Gladys Figaro-Amisial, MPH
- Isaiah Marshall-Thomas, MPH
- Jake Littman, MPH
- Justin Tien, MD/MPH
- Karl Charles-Pierre, MPH
- Lauren Meador, MPH
- Maly Fenelus, MD/MPH
- Marline Attallah, MPH
- Mazin Khalil, MPH
- Natalie Octave, MPH, DrPH (in progress)
- Nitya Devireddy, MPH
- Rebecca Hill, DrPH
- Shahidul Islam, DrPH
- Shaquasha Shannon, MPH