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.

Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD

Dean and Professor
School of Public Health

Kitaw.Demissie@downstate.edu
(718) 613-8377

Aimee Afable, PhD, MPH

Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences

Aimee.Afable@downstate.edu
(718) 270-6397

Wondimagegnehu (Wondi) Alemu, MD

Clincal Associate Professor

Yaacov Anziska, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic

yanziska@downstate.edu
(718) 270-2430

Nicole Bagnarol, MPH

Director of Curricular Innovation
School of Public Health

nicole.bagnarol@downstate.edu
(718) 270-2426

tenya.blackwell@downstate.edu
(718) 270-6319

Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MSc

Associate Dean for Diversity Education and Research
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medicine

carla.boutin-foster@downstate.edu
(718) 270-3033

Denise M. Bruno, MD, MPH

Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Director of the Center for Global Health, Interim Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences