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.

Sharifa Nasreen, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jenna Noray
MHA Professional Development Coordinator
School of Public Health

Andrea Norcini Pala, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health

Victor Puac-Polanco, MD, DrPH, MSCE
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management

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
President
Office of the President
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Raeann Rolston, MA
Director of Admissions & Recruitment
School of Public Health

Janet Rosenbaum, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Carl Rosenberg, PhD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP
Chair of Medicine, Chief of Nephrology Division, Director of Interventional Nephrology
Department of Medicine

Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical and Health Services Research, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Surgery

Paula Spann, BA
Student Affairs Program Manager
School of Public Health

Jia Sun, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Michael Szarek, PhD, MS
Executive Director of the Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research, Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Azure Thompson, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences

Jennifer Thompson
Department Coordinator
School of Public Health

Danvy Truong, MPH
Community Partnerships Manager / APEx Coordinator

Wendy Williams, PhD
Director of Pedagogical Advancement and Evaluation, Clinical Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences