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.
Jenna Noray, BS
MHA Professional Development Coordinator
School of Public Health
Andrea Norcini Pala, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health
Seth Prins, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
Department of Community Health Sciences
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
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 the Department of Medicine
Tenured Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
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, BA
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
Tracey E. Wilson, PhD
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research, Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences