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.
Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine Chief, Division of Nephrology Director, Transplant Program
Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Paula Spann, BA
Senior Staff Assistant
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
LaToya Trowers, EdD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Management
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
Jameela J. Yusuff, MD, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases