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.
![photo of Kitaw Demissie](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/demissie.jpg)
Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD
Dean and Professor
School of Public Health
![photo of Aimee Afable](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/afable-300-400.jpg)
Aimee Afable, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
![photo of Wondi Alemu](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/alemu-300-400.jpg)
Wondimagegnehu (Wondi) Alemu, MD
Clincal Associate Professor
![photo of Yaacov Anziska](/faculty/neurology/_images/anziska.jpg)
Yaacov Anziska, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
![photo of Nicole Bagnarol](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/bagnarol.jpg)
Nicole Bagnarol, MPH
Director of Curricular Innovation
School of Public Health
![David Berger](/patient-care/_images/leadership/berger-david.jpg)
David Berger, M.D., MHCM, FACS
Chief Executive Officer
University Hospital at Downstate
![Tim B. Bigdeli, PhD](/faculty/research/institute-for-genomics-health/_images/bigdeli.png)
Tim B. Bigdeli, PhD
Co-Director
Institute for Genomics in Health
![photo of Tenya Blackwell](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/blackwell-300-400.jpg)
Tenya Blackwell, DrPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
![Photo of Carla Boutin-Foster](/faculty/diversity/diversity-education-research/_images/boutin-foster.png)
Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean, Office of Diversity Education and Research
Associate Vice President For Institutional Equity
![photo of Denise Bruno](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/bruno-300-400.jpg)
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
![Photo of Dr. Rose Calixte](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/calixte.jpg)
Rose Calixte, PhD, PStat®
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Camacho-Rivera headshot](/faculty/school-of-public-health/_images/marlene-camacho-rivera.jpg)
Marlene Camacho-Rivera, SC.D, M.S. MPH
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
![Photo of Sylvia Chow](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/chow-300-400.jpg)
Sylvia Chow, MBA
Budget Director
School of Public Health
![Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG](/faculty/obstetrics-gynecology/_images/clare.png)
Camille Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG
Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tenured Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
![Photo of Francisco Colon](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/colon-300-400.jpg)
Francisco Colon, MSW
Assistant Director of Enrollment and Onboarding Management
School of Public Health
![photo of Dorine Cooper](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/cooper.jpg)
Dorine P. Cooper, MA, MS
Associate Administrator
![photo of Jenny Crouch](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/crouch-300-400.jpg)
Jenny Crouch, Ed.D., MS, MA
Assistant Dean for Administration & Finance and Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Department of Community Health Sciences
![Anika Daniels-Osaze, Ed.D., MPH](/education-training/school-of-public-health/_images/faculty/daniels-osaze-anika.jpg)
Anika Daniels-Osaze, Ed.D., MPH
Associate Dean for Education, School of Public Health
Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
![photo of Jack DeHovitz](/faculty/infectious-diseases/_images/dehovitz-jack.jpg)
Jack DeHovitz, MD
Distinguished Service Professor