Community Health and Prevention Faculty and Staff
Connect with faculty and staff in the Community Health and Prevention department.
Below you can learn more about faculty research interests and their expert topics. You can also filter all faculty by research interest in the Research section.
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Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL, Professor Emerita
Janet Fleetwood, PhD, MPH, Professor Emerita
Augusta Villanueva, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita
Secondary Faculty
Kristal Lyn Brown, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts Therapy
Drexel FIRST Program
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University
Annette Gadegbeku, MD, Assistant Dean, Associate Professor
Department of Family, Community & Preventative Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
MD, Temple University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Hassrick, PhD, Assistant Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago
Sharrona Pearl, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor
Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in the History of Science from Harvard
Diana Robins, PhD, Professor and Director
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Neuropsychology from the University of Connecticut
Giacomo Vivanti, Associate Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Siena (Italy)
Affiliate Faculty
Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH '12, PhD '22
Director
Equal Measure
Aasta D. Mehta, MD, MPP
Medical Officer of Women’s Health
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
MD from Ross University College of Medicine, Dominica
Erica Roberts, PhD, MHS
Senior Research Associate, James Bell Associates
PhD in Behavioral and Community Health from the University of Maryland College Park
Adjunct Faculty
Janna Ataiants, DrPH, Senior Research Scientist
Department of Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Mike Hauer, PhD, MPH
PhD in Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Nishita Dsouza, PhD, MPH
PhD in Community Health & Prevention '22, Dornsife School of Public Health
J. Rachael HaileSelasse, PhD, MA
PhD in Community Health & Prevention '24, Dornsife School of Public Health
Laura Smallcomb, MD
MD from Drexel University College of Medicine
Fellowship-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Gregory Troutman, PhD
Sydney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Internal Medicine Resident at Penn Medicine
Yanick Vibert, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Department Staff
Liz Bruss
Administrative Coordinator II
lb3354@drexel.edu
Storey Clayton
Grants Administrator
swc54@drexel.edu
Sabrina DeVose
Program Manager
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John Pink
Administrative Coordinator I
jjp352@drexel.edu
Wendy Thurman
Department Administrator
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