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Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff in the Environmental and Occupational Health department are listed below. You can also filter faculty by research interest in the Research section.

Table of Contents:

Department Faculty

  • Maryia Bakhtsiyarava headshot

    Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, PhD

    Assistant Research Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
    mb4544@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Climate Change
    • Urban Health
    • Health Disparities
    • GIS and Spatial Data Science
    • Demography

  • Sherry Brandt-Rauf

    Sherry Brandt-Rauf, MPhil, JD

    Teaching Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6134
    sib34@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Health Policy
    • Occupational Health
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Health Disparities
    • Public Health Law

  • Igor Burstyn

    Igor Burstyn, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6062
    igor.burstyn@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Epidemiologic Methods
    • Statistical Modeling
    • Occupational Health
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Maternal and Child Health
    • Mental Health and Behavioral Health
    • Neurodevelopment and Neurologic Disorders
    • Industrial Hygiene
    • Risk Assessment
    • Bayesian Statistics
    • Probabilistic Bias Analysis

  • Esther Chernak

    Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP

    Clinical Professor, Director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6038
    dec48@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Public Health Emergency Preparedness
    • Infectious Disease
    • Medicine and Public Health
    • Public Health Practice
    • Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication

  • Jane Clougherty

    Jane Clougherty, ScD, MSc

    Professor
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
    267-359-6072
    jec373@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Health and Place or Built Environment
    • Health Disparities
    • Urban Health
    • Violence and Trauma
    • Air Pollution
    • Chronic Stress
    • Environmental Epidemiology
    • Exposure Science
    • Gender Analysis
    • Multiple Exposures
    • Social Epidemiology
    • Spatial Analysis/Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Violence Exposures

  • Anneclaire De Roos headshot

    Anneclaire De Roos, PhD, MPH

    Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6090
    ajd335@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Occupational Health
    • Spatial Analysis or GIS
    • Health and Place or Built Environment
    • Urban Health
    • Pesticides
    • Risk Assessment
    • Drinking Water
    • Green Landscape in Cities

  • Jerry Fagliano

    Jerry Fagliano, MPH, PhD

    Clinical Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6265
    jaf387@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Public Health Practice
    • Health Disparities
    • Climate Change

  • Arthur Frank

    Arthur Frank, MD, PhD

    Professor Emeritus and Clinical Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6048
    alf26@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Cancer
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Global or International Health
    • History of Public Health
    • Occupational Health
    • Agricultural Safety and Health
    • Toxicology
    • Environmental Justice

  • Ashley Gripper headshot

    Ashley B. Gripper, PhD, MPH

    Assistant Professor
    Environmental & Occupational Health and The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
    abg66@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Community-Engaged Research
    • Environmental Health
    • Urban Agriculture
    • Climate justice
    • Food Justice
    • Spirituality
    • Land Access
    • Collective Agency & Community Power

  • Tom Hipper

    Tom Hipper, MSPH, MA

    Assistant Clinical Teaching Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6044
    tjh87@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Crisis Communication
    • Risk Communication
    • Health Communication
    • Public Health Preparedness
    • Emergency Management
    • Social Media

  • Ericka Kalp headshot

    Ericka Kalp, PhD, MPH, CIC, FAPIC

    Associate Clinical Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    els27@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
    • Infection Prevention and Control
    • Healthcare-associated Infections
    • Outbreak Investigations
    • Environment of Care
    • Sterilization and Disinfection
    • Research Methodology
    • Patient Safety

  • Josiah Kephart headshot

    Josiah L. Kephart, PhD, MPH

    Assistant Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel FIRST Program, Urban Health Collaborative
    jlk465@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Urban Health
    • Health Disparities
    • Environmental and Social Epidemiology
    • Climate Change
    • Global Health

  • Alex Quistberg

    Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH

    Associate Research Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
    267.359.6297
    daq26@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Global Health
    • Health and Place
    • Health Disparities
    • Spatial Analysis
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Urban Health
    • Intentional/Violent Injury and Trauma
    • Unintentional Injury and Trauma
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Computer Vision

  • Headshot of Leah Schinasi

    Leah Schinasi, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6294
    lhs36@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Cancer
    • Health and Place or Built Environment
    • Occupational Health
    • Urban Health
    • Community Based Participatory Research
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Epidemiology
    • Climate Change

  • Jennifer Taylor

    Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS

    Arthur L. and Joanne B. Frank Professor,
    Director of the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST)
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6060
    jat65@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Community Engaged Research
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Healthcare Administration and Management
    • Health Services Research
    • Health Disparities
    • Health Policy
    • Mental Health or Behavioral Health
    • Occupational Health
    • Public Health Practice
    • Spatial Analysis or GIS
    • Urban Health
    • Violence and Trauma

Affiliate Faculty

Carla Campbell, MD, MS
Pediatrician and former Associate Teaching Professor (Retired)

Jessica Caum, MPH, MA
Program Manager, Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Carol Ann Gross-Davis, PhD, MS
Environmental Scientist, Air Quality Analysis Branch, Region 3
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Judith Klotz, DrPH
Environmental Epidemiologist (Retired)

Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Social Scientist
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Qamar Rahman, PhD, MSc
Dean, Research Science & Technology
Amity University, Lucknow, India

Sarah Smathers, MPH
System Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Maurits (Max) Taytelbaum, PhD, MBA
Consultant in Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Nicole Weber, MPH, Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Aid, CHES
Senior Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Advisor
Save the Children

Adjunct Faculty

Caityln Allen, MPH
cms536@drexel.edu
Director of External Affairs
Patient Safety Authority

Opeyemi Babajide, PhD, MSc
oob26@drexel.edu
Post-Doc in the Community Health and Prevention Department

Megan A. Cook, MS
Infection Control Practitioner
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

Hillary Hei, MPH, CIC, LSSGB, HEM
hh442@drexel.edu
Infection Preventionist Consultant
Pennsylvania Department of Health

Amanda Scott, CIH, CSP, CMLSO
as5963@drexel.edu
Senior Director, Occupational and Environmental Safety
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Ryan Stetz, MS, MLS (ASCP)
Infection Preventionist
Main Line Health

Department Administration and Staff

Catherine Corson, MBA
cc3995@drexel.edu
Academic Coordinator

Carolyn Jackson
carolyn.jackson@drexel.edu
Administrative Assistant

Lauren Kelly
lkk36@drexel.edu
Department Administrator

Lizbeth Gomez, PhD
lg688@drexel.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hanna Jardel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Joe Simeone
js5466@drexel.edu
Data Analyst

Karen Weber
kmw352@drexel.edu
Office Manager for Dr. Arthur Frank

Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST)

Victoria Gallogly, MPH
vhg25@drexel.edu
Outreach and Communications Coordinator

Alexandra Trautman-Fisher, MPH
abt57@drexel.edu
Senior Project Manager, Education and Training

Long-Term Care Center Training Grant Staff

Michael Edwards, PhD
mje68@drexel.edu
Instructional Designer

Ngozi Fadulu, MPH
naf77@drexel.edu
Quality Improvement Project Manager