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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Professor
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
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Clinical Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
267.359.6265
jaf387@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental Exposures
- Public Health Practice
- Health Disparities
- Climate Change
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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
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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
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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
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Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
jlk465@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental Exposures
- Urban Health
- Health Disparities
- Environmental and Social Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Global Health
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Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and 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
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Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
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
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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
Emeritus Faculty
Arthur Frank, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus
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
Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor, Department of Medicine
Drexel College of Medicine
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
Opeyemi Babajide, PhD, MSc
oob26@drexel.edu
Chair, Economic and Workforce Development Committee, AI Council for Montgomery County
Megan A. Cook, MS
Infection Preventionist
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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
Alexandra Skula, MPH
ams855@drexel.edu
Public Health Preparedness Program Manager
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control
Department Administration and Staff
Catherine Corson, MBA
cc3995@drexel.edu
Academic Coordinator
Carolyn Jackson
carolyn.jackson@drexel.edu
Administrative Coordinator
Lauren Kelly
lkk36@drexel.edu
Department Administrator
Joe Simeone
js5466@drexel.edu
Data Analyst