Program in Public Health Affiliates

The Program in Public Health has the commitment of many outstanding affiliates, which includes faculty appointed in other schools and departments at Stony Brook University, and those working outside of the University as healthcare leaders, public health practitioners, and scholars who support our mission in excellence in teaching, research and service.

Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD –Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Medical Director, Perioperative Quality & Patient Safety; Stony Brook Medicine

Cordia Beverley, MD - Assistant Dean for Community Health Policy, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine

Rachel Boykan, MD – Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook Medicine; Associate Residency Director for the Stony Brook Pediatric Residency Program

Frances L. Brisbane, Ph.D., MSW – Professor, School of Social Welfare, Vice President for Health Sciences Workforce Diversity, Stony Brook Medicine

Joan Broderick, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Stony Brook University

Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Director, Epidemiology Research Group, Stony Brook Medicine

Rebekah Burroway, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Director of Graduate Studies, Stony Brook University

Dolores Cannella, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Director of Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean for Education, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine 

Sunny Chung, MS, MLS – Health Sciences Librarian, Stony Brook University

Debra Cinotti, DDS – Associate Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Director General Practice Residency Program, Stony Brook School of Medicine

Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, Ph.D. – Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Head of the Nutrition Division and Executive Director of the Nutrition Service for Stony Brook Medicine

Carol DellaRatta, Ph.D., RN – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Stony Brook University

Erica Diminich, Ph.D. – Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Carolyn M. Gallagher, Ph.D. – Adjunct; Clinical Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Project Manager, Office of Managed Care, IPRO

Karen Goldsteen, Ph.D., MPH – Research Associate Professor (Retired), Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine 

Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH – Professor Emeritus, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Arthur Grollman, MD – Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology.; Evelyn G. Glick Professor of Experimental Medicine, Director, Laboratory for Chemical Biology, Stony Brook University

Fred Guttenberg – Co-founder of non profit Orange Ribbons for Jaime, Co-founder of non profit Orange Ribbons for Gun Safety

Erin Healy, MS, MPH, RN – Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer, Stony Brook Medicine 

Leah Holbrook, MS, RD – Clinical Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Associate Director, Graduate Nutrition Program

Pam Hurst-Della Pietra, DO - Affiliated Faculty, Program in Pubic Health; Founder, Chair of the Board, and Director of Strategic Projects, Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, MS – Professor Emeritus, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Aldustus Jordan, EdD – Associate Professor (Retired), Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Evonne Kaplan-Liss, MD, MPH – Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Assistant Dean, Narrative Reflection and Patient Communication and Professor, Texas Christian University and University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine 

Jessica Koos, MS, MLS – Health Sciences Librarian, Stony Brook University

MaryEllen LaSala, Ph.D., RN – Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Stony Brook University

Valerie Lewis – Administrator for Outreach Services, Suffolk Cooperative Library System

Marci Lobel, Ph.D. – Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University

Janine Logan – Senior Director, Communications and Population Health, Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association, Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State, LLC, and Director, Long Island Population Health Improvement Program and the Long Island Health Collaborative

Jennifer Manganello, Ph.D. – Adjunct; Professor, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Catherine Marrone, Ph.D. – Advanced Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Stony Brook University

Sharon Martino, PT, Ph.D. – Clinical Associate Professor, School of Health Technology and Management; Department of Physical Therapy

Michael McClain, MS – Director of Communications, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University; Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, St. Joseph’s College

Anne E. McElroy, Ph.D. – Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Linda Mermelstein, MD, MPH – Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Retired Director of Compliance, Suffolk County of Department Health Services 

Anne Moyer, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Co-Director of Social and Health Program, Stony Brook University

Barbara Nemesure, Ph.D. – Professor and Division Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Stony Brook Cancer Center, Director, Cancer Prevention & Control Program; Director, Lung Cancer Program

Lester Paldy, MS – Guest Lecturer; Distinguished Service Professor, Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University

Harold L Paz, MD, MS – Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, Stony Brook Medicine

Michael Pearl, MD – Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine; Director of Gynecology Oncology, Stony Brook Medicine

Gregson H. Pigott, MD, MPH – Guest Lecturer; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Commissioner of Health, Suffolk County Department of Health

Chloe Puett, Ph.D. – Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Collaborator, International Food Policy Research Institute; Senior Research Advisor, Action Against Hunger 

Charles L. Robbins, DSW – Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of the Undergraduate Colleges, Stony Brook University

Pablo R. Ros, MD, MPH, Ph.D. – Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook Medicine

Jordana Rothschild, MD, MPH – Attending Physician, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Northwell Health

Peter D. Salins, Ph.D. – Professor, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University

Joel Saltz, MD, Ph.D. –Cherith Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vice President for Clinical Informatics, Stony Brook Medicine, Associate Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center

Mary Saltz, MD – Chief Clinical Integration Officer, Stony Brook Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology; Assistant Clinical Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Warren Sanderson, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus, John S. Toll Professorship, Department of Economics, Stony Brook University

Howard Schneider, MS – Professor, School of Journalism; Founding Dean and Executive Director, Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University

Elinor R. Schoenfeld, Ph.D., MS – Research Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine 

Mark Schweitzer, MD – Professor, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook Medicine

Hal Skopicki, MD, Ph.D. – Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine and Deputy Director of Operations, Stony Brook Heart Institute

Mark J. Sedler, MD, MPH – Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Associate Dean, Global Medical Education; Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center of Long Island

Christopher Sellers, Ph.D., MD – Professor, Department of History; Director, Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice, Stony Brook University

Fred Sganga, MPH, FACHE, LNHA – Lecturer, School of Health Technology and Management; Executive Director, Long Island State Veterans Home

Carrie Shandra, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University

Kenneth R. Shroyer, MD, Ph.D. – The Marvin Kuschner Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook Medicine; President, Stony Brook Pathologists, UFPC, Vice Chair, SB Clinical Practice Management Plan, Inc.

Yvonne Spreckels – Director of Stony Brook University Hospital’s Department of Community Relations, Coordinator of Health Occupations Partnership for Excellence Program

James Swain, MD, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychology at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Mark A. Talamini, MD, MBA – Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Chief, Surgical Services, Stony Brook Medicine; Founding Director, Medical Innovation Institute, Co-Director, SOAR Collaborative, President, Stony Brook Surgical Associates, Chair, Board of Directors, Clinical Practice Management Plan

Henry Thode, Ph.D. – Research Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine

James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MSW, MBA – Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Retired Commissioner of Health, Suffolk County Department of Health

 Nancy J. Tomes, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor, Department of History; President, University Senate, Stony Brook University

Leah Topek-Walker, LCSW – Field Education Coordinator, School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University

Marie Ciacco Tsivitis, MPH, CIC, FAPIC - Research Scientist, Regional Representative, Bureau of Health Care Associated Infections, New York State Department of Health

James Winslow, MD, MPH – Medical Director, North Carolina Office of EMS; Associate Professor and Attending Emergency Medicine Physician, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Rachel Wong, MPH, MD - Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Director of the Primary Care Track in Internal Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Jie Yang, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine; Director, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Biostatistical Consulting Core