New Jersey Medical School  Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health

Herman Baker, Ph.D.
Clinical nutrition, vitamin metabolism in health and disease, mechanisms of vitamin utilization.

John D. Bogden, Ph.D.  - Director Division of Nutrition and Aging
Micronutrient nutrition and toxicology, aging and immunity, heavy metal toxicity.

Francis P. Chinard, M.D.
Pneumococcal infections in the Newark population, free radical effects on the circulation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema.

Shenggao Han, M.D., M.P.H.
Nutrition and environmental health, epidemiology, lead toxicity and prevention, elderly health and immune function.

Bart K. Holland, Ph.D.
Biostatistics, especially survival and hazards models; clinical trials of claims for herbal medicines.

Cheryl A. Kennedy, M.D.
HIV/AIDS, neuropsychiatry, aging, quality of life.

Marvin A. Lavenhar, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Director, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Multivariate analysis of large data set, survival analysis, outcomes research, evaluation of community health promotion programs, teaching of statistics in the health sciences.

Donald B. Louria, M.D. - Department Chairperson
Emerging and re-emerging pathogens, infectious diseases and health promotion.

G. Reza Najem, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. - Director, Division of General Preventive Medicine and International Health
Epidemiology, prevention and control of cancer and coronary heart disease, clinical preventive services for and each segment of population, international medicine epidemiological methods.

Marian Rose Catherine Passannante, Ph.D.  passanna@umdnj.edu
Impact of social factors on disease outcomes, questionnaire designs/survey research, epidemiology of tuberculosis, substance abuse, nutrition, and trauma outcomes. Epidemiologist/Statististician for the New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center.

Amiram M. Sheffet, Ph.D.
Health promotion and disease prevention, outcomes and cost effectiveness research.

Joan H. Skurnick, Ph.D.
Biostatistics, epidemiology of HIV transmission and epidemiology of menopausal transition.

Richard P. Wedeen, M.D.
Occupational and environmental medicine, and kidney diseases.

Stanley H. Weiss, M.D.
Public health and prevention, epidemiology of cancer (focus on breast and HIV-associated neoplasms), infectious diseases (focus on HIV/AIDS, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II, sexually transmitted infections, emerging and re-emerging pathogens) and chronic diseases (focus on asthma), xenotransplantation and cross-species infectivity issues, health of drug abusers.