Faculty

Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Faculty


Faculty participating in Residency Program in Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Faculty Member

Title/Role

Email

Telephone

Pauline Thomas, MD

Residency Program Director
Professor

  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) Department of Medicine
  • Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH) Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
  • CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer 1981-1983
  • Medical Epidemiologist, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) 1983-2004
  • Assistant Commissioner, Public Health Surveillance, 1999-2004

 

pauline.thomas@rutgers.edu

973-972-9384

Marian Passannante, PhD

Professor

  • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers SPH
  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Associate Dean for Educational Program Development and Global Programs
  • Member, Master Educators' Guild

 

marian.passannante@rutgers.edu

973-972-4775

Sheryl A. Bedno, MD, MPH, DrPH, CIP

Associate Professor

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Director of Occupational Medicine 2020 – Present

 

sab527@njms.rutgers.edu

973-972-2900

Joseph Schwab, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

  • Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers NJMS
  • Pediatric tobacco control interventions

 

schwab@njms.rutgers.edu

973-972-5774

John Bogden, PhD

Professor

  • Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers NJMS

 

john.bogden@rutgers.edu

973-972-5432

Amy Davidow, PhD

Associate Professor

  • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers SPH

 

davidoal@sph.rutgers.edu

973-972-4587

Stephen Friedman, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Assistant Commissioner, NYCDOHMH (Retired)
  • Senior researcher, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYCDOHMH

 

Smf226@njms.rutgers.edu

 

Ana Natale-Pereira, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of General Medicine

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Director, [SAVE and Screen NJ]
  • 2003 – 2005 Medical Director, FOCUS Community Health Center, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ
  • 2006 – 2007 Fellow, National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), Leadership Fellowship Program, Washington D.C.

 

natalean@njms.rutgers.edu

973 972-5672

Emily Gordon, MD

Associate Professor

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Director, Urban Health track, Internal Medicine residency program, Rutgers NJMS
  • Associate Program Director, Addiction Medicine fellowship, Rutgers NJMS

gordonea@njms.rutgers.edu

973 972-9523

James Oleske, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus

  • Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers NJMS

 

   

William Halperin, MD, MPH, DrPH

Professor Emeritus
Former Program Director

  • Rutgers School of Public Health
  • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers SPH
  • CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, 1975- 1977
  • Chief/Division Director/ NIOSH Deputy Director, CDC
  • Former Chair Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
  • Member Editorial Board of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Lifetime Affiliate, National Academy of Sciences
  • Former Member, Board on Environmental Science and Toxicology, National Research Council

 

william.halperin@rutgers.edu

 

Lawrence Budnick, MD, MPH, FACP, FACPM, FACOEM

Professor Emeritus

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
  • Director, Occupational Medicine Service, Rutgers NJMS 1994-2020
  • CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer 1982-1984
  • Medical Epidemiologist, USPHS Region II 1985-1987
  • Medical Epidemiologist, New York State Department of Health 1987-1989
  • Occupational Medicine Advisor, Exxon 1989-1994

 

lawrence.budnick@rutgers.edu

 

 

Global Tuberculosis Institute

Alfred A. Lardizabal

Associate Professor

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS

 

lardizaa@rutgers.edu

973-353-8452

 

Veterans Administration,  East Orange, NJ

Pearl Korenblit, MD

Assistant Professor, Adjunct

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS, 2014-Present
  • Acting, Associate Chief of Staff, Ambulatory Care, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Program Manager, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, 2011 to present
  • Co-Primary Care Lead, Primary Care, VISN2 (NJ/NY States), 2019 to present

 

Pearl.korenblit@va.gov

 
 

New Jersey Department of Health

Edward Lifschitz, MD

Medical Director of Communicable Disease Services

  • New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable Disease Service 2010-present
  • Private Practice 2009-2010
  • Rutgers Health Services 1992-2009

Edward.lifshitz@doh.state.nj.us

 
Christina G. Tan, MD, MPH

State Epidemiologist/Assistant Commissioner

  • Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health (DEEOH), NJ Department of Health (NJDOH)

christina.tan@doh.state.nj.us

609-588-7463

       

University Hospital

Iris Herrera, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

  • Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Chief Medical Information Officer, University Hospital

 

herrerir@njms.rutgers.edu

 
Chris Pernell, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Office
  • Hospital Administration, University Hospital

 

pernelct@uhnj.org