Staff Directory

Beatrice Krauss, Ph.D. bkrauss@hunter.cuny.edu; 212-481-4283

Executive Director; Director of Administration and Coordination; Director of Collaborations and External Relations

Administrative Staff

Dee Burton, Ph.D. dburton@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4345	Director of Human Rights, Public Policy, and Health
Shawn McGinniss shawn.mcginniss@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4284	Administrative Coordinator (Administration and Coordination)
Joanne O'Day, M.A. joday@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4075	Director of Project Management and Operations

Project Staff

Dee Burton, Ph.D. dburton@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4345	Principal Investigator (Smoking Cessation)
Sylwia Hodorek shodorek@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4774	Senior Research Associate (PATH-3)
Shawn McGinniss shawn.mcginniss@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4284	Research Assistant (PATH-3); Trainer (Positive and Supporting Caring for People Living with HIV); Administrative Coordinator - Administration and Coordination
Joanne O'Day, M.A. joday@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4075	Project Director (Adolescent HIV Risk); Project Director (PATH-3)
Nga Lam Sze (Irene) nsze@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-7579	Telephone Counselor (Smoking Cessation)
Richard Velez rvel@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-8917	Senior Outreach Coordinator (PATH-3)
Xin Zeng (Cindy) xzeng@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-7579	Research Assistant (Smoking Cessation)

Faculty Fellows

Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH nfreuden@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4363	Senior Faculty Fellow; Distinguished Professor, Program in Urban Public Health, Hunter College
Kathleen M. Nokes, Ph.D., RN, CS, FAAN knokes@hunter.cuny.edu (212) 481-7594	Professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College
Jeffrey Parsons, Ph.D. jeffrey.parsons@hunter. cuny. edu, (212) 772-5533	Associate Professor of Psychology, Hunter College
Carol Roye, EdD, PNP, CPNP croye@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4332	Professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and Program in Urban Public Health, Hunter College
Darrell Wheeler dwheeler@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 452-7491	Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Hunter College
Jason Young, Ph.D. jason.young@hunter. cuny. edu; (212) 772-5566	Associate Professor of Psychology, Hunter College

Research Fellows

Susan Letteney, Ph.D. letteney@york.cuny.edu; (718) 262-2614	Associate Professor Social Work/Director, Social Work Program, York College (CUNY)
Judith A. Ryder, Ph.D. ryderj@stjohns.edu; (718) 990-5660	Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, St. John's University

Internal Advisory Board

Philip Alcabes, Ph.D. palcabes@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4362	Associate Professor, Program in Urban Public Health College
Martin Dornbaum mdornbau@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-5129	Director of the Health Professions Education Center
Beatrice Krauss, Ph.D. bkrauss@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4283	Executive Director, Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health
Thomas Mehnert, M.B.A. tmehnert@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-5172	Former Chief Financial Officer, Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health; Principal, Mehnert & Associates L.L.C.
Martha Nelson mnelson@chpnet.org; (212) 420-2034	Project Research Assistant, Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center
Abukarriem Shabazz AbukarriemShabazz@phasepiggy back.org; (212) 234-1660	Chief Executive Officer, Phase: Piggy Back, Inc.
Laurie Sherwen, R.N., Ph.D. lsherwen@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4314	Dean, Hunter College Schools of the Health Professions

Consultants and other Advisors

Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.(c) rekaplan@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-4692	Writing/Editorial Consultant, Writing and Communications
Thomas Mehnert, M.B.A. tmehnert@hunter.cuny.edu; (212) 481-5172	Fiscal Consultant, Fiscal Services
Junmian Sun tokids@gmail.com; (212) 481-7579	Telephone Counselor (Smoking Cessation)
Xin Tu Xin_Tu@URMC.Rochester.edu; (585) 275-0413	Statistical Consultant (PATH-3 )

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