BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME: Caravanos, Jack

POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor, Urban Public Health Program

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEARS(S)

DATE CONFERRED

Hunter College, CUNY

BS

1974-77

1977

Polytechnic University of New York

MS

77-79

1979

Columbia University, School of Public Health

DrPH

1985-87

1984

A. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

1977-80                   College Laboratory Technician, Hunter College of CUNY

1979-90                   Adjunct Instructor, Columbia University, School of Public Health

1980-82                   Staff Associate, Columbia University, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Sciences

1980-83                   Adjunct Instructor, Felician College, NJ

1981-84                   Lecturer (full time), Hunter College CUNY, School of Health Sciences, EOHS Program. 

1984-85                   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph's College, Maine. (summers)

1984-97                   Assistant Professor, Hunter College CUNY, School of Health Sciences, EOHS Program

1985-86                   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

1986-93                   Director, Hunter College Asbestos Training Center. Hunter College CUNY, School of Health Sciences. 

1986-Present           Adjunct Assistant Professor / Course Director, Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, School of Public Health

1997-Present           Tract Coordinator (MS & MPH degrees), Hunter College CUNY, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

1999                        Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University, NY, NY (summer)

 

Primary Graduate Teaching Areas

Environmental health and safety, Laboratory instrumentation and field sampling, environmental assessments, exposure assessment, industrial hygiene

 

Other Experience, Professional Memberships and Activities

1983-84               Member, NYC Dept of Environmental Protection; Citizens Advisory Committee On Industrial Pre-Treatment

1985-90               Member, New York Institutional Safety And Health Committee, Rockefeller University, NY

1994                    Member, New Jersey Department Of Health Lead Based Paint Examination Committee:

2003-05               Member, ACGIH (Amer. Conf. of Governmental Industrial Hygienist) Nominating Committee

2002-present     NYC Dept Of Environmental Protection Scientific Review Panel / Citizen Advisory Committee

2003-present     Member, New York City Department of Health Food Safety Technical Committee

2004-present     Member, Blacksmith Institute - Technical Advisory Board and special consultant

2004-present     Reviewer, American Industrial Hygiene Journal (AIHA, Washington DC)

2002-4                 Member, National Technical Planning Committee, Mold Workshops

 

Awards and Honors

2001-03               Hunter College, Graduate Research and Technology Initiative

2006                    President’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching – Hunter College CUNY

 

B.   Publications

Refereed Publications

Weiss A, Caravanos J, Blaise M, Jaeger R; Distribution of Lead in Urban Roadway Grit and its Association with Elevated Steel Structures; Chemosphere. 2006 Jun 19; [Epub ahead of print]

 Caravanos J, Weiss A, Jaeger R; Long Term Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100/2 pp 159-164, 2006

 Caravanos J, Weiss A, Blaise M, Jaeger R; A Survey of Spatially Distributed Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100/2 pp 165-172, 2006

 Klitzman S, Caravanos, J, Deitcher D, Rothenberg L, Belanoff C, Kramer R, Cohen L, Prevalence and predictors of residential health hazards:  A pilot study, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2(6): 293-301, 2005.

Klitzman S, Caravanos J, Belanoff C and Rothenberg L, A multi-hazard, multi-strategy approach to home remediation: Results of a pilot study, Environmental Research 99(3): 294-306, 2005.

 

Books:

Caravanos J., Quantitative Industrial Hygiene; American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991

 

C.   Research Support

 

Pending Research Support

N/A

 

Current Research Support

 

Professional Staff Congress of CUNY                                                                                                                                            7/1/06 – 6/30/07

Tracking Airborne Transport Of Lead From Urban Roadway Grit Using A Stable Isotope

ROLE: Principal Investigator

 

NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Office of Environmental Investigations                                                     1/1/06 – 12/30/06

Evaluating Residential Perchloroethylene Exposures from Co-located Dry Cleaning

Establishments in Urban Areas

ROLE: Principal Investigator / Director

 

NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program                                                                       9/1/05 – 7/30/06

Non-Paint Lead Hazard Identification Training for Public Health Sanitarians

ROLE: Principal Investigator / Director

 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)                                                                                                    9/1/96 - present

Hazardous Substance Academic Training for Industrial Hygienist

ROLE: Principal Investigator

 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)                                                                                                    9/1/01 - present

Academic Training for Industrial Hygienist

ROLE: Principal Investigator

 

Completed Research Support

 

NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program                                                                       5/1/05 – 7/30/05

Lead Hazard Identification Training For Public Health Sanitarians

ROLE: Principal Investigator / Director

 

NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program                                                                       9/1/04 – 8/30/05

Establishing An Inspection Protocol For Non-Lead Paint Residential Hazards

(done in partnership with EAS, Inc)

ROLE: Co-Principal Investigator

 

City University of New York, Workforce Development Initiative                                                                                              9/1/03 – 6/30/05

Developing and Implementing a College based Bioterrorism Certificate Program

for Laboratory and Safety Professional

ROLE: Co-Principal Investigator

 

National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)                                                                                                      5/1/02 – 4/30/03

Assessing Community Exposures Following The World Trade Center Disaster

(with Prof. Steve Rappaport of U. North Carolina Chapel Hill)

ROLE: Co-Principal Investigator

 

Consolidated Edison of NY                                                                                                                                                                6/1/98 – 9/1/99

Industrial Hygiene Training For Power Utility Engineers

ROLE: Principal Investigator