BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME: Klitzman, Susan	POSITION TITLE: Professor & Director, Urban Public Health Program
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEARS(S)	DATE CONFERRED
SUNY Binghamton, Harpur College	BA	1974-77	1978
Hunter College, CUNY	Special Student physics/chemistry	1978-79
Columbia University, School of Public Health	MPH	1980-82	1982
Columbia University, School of Public Health	DrPH	1982-85	1985
University of Michigan	Post Doctoral Certificate .	1985-87	1987

A. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

1981-3 Lecturer/Preceptor, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY

1981-5 Research Assistant, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY

1985-7 Assistant Research Scientist, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1887-8 Assistant Director, Environmental Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY

1990 Acting Assistant Commissioner, Community & Occupational Health Promotion, New York City Department of Health, NY, New York

1988-97 Director, Environmental Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY

1992-2004 Clinical Professor, School of Health Professions, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

1997-9 Assistant Commissioner, Environmental Risk Assessment and Communication, New York City Department of Health, NY, New York

1999 Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY

1999-2005 Associate Professor, Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY

2004- Director, Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY

2005- Professor, CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Psychology, Environmental Psychology

2006- Professor, Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY.

Primary Graduate Teaching Areas

Environmental health and safety, biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, public health policy,

Other Experience, Professional Memberships and Activities

1981- Member, Occupational Safety and Health Section, American Public Health Association

1990-9 Member, Advisory Board, Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center

1992-8 Member, Board of Directors, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health

1999- Reviewer, Health Education and Behavior

1999- Member, Resident Advisory Committee, Mount Sinai Occupational Medicine Residency Program

2000-3 Member, Advisory Board, Citizens’ Committee for NYC, Neighborhood Environmental Action Program

2001-3 Consultant, Primary Prevention Working Group, Lead Advisory Committee, CDC, Atlanta,

2002- Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health

2002-4 Co-Chair, National Technical Planning Committee, Mold Workshops

2002- Chair, Program Council, World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program

2002- Member, NYC Board of Health

2002-3 Conference planner/moderator, International Society for Urban Health, 2^nd International Conference

2003- Member, Environmental Tracking Advisory Committee, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

2004 Conference Planner, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

2004- Member, Board of Directors, Public Health Association of New York City

2004- Reviewer, Journal of Urban Health

2004- Member, Expert Panel on Public Health Registries, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

2004- Member, Lead Poisoning Prevention Technical Advisory Committee, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

2004- Reviewer, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

2004- Reviewer, Environmental Health Perspectives

2005- Member, New York State Department of Health, Public Health Workforce Task Force

2005- Reviewer, Public Health Reports

Awards and Honors

1978 Award for outstanding academic performance, SUNY-Binghamton.

1980-2 U.S. Public Health Traineeship.

1984-5 National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, Individual Predoctoral Fellowship.

1985-7 National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship

1994 Women of the Year, Mount Sinai, Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, Advisory Board.

2001 Hunter College, Graduate Research and Technology Initiative

2002 CUNY Salute to Scholars

B. Publications

Refereed Publications

Klitzman, S: Safety in the Office: Appearances can be deceptive, Occupational Health Nursing Journal, 30(10): 27-32, October 1982.

Stellman JM, Klitzman S, Gordon GC and Snow BR: Air quality and ergonomics in the office: Survey results and methodologic issues, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 46(5): 286-93, May 1983.

Robins TG and Klitzman S: Hazard communication in a large U.S. manufacturing firm: The ecology of health education in the workplace, Health Education Quarterly, 15(4): 452-72, 1988.

Klitzman S and Stellman JM: The impact of the physical environment on the psychological well-being of office workers, Social Science and Medicine, 29(6): 733-42, 1989.

Klitzman S, House JS, Israel BA and Mero R: Work stress, non-work stress and health, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13(3): 221-243, 1990.

Klitzman S, Silverstein B, Punnett L and Mock A: A women’s occupational health agenda for the 1990s, New Solutions, 1(1): 7-17, 1990.

Goldberg M, Klitzman S, Payne JL, Nadig RJ, McGrane JA and Goodman AK: Mercury exposure from the repair of blood pressure machines in medical facilities, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5(9): 604-10, 1990.

Robins TG, Hugentobler MK, Kaminski, M and Klitzman S: Implementation of the Federal Hazard Communication Standard: Does training work? Journal of Occupational Medicine, 32 11): 1133-40, 1990.

Goodman A, Klitzman S, Surick IW, Schultz S, Dawson J., Smith JE, Timperi R and Grady G: Exertional rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 39(42): 751-56, October 26, 1990.

Nunez C, Klitzman S and Goodman AK: Lead exposure among radiator repair workers and their children, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 23: 763-77, 1993.

Goodman AK, Schultz H, Klitzman S, Kimmelblatt M, Spadaro WT: Preventing lead poisoning in New York City: Priorities for lead abatement in housing, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 70(3): 236-50, Winter 1993.

Markowitz S, Nunez C, Eisinger J, Klitzman S, Kim WS, Parsons PJ, Matthews MR and Landrigan PJ: Lead poisoning due to hai ge fen: A sentinel event, JAMA, 271(12): 932-34, 1994.

Robins TG, Hugentobler MK, Kaminski M and Klitzman S: A joint labor-management hazard communication training program: A case study in worker health and safety training, Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 9(2): 132-46, 1994.

Klitzman S and Kellner P: Controlling tuberculosis in the workplace: Toward an integration of public health and occupational health, Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 9(4): 723-34, 1994.

Quenemon LE, Davis YM, Malilay J, Klitzman S, Sinks T and Noji EK: The World Trade Center bombing: Injury prevention strategies for high-rise building fires, Disasters, 20(2): 125-32, 1996.

Lax MB, Keogh JP, Jeffery N, Henneberger PK, Simon DG, Joyce J & Klitzman S: Lead poisoning in telephone cable strippers: A new setting for an old problem, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 30(3): 351-54, 1996.

Klitzman S and Leighton J, Decreasing childhood lead poisoning in New York City, 1970-1998, Journal of Urban Health, 76(4): 542-545, 1999.

Klitzman S, Nicaj L, Sharma A, Vitkevich R and Leighton J, Lead poisoning among pregnant women in New York City: Risk factors and screening practices, Journal of Urban Health, 79(2): 224-236, 2002.

Leighton J, Klitzman S, Sedlar S, Matte T and Cohen N, The effect of lead-based paint hazard remediation on blood lead levels of lead poisoned children in New York City, Environmental Research, 92(3): 182-190, 2003.

Klitzman S and Freudenberg N, Assessing The short-term impact of the World Trade Center attack on the health of New York City: Implications for the public health and health care infrastructures, American Journal of Public Health, 93(3): 400-405, 2003.

Saegert S, Klitzman S, Freudenberg N, Cooperman-Mrozek J and Nassar S, Healthy Housing: A Structured Review of Published Evaluations of U.S. Interventions to Improve Health by Modifying Housing in the United States, 1990-2001, American Journal of Public Health, 93(9):1471-1477, 2003.

Refereed Publications (cont’d.)

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.

Book Chapters:

Stellman JM, Klitzman S, Gordon GC and Snow BR, “Comparison of well-being among non-machine interactive clerical workers and full-time and part-time VDT users and typists.” in B Knave and PG Wiedback (Eds.), Working with Visual Display Units, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers: 605-13, 1987.

Klitzman S, Kass D, and Freudenberg N, “Coalition Building to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Case Study from New York City.” In M. Minkler (Ed.), Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2^nd edition: 314-327, 2005.

Freudenberg N and Klitzman S, “Teaching Urban Health” in S. Galea and D.Vlahov (Eds.), Handbook of Urban Health, New York: Springer: 521-538, 2005.

Klitzman S, Matte T and Kass D, “The Urban Physical Environment” in D. Vlahov, N. Freudenberg, S. Galea (Eds.), Urban Health: Cities and the Health of the Public, Nashville TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

Klitzman S, “Trends in lead exposure in New York City: Challenges and implications for public and environmental health policy and practice.” in V. Goldsmith and E. Sonnino (Eds.), Rome and New York City Comparative Urban Problems at the End of the 20^th Century (in press).

C. Research Support

Pending Research Support

National Institutes of Health

CTSA Planning Grant

Role: Director

Current Research Support

National Institutes of Health 8/1/04 – 7/30/09

Transdisciplinary Research on Urban Health Collaborative

Role: Co-Investigator

Completed Research Support

CUNY Workforce Development Initiative 7/1/05 – 6/30/06

Hunter College, CUNY – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

(DOHMH) Community Health Services Initiative

Role: Principal Investigator

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and 7/1/00-6/30/04

New York City Council Speakers’ Fund for Public Health Research (NYC)

Bedford-Stuyvesant Healthy Homes Initiative

Role: Principal Investigator

CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grant Program 12/1/00-11/30/02

Housing, Health and Social Inequality

Role: Co-investigator

CDC/DHHS (Cooperative Agreement) 7/1/99-6/30/02

Safety and Health Interventions in the Construction Industry

Role: Director of Evaluation

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 10/1/89 – 9/30/91

Demolition Workers’ Health and Safety Project

Role: Co-investigator

National Institutes of Health 9/1/85-6/30/87

Social Environment and Health

Role: Post-doctoral fellow

National Institutes of Health 9/1/84-8/31/85

Stress and Mental Health among Office Workers

Role: Pre-doctoral fellow