Susan Klitzman Professor and UPH Program Director	Office:  BC1020W Email: sklitzma@hunter.cuny.edu Phone: 212 481-5155 Fax: 212 481-5260

Professional Interests:
An environmental epidemiologist, whose research has focused on the impact of the urban workplace, ambient and residential environment on human health and well-being, and on designing, implementing and evaluating interventions and policies to reduce the deleterious effects of hazardous workplace and environmental exposures. Prior to joining the faculty of Hunter College in 1999, directed programs in childhood lead poisoning prevention, occupational and environmental epidemiology and employee health and safety at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Currently serves on the New York City Board of Health. Most recently, research has focused on the impact of substandard housing and its related exposures (e.g. deteriorated lead paint, mold, vermin and safety hazards) on children's health and on policies to improve housing and other urban environmental conditions.Residential Env Health Hazards, Assessment and Intervention, Epidemiology

Primary Teaching Areas:
Biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, environmental health and safety, public health policy.

Selected Publications:
1. Leighton J, Klitzman S, Sedlar S, Matte T and Cohen N, The effect of lead-based paint hazard re mediation on blood lead levels of lead poisoned children in New York City, Environmental Research, 92(3): 182-190, 2003.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Klitzman S, Caravanos, Deitcher D, Rothenberg L, Belanoff C, Kramer R and Cohen L, Prevalence and predictors of residential health hazards: A pilot study, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2(6): 293-301, 2005.
5. Klitzman S, Caravanos, 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.

Education:
BA, 1978, SUNY Binghamton
MPH, 1982, Columbia University
DrPH, 1985, Columbia University