Faculty & Staff
Urban Public Health Faculty and Staff Offices
Hunter College, Silberman Building (SB), 5th Floor, 2180 Third Ave (at 119th St.), NY, NY 10035
Nutrition Faculty
Khursheed Navder, PhD, RD, Professor and UPH Campus Director; knavder@hunter.cuny.edu 212-396-7775, SB 502 BIO
Allison Marshall, Lecturer & Dietetic Internship (DI) Director; ama0026@hunter.cuny.edu212-396-7773, SB 503
May May Leung, PhD, RD, Associate Professor; maymay.leung@hunter.cuny.edu 212-396-7774, SB 509 BIO
Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, Distinguished Lecturer; cplatkin@hunter.cuny.edu SB 528 BIO
Steven Trasino, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor; steven.trasino@hunter.cuny.edu 212-396-7772, SB 505 BIO
Ming-Chin Yeh, PhD, Professor; myeh@hunter.cuny.edu 212-396-7776, SB 507 BIO
Adjuncts
Elizabeth Eilender- ee845@hunter.cuny.edu
Ronita Ghatak- rghatak@hunter.cuny.edu
Janet Grommet- jg5050@hunter.cuny.edu
Martica Heaner- mheaner@hunter.cuny.edu
Hajra Jaffer - hj476@hunter.cuny.edu
Andrea Saenz- as4154@hunter.cuny.edu
Jimin Yang- jy1114@hunter.cuny.edu
Public Health Faculty (click name for email)
Susan Cardenas, PhD, MS, Lecturer (Doctoral) & Public Health Director 212-396-7751, SB 546 BIO
Philip Alcabes, PhD, Professor; 212-396-7730, SB 550 BIO
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, Professor; 212-396-7837, SB 500
David U. Himmelstein, MD, Distinguished Professor; 212-396-7760, SB 549 BIO
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor; 212-396-7761, SB 548 BIO
UPH Staff (click name for email)
Nzinga Ajani, SB 5th floor, 212-396-7729
CUNY Office Assistant & Prospective Student contact
Diane Brows, SB Room 520, 212-396-7721
Academic Program Administrator. Contact to students & faculty re administrative & UPH Registrar/registration related matters.
Chaquon Polanco, MSED, SB Room 521, 212-396-7731
Director of UPH Human Resources/Faculty appointment, Operations & Assessments
Jerome Richardson, SB Room 522, 212-396-7732
Director of Business Services