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.edu 212-396-7773, SB 503

Sri Lakshmi Sravani Devarakonda,PhD, RDN; Assistant Professor; sd5896@hunter.cuny.edu

Abigail Fuqua, MS, RDN; IPND SEL Coordinator & Adjunct Professor; Abigail.Fuqua20@myhunter.cuny.edu 

Kerry McArthur, MPH, RDN, CDN, MPH, RDN, CDN, Academic Accreditation and Assessment Manager; kmcarthu@hunter.cuny.edu  212-396-7789 212-396-7789  SB 519 

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

Jera Zhang, PhD, RDN; Assistant Professor;  jera.zhang@hunter.cuny.edu SB 503(212) 396-7561

Adjuncts

Ronita Ghatak- rghatak@hunter.cuny.edu

Martica Heaner- mheaner@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

Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, Professor; 212-396-7837, SB 500

David U. Himmelstein, MD, Distinguished Professor; 212-396-7760, SB 549  BIO

Wendy Vaughn, PhD, Doctoral Lecturer; 212-396-7763

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