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Director

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Susan Cardenas
PH Program Director & Senior Doctoral Lecturer
Phone
(212) 396-7751
Email
susan.cardenas@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Susan Cardenas

Faculty

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Jennifer Brite
Assistant Professor
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Ruth K. Finkelstein
Rose Dobrof Executive Director of Brookdale Center for Health Aging and Professor
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David U. Himmelstein
Distinguished Professor
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Wendy Vaughon
Doctoral Lecturer & Field Placement Advisor
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Stephanie Woolhandler
Distinguished Professor

Professor Emeritus

Philip Alcabes
Philip Alcabes

PhD, Professor Emeritus

  • palcabes@hunter.cuny.edu

Adjuncts

Rodrigo Arce Cardozo

MD, MPH

  • rc1266@hunter.cuny.edu
Michelle Desir

PHDc, LCSW

  • md1244@hunter.cuny.edu
Neil Feldscher

JD, CIH, CSP

  • nf827@hunter.cuny.edu
Harlem Gunness

PHD, MPH

  • hg1314@hunter.cuny.edu
Bianca Rivera

DrPHc, MPH, CPH

  • bri0004@hunter.cuny.edu

Staff

Nzinga Ajani

CUNY Office Assistant & Prospective Student Contact

  • najani@hunter.cuny.edu
  • (212) 396-7729
Diane Brows

Academic Program Administrator, Contact to Students & Faculty re Administrative & NPH Registrar/Registration Related Matters

  • dbrows@hunter.cuny.edu
  • on travia leave
Chaquon Polanco

Director of NPH Human Resources/Faculty Appointment, Operations & Assessments

  • chicks@hunter.cuny.edu
  • (212) 396-7731
Jerome Richardson

Director of Business Services

  • jr10019@hunter.cuny.edu
  • (212) 396-7732

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