CDHW is comprised of a wide cross-section of researchers, practitioners, faculty and community leaders.
Founding or Organizing Partners
| Name | Primary Affiliation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Aakhus, PhD | School of Communication & Information | Decision Support, Conflict Management, Communication Design |
| Sarah Allred, PhD | Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs; Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Computational Modeling, Data Analysis, Perception, Memory |
| Judith Amarosa, MD | Department of Radiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Radiologic Interpretation (B reader) |
| Janice Beitz | School of Nursing - Camden | Diabetes, Wound Care, Pressure Ulcers |
| Helen Berman, PhD | Chemistry & Chemical Biology | Structural Bioinformatics, Open Data for Science, Science Communication, Deep Ontology |
| Gloria Bonilla-Santiago | Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Education, Poverty, Community |
| Jack Bratich, PhD | Department of Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication & Information | Media Processes, Knowledge Communities, Ethic of Community Care |
| Eric Chwang | Philosophy and Religion, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Ethics of Medical Consent and Research |
| Dennis Cooper, MD | Hematologic Malignancies and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Medical Oncology, Blood Cancers |
| Kaitlin Costello, PhD | Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication & Information | Infomediology, Health Information Behavior, Online Health Communities |
| David Foran, PhD | Center for Biomedical Imaging & Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Precision Therapeutics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Aided Diagnostics, Imaging |
| Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD | Molecular Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Molecular Oncology, Translational Science, Precision Oncology |
| Vivien Hsu, MD | Division of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Research, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Clinical Connective Tissue Disorder Related- Interstitial Lung Disease research and clinical specialization |
| Sabiha Hussain, MD | Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Interventional Bronchology specialization, providing minimally invasive strategies to obtain pathological diagnosis |
| Carol Kaufman-Scarborough | School of Business - Camden | Public Policy, Vulnerable Consumers |
| Hossein Khiabanian, PhD | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Systems Biology, Medical Informatics |
| Sunyoung Kim, PhD | Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication & Information | Human Computer Interaction, Mobile/Ubiquitous Computing, Citizen Science |
| Howard Kipen, MD, MPH | Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute | Environmental and occupational exposure specialization |
| Debashis Kushary | Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Statistics |
| Laurie Lewis, PhD | Department of Communication, School of Communication & Information | Organizational Change, Organizational Communication |
| Janne Lindqvuist, DSc | Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering | Information Security & Privacy, Human Centered Engineering |
| Naomi Marmorstein | Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Mental Health in Children, Adolescents, Young Adults |
| Joseph Martin | Biology; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Computational Modeling, Hormone Regulation, Brain Activity and Sleep |
| Matthew Matsaganis, PhD | Department of Communication, School of Communication & Information | Community Engagement, Ethnic Media, Communicative Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, Health Services |
| Lisa Mikesell, PhD | Department of Communication, School of Communication & Information | Patient Engagement, Shared Decision Making, Clinical Practice |
| Helen Miley, PhD, RN, APN-c | Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, Rutgers School of Nursing | Nursing Specialization |
| Christine Minerowicz, MD | Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Pathologic Diagnosis, Pathology Director of ILD Center |
| Dirk Moore, PhD | School of Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology and Statistics | Statistical Models, Biostatistics |
| Kimberly Mutcherson | Rutgers School of Law - Camden | Reproductive Justice, Bioethics, Family and Health Law |
| Judith Neubauer, PhD | ORED Research Regulatory Affairs; Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine | Ethics, Research Regulatory Affairs |
| Marie O’Toole | School of Nursing - Camden | Global Health |
| Benedetto Piccoli | Mathematical Sciences; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Network Models |
| Jared Radbel, MD | Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Clinical Director of ILD Center, translational research examining environmental influences on lung disease |
| Ramesh Raghaven, PhD | School of Social Work | Mental Health Services, Quality Care |
| Anthony Scardella, MD | Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Training Specialization |
| Jane Siegel | Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Families and Crime, Children of Incarcerated Parents |
| Vivek Singh, PhD | Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication & Information | Behavioral Informatics, Sensor Based Information Seeking |
| Roger Strair, MD | Hematologic Malignancies and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Medical Oncology, Hematologic malignancies, acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma; blood cancers, hematopoietic stem cell (or bone marrow) transplantation |
| Jag Sunderram, MD | Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Sleep Medicine Specialization |
| Nina Wacholder, PhD | Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication & Information | Computational Linguistics, Taxonomies, Controlled Vocabularies, Ontologies |
| Bill Whitlow | Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Camden | Learning and Memory, Beliefs and Health |
Funded Partners
| Name | Role | Position | Primary Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Ayres, PhD, RN, FNAP, PhD | Principal Investigator | Associate Professor | Rutgers School of Nursing, Camden |
| Mary Wunnenberg, EdD, RN, CNE | Co-Investigator | Clinical Assistant Professor | Rutgers School of Nursing, Camden |
| Amy Beth Jordan, PhD | Co-Investigator | Professor, Journalism and Media Studies | School of Communications and Information, Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
| Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger, PhD | Co-Investigator | Endowed Chair of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, Assistant Professor | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences--School of Nursing |
| Peter T. Rosario, CFRE | Community Partner | President and CEO, Ocean County YMCA and Co-Director, Toms River Family Health and Support Coalition | Ocean County YMCA |
| Pamela Capaci | Community Partner | CEO | Hope Sheds Light, Inc |
| Gloria Bachmann, MD | Principal Investigator | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, Associate Dean for Women's Health;Director, Women's Health Institute | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Allison Cabinian, MD | Research Coordinator | Research Coordinator | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Lee AnnSchein, PhD, ACUE | Study Coordinator (medical students) | Medical Educator; Program Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Ann Dey, PhD | Study Coordinator (community health workers) | Senior Research Program Manager, HIV Prevention Community Planning Support and Development Initiative (HIV Prevention CPSDI) | Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy |
| Margaret Gabanyi, PhD, PMP | Project Manager | Professional Casual | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and RWJMS Women's Health Institute |
| Charles Senteio, PhD, LCSW, MBA | Principal Investigator | Assistant Professor | Rutgers University School of Communication and Information |
| Camilla Comer-Carruthers | Community Partner | Manager, Community Education at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | Affiliation; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| Kavita Pandey | Community Partner | Librarian, New Brunswick Free Public Library | New Brunswick Free Public Library |
| Teresa Vivar | Community Partner | Founding Executive Director | Lazos America Unida |
| Kristin August, PhD | Principal Investigator | Associate Professor, Psychology/Health Sciences | Rutgers University, Camden |
| Kathleen Jackson, MDNP, MA, APRN, BC-ADM | Co-Investigator | Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing | Rutgers University, Camden |
| Marsha Rosenthal, PhD | Consultant | Visiting Faculty, Institute for Health, Heath Care Policy, and Ageing Research | Rutgers, New Brunswick |
| Francine Grabowski, MS, CDE | Consultant | Lead Diabetes Educator | Camden Citywide Diabetes Collaborative |
| Sunyoung Kim | Principal Investigator | Assistant Professor | Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers Center for Green Building, Department of Environmental Sciences |
| Peter Rose | Community Partner | Managing Director | Isles, Inc |
| Sheila Linz, PhD, PMHNP-NP, RN | Primary Investigator | Assistant Professor | Rutgers University, Camden, School of Nursing |
| Bonnie Jerome-D'Emilia, PhD, MPH, RN | Co-Investigator | Associate Professor | Rutgers University, Camden, School of Nursing |
| Adam Okulitz-Kozaryn | Co-Investigator | Associate Professor | Camden College of Arts and Sciences |
| Sharon Simon | Community Partner | Rothenberg Center for Family Life Coordinator | Jewish Family Services |