 | Pierre Coulombe is Professor and E.V. McCollum Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a leading expert in the cytoskeleton and underlying causes of diseases affecting the skin. The Department can trace its origins to E.V. McCollum, who came to the School of Public Health in 1917 and gained worldwide recognition for his discovery of vitamins A and D. |
 | Frank Hurley and Catharine Dorrier Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Bandeen-Roche is a two time recipient of the School’s Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award. She is also a 1997 Brookdale National Fellow and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and served as chair of the ASA's Biometrics Section in 2006. |
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Professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, says the average American spends 95 percent of his or her time indoors. Groopman says his Department is developing the scientific evidence to support policies and regulations that can improve the health of people exposed to indoor chemical pollutants. |
 | The Charles Armstrong Chair and Professor of Epidemiology, Celentano heads the Department of Epidemiology. His research integrates behavioral science theory and research with epidemiology, in the study of behavioral and social epidemiology. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in health sciences from Chiang Mai University in Thailand by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. |
 | Professor and chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, explains how many of the leading causes of death and injury are directly linked to the choices people make about how they live their lives. |
 | Professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, explains how policy research is helping to reduce fatalities among teen drivers, make health care more affordable and eliminate health disparities. |
 | Professor and chair of the Department of International Health, calls child mortality the “silent problem,” because few Americans realize that 11 million children die every year worldwide. Black wants to make it known that many of these deaths are preventable. |
 | Professor and chair of the Department of Mental Health, says that depression is more disabling as a chronic disorder than heart disease or diabetes and leads to greater absenteeism and loss of productively at work. |
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Professor and chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, says one goal of her Department and its Malaria Research Institute is to eradicate malaria. Researchers are studying the disease—in all of its phases of transmission—in hopes of stopping its spread. |
 | Professor and chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, says that public health is different from other scientific ventures. To Blum, public health must go beyond understanding science to taking action that can improve health. |
