Jiyoung Ahn, D.Phil., M.S., B.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 518
t: +1 212 263 3390
e: JiYoung.Ahn@nyumc.org
Interests: genetics, dietary factors, prostate cancer, and cancer survivorship study
Dr. Ahn 's detailed website

Ilana Belitskaya-Levy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 512
t: +1 212 263 6879
e: ilana.beliskaya@nyumc.org
Interests: Integration of clinical and biomarker data, Statistical genomics, including analysis of gene expression and microRNA data, Prediction modeling, Statistical genetics, Cluster analysis
Dr. Belitskaya-Levy 's detailed website

Lung-Chi Chen, B.S., Ph.D., M.S.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 267A
t: +1 845 731 3560
e: lung-chi.chen@nyumc.org
Interests: Inhalation toxicology, ambient particles, nanotechnology, cardiovascular effects, atherosclerosis, ultrasound imaging, air pollution, vascular physiology
Dr. Chen 's detailed website

Yu Chen, Ph.D., M.P.H., B.S.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 581
t: +1 212 263 4839
e: yu.chen@nyumc.org
Interests: environmental and dietary factors are related to the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, epidemiologic studies of risk factors related to systemic inflammation on chronic diseases
Dr. Chen 's detailed website

Mitchell D. Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 153 
t: +1 845 731 3527
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: mitchell.cohen@nyumc.org
Interests: vandium, chromium, pollutant metals/mixtures, cytokines, immune cell, inhalation, ozone
Dr. Cohen 's detailed website

Max Costa, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 559
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 210
t: +1 212 263 5280
e: max.costa@nyumc.org
Interests: carcinogenesis, DNA methylation, gene expression, metals
Dr. Costa 's detailed website

Suresh Cuddapah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 258
t: 845 731 3551
e: suresh.cuddapah@nyumc.org
Interests: Epigenetics, epigenomics, chromatin, histone modifications, insulators

Wei Dai, Ph.D., M.S., B.S.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 10 
t: +1 845 731 3555
e: wei.dai@nyumc.org
Interests: cell cycle, checkpoint control, mitosis, genomic instability, carcinogenesis
Dr. Dai 's detailed website

Krystyna F. Frenkel, Ph.D.
Professor
Public Health Lab (PHL) 802C
t: +1 212 263 6610
f: +1 212 263 6649
e: krystyna.frenkel@nyumc.org
Interests: biomarkers of cancer risk, carcinogenesis, chemoprevention, inflammatory cytokines, oxidative DNA damage, reactive oxygen species, tumor promotion
Dr. Frenkel 's detailed website

George Friedman-Jimenez M.D.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 572
t: +1 212 562 4572
f: +1 212 562 4574
e: George Friedman-Jimenez@nyumc.org
Interests: occupational epidemiology and clinical epidemiology
Dr. Friedman-Jimenez's detailed website

Judith D. Goldberg, Sc.D.
Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 534
t: +1 212 263 0314
f: +1 212 263 8570
e: jd.goldberg@nyumc.org
Interests: Director of Biostatistics, the Director of Biostatistics for Shared Resources, Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director of Biostatistics for the General Clinical Research Center
Dr. Goldberg 's detailed website

Terry Gordon, Ph.D., M.S., B.S.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 266A 
t: +1 845 731 3536
e: terry.gordon@nyumc.org
Interests: inhalation toxicology, genetic susceptibility, ambient particles, chronic beryllium disease, occupational exposure limits
Dr. Gordon 's detailed website

Gabriele Grunig, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 106
t: +1 845 731 3669
e: grunig01@nyu.edu
Interests: lung biology, immunology, asthma, interleukins, translational science responses to the airborne environment by the: immune system, blood vessels in the lungs and airways
Dr. Grunig's detailed website

Richard Hayes, Ph.D.
Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 506 
t: +1 212-263-2722
e: richard.hayes2@nyumc.org
Interests: Genetic and environmental determinants of colon, prostate, and head & neck cancer
Dr. Hayes 's detailed website

Chuanshu Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room A4
t: (845) 731-3519
e: chuanshu.huang@nyumc.org
Interests: environmental carcinogenesis and cellular signaling; gene expression, protein modification and degradation; cancer invasion and metastasis
Dr. Huang 's detailed website

Xi Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Health Lab (PHL) Room 802
t: +1 212 263 6650
f: +1 212 263 6649
e: xi.huang@nyumc.org
Interests: oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines, Iron and estrogen interaction, breast cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Dr. Huang 's detailed website

Kazuhiko Ito, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 245B
t: +1 845 731 3540
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: kazuhiko.ito@nyumc.org
Interests: Human exposure, cardiovascular effects, respiratory effects, asthma, weather, air pollution, particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, traffic

Christine E. Jackson, M.Phil, Ph.D., B.A.
Assistant Professor (Research)
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 121
t: +1 845 731 3500
e: christine.jackson@nyumc.org

Chunyuan Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) Room 274
t: +1 845 731 3602
e: chunyuan.jin@nyumc.org
Interests: Chromatin structure, epigenetic mechanisms, histone variants, gene expression, carcinogenesis
Dr. Jin's detailed website

Tomas Kirchhoff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Smilow 1206
t: +1 212 263 9418
f: +1 212
e: tomas.kirchhoff@nyumc.org
Interests: genetic cancer susceptibility, genetic variation, breast, colon, prostate cancers, lymphoma, genome-wide association analysis, next-generation sequencing
Dr. Kirchhoff's detailed website

Catherine G. Klein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 204A
t: +1 845 731 3510
f: +1 845 351 2058
e: catherine.klein@nyumc.org
Interests: epigenetics, genome instability, cytogenetics, arsenic, metals, antioxidants
Dr. Klein's detailed website

Hongjie Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Research)
Sterling Forest (SLF) 276
t: 845 731 3575
e: hongjie.li@nyumc.org
Interests: Epigenetics, Pediatric sarcoma, Histone variants

Huilin Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 547
t: 212 263 8977
e: huilin.li@nyumc.org
Interests: Biostatistics in Genetic and Cancer Epidemiology, Survey Methodology, Small area estimation and Diseases Mapping

Mengling Liu, M.S., Ph.D., B.S.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 526
t: +1 212 263 6614
e: mengling.liu@nyumc.org
Interests: survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, semiparametric inference, statistical genetics
Dr. Liu 's detailed website

Iryna V Lobach, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 111
t: +1 212 263 6256
e: iryna.lobach@nyumc.org
Interests: Bayesian Modeling, Measurement Error Modeling,
Semiparametric Methods, Applications: Fine Genotype-based Association Mapping, Gene-Environment and Gene-Gene Interactions, Genome-Wide Analysis, Nutrition Epidemiology
Dr. Lobach 's detailed website

Michael Marmor, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) Room 560
t: +1 212 263 6667
f: +1 212 263 8570
e: michael.marmor@nyumc.org
Interests: Epidemiology, HIV/AIDs, Human immunodeficiency virus, Disaster epidemiology, World Trade Center health effects, Asthma
Dr. Marmor 's detailed website

Arthur J Nadas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 239A
t: +1 845 731 3533
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: arthur.nadas@nyumc.org
Interests: mathematical statistics; biostatistics; mathematical biology, bioinformatics, HIV, air pollution, environmental medicine
Dr. Nadas 's detailed website

Bhagavathi A. Narayanan, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 112
t: +1 845 731 3624
e: bhagavathi.narayanan@nyumc.org
Interests: prostate and bladder carcinogenesis, chemoprevention, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), resveratrol
Dr. Narayanan 's detailed website

Narayanan K. Narayanan
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 114
t: +1 845 731 3624
e: narayanan.narayanan@nyumc.org
Interests: inflammation and carcinogenesis; cancer biomarkers, dietary bioactive components, cancer prevention
Dr. Narayanan 's detailed website

Joseph A. Odin, M.D., Ph.D., B.A.
Research Associate Professor

Sterling Forest (SLF) 143
e: Joseph.Oden@nyumc.org
Interests: NAFLD, animal models, particulate matter, alcohol, tobacco, TLR4

Cheongeun Oh, Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
Assistant Professor

650 First Avenue (KIP) 556/558
e: Cheongeun.Oh@nyumc.org
Interests: Statistical genetics, Bayesian model selection, clinical trials

Qingshan Qu, M.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 273A
t: +1 845 731 3567
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: qingshan.qu@nyumc.org
Interests: biomarkers, genetic susceptibility, environmental health hazards
Dr. Qu 's detailed website

Nirmal K. Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 254
t: +1 845 731 3547
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: nirmal.roy@nyumc.org

Yongzhao Shao, M.A., Ph.D., B.S.
Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 538
t: +1 212 263 0324
e: Yongzhao.Shao@nyumc.org
Interests: biostatistics, study design, risk assessment, genetic association analysis

Jerome J Solomon, B.S., Ph.D.
Research Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Sterling Forest (SLF) 214
t: +1 845 731 3610
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: jerome.solomon@nyumc.org
Interests: Chemical carcinogenesis, DNA adducts, DNA repair, DNA replication, mass spectrometry, site-specific mutagenesis
Dr. Solomon 's detailed website

Bernard Steinetz, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 212
t: +1 845 885 5419
f: +1 845 351 4510
e: bernard.steinetz@nyumc.org
Interests: environmental endocrine disruptors; Role of early pregnancy in protection against breast cancer; role of relaxin in combatting the insulin resistance of pregnancy;  aiding conservationists by determining true pregnancy in endangered species
Dr. Steinetz's detailed website

Hong Sun, M.S., Ph.D., B.S.
Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF)
e: Hong.Sun@nyumc.org

 

Moon-Shong Tang, Ph.D.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 115
t: +1 845 731 3585
f: +1 845 351 3492
e: moon-shong.tang@nyumc.org
Interests: DNA damage, repair, UVC-induced photoproducts, acrolein, UVA, AFB1, melanomageneis, hepatocarcinogeneis, lung and bladder carcinogenesis
Dr. Tang 's detailed website

Kam-Meng M Tchou-Wong, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 282
t: +1 845 731 3504
e: kam-meng.tchou-wong@nyumc.org
Interests: animal models of lung injury and lung cancer, p53, K-ras, antibody-based therapeutics, biomarkers for early detection of lung cancer in humans
Dr. Tchou-Wong 's detailed website

George D. Thurston, Sc.D.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 270
t: +1 845 731 3564
e: george.thurston@nyumc.org
Interests: air pollution epidemiology, asthma, ozone, particulate matter aerosols
Dr. Thurston's detailed website

Isaac I. Wirgin, M.Phil. Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 254B
t: +1 845 731 3548
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: isaac.wirgin@nyumc.org
Interests: chemical carcinogenesis, gene regulation, genetic variability, Hudson River pollution, mitochondrial DNA, oncogene activation
Dr. Wirgin 's detailed website

Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, M.D.
Associate Professor
650 First Avenue (KIP) 539
t: +1 212 263 6512
f: +1 212 263 8570
e: Anne.Zeleniuch-Jacquot@nyumc.org
Interests: women's health, sex hormones, epidemiology
Dr. Zeleniuch-Jacquotte 's detailed website

Judith T. Zelikoff, Ph.D.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 235A
t: +1 845 885 5230
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: judith.zelikoff@med.nyu.edu
Interests: immunotoxicity, immunotoxicology, inhaled pollutants, macrophage activation
Dr. Zelikoff 's detailed website

Joint Appointments with Environmental Medicine

Alan A. Arslan, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Tisch Hospital (TCH) TH-528
t: +1 212 263 7763
f: +1 212 263 5742
e: alan.arslan@nyumc.org
Interests: epidemiology, cancer, ovarian, reproductive events
Dr. Arslan 's detailed website

Mary C. Perrin, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., B.A.
Assistant Professor
New Bellevue (NBV) 22N10
t: +1 212 263 7623
f: 212-263-2935
e: mary.perrin@nyumc.org

Joan Reibman, M.D.
Associate Professor
NBV 7 7N24
t: +1 212 263 6479
f: +1 212 263 8442
e: joan.reibman@nyumc.org
Interests: adhesion molecules, airway epithelial cells, alveolar macrophages, asthma, tuberculosis
Dr. Reibman's detailed website

Part Time Faculty

Fredric Jay Burns, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 258A
t: +1 845 731 3551
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: fredric.burns@nyumc.org
Interests: cancer, environmental, prevention, radiation, ultraviolet, radiobiology
Dr. Burns 's detailed website

Beverly S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 274A
t: +1 845 731 3570
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: beverly.cohen@nyumc.org
Interests: airborne contaminants, respiratory tract, airway deposition, ultrafine particles
Dr. Cohen 's detailed website

Hugh L. Evans, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 143A
t: +1 845 731 3603
e:hugh.evans@nyumc.org
Interests: behavioral disorders, biomarkers, bioterrorism, metals, toxicology
Dr. Evan's detailed website

Albert F. Gunnison, Ph.D., M.S.
Research Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 233
t: +1 845 731 3500
e: albert.gunnison@nyumc.org
Interests: inflammation, inhalation, lactation, pulmonary toxicity
Dr. Gunnison 's detailed website

Naomi Hallden Harley, Ph.D., M.Eng.
Professor
Medical Science Building (MSB) C-90
t: +1 212 263 5287
f: +1 212 263 5287
e: naomi.harley@nyumc.org
Interests: environmental radioactivity, radiation carcinogenesis, radiation measurement, radiation dosimetry, radiation risk modeling and assessment
Dr. Harley 's detailed website

Morton Lippmann, Ph.D.
Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 266B
t: +1 845 731 3558
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: morton.lippmann@nyumc.org
Interests: Human exposure, cardiopulmonary health effects, air pollution, particulate matter, concentrated airborne particles (CAPs), ozone, transition metals, asbestos fibers
Dr. Lippmann's detailed website

Assieh A. Melikian, M.S., Ph.D., M.Phil
Associate Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) EVM
t: +1 845 731 3575
e: assieh.melikian@nyumc.org
Interests: biomarkers of exposure and susceptibility, translational epidemiology, tobacco toxicity and carcinogenicity, metabolism and biotransformation, mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis, lung and cervical cancers, leukemia
Dr. Melikian 's detailed website

Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 243
t: +1 845 731 3616
f: +1 845 351 3489
e: toby.rossman@nyumc.org
Interests: arsenic, metal, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis
Dr. Rossman 's detailed website

Judy Q. Xiong, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Sterling Forest (SLF) 280
t: +1 845 731 3627
f: +1 845 351 5472
e: judy.xiong@nyumc.org

Dr. Xiong 's detailed website