Faculty

Public Health

Amy E. Underhill Abruzzi, Ph.D, MPH, MLS, CPH, MCHES

Amy E. Underhill Abruzzi, Ph.D, MPH, MLS, CPH, MCHES

Dr. Abruzzi is an associate teaching professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy’s Public Health program. Dr. Abruzzi received her BA in Anthropology from Rutgers University- Rutgers College, and her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from the...

Francis Barchi, Ph.D.

Francis Barchi, Ph.D.

Francis Barchi is an associate professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Policy and a core member of the Rutgers Global Health Institute. Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers, she was a senior fellow in the Center for Medical Ethics at the University of...

Yen-Tyng Chen, Ph.D., M.S.

Yen-Tyng Chen, Ph.D., M.S.

Yen-Tyng Chen, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in September 2022. Dr. Chen is a social determinant of health researcher and social epidemiologist. She is committed to examining how structural-level (e.g., policy, built environment, structural racism) characteristics...

William Cundiff, JD, MBA, FACHE, CMPE, CHC

William Cundiff, JD, MBA, FACHE, CMPE, CHC

William Cundiff joined the Bloustein School as an Assistant Teaching Professor in January 2024. He possesses extensive teaching experience at the MHA and MBA levels as well as an adjunct instructor, both on-campus and online. He also served as campus executive of a...

Thomas Davis, MCRP, MPA

Thomas Davis, MCRP, MPA

I have lived in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.  I have experience in criminal justice, municipal finance, housing and community planning.  After working for several years in the municipal bond business in New York, I settled in Sussex County where I grew up...

Anita Franzione, DrPH

Anita Franzione, DrPH

Anita Franzione has been in the field of health care for over 30 years working in all sectors of health care from ambulatory care settings  to acute care hospitals, nonprofit agencies, long term care organizations, for-profit insurance companies, and quality...

Alexandra Lopez, M.A.

Alexandra Lopez, M.A.

Alexandra Lopez has been in the field of addictions counseling for over 20 years. She has an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and a Masters Degree in Counseling Education from Kean University. She is a Licensed Clinical Alcohol Drug Counselor as well as a...

Roberto Muniz

Roberto Muniz

Roberto Muñiz, MPA, LNHA, FACHCA, is a Senior Health Administration Fellow and Instructor at the Bloustein School. He is also an adjunct instructor at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Roberto teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels with...

Patricia O’Brien-Richardson, Ph.D.

Patricia O’Brien-Richardson, Ph.D.

Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. For the past ten years, she has been the CEO and Founder of Move it Nation, Inc., a public health non-profit organization whose...

Emily A. Parker, Ph.D.

Emily A. Parker, Ph.D.

Emily Parker, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School as an Assistant Professor in 2023. She was formerly a NIA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan in the Population Studies Center and received her Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University....

Eduardo Schur

Eduardo Schur

Eduardo Schur serves as a Partner in the EY Life Sciences Practice and leads the Health Sciences & Wellness Commercial Practice. He brings over 30 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device markets. His expertise includes strategic planning,...

Jermaine Toney, Ph.D.

Jermaine Toney, Ph.D.

ON LEAVE, 2023-24 Jermaine Toney, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Bloustein School. He was selected to receive a 2023-2024 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Fellowship on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Economic Outcomes. Professor Toney was a member...

Sharifa Z. Williams, DrPH

Sharifa Z. Williams, DrPH

Sharifa Z. Williams, MS, DrPH, joined the Bloustein School in September 2022. Her research interests include biostatistical methods applied to identifying and quantifying health disparities that arise from exposure to structural adversity (i.e., discrimination and...