Institute Administration

Mariano Jose Rey, MD
Director
Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Affairs

Arnold Stern, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Assistant Dean for Extramural Educational Programs

Mekbib Gemeda, MA
Associate Director
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Community Affairs

Henrietta Ho-Asjoe, MPS
Administrator

Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, MPH
Deputy Administrator

Janet Heit, MSW
Associate Director
Director of Development and External Affairs

Douglas Nam Le, BA
Program Manager for Southeast Asian Programs

 

Rahmin Rabenou, MD
Faculty Director for Southeast Asian Programs

Ana Mola, NP, MA
Associate Director
Liaison to the NYU Medical Center

William Bateman, MD
Associate Director
Liaison to the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation

 

Francois Haas, PhD
Director of Biostatistics

Antonio Convit, MD
Director of Metabolic Disease and Obesity Programs

Harry Ostrer, MD
Associate Director for Population Sciences

Juan Grau, MD
Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Programs

Joseph Onigbinde, MPH , MS, BDS
Institute Research Assistant

Minerva Figueroa, BS
Executive Assistant

 

Center for the Study of Asian American Health

Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Director
Acting Director, Asian American Hepatitis B Program

Henrietta Ho-Asjoe, MPS
Director of Community Development

Nadia Islam, PhD
Deputy Director of Research

Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, MPH
Deputy Director of Outreach and Program Development

Rhodora Ursua, MPH
Project Director, Project AsPIRE

David Aguilar, MA
Outreach Coordinator

Rico Foz, MBA
Community Health Worker

Henry Soliveres, BS
Community Health Worker

Douglas Nam Le, BA
Program Manager, Asian American Hepatitis B Program
Coordinator, Vietnamese Community Health Initiative

 

Center for Latino Health

Martha Laureano, RN
Coordinator

Lisa Kozlowski, MA
Coordinator, Salk School of Science Program

Carlos Restrepo, MA
Coordinator, High School Fellows Program

 

Center for the Health of the African Diaspora

Mekbib Gemeda, MA
Director

Allison Avery, MA
Diversity Specialist

Germaine Choice
Project Associate

 

Center for Health and Human Rights

Allen Keller, MD
Director
Program and Medical Director,
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture

Carol Prendergast, JD
Director of Operations

Hawthorne E. Smith, PhD
Co-Director of Clinical Services/Psychology Supervisor

Ilene Cohen, PhD
Director, Psychological Services