Our Faculty
Our world-renowned faculty draw upon their foundation in interdisciplinary social science to contribute ethical and historical perspectives to the field of public health.
Chair
Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD
Stephen Smith Professor and Chair of Sociomedical Sciences
Director, Global Mental Health at Mailman
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![Margaret Pereyra Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=0T3gNju- 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=OfMtL7uZ 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=iAXoLCux 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=LuAl2KCF 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=FpDUWyc9 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=ktS7fAIC 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/1104a670-7bc3-11ed-ac31-95331ecef93f.jpg?itok=jz4PkpUN 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Academic Appointments
- Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences
![Jo C Phelan, PhD Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=jZdhwgyT 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=4KKt1u2A 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=uSXUCjQK 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=JyVrrf8c 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=lxu5dBrG 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=6x_KVZEz 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/43b0d910-7c98-11ed-b290-d1a472bbdd8a.jpeg?itok=8WaXeGEz 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
Community Health
Academic Appointments
- Professor Emerita of Sociomedical Sciences and Special Lecturer in Sociomedical Sciences
![Seth Prins, PhD, MPH Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=w8gl59rV 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=mcP74ATT 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=5hB8zvsb 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=7F3wPoNf 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=eiVt3rnc 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=JpenuCeT 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/0b82cbe0-4685-11ee-ac32-8323e8a6dda7.jpg?itok=kfvnaMJQ 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
Community Health, Healthcare Policy, Incarceration Prevention, Mental Health, Substance Use
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences
![Samuel Roberts, PhD Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=LpYBVnAf 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=1fKns2yB 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=8CY3r-e3 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=-kZKoVcS 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=sw0g21DD 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=CpNjO4Kq 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/0d6ad790-62e6-11ee-aff1-d1ff263f6b94.jpg?itok=Z539VSyC 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of History, Sociomedical Sciences and of African American and African Diaspora Studies
![Lisa Rosen-Metsch Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=kNabVP9P 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=a0jtgNId 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=hIY6XY31 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=Uyw8zC9f 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=WZZYiJZj 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=h0jSqh50 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/b23f0f60-7c92-11ed-aebf-39b53e8cc335.jpeg?itok=1_SI7tXj 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
HIV/AIDS, Public Health Education, Substance Use, Urban Health
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
![David Rosner, PhD, MPH Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=YstVB_KV 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=Im2FRzmz 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=A9-YJuL4 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=bkKCXaOZ 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=FZaCLibM 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=OcoIvb_o 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/31613fd0-4b05-11ed-8fa7-b58969583d90.jpg?itok=Oi_bjlTQ 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Academic Appointments
- Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Professor of History
![Theodorus G.M. Sandfort, PhD Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=M7DbCSBs 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=2MTOnT2U 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=r7PrNc4v 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=4LRND670 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=_Mfvaprm 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=wueAfmBU 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/60ebc2b0-0ca7-11ef-bf29-0fdf7808dc96.jpg?itok=GL7U5Upc 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
HIV/AIDS, Public Health Education
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Science (in Psychiatry)
![Renata Schiavo, PhD Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=0fZwlrE8 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=mZ-WMMXm 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=CcWoHHeU 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=LgbkaK2t 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=yC-N7GNm 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=g64RCLS3 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/f9a88ea0-b8b8-11ed-9a52-6134033b807b.jpg?itok=nhBPUYGj 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
Biostatistical Methods, Child and Adolescent Health, Food Policy and Obesity, Global Health, Healthcare Policy, Infectious Diseases, Mental Health, Public Health Education, Urban Health
Academic Appointments
- Senior Lecturer, Sociomedical Sciences
![Lesley Sharp Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=-Na3eWOC 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=wKjXIU4e 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=QIMlBDGD 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=Cd-yJSjc 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=NV-04zoL 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=8DJ0rNuy 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/ff899a70-bd1e-11ed-a457-87b1a0b0c371.jpeg?itok=PnQjTjs4 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Academic Appointments
- Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in Sociomedical Sciences
![Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH Profile Headshot](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=xVc5ySIm 200w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=lSwdJcP7 260w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=TyRsKvkR 320w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=PxC_pmfF 400w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=swQK97E6 520w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=B1OJ9F0X 640w, https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/cups-profile/headshot/9908ca80-bb63-11ed-8a63-173bdddc6662.jpg?itok=28oncWjq 800w)
Departments/Divisions
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Research Interests
Chronic disease, Community Health, Urban Health
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences