Faculty/Staff Detail

Kitaw  Demissie, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor

Primary Affil: UMDNJ - School of Public Health
SPH Department: Epidemiology
Units: N/A
Campus: Piscataway/New Brunswick
Building: RWJ-SPH
Room: 212
Phone: 732.235.5267
Fax: 732.235.5418
Email: demisski@umdnj.edu

Degrees/Certifications:

PhD, 1995, McGill University
MPH, 1988, McGill University/Addis Ababa University Joint Program
MD, 1984, Addis Ababa University

Global Public Health Experience:

No

Research Interests:

Childhood asthma; perinatal epidemiology; breast cancer; and racial disparity issues in developing health care

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • Assisted students participating in V.O.I.C.E.S. with development, implementation and evaluation of an asthma educational workshop for residents of Amandla Crossing in Edison, NJ and the Camden Urban Women’s Center in Camden, NJ
  • Educational strategies to increase asthma knowledge and skills in minority adolescents. Partner: Open Airways
  • A study of non-clinical factors in disparate treatment of early breast cancer among black and white Medicaid patients. Partner: NJDHSS
  • Cancer control program. Partner: The Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Professional Service:

  • Member, Canadian National Perinatal Surveillance Program Advisory Committee. Focus: All Canada
  • Recipient, Career Investigator Award from the American Lung Association (2004)

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