Faculty/Staff Detail

George  Rhoads, MD, MPH
Professor;

Acting Chair, Department of Epidemiology;
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs


Primary Affil: UMDNJ-School of Public Health
SPH Department: Epidemiology
Units: N/A
Campus: Piscataway/New Brunswick
Building: RWJ-SPH
Room: 128
Phone: 732.235.4353
Fax: 732.235.4814
Email: rhoads@umdnj.edu

Degrees/Certifications:

MD, 1965, Harvard University
MPH, 1970, University of Hawaii

Global Public Health Experience:

No

Research Interests:

Epidemiology of Non-Infectious Diseases; Health Care Outcomes

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • Worked on a project to identify and provide home visitation of lead-exposed children in New Brunswick, NJ, including family education on lead sources and cleanup of lead-contaminated dust and provision of cleanup supplies and a vacuum cleaner

Professional Service:

  • Editorial Board, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Board Member, McCutcheon Friends Home. Focus: Elderly: Plainfield, NJ
  • Chairman, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Advisory Committee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1997-present)
  • Member, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004-present)
  • Member, Review Panel for Vanguard Clinical Centers, National Children’s Study, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2005)
  • Member, Governor’s Task Force on Cancer Prevention, New Jersey, (2004-present)

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