Faculty/Staff Detail

Lois  Grau, PhD, MS
Associate Professor & Chair

Primary Affil: UMDNJ-School of Public Health
SPH Department: Health Systems and Policy - Piscataway/New Brunswick
Units: N/A
Campus: Piscataway/New Brunswick
Building: RWJ-SPH
Room: 316
Phone: 732.235.5269
Fax: 732.235.4004
Email: graulo@umdnj.edu

Degrees/Certifications:

PhD, 1979, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MS, 1976, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Global Public Health Experience:

Yes

Research Interests:

Long-term care and gerontology; developmental disabilities; health policy; and international and marginalized communities in developing countries

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • Dominican Republic Community Health Outreach Project (a one week field experience in the Dominican Republic that is part of a 3 credit course, “Public Health Applications in Developing Countries,” where students and faculty plan and undertake public health interventions, such as parasite prevention, health education and nutrition programs). Focus: Haitian sugar cane workers in the bateys. Partner: Crossroads Mission - Dominican Republic
  • Worked with New Jersey Developmental Disabilities Council (to bring together stakeholders in the developmental disabilities community to conceptualize future directions using an objective telephone survey of key informants, and stakeholders meetings for sharing and discussion of the results). Focus: State of New Jersey

Professional Service:

  • Board Member, Crossroads, USA (a private, not-for-profit organization working with groups assisting migrant Haitian workers and their families living in the Dominican Republic)

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