School Work

Janae Hubbard Joins FSPH as Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Program Manager

JANAE HUBBARD HAS JOINED THE FIELDING SCHOOL as equity, diversity and inclusion program manager.

Before joining FSPH, Hubbard worked for the Los Angeles LGBT Center as senior program manager for children, youth, and family services, where her duties included managing programs and services for homeless youth — including drop-in services, emergency shelter, transitional living, and employment programs. The agency has more than 100 staff members and serves more than 1,500 clients annually. Hubbard previously served as associate director of multicultural affairs and social justice programs for Columbia University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, where she directed campuswide diversity and inclusion events for students, faculty, and staff.

Hubbard holds a master of social work degree from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York, and earned her undergraduate degree in African American Studies at UCLA, where she was a four-time letter winner in women’s basketball and led the Bruins to three straight NCAA tournaments (1998, 1999, and 2000).

Welcoming New Faculty

LARA CUSHING, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, leads research addressing social inequalities in exposure to environmental hazards, and race and class determinants of environmental health disparities.

PAUL DLUZNIEWSKI, adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology, focuses on the role of epidemiology in drug development. His research addresses the development and use of therapies for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and heart failure.

DANIEL EISENBERG, professor of health policy and management, conducts research into how to invest effectively and efficiently in the mental health of young people. He serves as principal investigator on the national “Healthy Minds Study” of college students.

POURAN D. FAGHRI, adjunct professor of environmental health sciences, is a physician whose work has included identifying psychosocial and environmental risk factors at the workplace as well as developing and evaluating models for integrating health promotion with workplace injury prevention.

ANDREW HOLBROOK, assistant professor of biostatistics, applies his expertise in Bayesian and computational statistics to public health issues, including geographic spread of viruses and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

MIRIAM MARLIER, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, examines the interactions between environmental change and public health using remote sensing data.

MATTHEW MIMIAGA, professor of epidemiology, conducts cohort studies and randomized controlled trials of biobehavioral interventions for HIV prevention, substance abuse and mental health problems, and global public health.

KIRSTEN SCHWARZ, associate professor of environmental health sciences and urban planning, is an urban ecologist working at the interface of the environment, equity, and health.

XI ZHU, associate professor of health policy and management, studies micro and macro organizational behaviors in health care delivery systems, including the structures, strategies, and change processes in health care teams and organizations.