The mission of the Center for Public Health Workforce Development is to provide a link between our faculty and practice partners in teaching, research and the practice of public health. The continuing education activities are designed to strengthen the cooperation between the Center for Public Health Workforce Development and state and local public health practitioners. 


Rutgers School of Public Health established Center for Public Health Workforce Development to promote individual and community health through training, education and service. The programs contained within the Center for Public Health Workforce Development are the NJ Public Health Training Center, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the Center for School and Community Health Education.

The Center for Public Health Workforce Development 

The Center for Public Health Workforce Development offers high quality continuing education programs through four federally sponsored component organizations: the New York/New Jersey Education and Research Center – Continuing Education and Outreach Program (NIOSH); the New Jersey/ New York Hazardous Materials Worker Training Center (NIEHS); the Mid-Atlantic Asbestos Training Center (USEPA); and the Atlantic OSHA Training Center (USDOL). Courses range in length from one to forty hours and address topics such as asbestos, lead abatement, hazardous waste, occupational safety, environmental health and air pollution.

The Ripple Effect Impact Reports

The work we do at the Center for Public Health Workforce Development prevents disease and promotes health and well-being across communities and populations. We do our best to measure and track what we do at the Center but acknowledge that even the best data is probably only scratching the surface. To understand real impact, we must look at real people and the difference the Center made in their personal and professional lives. For this reason, the Center’s annual Impact Reports include data and statistics, but more importantly, they contain stories about the people behind the numbers. At the heart of what we do is the belief that each person who works safer or lives a healthier life creates their own ripple of impact outwards, and that collectively our communities are better as a result.

Mitchel A. Rosen, PhD

Center Director

mrosen@rutgers.edu

732-235-9452

Philip T. McCabe CSW, CAS, CDVC, DRCC

Health Education Specialist

mccabept@rutgers.edu

732-235-8229

K. Koshy, PhD

Center Manager

koshyko@rutgers.edu

732-235-9459

Colleen McKay Wharton MA, MCHES

Program Manager

c.mckaywharton@rutgers.edu

732-235-3454

Megan Cahill

Administrative Assistant

cahillmp@rutgers.edu

732-235-9455

Annabelle Perricho

Administrative Assistant

ap1467@sph.rutgers.edu

732-235-9454

Stacey Porter

Program Administrator staceyp@sph.rutgers.edu

732-235-9458

Megan Rockafellow-Baldoni, PhD, MPH

Administrative Director of 

Research and Evaluation

megrock@rutgers.edu

732-235-9516

Gail Lavan

Data Control Clerk

Gl555@sph.rutgers.edu

732-235-9456


William Sawyer

Electronic Technician

sawyerwc@rutgers.edu

732-235-3998

Gina Gazitano

Program Coordinator

gina.gazitano@rutgers.edu

732-235-9453


Bonnie Wilson

Registrar

wilsonld@rutgers.edu

732-235-9450

Kendra Julien, MPH

Program Coordinator

Kj446@sph.rutgers.edu

732-235-5027

Marie Dessanti-Huang, MPH

Program Coordinator

mdessanti@sph.rutgers.edu

732-659-4608

Laura Warne

Communications Specialist

laura.warne@rutgers.edu

732-235-3277

Clarissa Roper-Davis

Work Assistant

Cr988@sph.rutgers.edu

732-235-4151