Education

• M.A., Medical Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, 12/00
• Dr.P.H., Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 1993
  Dissertation: Effects of Outcome-Expectation and Self-Efficacy Based Interventions on a Proposed Classification of Preventive Health Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis
• M.A., Community Health Education, New York University, New York, 1980
• B.S., Health Sciences and Education, Brooklyn College of the City of New York, Brooklyn, 1978
  

Fellowship

• NLM Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Informatics, 7/98-6/01 Columbia University, Department of Medical Informatics, New York, NY, Advisor: James J. Cimino, MD

Current Position

• Assistant Professor of Public Health (Sociomedical Sciences) and Medical Informatics
  

Past Positions

• Director, Preventive Medicine Institute, Pascack Valley Hospital, Westwood, New Jersey
• Director, Pascack Healthy Heart Program, Pascask Valley Hospital, Westwood, New Jersey
• Consultant, New Jersey State Department of Health
  
• Lecturer, New York Medical College

Memberships and National Service

• Committee Member, Institute of Medicine, Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century
• American Medical Informatics Association, Program Planning Committee, 2001 Spring Congress: Developing a National Agenda for Public Health Informatics
• American Medical Informatics Association, Consumer Health Informatics, Public Health and Prevention Taskforce
• National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc, (NCHEC), Board of Directors, Division Board of Professional Preparation and Practice (DBPP), 1999-2001