Perry N Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH is an infectious disease epidemiologist, applied statistician, and public health psychologist. He serves in these roles through his research, teaching, and advocacy and actvism.
Dr. Halkitis is currently Dean, Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity, and Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics & Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies(CHIBPS). He holds the status of Professor Emeritus at the College of Global Public Health at New York University.
For three decades, the focus of his research has been on the emergence, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases, specifically, HIV, HPV, and other sexually transmitted infections, and more recently SARS-CoV-2 and MPV. His program of study has sought to disentangle the biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and structural mechanisms that predispose people and p
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New healthcare partnership studies climate impact on NJ residents
Hoping to increase awareness within the healthcare community, and eventually all of New Jersey, of how climate and the health of the environment impact the well-being of Garden State residents, multiple medical organizations around the state have united to form a new advocacy group, New Jersey Clinicians for Climate Action.
Together, the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the New Jersey Public Health Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association, Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, and Health Care Without Harm will not collaborate on the same kind of research as, for instance, the Rutgers Climate Institute, according to pediatrician Dr. Pauline (Polly) Thomas.