{"id":115,"date":"2015-08-31T14:24:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T18:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.doem.uchc.uconn.edu\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:31:55","slug":"academic-and-research-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/occupational-environmental\/about-us\/academic-and-research-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic, Research, and Professional Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our faculty and staff has an excellent reputation for treating occupational illness, as well as utilizing cutting-edge research. Our team is also highly involved in the education of our next generation of occupational and environmental medicine specialists. The following members of the department focus on research in the field of occupational and environmental issues. Many are also UConn Health educators.<\/p>\n<h3>Faculty<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alliedhealth.uconn.edu\/faculty\/bureau-paul\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Paul Bureau, M.S., C.I.H.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Cavallari-Jennifer\">Jennifer M. Cavallari, Sc.D., C.I.H.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Cherniack-Martin\">Martin G. Cherniack, M.D., M.P.H.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Dugan-Alicia\">Alicia G. Dugan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Ellis-Lenworth\">Lenworth R. Ellis, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Ferris-Ann\">Ann M. Ferris, Ph.D., R.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kim-Insoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insoo Kim, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=LeDean-Timothy\">Timothy LeDean, D.O.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Mead-Erin\">Erin L. Mead-Morse, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wakai-Sarakei\">Sara T. Wakai, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Adjunct Faculty<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Buchanan, M.D.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/occupational-environmental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/01\/biosketch_erdil_1_8_2017.pdf\">Michael Erdil, M.D., FACOEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Morse-Timothy\">Timothy Morse, Ph.D., C.P.E.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/occupational-environmental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/08\/Schenck-Biosketch-8.4.2021.pdf\">Paula Schenck, M.P.H.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research and Professional Staff<\/h3>\n<p>Our professional staff includes public health professionals with experience in community and environmental health issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Brennan, M.P.H.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: <span id=\"_ctl0_BodyContentPlaceHolder_Phones__ctl0_PhoneNumberLabel\">860-679-2110<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: <a href=\"mailto:brennan@uchc.edu\">brennan@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Janet Caldwell-Cover, M.A.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: <span id=\"_ctl0_BodyContentPlaceHolder_Phones__ctl0_PhoneNumberLabel\">860-679-6389<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: <a href=\"mailto:caldwellcover@uchc.edu\">caldwellcover@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kate Hayden, M.P.H.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: <span id=\"_ctl0_BodyContentPlaceHolder_Phones__ctl0_PhoneNumberLabel\">860-679-8946<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: <a href=\"mailto:khayden@uchc.edu\">khayden@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcel Mirambeaux<br \/>\n<\/strong>Executive Assistant<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: 860-679-8873<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:mirambeaux@uchc.edu\">mirambeaux@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Varghese, MSIE, CPE, CIE<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: <span id=\"_ctl0_BodyContentPlaceHolder_Phones__ctl0_PhoneNumberLabel\">860-679-4564<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: <a href=\"mailto:tvarghese@uchc.edu\">tvarghese@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tammy Wojtusik<br \/>\n<\/strong>Administrative Program Coordinator<br \/>\nPhone: 860-679-2760<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:wojtusik@uchc.edu\">wojtusik@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our faculty and staff has an excellent reputation for treating occupational illness, as well as utilizing cutting-edge research. 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