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PHILIP ALCABES

PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR

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Diplomas/Degrees

PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health (1993)
MPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University, School of Public Health (1981)
MA, Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1978)
BS, Chemistry, Union College (1976)

Recent Courses

Health Policy
Principles Of Epidemiology
Principles Of Public Health Practice

Research Interests

Disease control policy. Social constructions of health threats. The risk society.

Books

P. Alcabes (2009). Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu. PublicAffairs Books.

Community and Corporate Leadership

Founding member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the World Trade Center Health Registry (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).