Perry N. Halkitis

Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, has served as Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health since 2017 and is Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity and Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics & Epidemiology and Professor Emeritus at New York University. An infectious disease epidemiologist, applied statistician, and public health psychologist, he has more than three decades of experience in public health focused on infectious diseases, health disparities in marginalized sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural populations, implementation science, and applied public health statistical methods. Dr. Halkitis is Founder and Director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) and actively disseminates his work through television, radio, podcasts, print media, and other public platforms. Dr. Halkitis holds degrees in applied statistics epidemiology, biopsychology, and education/human learning.