Your Yale Study Team

(from left to right) :  

Peter Rabinowitz, MD MPH

Principal Investigator, Yale DOSE Study

Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Director of Clinical Services, YOEMP

Peter earned his MD degree at the University of Washington and completed his residency at the University of California San Francisco Natividad Medical Center in Internal Medicine.  His primary research interests include: Noise induced hearing loss, heavy metal toxicity, PCB toxicity, occupational health issues of disadvantaged populations, and animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards.

Sharon Richman Kirsche, MPH

Study Coordinator, Yale DOSE Study

Research Associate, YOEMP

Sharon completed her undergraduate education at The George Washington University, where she graduated with a BS in Biology. After graduation, she served for a year in AmeriCorps Cape Cod, and then worked in Boston as a research assistant at the Harvard School of Public Health. She recently completed her Master of Public Health Degree (MPH) at Yale University in Environmental Health Sciences. While completing this degree Sharon spent a year interning for the Global Health and Safety Leader at General Electric's headquarters in Fairfield, CT. 

Deron Galusha, MS

Biostatistician, Yale DOSE Study

Martin Slade, MPH

Biostatistician, Yale DOSE Study

Assistant Lecturer, YOEMP

Mark Cullen, MD

Co-Investigator, Yale DOSE Study

Program Director, YOEMP

Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

Yale Occupational & Environmental Medicine Program (YOEMP)

YOEMP was founded in 1979 by its current director, Mark R. Cullen. Its current mission is threefold:

National Institute for Occupational  Safety & Health  (NIOSH)

This study is funded through and supported by NIOSH, a division of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).