Center Leadership and Staffing
Center Director (Interim): Curtis E. Cummings, MD, MPH
Dr. Cummings is Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. He is board certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine, and served for 20 years in the U.S. Public Health Service Corps and the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. During his Navy career he designed curricula for preparedness training, and trained over 2,000 people, primarily in the area of radiation emergencies. From 1982 to 1985, Dr. Cummings served as a senior public health physician, in the State of New Jersey Department of Health. He represents Drexel University at the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s State Advisory Committee for Preparedness.
Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD
Dr. Frank is the Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. He is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the City University of New York and has been an academic physician throughout his career. His research interests include occupational and environmental carcinogens and other toxic hazards, and agricultural safety and health concerns, including agroterrorism. His clinical activities have included setting up field projects in a variety of settings.
Marcia Polansky, MS, ScD, MSW
Dr. Polansky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She received a Master’s degree in Health Policy and Management and a Doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has also received a Master’s in Social Work from Rutgers University. Dr. Polansky’s research interests are in medical and social services that are needed for children and families, effects of drug addictions on the relationship of the mother and child, and the psychosocial aspects of chronic disease. She brings valuable contributions in epidemiological design and statistical analyses as well as expertise in needs assessments.
Tony Hu, PhD
Dr. Hu is an Assistant Professor in Drexel's College of Information Sciences. He is an expert in data mining and other information systems and technologies, and is writing several papers on new potential bacterial and viral threats and their relation to terrorism.
Lynn Kleina, PhD, MPH
Consultant for CPHRC. Involved with evaluation activities related to the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) projects.