LGBTQ+ Student Support

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LGBTQ+ Student Support

At Rutgers Health, we are dedicated to the advancement of LGBTQ+ health and well-being. This directory of faculty across our academic health center represents a listing of key volunteer mentors and advisors poised to offer support and guidance to LGBTQ+ students as they navigate the path from scholarship to an enriching career. Rutgers Health students are encouraged to reach out to these faculty mentors directly to connect.

Danielle Dick

Danielle Dick (She/Her/Hers)

Director, Rutgers Addiction Research Center

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Paul Duberstein

Paul Duberstein (He/Him/His)

Chair and Professor, Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy

School of Public Health

Firas Eladoumikdachi (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Devin English

Devin English (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor, Department of Urban-Global Public Health

School of Public Health

Erin Feinstein

Erin Michele Feinstein (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

New Jersey Medical School

Diana Finkel

Diana Finkel (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship

New Jersey Medical School

Joel Freundlich (He/Him/His)

Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience

New Jersey Medical School

Mackey Friedman

Mackey R. Friedman (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor, Department of Urban-Global Public Health

School of Public Health

Rebecca Goett

Rebecca Goett (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor and DEI Champion for Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine & Palliative Care

New Jersey Medical School

Jeremy Grachan

Jeremy Grachan (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor

New Jersey Medical School

Dennis Grech (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesia

New Jersey Medical School

Marybec Griffin

Marybec Griffin (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy

School of Public Health