Primary Teaching Areas

• Environmental Health
• Environmental Chemistry
• Hazard Assessment and Remediation
• Environmental and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory

Selected Publications

• Rosen M, Caravanos J, Udasin I, Milek D, An Innovative Approach to Interdisciplinary Occupational Safety and Health Education, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 54(7):515-20, July 2011
• Caravanos J, Clarke E, Lambertson C, Assessing the Exposure Risks and Potential Health Effects from Chemical Contamination at an Electronic and Electrical Recycling and Waste Site in Accra, Ghana; Blacksmith Institute Journal of Health and Pollution, Vol 1, No 1, February 2011
• Weiss A, Caravanos J, Blaise M, Jaeger R; Distribution of Lead in Urban Roadway Grit and its Association with Elevated Steel Structures; Chemosphere. 2006 June
• Caravanos J, Weiss A, Jaeger R; Long Term Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100/2 pp 159-164, 2006
• Caravanos J, Weiss A, Blaise M, Jaeger R; A Survey of Spatially Distributed Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100/2 pp 165-172, 2006
• S. Klitzman, J. Caravanos, C. Belanoff, L. Rothenberg; A multi-hazard, multi-strategy approach to home remediation. Environmental Research, Vol 99(3):294-306. Nov. 2005
• S. Klitzman, J. Caravanos, D. Deitcher, L. Rothenberg, C. Belanoff, R. Kramer, L Cohen,; Prevalence and Predictors of Residential Health Hazards: Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2: 293-301; June 2005

Education

• BS, 1977, Hunter College CUNY, NYC
• MS, 1979, Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn
• DrPH, 1984, Columbia University