Michael R. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Director, National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University

Dr. Michael R. Greenberg is Professor and Associate Dean of the Faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University. He is director of the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment and the National Transportation Security Center of Excellence. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health and in Environmental and Community Medicine. He is also a founding member of the Executive Committee of the University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response of RWJMS-UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Dr. Greenberg received a B.A. in History/Math from Hunter College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from Columbia University in New York, NY. He has published over 500 books, articles, and technical reports. He has been awarded the Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award from Rutgers, the Distinguised Achievement Award from the International Society for Risk Analysis, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of American Geographers, and the Presidental Award for Public Service in public health and the environment from Rutgers University. He serves or has served as Editor in Chief of the journal "Risk Analysis", Associate Editor for the "American Journal of Public Health", and as Editor on a number of other journals. Dr. Greenberg studies environmental health and neighborhood redevelopment policies.

Selected Publications:

Greenberg, M. R., W. F. Bond, et al. (2010). "Gender Disparity in Emergency Department Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Management." J Emerg Med. epub ahead of print

Greenberg, M. R. (2010). "Russell E. Train : a leading environmental figure of the 1970s." Am J Public Health 100(4): 606-7.

Greenberg, M. R. (2009). "Water, conflict, and hope." Am J Public Health 99(11): 1928-30.

Greenberg, M. R. (2009). "Why is water an issue?" Am J Public Health 99(11): 1927.

Greenberg, M. R., G. C. Barr, Jr., et al. (2009). "Building an effective ED influenza vaccine program." Am J Emerg Med 27(9): 1154-7.

Greenberg, M. R. and K. Lowrie (2009). "B. John Garrick: nuclear risk assessment pioneer." Risk Anal 29(7): 935-9.

Greenberg, M. R. and K. W. Lowrie (2009). "From the editors. Mining-related risks." Risk Anal 29(10): 1343-4.

Greenberg, M. R. and J. E. Pierog (2009). "Evaluation of race and gender sensitivity in the American Heart Association materials for Advanced Cardiac Life Support." Gend Med 6(4): 604-13.

Greenberg, M. R., M. Weiner, et al. (2009). "Risk-reducing legal documents: controlling personal health and financial resources." Risk Anal 29(11): 1578-87.

Kimmel, S., S. L. Smith, et al. (2009). "Tobacco screening multicomponent quality improvement network program: beyond education." Acad Emerg Med 16(11): 1186-92.

Greenberg, M. R. (2009). In memory of Amy February 8, 2009. Acad Emerg Med 16, 687.

Greenberg, M. R. (2009). NIMBY, CLAMP, and the location of new nuclear-related facilities: U.S. national and 11 site-specific surveys. Risk Anal 29, 1242-1254.

Greenberg, M. R., and Lowrie, K. (2009). From the very public to the less known. Risk Anal 29, 157-158.

Greenberg, M. R., and Lowrie, K. (2009). This issue demonstrates the broad range of subjects addressed by the journal and the global nature of risk analysis. Risk Anal 29, 933-934.

Greenberg, M. R., and Lowrie, K. W. (2009). Risk Analysis. Risk Anal 29, 315-316.

Wartenberg, D., Greenberg, M. R., and Harris, G. (2009). Environmental justice: A contrary finding for the case of high-voltage electric power transmission lines. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology.

Greenberg, M. R., Gotsch, A., Rhoads, G., and Schneider, D. (2008). Building and sustaining a multiuniversity and multicampus program or school of public health. American journal of public health 98, 1556-1558.

Greenberg, M. R., and Lowrie, K. W. (2008). Arthur C. Upton: let the evidence speak. Risk Anal 28, 1493-1496.

Greenberg, M. R., and Lowriel, K. (2008). Improving risk analysis: policies, practices and individual needs. Risk Anal 28, 1491-1492.

Greenberg, M. R., Weiner, M. D., and Greenberg, G. B. (2008). Controlling personal health decisions for the oldest old. American journal of public health 98, 1160-1162.

Greenberg, M. R., Weinstock, M., Fenimore, D. G., and Sierzega, G. M. (2008). Emergency department tobacco cessation program: staff participation and intervention success among patients. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 108, 391-396.

Love, A. C., Greenberg, M. R., Brice, M., and Weinstock, M. (2008). Emergency department screening and intervention for patients with alcohol-related disorders: a pilot study. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 108, 12-20.

Greenberg, M. R. (2007). Contemporary environmental and occupational health issues: more breadth and depth. American journal of public health 97, 395-397.

Greenberg, M. R. (2007). Response to: Heparin reverses anaphylactoid shock in a porcine model. Annals of emergency medicine 49, 541-542; author reply 542.

Greenberg, M. R., Lahr, M., and Mantell, N. (2007). Understanding the economic costs and benefits of catastrophes and their aftermath: a review and suggestions for the U.S. federal government. Risk Anal 27, 83-96.

Greenberg, M. R. (2006). The diffusion of public health innovations. American journal of public health 96, 209-210.

Greenberg, M. R., and Hollander, J. (2006). The Environmental Protection Agency's brownfields pilot program. American journal of public health 96, 277-281.

Greenberg, M. R., and Sinha, R. (2006). Government risk management priorities: a comparison of the preferences of Asian Indian Americans and other Americans. Risk Anal 26, 1275-1289.

Greenberg, M. R., and Renne, J. (2005). Where does walkability matter the most? An environmental justice interpretation of New Jersey data. J Urban Health 82, 90-100.

Greenberg, M. R. (2005). Concern about environmental pollution: how much difference do race and ethnicity make? A New Jersey case study. Environmental health perspectives 113, 369-374.

Mayer, H. J., Greenberg, M. R., Burger, J., Gochfield, M., Powers, C., Kosson, D., Keren, R., Danis, C., and Vyas, V. (2005). Using integrated geospatial mapping and conceptual site models to guide risk-based environmental clean-up decisions. Risk Anal 25, 429-446.

Greenberg, M. R. (2004). Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. Environmental health perspectives 112, 121-125.

Greenberg, M. R. (2003). Public health, law, and local control: destruction of the US chemical weapons stockpile. American journal of public health 93, 1222-1226.

Greenberg, M. R. (2003). Reversing urban decay: brownfield redevelopment and environmental health. Environmental health perspectives 111, A74-75.

Suh, D. C., Greenberg, M. R., Schneider, D., and Colaizzi, J. L. (2002). Pharmacists' perceptions of Healthy People goals in economically stressed cities. Journal of community health 27, 133-150.

Lowrie, K. W., and Greenberg, M. R. (2001). Can David and Goliath get along? Federal land in local places. Environmental management 28, 703-711.