Career and Scholarly Highlights
Professional Profile
From biochemical engineer to doula to professor... my professional journey has been a winding road, but always with the goal of improving the factors that shape people's health and well-being. Below are some highlights of my career in public health and as a scholar, or download my full CV.
Featured Work
Why New Jersey must lead on reproductive health access | Opinion
by Lisa Harrison Gulla and Becky Ofrane
December 2024
Education
Certificates
2024
Rutgers School of Public Health
DrPH in Leadership, Practice and Research
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2010
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
MPH in Environmental Health Science & Toxicology
2004
Rutgers University
BS in Biochemical Engineering
2020
Doula Trainings International
Certified Full-Spectrum Doula
2019
City University of New York
Population Health Informatics Certificate
Work Experience
2024 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health
College for Community Health, Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
2023 - 2024
Executive Director, Maternal and Child Health Services Unit
Division of Family Health Services, NJ Department of Health
Trenton, NJ
2019 - 2023
Co-Director of Programs & Administration, City Health Dashboard
Department of Population Health, NYU Langone School of Medicine
New York, NY
2017 - 2019
Senior Program Manager, Measure of America
Social Science Research Council
Brooklyn, NY
2008 - 2017
Children's Environmental Health Coordinator (and other roles)
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region II
New York, NY
2004 - 2008
New Product Development Engineer
Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company
Miami Lakes, FL & Warren, NJ
Selected Scholarship
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
Ofrane RH, Rokicki S, Kantor L, Blumenfeld J.
December 2024 - doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13732
Public Health Reports
Ofrane RH, Breslin S, Levine S, Gourevitch MN, Levy M
January 2023 - doi:10.1177/00333549221143090