Najah Zaaeed, DrPH, LMSW, EMPA joined the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness at the State University of New York, Oswego (SUNY Oswego) in August of 2019. Previously, Najah was an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, Syracuse University. Since 2016, she has taught as an adjunct professor in public health at Syracuse University and at SUNY Oswego. Najah previously served as a mental health specialist for Interfaith Works of Central New York and continues to address the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee communities across the globe.Najah earned her DrPH in public health, specializing in health promotion and education, and global health, from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA. She earned her MSW and EMPA from the School of Social Work and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, respectively, at Syracuse University. She also earned two graduate certificates in gerontology and in international leadership and non-governmental organizations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse. She earned her BS in paralegal education from Chancellor University.