Doctoral Student Profiles

Laura Arboleda-MerinoLaura Arboleda-Merino
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Mental Health, health equity, modeling, population health
Email address: [email protected] 


Jillian BakerJillian Baker
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: [email protected]


Sarah BassiouniSarah S. Bassiouni
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology (molecular, infectious disease, social), global health, social determinants of health and health disparities, geospatial analysis, demography
Email address: [email protected] 


Rachael BrooksRachael Brooks
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Morgan ByrdMorgan Byrd
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected] 


Tsai-Chin ChoTsai-Chin Cho
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/ Epidemiologic Science/ Social determinants of health; health disparities
Email address: [email protected] 


Yoon ChoYoonkyoung Cho
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: [email protected]


Nia ClementsNia Clements
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Environmental Justice
Email address: [email protected] 


Christopher CroweChristopher Crowe
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/Genetic Epidemiology/Chronic Disease/Population Health 
Email address: [email protected]


Joshua Foster-TuckerJoshua Foster-Tucker
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: The intersection of infectious disease epidemiology, epigenetics, and geroscience
Email address: [email protected] 


Berhanu GebremeskelBerhanu G. Gebremeskel
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiological Science, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Global Health
Email address: [email protected] 


Sarah GoldbergSarah Goldberg
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected] 


Kayla HansonKayla Hanson
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccines
Email address: [email protected] 


MarielynnMarielynn Herrera
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: maternal and child health, social and political determinants of health, and employment and occupational epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Jessica IbiebeleJessica Ibiebele
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Email address: [email protected]


Mengdi (Judy) JiMengdi Ji
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious disease, Sexually transmitted disease, Vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, Global health 
Email address: [email protected]


Tingfan JinTingfan Jin
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Environmental Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected] 


Eskira KahsayEskira Kahsay
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Psychiatric epidemiology, Social epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH)
Email address: [email protected]


Nita KanneyNita Kanney
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epigenetics, health disparities, and maternal and child health across the life course. 
Email address: [email protected] 


Abigail KappelmanAbigail Kappelman
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Ben KesslerBen Kessler
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Molecular epidemiology, bioinformatics, chronic disease, dietary and environmental exposures 
Email address: [email protected] 


Lilah KhojaLilah Khoja
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Cancer disparities; Arab and Arab American Health; Ovarian cancer; Cervical cancer; Bladder cancer
Email address: [email protected]


Kathleen LindseyKathleen Lindsey
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.
Email address: [email protected]


Lauren MacConnachieLauren MacConnachie
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease and Aging Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: [email protected] 


Kara MannorKara Mannor
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/Center of Social Epidemiology and Population Health/Disability Justice and Public Health
Email address: [email protected]


Justin McClendonJustin McClendon
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, and Global Health
Email address: [email protected]


Renie MellenRenie Mellen
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiological science, Vaccine hesitancy, Social epidemiology, Global health
Email address: [email protected] 


Elizabeth MetzgerElizabeth Metzger
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiologic Science, Injury Prevention, Concussion Research, Military Health 
Email address: [email protected]


Yoonseo MokYoonseo Mok
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations
Email address: [email protected] 


Harry MomoHarry Momo
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Epidemiology, Global Public Health
Email address: [email protected]


Yannan NiuYannan Niu
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Mathematical Modeling
Email address: [email protected]


Justin OldhamJustin Oldham, MD
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Prediction Modeling
Email address: [email protected]


Lauren OpsasnickLauren Opsasnick
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Omar PedrazaOmar Pedraza
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social connectedness, fostering a sense of community, social capital
Email address: [email protected] 


Kalee RumfeltKalee Rumfelt
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: 
Email address: [email protected]


Vanessa SlackVanessa Slack
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infections Disease Epidemiology, Zoonotic Disease Transmission and Modeling, One Health
Email address: [email protected]


Awnish SinghAwnish Singh
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine preventable disease, disease modeling, Immunology, vaccine development, vaccine preventable disease surveillance methods, immunization program operations and vaccine policy. 
Email address: [email protected] 


Danielle SmithDanielle Smith
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Global Health
Email address: [email protected] 


Hannah SteinbergHannah Steinberg
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Email address: [email protected]


Danielle StoneDanielle Stone
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Intersection of Social and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Complex Systems, Computational Modeling
Email address: [email protected]


jiale tanJiale Tan
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Mathematics Modeling, Infectious Disease Modeling, Chronic Disease Modeling, Operations Research
Email address: [email protected]


Nasya TanNasya Tan
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Health disparities, social epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, disability, hearing loss, d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing populations
Email address: [email protected] 


Catherine Vander WoudeCatherine Vander Woude
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social Epidemiology, Cancer Care Delivery, Health Disparities
Email address: [email protected] 


Hannah Van WykHannah Van Wyk
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Mathematical Modeling, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Herong WangHerong Wang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, neurological disorder, environmental risk factors, genetic etiology
Email address: [email protected] 


Elaine WuJiaxin Wu
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Environmental epidemiology, population health
Email address: [email protected]


Jade YangJade Yang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Global Health, Vaccine Science and Policy, Virology
Email address: [email protected] 


Jose ZambaraJosé Zambrana
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology; Infectious Disease epidemiology
Email address: [email protected]


Luiz ZavalaLuis Zavala Arciniega
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Email address: [email protected]


Kelvin ZhangKelvin Pengyuan Zhang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social Epidemiology, Cognitive Aging, Cardiometabolic Health
Email address: [email protected] 


Troy ZhouTroy Zirui Zhou
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Modeling, population health, chronic diseases, infectious disease epidemiology
Email address: [email protected] 


Mia ZhuMia Qihan Zhu
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Sleep epidemiology, Childhood exposures, Perinatal epidemiology 
Email address: [email protected]


Muhammad Zia ul HaqMuhammad Zia ul Haq
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiologist specializing in cardiovascular disease and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Email address: [email protected]