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Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Program

Current Trainees

NAME

TRAINING PROGRAM

EMAIL

RESEARCH INTERESTS

THERESA BOYER, MS, MSPH

PhD

tboyer3@jhmi.edu

The social and biological drivers of adverse pregnancy outcomes and their propagation across the life course.

MOIRA DIFFERDING, MHS

PhD

mdiffer1@jhu.edu

The role of the gut microbiome in cardiovascular and metabolic health.

MAOMAO (ZIJING) GUO, MPH PhD zguo15@jhmi.edu The role of high glucose levels on neurodegenerative disorders.
DUSTIN LE, MD Postdoctoral Fellow (MHS) dle20@jhmi.edu Role of kidney disease and health outcomes such as hypertension, heart failure, and diabetes.

NATALIE MALEK, MPH

PhD

ndaya1@jh.edu

Improving the ascertainment and measurement of cardiovascular lifestyle risk factors and other important exposures in epidemiologic studies. The study of novel biomarkers and diagnostics relevant to diabetes and its complications.

FRANCESCA MARINO

PhD

fmarino1@jhmi.edu

Daily physical activity patterns measured using wrist accelerometry as markers of cognitive function and early cognitive impairment among older adults.

KATHERINE MCDERMOTT, MD Postdoctoral Fellow (MHS) kmcderm9@jhmi.edu Epidemiology of peripheral vascular disease and diabetic foot infections; differential risk factors, protective factors, patterns of practice/intervention, and outcomes among women with peripheral vascular disease; expansion of new endovascular technologies.
ALESSANDRO ORLANDO, MPH PhD alessandro.orlando@jhmi.edu

Identifying predictors of intervention after traumatic brain injuries. This includes examining the associations between cardiovascular health and long‐ and short‐ term neurological outcomes following traumatic brain injuries. I am also interested in examining how cardiovascular health impacts age‐related cerebral atrophy.

LAURA SKOW, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow lskow1@jhmi.edu

The role of mid‐life vascular damage in both late‐life neurocognitive and physical function declines.

VALERIE SULLIVAN, PhD, RDN Postdoctoral Fellow vsulliv5@jhmi.edu

The role of diet in preventing and slowing the progression of cardiometabolic diseases.

AMELIA WALLACE, PhD, MS Postdoctoral Fellow amelia.wallace@jhu.edu

Diabetes, kidney disease, and heart failure.


Recent Graduates

  • Matt Blum (2022)
  • Scott Mu (2022)
  • Olive Tang (2022)
  • Curtis Tilves (2022)
  • Frances Wang (2022)
  • Michael Fang (2021)
  • Kathryn Foti (2021)
  • Carine Hamo (2021)
  • Anum Minhas (2021)
  • Mary Rooney (2021)
  • Melissa Schnure (2021)
  • Erin Spaulding (2021)
  • Emily Hu (2020)
  • Steven Menez (2020)
  • Molly Jung (2019)
  • Faisal Rahman, PhD (2019)
  • Alex Secora, PhD (2019)
  • Junichi Ishigami, PhD (2018)
  • Stephanie Loomis (2018)
  • Lena Mathews (2018)
  • Scott McClure, PhD (2018)
  • Jung-Im Shin, PhD (2018)
  • Bethany Warren, PhD (2018)
  • Michelle C. Johansen, MD, MHS (2017)
  • Alexandra Lee, MSPH (2017)
  • Maya McDoom (2017)
  • Andreea Rawlings, PhD, MS (2017)
  • Aditya Bhonsale (2016)
  • Katherine Mills (2016)
  • Katherine Moon (2016)
  • Poojitha Balakrishnan, MPH, PHD (2015)
  • Man Li (2015)
  • Seth Martin, MD, MHS (2015)
  • Christina Parrinello, MPH, PhD (2015)
  • Casey Rebholz (2015)
  • Jingwen Tan, ScM, PhD (2015)
  • Sunil Agarwal (2014)
  • Andrea Christman (2014)
  • Laura Cobb, MS, DrPH (2014)
  • Margaret Parker, MHS, PhD (2014)
  • Adrienne Tin, PhD (2014)
  • Julie Bower, MPH, PhD (2013)
  • Meredith Foster, MPH, ScD (2013)
  • Miranda Jones, MHS (2013)
  • Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD (2013)
  • Kerunne Ketlogetswe, MD, ScM (2013)
  • Seamus Whelton, MPH, MD (2013)
  • Michelle Zikusoka, MD, MHS (2013)
  • Catherine Campbell, MD, MHS (2012)
  • Matthew Gribble (2012)
  • Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin (2012)
  • Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha (2012)
  • Salman Waheed, MPH, MD, MHS (2012)
  • Saul Blecker, MD, MHS (2011)
  • Mara McAdams Demarco, MS, PhD (2011)
  • Chiadi Ndumele, MD, MHS (2011)
  • Lisa Wyman, MPH, PhD (2011)
  • Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH (2010)
  • Lori Bash, PhD, MPH (2009)
  • Nrupen Bhavsar (2009)
  • Jared Reis, PHD, MS (2009)
  • Juan Rivera, MD, MHS (2009)
  • Jonathan Rubin, MD, MHS (2009)
  • Robert Scharpf, PhD, MS (2009)
  • Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH (2008)
  • Audrey Chu (2008)
  • Nisa Maruthur, MD, MHS (2008)
  • Andy Menke (2008)
  • Alejandro Castro (2007)
  • Edward Kim, MD, MPH, MHS (2007)
  • Erin Michos, MD, MHS (2007)
  • Nina Paynter, PhD, MHS (2007)
  • Stella Yi, PhD, MPH (2007)
  • Glenn Hirsch, MD, MHS (2006)
  • Adam Naj, PhD (2006)
  • Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH (2006)
  • Katherine Stamatakis, PhD, MPH (2006)
  • Meredith Atkinson (2005)
  • Anitha Byreddy (2005)
  • Jane Marsh-Manzi (2005)
  • Roger Peng (2005)
  • Michael Chan (2004)
  • Megan Jehn (2004)
  • David Cohen (2003)
  • Shawn Miles (2003)
  • Samia Mora (2003)
  • Alafia Samuels (2003)
  • Stanley Watkins (2003)
  • Jean Wu (2003)
  • Christine Arcari (2002)
  • Brad Astor (2002)
  • Joanna Zeiger (2002)
  • Patty Chang (2001)
  • Jean-Paul Chretien (2001)
  • Sharon Saydah (2001)