Faculty Directory
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Name | Title Sort descending | Department | Overview |
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Javier Cepeda | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
Javier Cepeda, PhD, MPH, researches the intersecting epidemics of substance use, infectious disease, and justice involvement, as well as interventions needed to reduce these harms on public health. |
Utthara Nayar | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Utthara Nayar, PhD, is a breast cancer biologist who uses functional genomics tools to understand and overcome tumor resistance to targeted therapies. |
Danfeng Cai | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Danfeng Cai, PhD, combines advanced microscopy, genomics, and proteomics to tease out the functions of protein condensates in cells, with a focus on cancer. |
Kadija Ferryman | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
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Calliope Holingue | Assistant Professor | Mental Health |
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Farah Qureshi | Assistant Professor | Population, Family and Reproductive Health |
Farah Qureshi, ScD, MHS '10, is a social epidemiologist who studies the early life origins of cardiovascular health disparities. |
Alexander McCourt | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
Alexander McCourt, JD, PhD ’19, MPH, examines firearm policy, opioid policy, and other areas affected by the relationships between law and the public’s health. |
Karen Shen | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
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Kiara Álvarez | Assistant Professor | Health, Behavior and Society |
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Mark Meiselbach | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
Mark K. Meiselbach, PhD '22, applies health economics methods and concepts to inform policy to improve the availability and affordability of health care. |
Louis Fazen | Assistant Professor | Environmental Health and Engineering |
Louis Fazen, MPH, PhD, MD, is an occupational medicine physician interested in preventing occupational illness and enabling workers to achieve better health outcomes. |
Pablo Martinez Amezcua | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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Amal Wanigatunga | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
Amal Wanigatunga, PhD, MPH, FACSM, is an epidemiologist who studies physical activity and emerging technology to improve quality of life as we age. |
Saki Takahashi | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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Lena Smirnova | Assistant Professor | Environmental Health and Engineering |
Lena Smirnova, PhD, researches the development of new methodologies for developmental neurotoxicity testing and understanding gene environmental interactions in autism. |
Michael Fang | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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Harry Barbee | Assistant Professor | Health, Behavior and Society |
Harry Barbee, PhD ’20, is an interdisciplinary social scientist who aims to identify, understand, and improve health and aging outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations. |
Liesl Nydegger | Assistant Professor | Health, Behavior and Society |
Liesl Nydegger, PhD, MPH, uses multi-level intervention methods to prevent HIV among communities of color, particularly cisgender women, transgender men and women, and non-binary individuals. |
Shannon Wood | Assistant Professor | Population, Family and Reproductive Health |
Shannon Wood, PhD ‘20, MSc, studies the intersection between social determinants of women’s health, gender-based violence, and adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes. |
Celia Karp | Assistant Professor | Population, Family and Reproductive Health |
Celia Karp, PhD ’20, investigates reproductive empowerment, access to quality health care, and availability and use of maternal and reproductive health services. |