Faculty Directory
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Sean Prigge, PhD, is a structural biologist and parasitologist who studies essential nutrients and metabolic pathways in malaria parasites.
Lois Privor-Dumm, MBA, works to expand access to vaccines, trains advocates to speak on the value of immunization, and evaluates the use of policy to protect communities.
Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD '12, MPH, uses epidemiology and health services research to advance equity in transplantation and related conditions, including kidney diseases, hypertension, and diabetes.
Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, PhD, MSc, applies exposure science and environmental epidemiology to study chemical exposures’ health effects in underrepresented populations.
Farah Qureshi, ScD, MHS '10, is a social epidemiologist who studies the early life origins of cardiovascular health disparities.
Radhika Raghunathan, MSPH '16, PhD '20, examines multilevel and longitudinal processes influencing children’s social, emotional, and behavioral well-being, and antecedents of mental health disorders.
Krithika Rajaram, PhD, builds and implements genetic tools to study the biology of a unique organelle in human malaria parasites called the apicoplast.
Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, MS, conducts research focused on developing effective and accurate methods to assess health-related human exposure in occupational and non-occupational settings.
Astha Ramaiya, DrPH, is a scientist who studies the role of gender norms on violence trajectories among adolescents in LMICs.
Amrita Rao, PhD ’22, ScM '16, works to understand and address the HIV prevention and treatment needs of historically marginalized populations, including sexual and gender minorities and female sex workers.
Krishna D. Rao, PhD '04, MSc, finds ways to improve access to quality health services and financing of health care in low and middle-income countries.
Debashree Ray, PhD, MStat, develops statistical methods to analyze human genetics data such as determinants of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and orofacial clefts.
Vito W. Rebecca, PhD, is a translational molecular biologist who investigates how tumor cells metastasize and escape targeted and immune-therapy, with a focus on acral lentiginous melanoma.