Faculty Directory
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Name | Title Sort ascending | Department | Overview |
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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. |
Matti Marklund | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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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. |
Elizabeth Chin | Assistant Professor | Biostatistics |
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Andrew Anderson | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
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Catherine Ettman | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
Catherine K. Ettman, PhD, studies population mental health, assets, and policies within and outside of the medical system that can improve health and reduce disparities. |
Katherine Miller | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
Katherine Miller, PhD, studies how public policies impact the long-term care workforce and the people with complex medical needs for whom they care. |
Brittany Jenkins-Lord | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Brittany Jenkins-Lord, PhD, MPH ’20, MS, is a molecular cancer biologist who investigates the relationships between socio-environmental risk factors and tumor biology in diverse populations. |
Ellesse-Roselee Akré | Assistant Professor | Health Policy and Management |
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Kathryn Falb | Assistant Professor | International Health |
Kathryn Falb, ScD, MHS '07, designs and tests multidisciplinary strategies to prevent violence against women and children, primarily in humanitarian settings. |