Faculty Directory
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Name | Title Sort ascending | Department | Overview |
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Sachini Bandara | Assistant Professor | Mental Health |
Sachini Bandara, PhD ’18, MS, studies how public health policies can improve wellbeing for people who use drugs, have mental illness, or are involved in the carceral system. |
Aisha Dickerson | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
Aisha Dickerson, PhD, MSPH, studies environmental exposures and their disproportionate impact on autism and dementia risks in underserved communities across the lifespan. |
Yeeli Mui | Assistant Professor | International Health |
Yeeli Mui, PhD '17, MPH, examines structural interventions to address food system issues and advance health equity through the lens of urban policy and planning. |
Genevieve Wojcik | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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Nicholas Reed | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology |
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Shima Hamidi | Assistant Professor | Environmental Health and Engineering |
Shima Hamidi, PhD, MSc, is a transportation planner and smart growth advocate with expertise in measuring urban form and its quality of life impacts. |
Tiara Willie | Assistant Professor | Mental Health |
Tiara C. Willie, PhD, MA, researches how gender-based violence, mental health, and sexual health together advance trauma-informed policies, programs, and interventions. |
Mika Matsuzaki | Assistant Professor | International Health |
Mika Matsuzaki, PhD, MPH, MS, is a life-course epidemiologist studying how policies, built environments, and equity affect nutrition-related chronic diseases and obesity. |
Dylan Jackson | Assistant Professor | Population, Family and Reproductive Health |
Dylan B. Jackson, PhD '15, MS, focuses on promoting the health and well-being of children, youth, and families in the face of violence, adversity, and exposure to the criminal legal system. |
Leslie Adams | Assistant Professor | Mental Health |
Leslie Adams, PhD, MPH, researches the intersection of gender, race, and mental health to examine socially-determined mental health disparities in Black communities. |
Akihiko Nishimura | Assistant Professor | Biostatistics |
Aki Nishimura, PhD, MS, uses Bayesian methods and statistical computing to tackle methodological challenges in healthcare analytics and large-scale biomedical applications. |
Vito Rebecca | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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. |
Jotham Suez | Assistant Professor | Molecular Microbiology and Immunology |
Jotham Suez, PhD, MSc, studies the microbiome and the mechanisms through which symbiotic bacteria, viruses, and fungi shape the health of their human host. |
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. |