Faculty Directory
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Elizabeth Colantuoni, PhD '07, ScM, works to improve the design and analysis of research studies conducted among neonates, children and adults with critical illness.

Avonne E. Connor, PhD, MPH, is a cancer epidemiologist who studies breast cancer and cancer health disparities among women and underserved populations across the cancer continuum.

Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH '93, works to advance health equity with scholarship on racial disparities in patient-physician communication and community-informed interventions.

Isabelle Coppens, PhD, MSc, studies how intracellular apicomplexan parasites exploit the resources of their host cells, to expose the parasite’s vulnerabilities.

Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, MS, studies how melanin protects against hazardous radiation and thermal stress.

Ciprian Crainiceanu, PhD, MS, is a biostatistician who works on complex, high dimensional data obtained from wearable and implantable computing and neuroimaging studies.

Andreea Creanga, MD, PhD '09, implements and evaluates quality improvement initiatives in perinatal health, domestically and internationally.

Cassandra Crifasi, PhD '14, MPH, studies how evidence-based policies and programs can reduce violence and advance equity.

Val Culotta, PhD '87, examines the role of free radicals and micronutrients in the battle between host and pathogen during fungal infections.

Frank Curriero, PhD, works to develop and advance the use of spatial science methods (spatial data, GIS, spatial statistics) across the broad spectrum of public health

Mary Cwik, PhD, MA, is a child psychologist who studies suicide, substance misuse, and trauma interventions to reduce health disparities among Native Americans and people in East Baltimore.

Lauren Czaplicki, PhD '18, MPH, applies a critical public health research lens to understand corporate influence on health and policymaking.