Associate Faculty
Hanan J. Aboumatar, MD, MPH
Director, Armstrong Institute Center for Engagement and Patient-Centered Innovations
Research Interests: healthcare professionals' education; patient safety and health care quality; patient activation and empowerment; patient-centered care; healthcare communications
Sonia Angell, MD, MPH
Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: public health, population health, health policy, health equity, systems change, social determinants of health, food systems, climate change, planetary Health
Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH
Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Research Interests: primary prevention of heart disease and stroke; advanced subclinical atherosclerosis
Todd T. Brown, MD, PhD
Research Interests: body composition, metabolic, and skeletal abnormalities in HIV-infected patients
Ariana Chao, PHD, CRNP, RN
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: chronic care, diabetes, disparities, health behavior, mental health, obesity, quantitative research methods/statistics, social determinants of health
Jeanne Charleston, PhD
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease and hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity, kidney disease, health disparities
Olga Charnaya, MD, MS
School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: pediatric kidney disease, pediatric kidney transplantation, health equity, transplant immunogenetics, and vaccination in pediatric kidney disease
Josef Coresh, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Research Interests: vascular disease in the heart, brain and kidney using cohort studies to understand risk factors and biomarkers that can guide prevention of cardiovascular disease and kidney disease
Janelle W. Coughlin, PhD
Director, Obesity Behavioral Medicine Program
Associate Director, Center for Behavior and Health
Research Interests: diabetes mellitus and obesity, mental illness and substance abuse, eating disorders
Arlene T. Dalcin, RD, MS
Research Interests: cancer, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity, mental illness and substance abuse
Jennifer A. Deal, MHS, PhD
Associate Director for Academic Training, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease and hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity, hearing dysfunction, cognitive decline and dementia; aging
Emmanuel F. Drabo, PhD, MPhil
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: health economics; economic evaluation; decision analysis; modeling; econometrics; HIV/AIDS; infectious diseases; chronic conditions; Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; aging; health disparities; safety-net programs.
Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, MD, MPH
Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: prevention of chronic disease over the life course, social determinants of health, obesity, tobacco
Jeffery J. Fadrowski, MD
Research Interests: vaccines in post transplant patients; quality of life in pediatric renal transplant recipients
Joseph Gallo, MD
Research Interests: primary health care and community settings, mixed methods in health services research, comorbidity of mental and physical health
Allan C. Gelber, MD, MPH, PhD
Deputy Director for Education and Faculty Development, Division of Rheumatology
Research Interests: clinical epidemiology of the rheumatic disorders
Joseph Gennusa, PhD, RDN, LDN
Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Research Interests: prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease risk factors, mental health, obesity, tobacco smoking cessation, health disparities, community engagement, clinical trial implementation, nutrition and aging
Stacy Goldsholl, MA
Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease risk reduction in persons living with mental illness, lifestyle and health behavior interventions, obesity and tobacco smoking cessation, implementation science
John Groopman, PhD
Edyth H. Schoenrich Professorship in Preventive Medicine
Research Interests: environmental health sciences, chemical carcinogenesis; environmental carcinogenesis; chemoprevention; cancer prevention and control
Alden L. Gross, PhD
Research Interests: measurement harmonization; cognition; aging; latent variable methods; psychometric measurement; longitudinal analysis; Alzheimer's disease; neuropsychology
Bernard G. Jaar, MD
Research Interests: renal disease; peripheral arterial disease dialysis; hospital readmissions; end-stage renal disease; lead nephropathy; chronic kidney disease
Michelle C. Johansen, MD
Research Interests: cardioembolic stroke; stroke; cerebrovascular disease
Rita R. Kalyani, MD, MHS
Editor-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
Director, Diabetes Management Service, Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto Transplant Program
Research Interests: muscle loss and disability among older adults with diabetes; metabolic diseases in older adults; diabetes education; gender differences in diabetes and heart disease; glycemic outcomes of islet autotransplantation; diabetes epidemiology
Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD
Director, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: hearing loss; aging; cognition/dementia; brain aging; epidemiology; policy
Sheela N. Magge, MD, MSCE
Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Research Interests: endocrine disorders in children and adolescents, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus, pre-diabetes, obesity, congenital insulin resistance syndromes, congenital lipodystrophy and polycystic ovary syndrome
Matti Marklund, PhD
Division of Human Nutrition
Department of International Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Cardiovascular epidemiology; public health nutrition; dietary assessment; sodium; salt; potassium; sodium reduction; trans-fat policies; dietary fat quality; carbohydrate quality; nutritional biomarkers; health economics; cost-effectiveness analysis; chronic disease prevention; food policy; randomized controlled trials; cohort studies; global health; public health interventions; omega-6 fatty acids; non-communicable diseases; nutritional epidemiology; diet-disease relationships; whole grain; systematic review; meta-analysis; dairy; processed foods
Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS
Director, Advanced Lipid Disorders Program of the Ciccarone Center
Research Interests: cardiovascular risk assessment; dyslipidemia; mobile health technology; primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease; individuals with a family history of heart disease; improved strategies for management of cardiovascular risk factors; preventive cardiology; atherosclerosis imaging; lipids
Nestoras Nicolas Mathioudakis, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: patient safety and quality; inpatient glucose management; type 2 diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot ulcers; type 1 diabetes; diabetes technology; machine learning; clinical decision support systems
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS
Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology, the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Research Interests: women and heart disease; vitamin D and cardiovascular health; preventive cardiology; subclinical atherosclerosis imaging; sex hormones and cardiovascular disease
Christine Mitchell, ScM
Research Interests: cochlear implants; childhood development; epidemiology; quality of life; vitamin D; falls; data management; data analysis
Yejin Mok, PhD
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease; venous disease; lymphatic disease; cancer; chronic kidney disease; risk prediction
Chiadi Ndumele, MD, MHS
Research Interests: obesity and cardiovascular disease
Dinesh Neupane, PhD
Research Interests: Hypertension; primary health care; epidemiology; non-communicable disease; community-health-worker; cluster-randomized trial; implementation research; Resolve; global health; cohort study; Nepal; migrant health
Bunmi Ogungbe, PHD, MPH, BNSC, RN
Research Interests: big data, cardiovascular, community, COVID-19, disparities, equity, food is medicine, global, health technology, implementation science, public health, quantitative research methods/statistics, research recruitment methods
Chirag R. Parikh, MBBS, PhD
Ronald Peterson Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology
Research Interests: biomarkers; transnational research; kidney disease; epidemiology
Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH, FAAP
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
School of Nursing
Research Interests: patient-oriented primary care, childhood obesity, health disparities research, injury prevention, health literacy
Elizabeth A. Platz, MPH, ScD
Deputy Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Research Interests: epidemiology; prostate cancer incidence and recurrence; benign prostatic hyperplasia; colorectal cancer; adenomatous polyps; diet; lifestyle; race; genetics; epigenetics; telomeres; inflammation; insulin; obesity; sex steroid hormones; vitamin D
Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, MSc
Department of Health Policy and Management,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and School of Medicine
Research Interests: social determinants of health with a focus on housing policy and neighborhood context; cancer health services research
Wendy S. Post, MD, MS
Director of Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology
Director of Research, Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship
Research Interests: cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology; subclinical atherosclerosis imaging; prediction and prevention of coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death; cardiovascular disease in HIV
Kristin A. Riekert, PhD
Director, The Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Adherence Program
Research Interests: Objective measurement of adherence; Psychosocial predictors of adherence in adolescents and young adults with chronic illnesses; Evaluating the efficacy of new interventions to support self-management; Identifying best practices for disseminating and implementing self-management interventions into regular clinical care or direct to patients; Transitioning responsibility for health behaviors and care from parent to patient; Health disparities
Jennifer A. Schrack, PhD, MS
Director, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health
Research Interests: aging; physical activity; physical function; disability; fatigability; dementia
Jodi B. Segal, MD, MPH
Director, Pharmacoepidemiology Program
Co-Director, Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness
Associate Director, Center for Health Services and outcomes Research
Research Interests: comparative effectiveness research; pharmacoepidemiology; evidence synthesis; high-value healthcare
A. Richey Sharrett, MD
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease and hypertension, mental illness and substance abuse
Erin Spaulding PhD, BSN, RN
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Research Interests: primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, digital health interventions, digital access and literacy, digital health use for chronic disease management among older adults
Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS
Professor of Epidemiology
Research Interests: epidemiology; international health; ophthalmology; vitamin A; blindness prevention; glaucoma; visual disorders; micronutrients; clinical guidelines
Stephen Sozio, MD, MHS
Associate Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Epidemiology Course
Nathans Faculty Leader, Colleges Advisory Program
Research Interests: chronic kidney disease epidemiology; risk factors for stroke and cognitive impairment in patients with kidney disease, with a special interest in arterial calcification and stiffness; comparative effectiveness research in dialysis patients; medical education
Moyses Szklo, MD, MPH
University Distinguished Service Professor
Research Interests: subclinical atherosclerosis, cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents
Keenan Walker, PhD
Research Interests: Immune function in Alzheimer's; chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation; cognitive decline after illness; vascular risk factors and dementia; proteomic and genetic methods; brain-derived extracellular vesicles; multimodal neuroimaging; aging cohort studies
Amelia Wallace, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: diabetes and obesity; cardiovascular disease; evidence-based medicine; data science for public health; health equity
Christina T. Yuan, PhD, MPH
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: implementation science, health care management, organizational behavior, qualitative research, social network analysis, mental health
Scott L. Zeger, PhD
Research Interests: cancer; mental illness and substance abuse; pneumonia
Di Zhao, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health