Core Faculty
Leadership
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Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
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Tammy M. Brady, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Core Faculty
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Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
Director, ProHealth Clinical Research Unit
Research Interests: prevention and control of elevated blood pressure and its clinical consequences-cardiovascular disease and kidney disease; lifestyle modification and behavior change
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Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
Director, Office of Medical Student Research & Scholarship
Research Interests: health care quality for underserved populations; patient-clinician communication; sickle-cell disease; HIV and substance abuse; bioethics; respect
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Wendy L. Bennett, MD, MPH
Director of Research, General Internal Medicine & Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
Co-Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Women’s Health, Sex & Gender Research
Research Interests: lifestyle and health behavior changes in pregnancy to promote healthy weight gain, and prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes and future chronic disease
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Tammy M. Brady, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology
Research Interests: pediatric hypertension, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease in children, obesity, blood pressure measuremen
![Jeanne Clark](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/clark1.jpg?h=0c4c84cf&itok=qMvJ1MsY)
Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Executive Director, Brancati Center for the Advancement of Community Care
Research Interests: obesity; diabetes mellitus; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
Research Interests: cardiovascular; chronic care; community disparities; equity; global; health technology; obesity; public health; research design; social determinants of health
![Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/cooper.jpg?h=13d8f77b&itok=6M8o6Ly0)
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
James F. Fries Professor of Medicine
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Equity in Health & Healthcare
Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
Research Interests: patient-centered, community-engaged interventions to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes among socially disadvantaged populations; patient-physician communication and relationships; primary care of patients with chronic conditions
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Deidra C. Crews MD, ScM
Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
President, American Society of Nephrology
Research Interests: hypertension; kidney disease; health equity; social determinants of health; nutrition; older adults
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Rosa Crum, MD, MHS
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program
Research Interest:s psychiatric disorders; mental illness; alcohol and substance use disorders
![Gail Daumit](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/daumit.jpg?h=f5beaff2&itok=rg91cpWb)
Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS
Vice Dean, Clinical Investigation
Director, Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health & Longevity in Mental Illness
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease risk and premature mortality in persons with mental illness; lifestyle and health behavior interventions, health services research, implementation science, patient safety
![Justin B Echouffo Tcheugui](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/echuoffo-tcheugui.jpg?h=4bea5ced&itok=PKhTfAg0)
Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, MD, MPhil, PhD
Associate Director for Student and Resident Education, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research Interests: diabetes, endocrinology
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Michael Fang, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Research Interests: diabetes; national surveillance data; diagnosis; screening; wearable technology
![Daniel Ford, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/ford.jpg?h=e6221b2e&itok=a2EZ4jqI)
Daniel E. Ford, MD, MPH
Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
Research Interests: pragmatic clinical trials; clinical research informatics; smoking cessation; improving efficiency and quality of clinical trials
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Sherita H. Golden, MD, MHS
Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Research Interests: diabetes mellitus; cardiovascular disease and endocrine epidemiology; inpatient diabetes health service research; mental health complications of diabetes; diabetes health disparities
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Caitlin Hicks, MD, MS
Associate Fellowship Program Director, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
Research Interests: clinical outcomes; aortic aneurysm; peripheral vascular disease; congenital aortic pathology; aberrant subclavian artery; aortic cortication; diabetic foot ulcer; high-value care; implementation science
![Junichi Ishigami, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/ishigami.jpg?h=01a9694f&itok=a_2Q-l_N)
Junichi Ishigami, MD, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Joint Appointment in Medicine
Research Interests: chronic kidney disease; cardiovascular disease; cardiorenal syndrome; infectious disease; vaccination
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Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Second Century Distinguished Professor
Professor of Medicine - Emeritus
Research Interests: hypertension; renal failure; precursors study; kidney disease; cardiovascular; epidemiology; genetic markers; health policy and management
![Nisa M. Maruthur](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/maruthur.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=tJqzcZfJ)
Nisa M. Maruthur, MD, MHS
Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program
Director of Community Program Implementation, The Johns Hopkins Brancati Center for the Advancement of Community Care
Research Interests: diabetes prevention; type 2 diabetes; obesity; clinical trials
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Kunihiro Matsushita, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research Interests: epidemiology; cardiovascular disease; peripheral artery disease; kidney disease; hypertension; diabetes; obesity; adipokines; risk prediction
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Edgar R. Miller III, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical & Translational Science
Director, Clinical Research Scholars Program (KL-2)
Research Interests: hypertension; kidney disease; nutrition; non-pharmacologic therapies; antioxidants
![Michelle Ogunwole](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/ogunwole.jpg?h=dfbe3f7d&itok=NI5R7BwV)
Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD
Research Interests: racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, postpartum and interpregnancy care, obesity, antiracism in health care
![Scott Pilla, MD, MHS](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/new-pilla.jpg?h=44a23a67&itok=4qYp4FwJ)
Scott J. Pilla, MD, MHS
Research Interests: diabetes; hypoglycemia prevention; patient-physician communication; clinical trials
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Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, MSc
Associate Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: social determinants of health with a focus on housing policy and neighborhood context; cancer health services research
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Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH, FASN
Joint Appointment in Surgery
Founder & Director, The B.O.L.D. (Building Opportunities for Lasting Discoveries) Health Equity Initiative
Research Interests: epidemiology and health services research related to kidney disease transplantation; health equity; cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity and diabetes
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Casey Rebholz, PhD, MS, MNSP, MPH
Research Interests: cardiovascular disease and hypertension; kidney disease; biomarkers; omics; nutrition; nutritional epidemiology
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Mary R. Rooney, PhD, MPH
Department of Epidemiology
Research interests: epidemiology; diabetes; biomarkers; cardiovascular disease; aging
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Somnath Saha, MD, MPH
Research Interests: health equity; racial disparities in health care; workforce diversity; patient-clinician relationships; social determinants of health
![Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Selvin smiles for a professional photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2024-03/elizabethlizselvin.jpg?h=91615eaf&itok=zT44pAd4)
Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Cardiovascular & Clinical Epidemiology Track
Joint Appointment in Medicine
Research Interests: type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease; diagnostics and biomarkers for screening and diagnosis of diabetes and cardiovascular disease; optimizing approaches to screening and management of prediabetes and diabetes; interface of epidemiology and clinical and public health policy; wearable devices; continuous glucose monitoring
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Jung-Im Shin, MD, MPH, MS, PhD
Research Interests: pharmacoepidemiology; diabetes mellitus; chronic kidney disease; health disparities; cardiovascular disease
![Eva Tseng, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/et.jpg?h=4c8e4959&itok=FEDgjSPT)
Eva Tseng, MD, MPH
Assistant Vice Chair for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine, Department of Medicine
Research Interests: prevention and treatment of diabetes, obesity, and related conditions; translation of evidence-based care into clinical practice through pragmatic intervention studies
![Maya Venkataramani, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_square/public/2023-04/mv.jpg?h=cdddc6f9&itok=yysJbJ7M)
Maya S. Venkataramani, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Community Program Implementation, Johns Hopkins Brancati Center for the Advancement of Community Care
Research Interests: improving the delivery of primary care and preventive services to underserved and low-income communities through family-oriented, community-based approaches and studying the impacts of health-related policies across generations
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Nae-Yuh Wang, PhD, MS
Director, Childhood Development After Cochlear Implantation Study Data Coordinating Center
Co-Director, Methods Core, The ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness
Research Interests: childhood development after pediatric cochlear implementation; improving health and wellbeing in people with mental illness; preventing postoperative delirium in surgical patients; evaluation of vestibular implantation in Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction; lifestyle and health behavior interventions for proper body weight in pregnancy and among cancer survivor; clinical trials, longitudinal follow-up studies, EMR based health research
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Hsin-Chieh "Jessica" Yeh, PhD
Director, GIM-Welch Center Methods Core
Research Interests: clinical trials of lifestyle intervention; epidemiology of obesity and diabetes, and their relationship with cancer