People

Faculty

  • Eliseo Guallar

    Eliseo Guallar

    Chair and Professor of the Department of Epidemiology
    Dr. Guallar is an epidemiologist whose research is focused on the study of cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention.
  • Joshua M. Epstein

    Joshua Epstein

    Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Joshua M. Epstein is a world-renowned pioneer of agent-based modeling, and has applied it to a staggering array of problems in the social, behavioral, and health sciences.
  • Robyn Gershon

    Robyn Gershon

    Clinical Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Robyn Gershon is an occupational and environmental health researcher with experience in disaster preparedness, healthcare safety, and risk assessment and management in high-risk work occupations.
  • Erez Hatna

    Erez Hatna

    Clinical Associate Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Erez Hatna researches geoinformatics, spatial analysis, agent-based modeling, and urban systems and dynamics.
  • Yun Soo Hong

    Yun Soo Hong

    Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Hong's research focuses on cardiovascular disease epidemiology, integrating genetics, multi-omics, and environmental exposures to identify novel determinants of cardiometabolic health.
  • Farzana Kapadia

    Farzana Kapadia

    Professor of Epidemiology
    Director of Undergraduate Programs
    Dr. Kapadia is an epidemiologist studying the social and structural drivers of HIV/STIs as well as sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
  • Courtney A McKnight

    Courtney A McKnight

    Clinical Associate Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Courtney McKnight is a Principal Investigator specializing in mixed methods research focused on the epidemiology of drug use, opioid overdose, HIV and HCV infection.
  • Danielle Ompad

    Danielle C Ompad

    Professor of Epidemiology

    Dr. Danielle Ompad is an epidemiologist whose work is focused in the areas of urban health, HIV, illicit drug use, and adult access to vaccines.

  • Saba Rouhani

    Saba Rouhani

    Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Rouhani’s research focuses on the social and structural factors underlying substance use, and evaluation of policies and programs to improve public health and safety in the context of the contemporary overdose epidemic.

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Epidemiology

  • Mari Armstrong-Hough

    Mari Armstrong-Hough

    Associate Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology
    Dr. Mari Armstrong-Hough’s research examines the epidemiological interfaces of tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and non-communicable diseases among high-burden populations.
  • Andrea Deierlein

    Andrea L Deierlein

    Director of Public Health Nutrition
    Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition
    Dr. Andrea Deierlein examines how dietary, behavioral, and environmental factors contribute to reproductive health outcomes and chronic-disease development throughout the lifespan.
  • Niyati Parekh

    Niyati Parekh

    Professor of Public Health Nutrition
    Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Initiatives and Global Engagement, Office of the Provost
    Dr. Niyati Parekh studies and teaches nutrition epidemiology and chronic diseases, specifically she researches the correlations between diet, physical activity, obesity, and cancer.

       Adjunct Faculty

  • Jay Bala, DrPH, MPH
  • Kayleigh Blaney, DrPH, MPH
  • Hedda Boege, MS, MEd, RDN
  • Amelia Boehme, PhD, MSPH
  • Ugonnaya Caleb-Ugwuowo, MD, MPH
  • Jasmin Choi, MPH, MSW
  • Nükte Göç Gürpınar, MPH
  • Dennis Hilgendorf, MPH
  • Lingzi Luo, MPH, MSW
  • Kathleen Lynch, MS, MPH
  • Eteri Machavariani, MD, MPH
  • John Meade, MPH
  • Brandi Moore, MPH
  • Adwoa Nantwi, MPH
  • Katie Parrotte, PT, DPT, MS
  • German Rivera-Castellar, MS, MPH
  • Michelle Smith, MPH
  • Benjamin Spoer, PhD, MPH
  • John Wetmore, MPH
  • Jason Wolfe, MPH

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    Administrative Aide
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