Primary Faculty
Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health, health equity, quality of care, person-centered care, respectful maternity care, global health, implementation science, food security, migrant health, minority health
Joelle Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Implementation Science
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Reproductive health, Health economics, HIV/AIDS, Implementation science, Infectious disease, Maternal health, Women's health
Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Maternal and child health in the developing world with a focus on gender inequality/women's empowerment, family planning and abortion and nutrition in the preconception and pregnancy period
Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Research Methods in Epidemiology
- Intervention design, linking public health and primary care interventions to address health disparities, implementation and dissemination sciences, chronic disease prevention, safety net innovation, public health literacy, migration and health/trans-national health, and environmental pollution
Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD, MS
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Tools, tests and technologies that can help identify pregnant women and babies at increased risk for preterm birth and associated birth defects and developmental delays
Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH
Associate Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Global Health
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Health disparities, race/ethnicity, pathway programs, social entrepreneurship, global health
Pamela Murnane, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- HIV, maternal and infant health, treatment adherence, global health, implementation science
Dara Torgerson, PhD
Associate Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Lifecourse
- Machine Learning
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Social Epidemiology
- Integrative Genomics, Metabolomics, Statistical Genetics, Minority Health, Neonatology, Respiratory Outcomes
Jennifer Yarger, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Sexual and reproductive health, Contraception, Sexually transmitted infections, Urinary tract infections, Adolescent and young adult health, Health equity, Access to care, Telehealth, Health insurance, Health education, Health literacy, Program and policy evaluation
Secondary Faculty
Christine Dehlendorf, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Implementation Science
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Social Epidemiology
- contraceptive counseling and family planning disparities
Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Prevention, treatment and post-surgical reintegration for obstetric fistula; determinants of maternal mortality and morbidities, access to obstetric care, and the structural, social and interpersonal factors that configure maternal health disparities
Hannah Glass, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Neonatal seizures, neonatal neurocritical care, neuroprotection, environmental health, cerebral palsy, epilepsy
Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Patient-centered outcomes, focusing on patient preferences and informed decision making among racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse women, including prenatal genetic testing, adult genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, noncancerous uterine conditions, cervical cancer screening and post CIN 2+ treatment surveillance, contraception, and mode of delivery.
Emeritus Faculty
Dominic Montagu, DrPH, MPH, MBA
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Maternal health, family planning, and abortion services in low- and middle-income countries, measurement, people-centered care, quality improvement
Thomas Newman, MD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Clinical problems in pediatrics, such as jaundice and infections in newborn babies, urinary tract infections and cholesterol screening