Congratulations to the 92 graduates from our PhD, master's, and certificate programs! This milestone reflects years of commitment, curiosity, and perseverance, and we are proud to celebrate all they have accomplished. Whether pursuing careers in research, healthcare, education, industry, or public service, our graduates are well prepared to make lasting contributions to advancing health.
Epidemiology & Translational Science PhD
Carrie Chan
Dissertation: Risk Prediction for Pediatric Surgical Site Infections Using Real-World Data: Model Development, Validation, and Clinical Translation
Sepehr Hashemi
Dissertation: Complementary study design strategies for assessing neurosensory, bone density, and behavioral outcomes
Hyelee Kim
Dissertation: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Bidirectional Data Harmonization, and Developing Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health Archetype, to Advance Chronic Disease Disparities Research
Nita Mukand
Dissertation: California’s tobacco landscape: smoking prevalence, policies, and the tobacco retail environment
Caitlin Turner
Dissertation: Effects of social policies on harmful alcohol use and generalized anxiety among sexual and gender minority adults in the United States: Quasi-experimental studies from 2014-2023
Clinical & Epidemiological Research Master of Science
Saigeetha Bhaskar
Jake Bornstein
Renata Buccheri (Implementation Science track)
Ashel Chelsea Dsouza (Clinical Informatics track)
Erica Farrand (Clinical Informatics track)
Richard Hu
Saron Hunegnaw (Data Science track)
Mary Karalius
Georgia Kirn
Juan Carlos Lozano (Implementation Science track)
Niousha Moini (Implementation Science track)
Nikhil Mullapudi
Morgan O'Connor (Data Science track)
Isabel Ostrer
Nicole Padilla
Ben Pearson
Justin Phillips (Data Science track)
Matee Ur Rehman (Clinical Informatics track)
Sheantel Reihl
Nicole Rodriguez
Simran Sandhu (Data Science track)
Kevin Shi (Data Science track)
Aranya Shukla (Implementation Science track)
Thiago Junqueira Avelino da Silva (Clinical Informatics track)
Kathryn Sullivan
Kevin Sun (Implementation Science track)
Steve Tungjitviboonkun (Implementation Science track)
Rob Valdovinos (Clinical Informatics track)
Suyang Wang (Data Science track)
Rong Wu
Yim-Sang Yu (Data Science track)
Yuntao Zou (Data Science track)
Advanced Training in Clinical Research Certificate
Molly Elizabeth Kelly
Olga Manouvakhova
Andrew Northrop
Janah May Oclaman
Alexandria Page
Janesca Seif
Mehran Seradj
Megan Christine Yuasa
ATCR MAS: Apisit Kaewsanit
Health Data Science Master of Science & Certificate
Samantha Chan
Belinda Chen
Horace Cheng
Maya Gollamudi
Nikita Gounder
Jessica Ho
Mihir Kalyanthaya
Shwetha Kandhalu Bhaskar
Michelle Li
Sarah Li
Faezeh Mirlohi
Rishi Mukundan
Amrita Nagasuri
Haile Teshome
Muyun Tsen
Wenli Xie
Zhengwei Zhang
Jennifer Zhu
Zairen Zhu
Implementation Science Certificate
Cody Cichowitz
Caitlin Collins
Erica Farrand
Jin Ge
Monica Gutierrez
Morgan Kelly
Adali Martinez
Sarah Nyagabona
Sam Pak
Jessica Santos-Parker
Wagahta Semere
Shannon Smith Bernardin
Meghan Bohren
Mersine Bryan
Taylor Burkholder
Jessica Lambert
Alice Lehman
Halima Bello-Manga
Jessica Markham
Jessica Merlin
Thomas Morland
Eduardo Nunez
Kavita Parikh
Michael Peterson
Hila Milo Rasouly
Sarah Slone
Deborah White