Primary Faculty
Dennis Black, PhD
Professor (recall)
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Lifecourse
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
John Neuhaus, PhD
Professor (recall)
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Research Area(s):
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of Aging
Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
- Early life causes of atherosclerosis, clinical decision-making regarding use of preventive medications (statins and anti-hypertensive medications), screening for subclinical cardiovascular disease, use of emerging technology and electronic health record systems to improve health, healthcare system embedded research, digital health, COVID-10
Ann V. Schwartz, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Lifecourse
- Diabetes, osteoporosis, bone marrow adiposity, dual x-ray absorptiometry, body composition
Jacqueline Torres, MPH, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Global Health
- Lifecourse
- Social and migration-related determinants of health and aging in the US and Latin America; health effects of immigration policy across the life-course; health disparities; family dynamics and health
Secondary Faculty
Deborah Barnes, PhD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Implementation Science
- Older adults, persons with physical disability, persons with mental illness, cognitive impairment/dementia, cognitive function
Douglas C. Bauer, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- The etiology, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and other skeletal disorders, clinical biomarkers, and thyroid dysfunction
John Boscardin, PhD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of Aging
Willa Brenowitz, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
- Lifecourse
- Research Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Epidemiology
- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, role of sensory impairments and other chronic diseases in brain aging, social determinants of health, causal inference methods
Alison Huang, MD
Associate Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- The impact of menopause and aging on women's health, strategies to prevent and treat health conditions that disproportionately affect older women
Michael Shlipak, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Causes and consequences of age-related kidney disease
Judith Walsh-Cassidy, MD, MPH
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Aging
Rachel Whitmer, PhD
Associate Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Aging, Epidemiology, Lifecourse, Dementia, Brain Health, Disparities, Diabetes Mellitus, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognition, Population Health, Electronic Medical Records, Cohort Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury, Minority Aging, Diverse Communities, Type 1 Diabetes, Glycemic Control, Metabolic Risk Factors, Field Research
Kristine Yaffe, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
- Lifecourse
- epidemiology of dementia and cognitive aging, modifiable risk factors for dementia, dementia prevention trials
Affiliate Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Steve Cummings, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
- Epidemiology of Aging
- genomics, proteomics and metabolomics of aging; cellular biology of loss of muscle function and mobility in aging; osteoporosis and prevention of fractures
Eric Vittinghoff, PhD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of Aging
Paul Volberding, MD
Professor
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Research Area(s):
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- HIV/AIDS, HIV-related malignancies, antiretroviral therapy, oncology, global health, health disparities, health policy