Primary Faculty

Brittany Chambers, PhD
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- Global HealthLifecourseReproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology

Mara Decker, DPH
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- LifecourseSocial Epidemiology
- Sexual and reproductive health, youth and adolescents, applied research, social epidemiology, health and empowerment, program evaluation, health disparities, global health and development, demographic change and the environment, human rights, social ecology

Maria Glymour, ScD, MS
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- Epidemiology of AgingEpidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersLifecourseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- Social determinants of health in aging; Cognitive aging, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia; Socioeconomic and geographic determinants of stroke incidence and outcomes; Causal inference in social epidemiology

Mary N. Haan, DrPH, MPH
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- Epidemiology of AgingEpidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersLifecourseSocial Epidemiology

Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD
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- Cancer EpidemiologyEnvironmental and Occupational EpidemiologyGlobal HealthSocial Epidemiology
- Robert Hiatt is Associated Director for Population Science at Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research interests include: cancer epidemiology, especially breast cancer, cancer prevention and screening, health disparities, health services and outcomes research, the social determinants of cancer, environmental health research, environmental exposures in early development related to cancer, global health science

Suzanna Martinez, PhD
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- LifecourseSocial Epidemiology
- childhood obesity, sleep, physical activity, diet, food insecurity, health equity, minority health, Latino health, health disparities in higher education

Dara Torgerson, PhD
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- BioinformaticsBiostatisticsGenetic EpidemiologyLifecourseReproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- Integrative Genomics, Metabolomics, Statistical Genetics, Minority Health, Neonatology, Respiratory Outcomes

Paul Wesson, PhD
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- Global HealthInfectious DiseaseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- HIV, health disparities, surveillance, population size estimation, sampling methods, social determinants, intersectionality

Justin White, PhD
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- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersGlobal HealthImplementation ScienceLifecourseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- Health economics, behavioral risk factors, tobacco use, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation
Secondary Faculty

Andrew Bindman, MD
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- Social Epidemiology
- Health policy, Affordable Care Act, access to care, vulnerable populations, Medicaid, outcomes research

Willa Brenowitz, PhD, MPH
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- Epidemiology of AgingEpidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersLifecourseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial 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

Christine Dehlendorf, MD
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- Implementation ScienceReproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- contraceptive counseling and family planning disparities

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
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- Implementation ScienceInfectious DiseaseSocial Epidemiology
- reducing healthcare disparities among racially diverse populations with severe mental illness, advancement of women and minorities within medicine

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD
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- Clinical Epidemiology and MethodsSocial Epidemiology
- Neonatal health

Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
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- Cancer EpidemiologyImplementation ScienceSocial Epidemiology
- Health equity, patient safety, implementation science, digital health, social media, cancer survivorship, and health information technology

Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
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- BiostatisticsCancer EpidemiologyClinical Epidemiology and MethodsSocial Epidemiology
- healthcare disparities, outcomes research, prostate cancer, bladder cancer
Affiliate Faculty

Tomás J. Aragón MD, DrPH
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- Social Epidemiology
- Population health improvement, Organizational performance, Health leadership
Emeritus Faculty

Lawrence Green, DrPH, MPH
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- Social Epidemiology
- Program planning, evidence and evaluation issues in health services, public health and policy
Postdoc

Ellicott Matthay, PhD
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- Social Epidemiology
- Population health, causal inference, social epidemiology, evaluation of large-scale programs and policies, epidemiologic methods, self-directed and interpersonal violence, psychiatric epidemiology, global health

Thu Nguyen, ScD, MSPH
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- Social Epidemiology
- The impact of social factors on health across the lifespan, modifiable factors for which interventions can be designed to promote health