Faculty Research Interests

Our faculty’s research interests include air pollution, environmental and occupational health, cancer prevention, vaccine hesitancy, HIV/AIDS prevention, natural disasters, epigenetics, social determinants of health, health equity, sexual and reproductive health, health care quality, tobacco control, disease ecology, Bayesian inference, statistical methods for observational studies in population health and more.

Associate Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
Research Interests: Air Pollution, Environmental and Occupational Health, Inhalation Toxicology, Molecular Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Assessment
Clinical Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
Research Interests: infectious diseases with special interests in vaccine acceptance, graphic medicine, disease modeling, and health disparity
Professor
Epidemiology
Research Interests: understanding psychosocial influences on children's growth and development with a particular focus on childhood obesity prevention
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Professor
Biostatistics
Research Interests: Developing and evaluating statistical methods for handling missing data, for assessing nonignorable selection bias, and for group-randomized trials.
Senior Lecturer
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Research Interests: LGBTQ+ Health, HIV, Community Planning, Documentary Film, Lesbian and Queer History
Chair and Professor
Biostatistics
Research Interests: Statistical methods for the analysis of data from high-throughput genomic assays; Discrete and ordinal response modeling; Mixture cure models; Statistical computing; Supervised learning and data mining
Assistant Professor, Joint Faculty
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Research Interests: Drug overdose prevention; Child maltreatment/family violence; Advanced statistical modeling; Spatial analysis; Scholarly writing (publications); Intersection of child welfare and legal system
Assistant Professor
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Research Interests: How lifestyle behaviors impact cancer-related health, leveraging mHealth technologies (e.g., apps, smartwatches, health devices) to develop scalable, accessible behavioral interventions that prevent disease and improve health.
Stephen F. Loebs Professor in Health Services Management and Policy
Joint Appointment, College of Law
Health Services Management and Policy
Research Interests: Public Health Law and Policy; Health Care Law and Policy; Tobacco Policy; Global Public Health
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Veterinary Public Health Program
Epidemiology
Research Interests: One Health, community-based approach to global human, animal (wild and domestic), and environmental health problemsZoonotic infectious disease epidemiologyDevelopment and evaluation of innovative educational approaches (face-to-face and online) to promote interdisciplinary learning and engagement
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