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.


Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
Research Interests: Cerebrovascular disease; health disparties; prognostic models; epidemiologic methods
Jeffrey Wing
Assistant Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
Research Interests: Environmental Health, Spatial Epidemiology, Green Space, Mental Health, Autism, Infectious Disease, GIS, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing
Jianyong Wu
Associate Professor
Health Services Management and Policy
Research Interests: Health care access barriers and financial burdens for vulnerable populations
Wendy Yi Xu
Clinical Associate Professor
Health Services Management and Policy
Research Interests: Improving quality in online learning, engaging online learners, leadership models in health care, change and innovation, integrated primary and behavioral health care, population health management, quadruple aim of health care
Debra Zevallos
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics
Research Interests: Statistical methodology, environmental epidemiology, capture-recapture methods for disease surveillance, Bayesian methods, spatial-temporal modeling. Applications: infectious disease, Alzheimer’s disease, pre-term birth
Yuzi Zhang
Professor
Epidemiology
Research Interests: Cell phone use while drivingDrug and medication involvement in vehicle crashLicensing policy for older adultsPedestrian safetySeatbelt useSelf-driving carsTeen driving and graduated driver licensing lawsTraffic injuries in children, adolescents, and other vulnerable populationsTraffic safety in Appalachia
Motao Zhu
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