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, healthcare quality, tobacco control, disease ecology, Bayesian inference, statistical methods for observational studies in population health and more.


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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