Our faculty's research interests include air pollution, environmental and occupational health, cancer, HIV/AIDS prevention, disease ecology, Bayesian inference, statistical methods for observational studies in population health, epigenetics, social determinants of health, health equity, women's health, healthcare quality metrics and tobacco control.
Faculty Research Interests
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Olorunfemi Adetona, PhD Assistant Professor |
Air Pollution, Environmental and Occupational Health, Inhalation Toxicology, Molecular Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Assessment |
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Sarah E. Anderson, PhD Professor |
understanding psychosocial influences on children's growth and development with a particular focus on childhood obesity prevention |
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Rebecca Andridge, PhD Associate Professor |
Developing and evaluating statistical methods for handling missing data and for group-randomized trials |
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Kellie J. Archer, PhD Chair and Professor |
Statistical methods for the analysis of data from high-throughput genomic assays, Discrete and ordinal response modeling, Statistical computing, Supervised learning and data mining |
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Micah Berman, JD Associate Professor; Joint Appointment, College of Law |
Tobacco control and prevention, the intersection between public health research and legal doctrine |
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Michael Bisesi, PhD Sr. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor; Interim Chair |
assessment (monitoring) of human exposure to and control of toxic and infectious agents; applied environmental toxicology and microbiology; and hazardous material/emergency incident recognition/response |
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Ashley Felix, PhD Assistant Professor |
Cancer epidemiology; women’s health; racial disparities; molecular epidemiology; screening and early detection |
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Amy Ferketich, PhD Professor |
tobacco control: smoking cessation, tobacco use surveillance, tobacco policy, and tobacco regulatory science |
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Maria Gallo, PhD Associate Professor |
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Randall Harris, MD, PhD Professor |
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Jennifer Hefner, PhD Assistant Professor |
management practices, healthcare quality metrics, clinical informatics |
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C. Tory Harper Hogan, PhD Assistant Professor |
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Darryl B. Hood, PhD Associate Professor |
Inhalation Toxicology (prenatal exposure models autism), Developmental neurobiology (somatosensory cortex), Behavioral neurobiology (development of structure-specific paradigms), Environmental and biochemical toxicology (Nitroxides, PAH’s), Dispersion modeling of PAH’s in environmental justice communities, Structural biology, protein structure and function, Environmental-exposure health assessment questionnaire development, Modeling exposures across lifetime using public health exposome approach |
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Thomas P. Huber, PhD, MS ECS Assistant Professor |
positive and collaborative leadership and teamwork in healthcare organizations |
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Ayaz Hyder, PhD Assistant Professor, Affiliated Faculty, Translational Data Analytics |
Systems Science, Agent-Based Modeling, Birth Outcomes/Infant Mortality, Environmental Epidemiology, Air Pollution, Citizen Science, Opioid epidemic, Food insecurity, Smart Cities, Health Economics |
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Mira Katz, PhD Professor |
reducing cancer disparities among minority and underserved populations |
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Gail Kaye, PhD Associate Professor, Clinical Public Health, Director, Undergraduate Programs |
childhood obesity prevention, creating healthy food environments, nutrition policies that foster healthy food environments, community based nutrition interventions |
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Eben Kenah, PhD Associate Professor |
Survival analysis, Epidemiologic methods, Stochastic processes, Phylogenetics and casual inference |
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Liz Klein, PhD, MPH Associate Professor |
Tobacco control; primary prevention of chronic disease; social determinants of health, Policy, systems and environmental change; primary prevention; public health evaluation |
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Kathryn Lancaster, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor |
design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and multilevel interventions to reduce substance use and engage those living with HIV into the continuum of care |
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Jiyoung Lee, PhD Professor, Food Science and Technology, Thematic Program Director, Infectious Disease Institute |
- Cyanotoxin exposure and health risks, |
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Stanley Lemeshow, PhD Professor |
Genetics of PTEN in Cowden and related syndromes and familial cancer, genetic alterations in the epithelial and stromal compartment of prostate adenocarcinomas,, innate immunity: elucidation and modulation cancer therapy, genetics of PTEN and molecular-based patient care, reducing cervical cancer in Appalachia, breast cancer prevention through nutrition, stress, aging and wound healing |
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Teresa Long, MD, MPH Special Advisor - Community Engagement and Partnership |
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Bo Lu, PhD Professor |
Causal Inference, Observational Study, Propensity Score Adjustment with complex designs, Optimal Matching, Survey sampling methodology, Small Area Estimation, Large population survey analysis, Statistical methods for observational studies in population health, health outcome research and social sciences |
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William J. Martin II, MD Dean and Professor, College of Public Health |
Lung injury and repair; asthma |
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William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH Chair and Professor |
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Julianna Nemeth, PhD, MA Assistant Professor |
Health Equity, |
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Andy Ai Ni, PhD Assistant Professor |
High-dimensional variable selection with survival outcomes, Individualized treatment regimen estimation with survival outcomes; Outcome-dependent sampling designs; High-dimensional variable selection with measurement error |
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Alison Norris, MD, PhD Associate Professor; Joint Appointment, College of Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
sexual and reproductive health with a goal of preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and improving reproductive outcomes for women and men |
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James Odei, PhD Assistant Professor - Clinical |
Spatial, Temporal, and Spatio-Temporal Statistics, |
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Susan Olivo-Marston, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor - Clinical, Co-Director Public Health Honors Program |
My research focuses on using epidemiologic and animal models to investigate how cancer risk is modified by lifestyle. I am particularly interested in the effects of environmental exposures and dietary modifications on cancer risk. More specifically, I am interested in how early life exposures to these factors impacts adult cancer risk. My research uses population-based studies and animal models with the goal of moving between these two disciplines. Much of my research has focused on the impact of early nutrition and obesity on adult cancer risk, specifically breast and colon cancer. Another area of my research is on the impact of childhood secondhand smoke exposure on adult cancer risk and nicotine dependence. More recently, we have started research focusing on how occupational exposures among firefighters impacts cancer risk. |
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Tasleem Padamsee, PhD Assistant Professor |
HIV/AIDS |
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Michael Pennell, PhD Associate Professor |
Design and analysis of group randomized trials, first hitting time models for survival analysis, Bayesian nonparametrics, toxicological risk assessment |
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Laura Pomeroy, PhD Assistant Professor |
Disease ecology, Phylogenetics, Computational biology, Multilevel modeling, Spatial analytics |
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Paul L. Reiter, PhD, MPH Associate Professor |
Colorectal Cancer, Cancer, Uterine Cervical Cancer, Anus Cancer, Papillomavirus Infections, Mouth Cancer, Condylomata Acuminata, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome |
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Grzegorz A. Rempala, PhD Professor |
Complex Stochastic Systems Theory, Molecular Biosystems Modeling, Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Genomics |
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JaNelle Ricks, DrPH, MPA Assistant Professor |
sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, health disparities, social determinants, adolescent health, sexual and gender minority health, program evaluation |
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Julie Robbins, PhD Associate Professor - Clinical, MHA Program Director |
best practices for improving quality in healthcare delivery, including: electronic health record implementation, patient safety, and strategic human resource management |
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Megan E. Roberts, PhD Assistant Professor |
adolescent and young adult health, health disparities, and tobacco use |
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Pamela Salsberry, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Dean for Community Outreach and Engagement; Interim Chair, Health Behavior and Health Promotion; Professor |
2014-2019 Associate Director, Institute for Population Research. NIH, NICHD P2CHD058484 $2,876,507 (PI: Dr. John Casterline) |
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Patrick Schnell, PhD Assistant Professor |
Bayesian inference, clinical trials, treatment effect heterogeneity, simultaneous inference, and complex diseases. |
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Judith Schwartzbaum, PhD Associate Professor |
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Sharon Schweikhart, PhD Associate Professor |
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Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor |
Reproductive Justice, social determinants of health, adverse birth outcomes, minority health, epidemiology methods |
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Eric Seiber, PhD Professor; Director of the Center for HOPES |
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Abigail Shoben, PhD Associate Professor |
Group sequential methods, longitudinal data, epidemiologic applications, clinical trials |
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Chi (Chuck) Song, PhD Assistant Professor |
Developing methods for statistical genetics and genomics and methods for meta-analysis or integrative analysis of high-throughput data |
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Min-Ae Song, PhD Assistant Professor - Practice |
Epigenetics, Biomarkers of Exposure, Biomarkers of effects, Cancer Risk Factors, Gene-Environment Interactions, Molecular Epidemiology, Tobacco, Cancer Prevention, Cancer, Molecular Carcinogenesis, and Multi-Omics Data |
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Qinghua Sun, MD, PhD Assistant Dean for Global Public Health and Professor |
1. Effects of particulate air pollution and tobacco smoke on human health, especially pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and obesity |
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Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH Assistant Professor - Clinical, Director, Center for Public Health Practice, Director, Master of Public Health Program for Experienced Professionals |
population health planning through integration of health care and public health, with a focus on social and physical environments and their impact on health status |
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Christopher M. Weghorst, PhD Associate Dean for Research and Professor |
Molecular mechanisms of oral carcinogenesis and prevention |
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Mark H. Weir, PhD Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer - College of Medicine, Griffith University, Core Faculty - OSU Sustainability Institute, Director - Ecology Epidemiology and Population Health Program, Infectious Disease Institute |
QMRA – quantitative microbial risk assessment |
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Thomas Wickizer, PhD Chair and Stephen F. Loebs Professor |
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Jeffrey J. Wing, PhD Assistant Professor |
Epidemiology, Health Disparties, Data Analysis/Management |
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Wendy Yi Xu, PhD Assistant Professor |
health policy and prevention, particularly focusing on socioeconomically disadvantaged population |
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Marcel Yotebieng, MD, MPH, PhD Associate Professor |
Implementation science |
