Meet Our Faculty

Chair

Stephen Kimmel

Stephen Kimmel

Dean’s Professor and Chair
Phone: (352) 273-5468

Core Faculty

Takis Benos

Takis Benos

William Bushnell Presidential Chaired Professor
Shantrel S Canidate

Shantrel S Canidate PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-5962
Natalie E Chichetto

Natalie E Chichetto PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-8349
Research Interests:
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Behavioral Health Syndemics
  • Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  • Gut Microbiome
Robert L Cook

Robert L Cook M.D., M.P.H.

Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5869
Linda B Cottler

Linda B Cottler PhD, MPH, FACE

Dean’s Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone: (352) 294-5947
Research Interests:
  • Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
  • Drug addiction
  • community engagement
Kelly K Gurka

Kelly K Gurka MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5362
Research Interests:
  • Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
  • Community-Engaged Research
  • Harm Reduction
  • Injury & Violence Epidemiology
Yiyang Liu

Yiyang Liu

Research Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5468
Research Interests:
  • Big data analytics
  • HIV
  • HIV Prevention
  • data science
  • substance use
Volker Mai

Volker Mai

Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 273-9398
Email: vmai@ufl.edu
Ashley Malin

Ashley Malin

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5468
Research Interests:
  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • Environmental Toxicology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Nutrition and Wellness
Simone Marini

Simone Marini

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-8951
Cindy A Prins

Cindy A Prins

Clinical Associate Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone: (352) 294-8576
Mattia Prosperi

Mattia Prosperi

Professor And Associate Dean For AI And Innovation
Phone: (352) 273-5860
Jerne J Shapiro

Jerne J Shapiro

Instructional Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-6861
Ronald I Shorr

Ronald I Shorr

Research Professor
Phone: (352) 548-6077
Heather A Stark

Heather A Stark

Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 273-6566
Catherine L Striley

Catherine L Striley PhD, MSW, MPE

Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5359
Krishna Vaddiparti

Krishna Vaddiparti

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5746
Deepthi S Varma

Deepthi S Varma

Research Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-5941
Research Interests:
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Mental Health
  • Qualitative Research
Yan Wang

Yan Wang

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-5942
Drew A Westmoreland

Drew A Westmoreland MSPH, PhD

Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5468
Research Interests:
  • Alcohol and substance use
  • Behavioral epidemiology
  • HIV
  • LGBTQ+ health
  • Sexual health
  • Sexually transmitted infections
Lusine Yaghjyan

Lusine Yaghjyan

Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 294-5940
Sai Zhang

Sai Zhang

AST PROF
Phone: (352) 273-5468
Research Interests:
  • Computational biology
  • Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Machine Learning
  • Precision Medicine
Jinying Zhao

Jinying Zhao MD, PhD

Deans Endowed Chair And Professor Director, Center For Genetic Epidemiology And Bioinformatics (GeneBio), Preeminence Faculty
Phone: (352) 273-5933

Joint Faculty

Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, MSc

Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, MSc

Associate Director for Cancer Population Sciences , UF Health Cancer Center
Phone: (352) 294-5822

Emeritus Faculty


Graduate Faculty

Graduate faculty may serve as supervisory committee chairs, co-chairs, and internal members, but they may not serve as external members.

Name Title Department Email
Rebecca J Beyth Rebecca J Beyth Professor, Associate Residency Program Director Department of Epidemiology rbeyth@ufl.edu
Muna Canales Muna Canales Clinical Assistant Professor MD-NEPHROLOGY muna.canales@medicine.ufl.edu
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida Yenisel Cruz-Almeida Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY cryeni@ufl.edu
Derek A Cummings Derek A Cummings PROF LS-BIOLOGY datc@ufl.edu
Awewura Kwara Awewura Kwara Professor Of Medicine, VA Section Chief MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES awewura.kwara@medicine.ufl.edu
Michael Lauzardo Michael Lauzardo Associate Professor Of Medicine; Deputy Director Of Emerging Pathogens Institute MD-MEDICINE GLOBAL HEALTH mike.lauzardo@medicine.ufl.edu
Ira M Longini Ira M Longini Professor PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS ilongini@ufl.edu
Todd Manini Todd Manini Professor; Chief, Division Of EDGE MD-HOBI-BIOMED INFORMATICS tmanini@ufl.edu
J. Glenn Morris J. Glenn Morris Director, Emerging Pathogens Institute RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu
Michael G Perri Michael G Perri Dean Emeritus College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean’s Office mperri@ufl.edu
Sonja A Rasmussen Sonja A Rasmussen Professor MD-OBSTETRICS / GYNECOLOGY-GEN skr9@ufl.edu
Marco Salemi Marco Salemi Holloway Professor In Experimental Pathology MD-PATHOLOGY-GENERAL salemi@pathology.ufl.edu
Stephanie Staras Stephanie Staras Associate Professor And Division Director MD-HOBI-GENERAL sstaras@mail.ufl.edu
Marie N Séraphin Marie N Séraphin Assistant Professor MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES nancy.seraphin@medicine.ufl.edu
Scott L Tomar Scott L Tomar Professor Department of Epidemiology stomar@dental.ufl.edu
Almut G Winterstein Almut G Winterstein Distinguished Professor, Director For CoDES, Director For Consortium For Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy almut@ufl.edu