Chair
Core Faculty
Shantrel S Canidate PhD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 294-5962
Email:
ssc1987@ufl.edu
Xinguang Chen
Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone:
(352) 294-5945
Email:
jimax.chen@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Injury Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
- Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
- Biostatistics
- Cancer epidemiology
- HIV Prevention
- Social Determinants of Health
Ting-Yuan David D Cheng
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 294-5495
Email:
tingyuan.cheng@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer epidemiology
- Cancer survivorship
- Energy balance and cancer
- Health Disparities
- Molecular pathological epidemiology
Linda B Cottler PhD, MPH, FACE
Dean’s Professor And Associate Dean For Research
Phone:
(352) 294-5947
Email:
lbcottler@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
- Drug addiction
- community engagement
Kelly K Gurka
Assistant Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone:
(352) 273-5362
Email:
kgurka@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Injury Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
- Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
- Consequences of substance use, including overdose and neonatal abstinence syndrome
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on pregnant women, especially vulnerable populations such as women with SUD
- Impact of health policy related to prescribing practices
Hui Hu PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 294-5944
Email:
huihu@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental, Cardiovascular, and Perinatal Epidemiology
- Exposome
- Health Disparities
- Integration of Multi-Type, Multi-Scale Health Data
- Machine Learning
- Precision Health
Deepthi S Varma
Research Assistant Professor & PhD Program Director
Phone:
(352) 294-5941
Email:
dvarma@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
- Qualitative Research
Dongyu Zhang
Research Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-5934
Email:
dzhang2@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer Screening
- Cancer epidemiology
- Cancer survivorship
- Multimorbidity and functional decline
- Nutritional/metabolic factors and cancer
Jinying Zhao MD, PhD
Deans Endowed Chair And Professor Director, Center For Genetic Epidemiology And Bioinformatics (GeneBio), Preeminence Faculty
Phone:
(352) 273-5933
Email:
jzhao66@ufl.edu
Joint 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 | |||
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Rebecca J Beyth | Professor, Associate Residency Program Director | MD-INTERNAL MEDICINE | rbeyth@ufl.edu | |
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Babette Brumback | Professor And Associate Chair For Education | PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS | brumback@ufl.edu | |
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Muna Canales | Assistant Professor Of Medicine | MD-NEPHROLOGY | muna.canales@medicine.ufl.edu | |
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Peter J Carek | Professor & Chair | MD-CHFM-GEN ADMINISTRATION | carek@ufl.edu | |
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Yenisel Cruz-Almeida | Assistant Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence | DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY | cryeni@ufl.edu | |
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Awewura Kwara | Professor Of Medicine | MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES | awewura.kwara@medicine.ufl.edu | |
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Michael Lauzardo | Associate Professor Of Medicine; Deputy Director Of Emerging Pathogens Institute | MD-MEDICINE GLOBAL HEALTH | lauzam@medicine.ufl.edu | |
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Ira M Longini, Jr | Professor | PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS | ilongini@ufl.edu | |
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Todd Manini | Professor; Chief, Division Of EDGE | MD-AGING-CLINICAL RESEARCH | tmanini@ufl.edu | |
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John G Morris | Director, Emerging Pathogens Institute | RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS | jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu | |
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Michael G Perri | DEAN | HP-OFFICE OF THE DEAN | mperri@phhp.ufl.edu | |
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Marco Salemi | Professor | MD-PATHOLOGY-GENERAL | salemi@pathology.ufl.edu | |
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Stephanie Staras | Associate Professor And Division Director | MD-HOBI-GENERAL | sstaras@mail.ufl.edu | |
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Scott L Tomar | Professor | PHHP-COM EPIDEMIOLOGY | stomar@dental.ufl.edu | |
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Almut Winterstein | Professor & Chair; Director, Center For Drug Evaluation & Safety (CoDES) | Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy | almut@ufl.edu |