Chair
Core Faculty
Natalie E Chichetto PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-8349
Email:
nchichetto@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Alcohol Abuse
- Behavioral Health Syndemics
- Cardiovascular Epidemiology
- Gut Microbiome
Linda B Cottler PhD, MPH, FACE
Dean’s Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone:
(352) 294-5947
Email:
lbcottler@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
- Drug addiction
- community engagement
Kelly K Gurka MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-5362
Email:
kgurka@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
- Community-Engaged Research
- Harm Reduction
- Injury & Violence Epidemiology
Yiyang Liu
Research Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-5468
Email:
yliu26@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Big data analytics
- HIV
- HIV Prevention
- data science
- substance use
Ashley Malin
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-5468
Email:
ashleymalin@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Environmental Toxicology
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Nutrition and Wellness
Cindy A Prins
Clinical Associate Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone:
(352) 294-8576
Email:
capfive@ufl.edu
Mattia Prosperi
Professor And Associate Dean For AI And Innovation
Phone:
(352) 273-5860
Email:
m.prosperi@ufl.edu
Deepthi S Varma
Research Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 294-5941
Email:
dvarma@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
- Qualitative Research
Drew A Westmoreland MSPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(352) 273-5468
Email:
westmorelanddrew@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
- Alcohol and substance use
- Behavioral epidemiology
- HIV
- LGBTQ+ health
- Sexual health
- Sexually transmitted infections
Sai Zhang
AST PROF
Phone:
(352) 273-5468
Research Interests:
- Computational biology
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Machine Learning
- Precision Medicine
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
Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, MSc
Associate Director for Cancer Population Sciences , UF Health Cancer Center
Phone:
(352) 294-5822
Email:
dbraithwaite@ufl.edu
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.
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Rebecca J Beyth | Professor, Associate Residency Program Director | Department of Epidemiology | rbeyth@ufl.edu |
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Muna Canales | Clinical Assistant Professor | MD-NEPHROLOGY | muna.canales@medicine.ufl.edu |
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Yenisel Cruz-Almeida | Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence | DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY | cryeni@ufl.edu |
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Derek A Cummings | PROF | LS-BIOLOGY | datc@ufl.edu |
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Awewura Kwara | Professor Of Medicine, VA Section Chief | 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 | mike.lauzardo@medicine.ufl.edu |
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Ira M Longini | Professor | PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS | ilongini@ufl.edu |
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Todd Manini | Professor; Chief, Division Of EDGE | MD-HOBI-BIOMED INFORMATICS | tmanini@ufl.edu |
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J. Glenn Morris | Director, Emerging Pathogens Institute | RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS | jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu |
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Michael G Perri | Dean Emeritus | College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean’s Office | mperri@ufl.edu |
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Sonja A Rasmussen | Professor | MD-OBSTETRICS / GYNECOLOGY-GEN | skr9@ufl.edu |
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Marco Salemi | Holloway Professor In Experimental Pathology | 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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Marie N Séraphin | Assistant Professor | MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES | nancy.seraphin@medicine.ufl.edu |
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Scott L Tomar | Professor | Department of Epidemiology | stomar@dental.ufl.edu |
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Almut G Winterstein | Distinguished Professor, Director For CoDES, Director For Consortium For Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research | Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy | almut@ufl.edu |