PhD in Epidemiology
Adaeze V Anamege
PhD Student , Graduate Research Assistant, Mentored By Dr. Kelly Gurka
Research Interests:
- Assisted reproduction techniques
- Global Health
- Health disparities and Social determinants of health
- Maternal and Child Health
Michael Asare-Baah
GRADUATE AST-R
Research Interests:
- Longitudinal Data Analysis
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Infectious disease surveillance
- Molecular Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Tuberculosis transmission
Rebecca J Austin-Datta BSc, MS, MPH, MRSC. PhD Student
Mentor: Stephen Kimmel, MD, MSCE
Research Interests:
- Cancer Screening
- Colorectal Cancer
- Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases
- Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
- Environmental Health/Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Molecular Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Public Health
Amadou Barrow
PhD Student; Graduate Research Assistant; Mentored By Dr Yan Wang
Research Interests:
- Big data analytics
- Causal inference
- Global Health
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
- Substance use epidemiology
Mark Britton
PhD Student; Predoctoral T32 Fellow; Mentored By Dr. Robert Cook
Research Interests:
- Cannabis Use
- HIV
- Neuroepidemiology
- Neuroinflammation
- Neurological Consequences of Substance Use
- Population Neuroscience
- alcohol use disorder
Mingjing Chen
GRADUATE AST-G
Research Interests:
- Cardiovascular Epidemiology
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Lipidomics
- Metabolomics
Scott A Cohen MPH, CPH
MD-PhD Student
Research Interests:
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Artificial Intelligence
- Causal inference
- Infectious disease epidemiology
Alyssa M Falise MSPH
PhD Candidate; Mentored By Drs. Catherine Striley & Catalina Lopez-Quintero
Research Interests:
- Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
- Chronic Pain
- Community Health
- Non-Medical Use of Prescriptions
- Older Adult Mental Health
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
Rebecca J Fisk-Hoffman
PhD Candidate, Primary Mentor: Dr. Robert Cook
Research Interests:
- Alcohol and substance use
- Community-Engaged Research
- HIV
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Survey Methodology
Nicole D Fitzgerald
PhD Student; Graduate Research Assistant; Mentored By Dr. Linda Cottler
Research Interests:
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Substance Use Disorders
- Substance use epidemiology
Inyoung Jun
Ph.D. Candidate, Mentored By Dr. Prosperi
Research Interests:
- Causal inference
- Electronic medical records
- Machine Learning
- Real World Evidence (RWE)
Andrew J McCabe
NIDA T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Research Interests:
- Drug addiction
- Observational studies
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Substance Use Disorders
- Substance use epidemiology
Kayla V McNeely MPH
Phd Epidemiology Student, University of Florida, T32 Predoctoral Fellow, University of Florida
Sara Nutley
Predoctoral Fellow; Mentored by Drs. Catherine Striley & Carol Mathews
Research Interests:
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Eating Disorders
- Hoarding Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders
- Older Adult Mental Health
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Substance Use Disorders
Chidinma Oli
PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant, Mentor: Dr. Kelly Gurka
Research Interests:
- Clinical Trials Design & Analysis
- Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Qualitative Research
- Social Epidemiology
Christina E Parisi
PhD Candidate, Mentors: Dr. Robert L. Cook & Dr. Natalie Chichetto
Research Interests:
- Access to prevention and care
- Alcohol and substance use
- HIV
- Health disparities and Social determinants of health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Qualitative Research
Kendall R Robinson
PhD Student; Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang
Research Interests:
- Cannabis Use
- Chronic Pain
- Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Gynecologic Cancer
- Pelvic pain
Vijaya L Seegulam
NIDA T32 Predoctoral Fellow & PhD Student; Mentored By Dr. Linda B. Cottler
Research Interests:
- Cannabis Use
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Substance Use Disorders

Michael Aaron G Sy
Graduate Assistant
Research Interests:
- AI Applications in Healthcare
- Machine learning and applications
- machine learning for predictive analytics
Caretia J Washington
MD-PhD Student
Research Interests:
- Cancer epidemiology
- Community-based health interventions
- Health Disparities
Xiaoxiao Wen
PhD Student/Research Assistant; Mentor: Dr. Jinying Zhao
Research Interests:
- Cardiometabolic disease epidemiology
- Epigenetics
- Novel biomarker discovery
- Omics data analysis

Meghann Wheeler
PhD Student/T32 Fellow; Mentored By: Dr Dejana Braithwaite
Research Interests:
- Cancer epidemiology
- Cancer survivorship
- Lung cancer
- Molecular epidemiology
Nae Y Won
PhD Candidate And NIDA T32 Predoctoral Fellow, Mentored By Dr. Linda Cottler; NDEWS Rapid Street Reporting Study Coordinator
Research Interests:
- Injury Epidemiology
- Alcohol and substance use
- Drug abuse
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- substance use
Danting Yang
PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant, Mentored By Dr. Dejana Braithwaite
Research Interests:
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Cancer epidemiology
- Lung Cancer Screening
Wenjie Zeng
M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests:
- Causal inference
- Chronic disease epidemiology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Lipidomics
- Machine learning and applications
- Singe cell Multiomics
Master of Science in Epidemiology
MSE
Student | Cohort | Mentor(s) |
---|---|---|
Aalam, Ali | 2023 | –– |
Albernas Gonzalez, Adrian | 2023 | –– |
Belive, Natalia | 2023 | –– |
Bonna, Atia | 2023 | –– |
Brisson, Ryan | 2023 | –– |
Cassidy III, Vincent DePaul | 2023 | –– |
Castro, Francheska | 2023 | –– |
Flanders, Gabrielle | 2022 | –– |
Homsi, Maher | 2022 | –– |
Johnson, Gabrielle | 2022 | Cumminings |
Konduri, Gayathri | 2023 | –– |
Kothawar, Gayathri | 2023 | Westemorland |
Lima, Clarissa | 2021 | –– |
Patel, Maitri | 2022 | Lui |
Peace Ebisike, Chizaram | 2023 | –– |
Pena Cotui, Nayrobi Maitelic | 2021 | Lui |
Pottokaran, Jaicy | 2022 | Stark/ Patterson |
Rowe, Joel | 2022 | Cotler |
Ruzieh, Mohammed | 2022 | Kimel |
Solomon, Maurice Levon | 2021 | Westmoreland |
Still, Megan | 2023 | –– |
Tufan Pekkucuksen, Naile | 2019 | Gurka |
Weijer, Laurel Katerina | 2021 | Gurka |
Master of Public Health, Epidemiology Concentration
MPH
Student | Cohort | Student | Cohort |
---|---|---|---|
Ace, Dann Kelly | 2022 | Mistry, Shilpi Atul | 2022 |
Al-Khdarat, Mohammad | 2020 | Murrill, Paige | 2023 |
Brooks, Delano Rasheem Robert | 2022 | Onteddu, Jayabharath | 2023 |
Bryan LaShaun | 2023 | Pastore, Mia | 2023 |
Butler Audrey | 2023 | Phelps, Hannah Elizabeth | 2022 |
DeMott, Julia | 2023 | Pinni, Pritham | 2023 |
Escobar, Kaylinn | 2023 | Powe, Brianna R | 2022 |
Farahbakhsh,Sohrob Sarbast | 2022 | Prasanna Surendran,Parvathy | 2021 |
Fechtel, Hannah | 2023 | Ralston, Daniel C | 2022 |
Ferdous, Jannatul | 2023 | Ramos, Daniel | 2023 |
Franks, Stephen | 2022 | Rodriguez, Amy | 2023 |
Galler,Olivia Lorraine | 2022 | Sanchez, Priscilla | 2023 |
Garst, Anna | 2023 | Scott, Jahmeel | 2022 |
Gross, Christopher L | 2022 | Silberman, Anna | 2023 |
Hadaegh, Lily Kim | 2022 | Sleigh, Linnea | 2022 |
James,Recquel Alexandrina | 2022 | Sosa, Arturo J | 2022 |
Joseph, Amanda | 2023 | Stahl, Sierra | 2023 |
King, Ansley | 2023 | Teresi, Elizabeth | 2023 |
Lima Bornas, Veronica Herlinda | 2023 | Valdes, Devin Gonzalo | 2022 |
Lopez Limas, Arimar | 2023 | Wilson-McCoy, Vincent | 2023 |
McCann, Allanah | 2023 | Zimmer, Arthur | 2022 |
McKean, Jordan | 2023 | –– | –– |