Epidemiology & Public Health - Primary Faculty

• Adebajo, Sylvia B., PhD, MSc, MBBS, Associate Professor
• Adebamowo, Clement A., BM, ChB, ScD, Professor
  410-706-6116
  cadebamowo@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cancer epidemiology, Genomics epidemiology, Nutrition epidemiology, NCD research, Research ethics
• Adebamowo, Sally N., MBBS, MSc, ScD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-7431
  sadebamowo@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lung cancer, Clinical Trials, Cardio-Oncology, Nutritional Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Polygenic Risk Scores
• Albrecht, Jennifer S., PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-0071
  jalbrecht@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, psychiatric disturbances, older adults, health services research, administrative claims analysis, pharmacoepidemiology, epidemiological methods, Pepper Center
• Albuquerque, Edna F.R., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  Keywords: Nicotinic receptors, organophosphorus, pesticides, animal models, seizures
• Alley, Dawn E., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  dalley@epi.umaryland.edu
• Althuis, Michelle D., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Michelle@LincolnGreystone.com
• Amirahmadi, Roxana R., MD, Visiting Research Associate
• Amr, Sania , MD, Professor Emerita
• Badesch, Brittany L., MD, Visiting Research Associate
• Baghdadi, Jonathan , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  jbaghdadi@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: diagnostic stewardship, sepsis and sepsis bundles, Clostridoides difficile infection, infection prevention, quality improvement
• Bahrami, Afsaneh , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Barry, Kathryn Hughes , PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
  410-706-1208
  kbarry@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: cancer epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, biomarkers of cancer risk and prognosis, genetic susceptibility, gene-environment interactions, epigenetic markers, DNA methylation, prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), occupational and environmental risk factors for cancer, pesticides, cancer disparities, quality of life
• Baumgarten, Mona E., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-1531
  mbaumgar@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology of aging, Design of epidemiologic studies
• Bentzen, Soren M., PhD, DMSc, Adjunct Professor
• Bernstein, Lori R., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Bigman, Galya , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Biswas, Kousick , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-642-2411 ext. 25283
  Kousick.Biswas@va.gov
  Keywords: - Strategic planning in key functional areas for planning and execution of Clinical Trial Management processes for VA CSP; - Administration and Management of Multisite Clinical Trials Coordinating Center; - Planning, Design and Conduct of Phase II/III, Multi-site Clinical Trials; - Statistical Analysis, Data Management and safety management for clinical studies; - Use of electronic medical records (EMR) for site selection, effect size calculation and safety reporting - Strategic planning in security and storage of research data for VA’s Office of research and development
• Branch, Gregory Wm., MD, MBA, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Braver, Elisa R., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  (202) 314-6519 (office)
  elisabraver@gmail.com
• Brotman, Rebecca M., PhD, MPH, Professor
  410-706-6767
  rbrotman@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: infectious diseases, genomics, public health research, human microbiome, urogenital health, vaginal microbiome in susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections, STIs, bacterial vaginosis, BV
• Brown, Clayton H., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-1058
  clbrown@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Analysis of longitudinal and other clustered data, clinical trials, missing data, factor analysis, mental illness.
• Brown, Jessica P., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-8060
  jpbrown@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Health behavior change, sleep, midlife mental health, survey methodology, health disparities
• Cannon, Dawn L., MD, MS, Adjunct Instructor
• Chen, Chixiang , PhD, Assistant Professor
  chixiang.chen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Statistical Method: Data/Information Integration; Causal inference and machine learning; Trajectory analysis; Federated learning; Cell Type Deconvolution; single cell data analysis. Biomedical Studies: Clinical studies in neuroscience; Biological Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Post-fracture recovery; Single-cell transcriptomics.
• Chen, Hegang , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4067
  hchen@som.umaryland.edu
• Chen, Shuo , PhD, Professor
  410-402-7141
  shuochen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Big Data, machine learning, clinical trial design/analysis, network/graph statistics, multi-omics, neuroimaging statistics (MRI, EEG, fMRI, MRS, and DTI data), genomics and proteomics, Bayesian modeling, spatiotemporal models, and optimization.
• Choo, Shelly S., MD, MPH, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Coffey, KC , MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
  karen.coffey@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: diagnostic stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship, Clostridoides difficile infection, infection prevention, hospital epidemiology
• Collins, Beverly A., MD, MBA, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Coyle, David Tyler , MD, Adjunct Instructor
• Crawford, Geoffrey B., MD, MS, Clinical Instructor
  geoffrey.crawford@wellpoint.com
• Dakum, Patrick S., MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor
  410-706-1948
  pdakum@ihv.umaryland.edu; pdakum@ihvnigeria.org
  Keywords: Implementation Science Research, HIV, MDR TB and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
• Das, Maya , MD, JD, Adjunct Instructor
  mdas@umaryland.edu
• Deverka, Patricia A., MD, MS, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Diao, Guoquig , PhD, Visiting Research Associate
• Dobs, Adrian S., MD, MHS, Adjunct Professor
• Dorgan, Joanne F., PhD, MPH, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-1602
  jdorgan@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology, breast cancer, hormones, diet, lifecourse, etiology, survivorship
• El-Kamary, Samer S., MB,ChB, MPH, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-2228
  selkamar@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: General Pediatrics, Drug Safety, Global Health, Epidemiology, Bioethics, Vaccinology
• Ellish, Nancy J., DrPH, MSPH, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Ferrucci, Luigi , MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
  ferruccilu@grc.nia.nih.gov
• Fix, Alan D., MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Fox, Kathleen M., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  kathyfox@gforcecable.com
• Furuno, Jon P., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-0134
  jfuruno@epi.umaryland.edu
• Gadalla, Shahinaz M., MB,BCh, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Gallicchio, Lisa , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Garrett-Ray, Stacy D., MD, MPH, MBA, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Gilpin, Adele MK., PhD, JD, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Gold, Robert S., PhD, DrPH, University of Maryland Professor
• Goloubeva, Olga G., PhD, MSc, Professor
  (410) 706-8502
  ogoloubeva@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Clinical trial design, population-based databases, bio-statistics
• Goodman, Katherine E., PhD, JD, Assistant Professor
  kgoodman@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Generative AI, natural language processing, clinical algorithms, antimicrobial resistance, Gram-negatives, machine learning, predictive analytics, claims data
• Gourdine, Michelle A., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Gruber-Baldini, Ann L., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-2444
  abaldin@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology of Aging, Adult Psychological Development, Cognitive Functioning and Aging (normal aging, delirium, and dementia), Hip Fracture Recovery and Rehabilitation, Parkinson’s Disease, Patient-reported Outcomes, Functional Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life, HIV and Aging
• Gupta, Birendra P., PhD, Research Associate
• Guralnik, Jack M., MD, PhD, MPH, Professor
  410-706-3553
  jguralnik@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: epidemiology, aging, gerontology, disability, functional status, physical activity
• Hager, Erin R., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Hanson, Jarod M., DVM, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Harris, Anthony D., MD, MPH, Professor
  (410) 706-0064
  aharris@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: antibiotic resistance, hospital epidemiology, risk adjustment.
• Hicks, Gregory E., PT, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Hoorfar, Hamid , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Hungerford, Laura L., DVM, MPH, PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-2673
  lhungerf@epi.umaryland.edu
• Ikhane, Peter , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Jones, Laundette P., PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-7331
  LPJones@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Community & Population Health, Participatory Health Research, Mammary gland carcinogenesis, Adipose tissue biology, Breast Cancer Survivorship, Health Disparities, Environmental Health Sciences
• Jufer Phipps, Rebecca A., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Jumare, Jibreel , MS, PhD, Research Associate
• Kadri-Rodriguez, Sameer S., MBBS, MSc, Visiting Assistant Professor
• Kaushik, Kartik , MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Kerns, Timothy J., PhD, Research Associate
• Khajavi, Marissa L., MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
  mkhajavi@som.umaryland.edu
• Kowalski, Rebecca , MD, Post Doc Fellow
• Kozlovsky, Bernard F., MD, Adjunct Instructor
• Lai, Hong C., PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
• Lai, Shenghan , MD, Professor
• LaKind, Judy S., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  (410) 788-8639
  lakindassoc@gmail.com
  Keywords: exposure science, biomonitoring, systematic review, risk assessment
• Lane, Wendy G., MD, MPH, Professor
  (410) 706-7865
  wlane@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Child maltreatment, Child abuse, Child neglect, health disparities, birth outcomes, maternal and child health
• Langenberg, Patricia , PhD, Professor Emeritus
  (410) 706-3251
  plangenb@som.umaryland.edu
• Lavoie, Marie-Claude C., PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor
  410.706.7855
  mlavoie@ihv.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: HIV prevention and treatment services, implementation science, epidemiological methods, global health, health services research, program/policy evaluation.
• Leekha, Surbhi , MBBS, MPH, Professor
  (410) 328-1148
  sleekha@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: healthcare associated infections, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, surveillance, risk adjustment, Clostridium difficile
• Liang, Yuanyuan , PhD, MSc, Professor
  (410) 706-4103
  yliang@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Design and Analysis of Repeated Measures Data; Construction of Optimal Designs; Meta-Analysis for Systematic Reviews; Risk Prediction Models with Special Application to Cancer and Population Health Research
• Lin, Mary S., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• LoPresti, Peter J., DO, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Magaziner, Jay S., PhD, MSHyg, Professor
  (410) 706-3553
  jmagazin@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology of Aging, Causes and Consequences of Hip Fracture, Methods for Studying Older Populations
• Magder, Laurence S., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3253
  lmagder@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Biostatistics, Epidemiologic Methods, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Analysis of Misclassified Data, Modeling Transmission Probabilities, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Mahurkar, Anup A., MA, BS, Faculty Member
• Makar, TM , PhD, MSc, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Maldarelli, Mary E.., MD, Post Doc Fellow
• Mancera, Alex G., MS, Visiting Research Associate
• Mann, David A., MD, MS, Instructor
  (410) 706-0026
  dmann@epi.umaryland.edu
• Marinucci, Francesco , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Merchenthaler, Istvan J., MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
  (410) 706-1350
  imerchen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Estrogen therapy, menopause, hot flushes, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, PACAP38, infertility, animal models
• Miller, Ram R., MDCM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-2406
  rrmiller@epi.umaryland.edu
• Morgan, Daniel J., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-1734
  dmorgan@som.umaryland.edu
• Nakano, Karen T., MD, MS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Nowak, Rebecca G., PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
  410-706-4642
  rnowak@ihv.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: HIV, high-risk human papillomavirus, molecular epidemiology, implementation of anal cancer prevention
• O'Hara, Lyndsay M., PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-0068
  lohara@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Hospital epidemiology and infection control, epidemiologic methods in infectious diseases, transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms, emerging pathogens, health of healthcare workers, global health
• Orwig, Denise L., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-8951
  dorwig@epi.umaryland.edu
• Panda, Aruna , BVSc, PhD, MPH, Adjunct Associate Professor
  apanda@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology, Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Vaccine Development
• Perencevich, Eli N., MD, MS, Adjunct Associate Professor
  (410) 706-0063
  eperence@epi.umaryland.edu
• Pinet-Peralta, Luis Mauricio , PhD, MS, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
  410-982-9576
  lpinet-peralta@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Health services and policy, patient safety, quality of care, and emergency & disaster medicine
• Popescu, Saskia R., PhD, MA, MPH, Assistant Professor
  Spopescu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Global health security, biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, infection prevention, hospital biopreparedness, infectious disease epidemiology, global health policy, infection prevention and control, disease surveillance
• Powell, Helen Louise , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706 7698
  hpowell@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Statistical methods, analysis, regression, public health, data management, Bayesian methods, spatial correlation, spatial misalignment, confounding.
• Quinn, Michael J., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Rathbun, Alan M., PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
  arathbun@som.umaryland.edu
• Ratzki-Leewing, Alexandria A., PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor
  aratzki-leewing@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Type 1 and type 2 diabetes epidemiology | Hypoglycemia epidemiology | Clinical epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology | Real-world methods and data | Health survey design | Person-reported outcome measures
• Richert, Mary E., MD, Visiting Research Associate
• Roghmann, Mary-Claire , MD, MS, Professor
  (410) 706-0062
  mroghmann@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Antibiotic resistance, Staphylococcus aureus, Cross transmission, Acquisition, Diabetic Foot Infections, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Prevention, Human microbiome, Clinical research, Molecular epidemiology
• Salimi, Shabnam , MD, MSc, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  ssalimi@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Biomarkers of Chronic diseases, aging, system biology, genetic epidemiology
• Sarzynski, Sadia H., MD, Visiting Research Associate
• Scherer, Roberta W., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Schriml, Lynn M., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-6776
  lschriml@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Human Disease Knowledge Representation, Biomedical Ontologies, Genomic Metadata Standards, Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Data Mining, Big Data, Microbiome, Metagenome
• Shardell, Michelle D., PhD, Professor
  410-706-1136
  mshardell@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Gerontology, Aging Research, Geroscience, Microbiome
• Shih, David C., MD, Adjunct Instructor
• Smith, Gordon S., MB,ChB, MPH, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 328-3847
  gssmith@som.umaryland.edu
• Smith, L. Leigh , MD, MAS, Assistant Professor
  410-706-0074
  llsmith@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Outbreak Investigations, Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Nursing Facilities, Infection Control
• St. George, Diane Marie M., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-0206
  dstgeorg@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epidemiology education, Health disparities, Youth
• Stafford, Kristen A., PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-6230
  kstafford@ihv.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: infectious diseases; HIV and aging; non-AIDS defining cancers, women's health; HIV associated non-AIDS conditions; Global Health
• Steinberger, Eileen K., MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-2659
  estein@epi.umaryland.edu
• Stine, O. Colin , PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Stock, Eileen M., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Studenski, Stephanie , MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor
• Swihart, Bruce J., PhD, Visiting Research Associate
• Tatsuoka, Curtis M., PhD, Faculty Member
• Terrin, Michael L., MDCM, MPH, Professor
  (410) 706-6139
  mterrin@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Clinical Trials; Pulmonary Disease; Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Data Coordinating Centers
• Thom, Kerri A., MD, MS, Professor
  410-706-6124
  kthom@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Infection Prevention, Infectious Disease Transmission, Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology, Clinical Research
• Thompson, Rebecca J., PhD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Tracy, LaRee A., PhD, Adjunct Instructor
• Vesselinov, Roumen M., PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 328-8426
  rvesselinov@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Statistics, Econometrics, Data Mining, Forecasting
• Vogelius, Ivan R., PhD, DMSc, Adjunct Professor
• Walker, Morgan K., , Visiting Research Associate
• Warner, Sarah R.M., MPH, Visiting Research Associate
• Wen, Tong , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• White, Owen R., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-6751
  owhite@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Genomic, transcriptomic, multi-omic, data management, metadata, standards, ontologies, cloud systems.
• Zhan, Min , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3518
  mzhan@epi.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Biostatistics, survival analysis, longitudinal studies, applications of statistical methods in clinical research, patient safety, biomarker studies, population-based health surveys, health services research in chronic kidney disease, cancer, and other chronic diseases.
• Zhang, Grace , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Zhang, Yuji , PhD, Professor
  410-706-8523
  yuzhang@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Translational Bioinformatics, Network Medicine, Systems Biology, Next Generation Sequencing, Systems Pharmocogenomics, Non Coding RNA mechanisms
• Zimmerman, Sheryl I., PhD, Adjunct Professor