Members

65 Members as of January 2024

Leadership

  • Matt Perzanowski, PhD, MPH

    • Interim Director of NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and Justice in Northern Manhattan and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
    • Pulmonary Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Child Health and Development, Asthma, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Factors, Molecular Epidemiology, Global Health, Public Health Education, Urban Health.

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  • Diana Hernandez, PhD

    • Deputy Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Justice in Northern Manhattan and Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
    • Sociologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Community Programs and Outreach, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Minority Health, Social Factors in Health, Underserved Populations, Climate and Health, Environmental Risk Factors, Hunger/Food Insecurity, Poverty, Smoking (Tobacco), Urban Health

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  • Pam R. Factor-Litvak, PhD

    • Co-Director of the Study Design and Data Science Facility Core and Co-Director of the Pilot Project Program
    • Professor of Epidemiology, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research Resources Environmental Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Lifecourse epidemiology and endocrine disruptors.

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  • Regina M. Santella, PhD

    • Co-Director of the Translational Research Support Core and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Biochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Cancer, Oncogenes, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Risk Factors, Molecular Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility.

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  • Julie Herbstman, MSc, PhD

    • Director of the Career Development Program and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Environmental and Molecular Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Aging and Elderly, Breastfeeding, Child Health and Development, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Factors, Environmental Toxins, Molecular Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Maternal Health, Perinatal Epidemiology, Prenatal/Perinatal Care, Urban Health.

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  • Steven Chillrud, PhD

    • Co-Director of the Translational Research Support Core and Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Air and water pollution, Metals exposures, Personal exposure assessment, Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Groundwater Geochemistry, Low Temperature Geochemistry.

  • Ami Zota, ScD

    • Co-Director of the Community Engagement Core and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of Research Focus: Discrimination/Bias, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Minority Health, Social / Cultural Issues, Underserved Populations, Women's Health, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Maternal Health, Perinatal Epidemiology, Reproductive Health.

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  • Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou

    • Co-Director of the Study Design and Data Science Facility Core and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
    • Environmental Engineer & Environmental Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Big Data, Data Science, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Climate and Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Toxins, Perinatal Epidemiology, Mental Health, Urban Health.

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Full Members

  • Adana Llanos, PhD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Cancer and Molecular Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Cancer, Cancer Breast, Cancer--Chemical/Environmental Causes, Stress, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Minority Health, Underserved Populations, Environmental Risk Factors, Molecular Epidemiology, Obesity, Epigenetics, Genetics.

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  • Alan S. Brown, MD, MPH

    • Professor of Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Research Psychiatrist

    Areas of Research Focus: Large-scale birth cohorts, Prenatal exposures & risk of psychiatric disorders, Autism.

  • Alfred I Neugut, MD

    • Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research in Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology at the CUIMC
    • Medical Oncologist and Cancer Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Outcomes Research, Risk Assessment and Communication, Cancer, Cancer Breast, Cancer Colon, Cancer Esophageal and Gastric, Cancer Lung, Cancer Prostate, Cancer Screening, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Genetics, Ethics.

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  • Allison Kupsco, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Toxicologist and Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Child Health and Development, Environmental Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Epigenetics.

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  • Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of the Columbia Superfund Research Program, Physician and Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Aging and Elderly, Clinical Trials, Intervention Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Survival Analysis, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Arsenic Exposure, Environmental Epidemiology, Lead Exposure, Molecular Epidemiology, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Water Quality and Access, Obesity, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility, Smoking (Tobacco).

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  • Arianna Kim, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Dermatology at CUIMC

    Areas of Research Focus: Understanding the molecular/signaling components that influence cell survival and how these components contribute to the pathological features of human cancer.

  • Brandon Pearson, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Behavioral Neuroscientist, Cell Biologist,Toxicologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Healthy Aging and Longevity, Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Chemical Hazards, Toxicology, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetics, Mental Health.

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  • Blair Wylie, MD

    • Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Areas of Research Focus: Global maternal and newborn health, reproductive environmental health, indoor air pollution, pesticides.

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  • Charles Branas, PhD

    • Gelman Endowed Professor in Epidemiology, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

    Areas of Research Focus: Adolescent/Youth, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Built Environment, Community Development, Neighborhoods, Place-Based Interventions, Urban Health, Urban Planning.

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  • David J. Brenner, PhD

    • Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics (in Radiation Oncology) and of Environmental Health Sciences, Director, Center for Radiological Research (CRR), Director, Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF)

    Areas of Research Focus: Dr. Brenner divides his research time between the effects of high doses of ionizing radiation (relating to radiation therapy) and the effects of low doses of radiation (relating to radiological, environmental and occupational exposures).

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  • Darby Jack, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of Research Focus: Risk Assessment and Communication, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Climate and Health, Environmental Risk Factors, Global Health, Poverty.

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  • Diane Berengere Re, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Neuroscientist

    Areas of Research Focus: Neurological Disease/Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Risk Factors, Environmental Toxins, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Toxicology

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  • Dustin Duncan, ScD

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Co-Director, Social and Spatial Epidemiology Unit, Social and Spatial Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Longitudinal Studies, Spatial Analysis, Disparities/Inequalities in Health, Minority Health, Social Epidemiology, Social Factors in Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Factors, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Health, Urban Health

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  • Elizabeth Oelsner, MD

    • Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine

    Areas of Research Focus: Primary and secondary prevention of chronic lung diseases, health effects of e-cigarettes.

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  • Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH

    • Director of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program and Professor of Epidemiology & Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Child Health and Development, Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Community Programs and Outreach, Discrimination/Bias, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Homelessness, Immigrant Health, Social / Cultural Issues, Underserved Populations, Environmental Risk Factors, Lead Exposure, Molecular Epidemiology, Hunger/Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genomics, Global Health, Human Rights, Poverty, Rural Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Reform, History of Public Health, Perinatal Epidemiology, Prenatal/Perinatal Care, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Life-course Approach to Prevention, Smoking (Tobacco).

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  • Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, PhD

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Risk Assessment and Communication, Child Health and Development, Low Birth Weight, Asthma, Cancer, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Environmental Risk Factors, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility, Genetics, Global Health, Birth Outcomes.

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  • Gary Miller, PhD

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist, Molecular Neuroscientist

    Areas of Research Focus: Alzheimer's Disease, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Risk Factors, Environmental Toxins, Exposomics, Toxicology, Gene-Environment Interactions, Addiction/Drug Abuse.

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  • Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD

    • Wesley J. Howe Professor of Neurology at CUIMC, Neurologist and Physician Scientist

    Areas of Research Focus: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Lou Gehrig's Disease, Neuromuscular Disease, Oxidative stress & genetic-environmental factors.

  • Hui-Chen Wu, DrPH

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: DNA methylation markers of breast and liver cancer.

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  • Ka Kahe, MD, ScD, MPH

    • Tilden-Weger-Bieler Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology

    Areas of Research Focus: Aging and Elderly, Child Health and Development, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Stroke, Environmental Epidemiology, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Nutrition, Obesity, Maternal Health, Perinatal Epidemiology

  • Kiros Berhane, PhD

    • Cynthia and Robert Citron-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor in Biostatistics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics

    Areas of Research Focus: Data Science, Longitudinal Studies, Multilevel Modeling, Research Design and Methods, Adolescent Health, Asthma, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Climate and Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Nutrition, Obesity, Global Health, Urban Health.

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  • Jasmine A. McDonald, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Longitudinal Studies, Adolescent Health, Breastfeeding, Child Health and Development, Cancer Breast, Chronic Disease, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Minority Health, Women's Health, Environmental Risk Factors, Molecular Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Infectious Disease, Life-course Approach to Prevention, Risk Factors.

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  • Jeanette Stingone, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatric Environmental Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Data Science, Child Health and Development, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Environmental Epidemiology, Birth Outcomes, Perinatal Epidemiology, Urban Health.

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  • Jeanine D'Armiento, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Medicine (in Anesthesiology, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics) at CUIMC, Physician Scientist, Molecular Medicine

    Areas of Research Focus: Lung disease and MMP biology/animal models.

  • Jeanine Genkinger, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Epidemiologist and Nutritional Scientist

    Areas of Research Focus: Longitudinal Studies, Survival Analysis, Cancer, Cancer Ovarian, Cancer Prostate, Chronic Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Epigenetics.

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  • Jeffrey Shaman, PhD

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of the Climate and Health Program at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Geophysicist

    Areas of Research Focus: Climate and Health, Emerging Infections, Epidemics, Infectious Disease.

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  • Karen Marder, MD, MPH

    • Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology at CUIMC, Physician and Behavioral Neurologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Memory Loss, Behavioral Disorders, Huntington's Disease.

  • Manuela Orjuela-Grimm, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Pediatrics (in the HICCC) at CUIMC, Molecular Epidemiologist and Pediatric Oncologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Child Health and Development, Cancer, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Immigrant Health, Molecular Epidemiology, Hunger/Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility, Global Health, Poverty.

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  • Markus Hilpert, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Civil Engineer

    Areas of Research Focus: Cancer, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Risk Factors, Urban Health.

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  • Mary Beth Terry, PhD

    • Professor of Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Longitudinal Studies, Research Design and Methods, Adolescent Health, Cancer, Cancer Breast, Cancer Screening, Community Programs and Outreach, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Women's Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Genetic Susceptibility, Genetics, Perinatal Epidemiology, Life-course Approach to Prevention.

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  • Mary V. Gamble, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Nutritional Biochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Arsenic Exposure, Nutrition, Global Health.

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  • Maya Deyssenroth

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Bioinformatics, Child Health and Development, Environmental Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Genomics, Birth Outcomes, Maternal Health, Perinatal Epidemiology.

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  • Muhammad Parvez

    • Research Scientist in Environmental Health Sciences, Public Health Researchers in International Programs

    Areas of Research Focus: Metals, air pollution, molecular toxicology & immune function.

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  • R. Graham Barr, MD, DrPH

    • Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Physician Scientist and Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Air pollution & cardiopulmonary disease, Longitudinal Studies, Research Design and Methods.

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  • Rebecca Anne Haeusler, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology

    Areas of Research Focus: Diabetes, Cardiometabolic Disease, Insulin Action and Insulin Resistance, Lipid Metabolism, Bile Acid Metabolism.

  • Ronald Wapner, MD

    • Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUIMC, Physician Scientist and OBGYN

    Areas of Research Focus: Multi-center trials, environmental exposures & child health development, fetal anomalies, genetic testing, fetal testing, preterm birth prevention.

  • Sen Pei

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Biostatistician

    Areas of Research Focus: Bayesian Methods, Epidemics, Infectious Disease.

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  • Tom K. Hei, PhD

    • Professor of Radiation Oncology & Environmental Health Sciences (in the Center for Radiologic Research), Radiation and Environmental Cancer Expert

    Areas of Research Focus: Extracellular effects of ionizing radiation, Asbestos, Arsenic, Radon, Lung cancer, Animal models.

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  • Virginia A Rauh, ScD, MSW

    • Professor of Population & Family Health, Perinatal Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Child Health and Development, Low Birth Weight, Minority Health, Social / Cultural Issues, Social Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Factors, Birth Outcomes, Perinatal Epidemiology.

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  • Ying Wei, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Biostatistician

    Areas of Research Focus: Biostatistics, Quantile regression, Longitudinal studies.

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  • Marcela Tamayo y Ortiz

    • Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of research focus: adolescent health, aging, climate change, community health, environmental epidemiology, environmental health, and urban health.

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Associate Members

  • Amy Margolis, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at CUIMC Pediatric Neuropsychologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Children's health, Neurotoxicants, Learning disorders.

  • Anne (Annie) Nigra, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of Research Focus: Socioeconomic inequities in environmental exposures, environmental justice, community-directed research, drinking water regulation, metal exposures, metal-related chronic disease.

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  • Beizhan Yan, PhD

    • Lamont Associate Research Professor, Geochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Biogeochemistry, environmental bioremediation.

  • Cecilia Sorensen, MD

    • Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Medicine at the CUIMC and Director of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Emergency Medicine Physician Investigator

    Areas of Research Focus: Community-Based Healthcare, Women's Health, Climate and Health, Global Health, Refugee Health, Health Worker Education, Physician Education, Public Health Education.

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  • Greg A. Freyer, PhD

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Biologist and Biochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Cancer, Oncogenes, Oncoproteins, Radiation Exposure, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility, Genetics.

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  • Kathrin Schilling, MSc, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Isotope Geochemist

    Areas of Research Focus: Cancer, Cancer--Chemical/Environmental Causes, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Chemical Hazards, Climate and Health, Environmental Toxins, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Water Quality and Access

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  • Lewis Ziska

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Plant Physiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Climate change and rising carbon dioxide that address: agriculture and food security; invasive species; and plant biology and public health.

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  • Linda Valeri, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Biostatistician

    Areas of Research Focus: Data Science, Longitudinal Studies, Missing Data, Disparities / Inequalities in Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Mental Health, Schizophrenia.

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  • Lynn Petukhova, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Rare skin diseases, Exome sequencing, Genetic polymorphisms, Translational research.

  • Matthew Neidell, PhD

    • Professor of Health Policy and Management, Health Economist

    Areas of Research Focus: Research Design and Methods, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Climate and Health, Healthcare Economics.

  • Merlin Chowkwanyun, PhD, MPH

    • Donald H. Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Historian

    Areas of Research Focus: Data Management, Spatial Analysis, Community-Based Healthcare, Disparities/Inequalities in Health, Immigrant Health, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Healthcare Policy, History of Public Health.

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  • Norman Kleiman, PhD, MS

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Molecular Biologist/Ophthalmology

    Areas of Research Focus: Aging and Elderly, Cancer, Cancer--Chemical/Environmental Causes, Arsenic Exposure, Chemical Hazards, Environmental Risk Factors, Environmental Toxins, Radiation Exposure, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Toxicology, Epigenetics, Gene-Environment Interactions, Genetic Susceptibility, Genetics, Genomics, Public Health Education.

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  • Robbie Parks, PhD

    • Incoming Assistant Professor (Spring 2023) and NIH NIEHS K99/R00 Fellow

    Areas of Research Focus: Climate-related exposures (tropical cyclones, temperature, air pollution, wild fires), community health, biostatistical methods.

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  • Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD

    • Director of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology, Physician Scientist and Pediatric Pulmonologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Children's respiratory health, Asthma, Physical activity, Air pollution.

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  • Tiffany R. Sanchez

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental and Molecular Epidemiologist

    Areas of Research Focus: Big Data, Data Science, Longitudinal Studies, Multilevel Modeling, Chronic Disease, Underserved Populations, Pollution--Air/Ground/Water, Arsenic Exposure, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Risk Factors, Molecular Epidemiology, Toxicity of Heavy Metals, Water Quality and Access, Global Health, Smoking (Tobacco).

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  • Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of Research Focus: Child and adolescent health, chronic disease, community health, environmental health, global health, public health education, urban health, environmental justice.

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  • Xiao Wu, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    Areas of Research Focus:  Developing statistical and causal inference methods to address methodological needs in climate and health research.

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  • Dana Goin

    • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
  • Haotian (Howie) Wu, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

    Areas of research focus: reproductive, pulmonary, and neuropsychological health.

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Administration/Technicians/Biostatistical Support Staff

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