Doctoral Student Profiles

Laura Arboleda-MerinoLaura Arboleda-Merino
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Mental Health, health equity, modeling, population health
Email address: larb@umich.edu 

Jillian BakerJillian Baker
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: jillbake@umich.edu

Sarah BassiouniSarah S. Bassiouni
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology (molecular, infectious disease, social), global health, social determinants of health and health disparities, geospatial analysis, demography
Email address: sbassiou@umich.edu 

Rachael BrooksRachael Brooks
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology
Email address: rachabr@umich.edu

Morgan ByrdMorgan Byrd
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: mcbyrd@umich.edu 

Tsai-Chin ChoTsai-Chin Cho
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/ Epidemiologic Science/ Social determinants of health; health disparities
Email address: tccho@umich.edu 

Yoon ChoYoonkyoung Cho
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: yoonkcho@umich.edu

Nia ClementsNia Clements
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Environmental Justice
Email address: niaclem@umich.edu 

Christopher CroweChristopher Crowe
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/Genetic Epidemiology/Chronic Disease/Population Health 
Email address: crowec@umich.edu

Joshua Foster-TuckerJoshua Foster-Tucker
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: The intersection of infectious disease epidemiology, epigenetics, and geroscience
Email address: tuckjosh@umich.edu 

Berhanu GebremeskelBerhanu G. Gebremeskel
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiological Science, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Global Health
Email address: bgebreme@umich.edu 

Sarah GoldbergSarah Goldberg
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: sgoldb@umich.edu 

Kayla HansonKayla Hanson
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccines
Email address: kayhans@umich.edu 

MarielynnMarielynn Herrera
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: maternal and child health, social and political determinants of health, and employment and occupational epidemiology
Email address: mherre@umich.edu

Jessica IbiebeleJessica Ibiebele
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Email address: jibiebel@umich.edu

Mengdi (Judy) JiMengdi Ji
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious disease, Sexually transmitted disease, Vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, Global health 
Email address: mengdiji@umich.edu

Tingfan JinTingfan Jin
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Environmental Epidemiology
Email address: tingfan@umich.edu 

Eskira KahsayEskira Kahsay
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Psychiatric epidemiology, Social epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH)
Email address: eskahsay@umich.edu

Nita KanneyNita Kanney
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epigenetics, health disparities, and maternal and child health across the life course. 
Email address: kanney@umich.edu 

Abigail KappelmanAbigail Kappelman
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology
Email address: kappelma@umich.edu

Ben KesslerBen Kessler
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Molecular epidemiology, bioinformatics, chronic disease, dietary and environmental exposures 
Email address: bekessle@umich.edu 

Lilah KhojaLilah Khoja
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Cancer disparities; Arab and Arab American Health; Ovarian cancer; Cervical cancer; Bladder cancer
Email address: lkhoja@umich.edu

Kathleen LindseyKathleen Lindsey
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.
Email address: klindz@umich.edu

Lauren MacConnachieLauren MacConnachie
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease and Aging Epidemiology, Center for Midlife Science
Email address: lmacconn@umich.edu 

Kara MannorKara Mannor
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology/Center of Social Epidemiology and Population Health/Disability Justice and Public Health
Email address: kmannor@umich.edu

Justin McClendonJustin McClendon
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, and Global Health
Email address: jmcclen@umich.edu

Renie MellenRenie Mellen
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiological science, Vaccine hesitancy, Social epidemiology, Global health
Email address: mrenie@umich.edu 

Elizabeth MetzgerElizabeth Metzger
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiologic Science, Injury Prevention, Concussion Research, Military Health 
Email address: elizmetz@umich.edu

Yoonseo MokYoonseo Mok
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations
Email address: ymok@umich.edu 

Harry MomoHarry Momo
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Epidemiology, Global Public Health
Email address: hdmomo@umich.edu

Yannan NiuYannan Niu
Program/affiliation/area of speciality: Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Mathematical Modeling
Email address: ynniu@umich.edu

Justin OldhamJustin Oldham, MD
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Prediction Modeling
Email address: oldhamj@umich.edu

Lauren OpsasnickLauren Opsasnick
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Email address: opsasnic@umich.edu

Omar PedrazaOmar Pedraza
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social connectedness, fostering a sense of community, social capital
Email address: opedraza@umich.edu 

Kalee RumfeltKalee Rumfelt
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: 
Email address: rumfeltk@umich.edu

Vanessa SlackVanessa Slack
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Infections Disease Epidemiology, Zoonotic Disease Transmission and Modeling, One Health
Email address: vmslack@umich.edu

Awnish SinghAwnish Singh
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine preventable disease, disease modeling, Immunology, vaccine development, vaccine preventable disease surveillance methods, immunization program operations and vaccine policy. 
Email address: awnishks@umich.edu 

Danielle SmithDanielle Smith
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Global Health
Email address: danilsc@umich.edu 

Hannah SteinbergHannah Steinberg
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Email address: hsteinb@umich.edu

Danielle StoneDanielle Stone
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Intersection of Social and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Complex Systems, Computational Modeling
Email address: tystone@umich.edu

jiale tanJiale Tan
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Mathematics Modeling, Infectious Disease Modeling, Chronic Disease Modeling, Operations Research
Email address: jialetan@umich.edu

Nasya TanNasya Tan
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Health disparities, social epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, disability, hearing loss, d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing populations
Email address: nasyatan@umich.edu 

Catherine Vander WoudeCatherine Vander Woude
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social Epidemiology, Cancer Care Delivery, Health Disparities
Email address: vanderwc@umich.edu 

Hannah Van WykHannah Van Wyk
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, Mathematical Modeling, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Email address: hcvw@umich.edu

Herong WangHerong Wang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology, neurological disorder, environmental risk factors, genetic etiology
Email address: herongw@umich.edu 

Elaine WuJiaxin Wu
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Environmental epidemiology, population health
Email address: jiaxinw@umich.edu

Jade YangJade Yang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Global Health, Vaccine Science and Policy, Virology
Email address: jadeyang@umich.edu 

Jose ZambaraJosé Zambrana
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiology; Infectious Disease epidemiology
Email address: jzamb@umich.edu

Luiz ZavalaLuis Zavala Arciniega
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Email address: lzavalaa@umich.edu

Kelvin ZhangKelvin Pengyuan Zhang
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Social Epidemiology, Cognitive Aging, Cardiometabolic Health
Email address: kelvinzh@umich.edu 

Troy ZhouTroy Zirui Zhou
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Modeling, population health, chronic diseases, infectious disease epidemiology
Email address: zzrtroy@umich.edu 

Mia ZhuMia Qihan Zhu
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Sleep epidemiology, Childhood exposures, Perinatal epidemiology 
Email address: mqzhu@umich.edu

Muhammad Zia ul HaqMuhammad Zia ul Haq
Program/affiliation/area of specialty: Epidemiologist specializing in cardiovascular disease and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Email address: mziaulh@umich.edu