|
|
Regular and Research Faculty
PDF format - Faculty Research Interest and Contact Information
(Click on the faculty name for more information)
Sara Dubowsky Adar ScD (Harvard University), MHS (Johns Hopkins University)
Assistant Professor
Research is focused on the human health effects of exposures to air
pollution, with an emphasis on traffic-related pollutants.
Susan J. Astley PhD (University of Washington)
Professor
Etiology, diagnosis & prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Melissa A. Austin PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MS (University of California Los Angeles)
Professor
Director of the Institute of Public Health Genetics.
Genetic Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer.
Janet Baseman PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Texas (Houston))
Assistant Professor
Applied epidemiology in public health practice, informatics, infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance.
Shirley A. A. Beresford PhD (University of London (UK))
Professor
Nutritional epidemiology, folic acid, fruit and vegetable, exercise in preventive intervention trials
Barbara A. Bruemmer PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Senior Lecturer
Obesity prevention, nutrition management of chronic disease and food biosecurity.
Lee Ann Campbell PhD (Pennsylvania State University)
Professor
Molecular biology & pathogenic mechanisms of chlamydia.
Pamela Charney PhD (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), MS (University of Washington)
Lecturer
Research interests includes the use of technology in distance education
in dietetics, nutrition screening and assessment in acute care,
nutrition informatics, and comprehensive nutrition therapy in HIV/AIDS
Harvey Checkoway PhD (University of North Carolina), MPH (Yale University), BA (Boston University)
Professor
Occupational, environmental epidemiology, neuroepidemiology, gene/environment interactions.
Gloria D. Coronado PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Research Assistant Professor
Research on health disparities and health promotion in the Latino population
Peter Cummings MD (Case Western Reserve University), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Injury & clinical epidemiology, emergency medicine research.
Scott Davis PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Rochester)
Professor and Chair
Epidemiology of radiation & cancer, hematopoietic cancers, epidemiologic methods for disease clustering & aggregation
Anneclaire J. De Roos PhD (University of North Carolina), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Assistant Professor
Environmental epidemiology, occupational epidemiology, chronic diseases, biologic markers of early effect, epidemiologic methods
Adam Drewnowski PhD (Rockefeller University), MA (Oxford University)
Professor
Genetic variation in taste preference related to food choice and disease risk
Glen E. Duncan MS (Ball State University), PhD (University of Tennessee)
Associate Professor
Cardiovascular fitness, body fatness, and metabolic disease; exercise in prevention of metabolic and cardiovascular disease; physical environment effects on physical activity
Karen L. Edwards PhD (University of Washington), MS (California State University, Chico)
Associate Professor
Genetic epidemiology, public health genetics, diabetes, cardiovascular disease.
Annette L. Fitzpatrick PhD (University of Washington), MA (Southern Illinois University)
Research Associate Professor
Studies of aging and chronic diseases; physical and cognitive functioning in the elderly, dementia including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, health aging, and alternative and complementary approaches to health.
Gary M. Goldbaum MD (University of Colorado (Denver)), MPH (University of Washington)
Associate Professor
Applied public health epidemiology, especially HIV/AIDS surveillance and translation of epidemiology into public health practice.
Jack Goldberg PhD (University of Illinois), MA (University of Chicago)
Research Professor
Use of samples of twins for epidemiologic research, co-founder of the Vietnam Era Twin (VET) registry; and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Stephen E. Hawes PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Associate Professor
Sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Susan R. Heckbert MD (Case Western Reserve University), MPH (University of Washington), PhD (University of Washington)
Professor
Clinical epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacogenetics.
Victoria L. Holt PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Women's reproductive health, prenatal & perinatal care, domestic violence.
Lisa A. Jackson MD (University of Virginia), MPH (University of Washington)
Research Professor
Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine efficacy, cost benefit analysis.
Grace C. John Stewart MD (University of Michigan), MPH (University of Washington), PhD (University of Washington)
Associate Professor
HIV-1 transmission, mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1, treatment of HIV-1
Joel D. Kaufman MD (University of Michigan), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Environmental and occupational epidemiology, health effects of diesel exhaust exposures, environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease, occupational asthma
Mary A. Kernic PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Research Associate Professor
Intimate partner violence, injury epidemiology, and psychiatric epidemiology.
Ann Marie Kimball MD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Global Trade and Infectious Disease, Emerging Infections, Surveillance and Informatics, Global Health Policy for Infectious Disease control.
Elizabeth Kirk PhD (University of Washington)
Assistant Professor
How dietary and genetic components may influence the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis
Thomas D. Koepsell MD (Harvard Medical School), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Epidemiologic methods, Injury epidemiology, neuroepidemiology, veterans health, application of epidemiology to evaluation of health services
Laura A. Koutsky PhD (University of Washington), MSPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Sexually transmitted diseases and ano-genital cancers
Mario Kratz PhD (University of Bonn (Germany)), MSc (University of Bonn (Germany))
Research Assistant Professor
Nutrition intervention studies on obesity as well as the molecular and metabolic links between obesity and associated diseases (type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer).
Alan R. Kristal DPH (Columbia University), MPH (Northwestern University)
Professor
Nutritional epidemiology, relationship between diet & cancer, evaluation of public health nutrition interventions.
Walter A. Kukull PhD (University of Washington), MS (Western Washington University)
Professor
Genetic, environmental & clinical epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease.
Andrea Z. LaCroix PhD (University of North Carolina), MPH (University of North Carolina)
Professor
Older women's health, osteoporosis and fracture prevention, cardiovascular disease & healthy aging.
Johanna W. Lampe PhD (University of Minnesota)
Research Professor
Nutritional epidemiology; dietary interventions to test the effects of plant-food constituents on biomarkers of cancer risk
Christopher I. Li PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington), MD (University of California (San Francisco))
Research Associate Professor
Studies of cancer etiology. His principal focus is breast cancer, particularly regarding factors
related to etiology and clinical outcomes.
Alyson Littman PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Research Assistant Professor
Physical activity; obesity; and complementary/alternative medicine modalities (yoga), cancer survivorship; health promotion activities in people with physical disabilities
Kathi Malone PhD (University of Washington), MPH (Yale University)
Research Professor
Epidemiology of breast cancer, including environmental and genetic predictors of developing breast cancer, and prognostic determinants of outcomes following breast cancer; genetic epidemiology; epidemiologic methods.
Lisa E. Manhart MPH (Tulane University), PhD (University of Washington)
Assistant Professor
Sexually transmitted infections (STI), socio-behavioral epi and transmission dynamics of STI
Jonathan D. Mayer BA (University of Rochester), MA (University of Michigan), PhD (University of Michigan)
Professor
Infectious disease ecology; emerging infections; health service location; comparative health systems
Scott McClelland MPH (University of Washington), MD (University of Washington)
Associate Professor
International epidemiology of HIV-1 and sexually transmitted diseases
Anne McTiernan MD (New York Medical College), PhD (University of Washington)
Research Professor
Breast & colon cancer, exercise, obesity, chemoprevention, cancer survivorship, hormones.
Charlie Mock MD (Brown University), PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Dr. Mock's interest are in epidemiology of injuries, especially in developing countries; surgical and trauma outcomes; treatment of injuries.
Suresh H. Moolgavkar PhD (Johns Hopkins University), MBBS (Bombay University (India))
Professor
Cancer epidemiology, quantitative methodology.
Beth A. Mueller DPH (Tulane University), MPH (University of California Los Angeles)
Professor
Reproductive & perinatal health, cancer & injury epidemiology, epidemiologic methods.
Mark W. Oberle MD (Johns Hopkins University), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Professor and Associate Dean
Epidemiology, Informatics
Louise W. Peck PhD (University of Washington), MS (Brigham Young University)
Lecturer
Obesity prevention, calcium intake among adolescents, clinical nutrition outcomes in chronic diseases such as diabetes and renal disease.
Ulrike Peters PhD (University of Kiel (Germany)), MPH (University of North Carolina)
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular and genetic epidemiology, nutritional prevention of cancer, cancer epidemiology, gene diet interactions.
John D. Potter MBBS (University of Queensland (Australia))
Professor
Cancer epidemiology, cancer biology, nutritional epidemiology, experimental human nutrition, and applications of molecular methods to epidemiology, particularly gene-environment interactions in colorectal neoplasia.
Bruce M. Psaty MD (Indiana University), PhD (Indiana University)
Professor
Cardiovascular epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology epidemiologic methods, patient-physician interaction, pharmacogenetics, genomics, and drugs safety.
Gayle E. Reiber PhD (University of Washington), MPH (Johns Hopkins University)
Professor
Prevention, control and cost of diabetes, health services research.
Alexander P. Reiner MD (Johns Hopkins University), MSc (University of Washington)
Research Associate Professor
Genetic epidemiology of atherosclerotic, thrombotic, and cardiovascular disease; population biology and genomics.
Mary A. Rossing PhD (University of Washington), DVM (University of Illinois)
Research Associate Professor
Cancer epidemiology, reproductive health.
Melissa A. Schiff MPH (University of Washington), MD (University of Michigan)
Associate Professor
Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology and injury epidemiology
Stephen M. Schwartz PhD (University of Washington), MPH (Yale University)
Professor
Epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease & female reproductive conditions, interaction of molecular genetics and environmental factors in health and disease.
David S. Siscovick MD (University of Maryland), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Epidemiology & prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Nicholas L. Smith PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Associate Professor
Cardiovascular pharmacoepidemiology, clinical epidemiology, and health services research.
Janet L. Stanford PhD (Johns Hopkins University), MPH (Emory University)
Research Professor
Genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of prostate and breast cancer, quality of life after treatment of the prostate.
Jacqueline R. Starr PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Research Associate Professor
Epidemiology of craniofacial malformations, maternal genetics in relation to offspring disease risk, molecular epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, testicular cancer.
Andy Stergachis PhD (University of Minnesota), MS (University of Minnesota)
Professor
Pharmacoepidemiology & other studies of medications and health systems and outcomes; epidemiology of biological and chemical hazards
David B. Thomas MD (University of Washington), DrPH (Johns Hopkins University)
Professor
Breast & gynecologic cancer epidemiology & prevention.
Neli Ulrich PhD (University of Washington)
Associate Professor
Genetic epidemiology, nutrition, and epidemiologic methods.
Ann Vander Stoep PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Oklahoma)
Associate Professor
Epidemiological studies and program evaluations within the field of child and adolescent mental health.
Thomas L. Vaughan MD (University of Illinois), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Environmental & genetic factors in etiology of respiratory and gastrointestinal cancers; Head of the Epidemiology Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Anna Wald MD (Mt Sinai School of Medicine), MPH (University of Washington)
Professor
Virology, epidemiology of genital herpes simplex.
Noel S. Weiss MD (Stanford University), DrPH (Harvard University)
Professor
Cancer epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, clinical epidemiology.
Emily White PhD (University of Washington)
Professor and Associate Dean
Cancer prevention research, epidemiologic methods, vitamin supplements and cancer, mammography, etiology of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer and melanoma
Marcia F. Williams PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Senior Lecturer
Early identification of neuromotor abnormalities in pre term infants, as well as the developmental consequences of in utero cocaine exposure
Michelle A. Williams ScD (Harvard University)
Professor
Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, prenatal screening.
Rachel L. Winer PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of Washington)
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV)
infections and HPV-related cancers