Hiroko Iida, DDS, MPH, Post-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

My research interests are in maternal and child oral health and oral-general health relationships. As part of my goals in RPPE training, I would like to enhance my knowledge and skills in maternal and child health epidemiology, and biostatistics. I am currently working with Dr. Charlotte Lewis and her research team on a few projects to determine the effects of special health care needs on children’s oral health outcomes. I am looking forward to working and learning in a multidisciplinary research team and also in gaining grant writing skills.

Molly Adrian, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

My research interests are centered on the identification of risk and resilience factors related to emotion regulation and subsequent emotional, social, and behavioral functioning. As part of my goals in RPPE training, I would like to enhance my knowledge and skills in child and adolescent health epidemiology. To this end, I am currently working with Drs. Ann Vander Stoep and Elizabeth McCauley on the Developmental Pathways Project to examine the development of self-harming behaviors, depression, and conduct problems in youth. I am looking forward to participating in grant and manuscript writing, as well as gaining analytical skills for longitudinal datasets.

Dodie Arnold, MSPH, Pre-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

I am interested in research that impacts the lives of women and children.  During my training program, I hope to learn the technical skills needed to investigate health disparities in these populations. I also hope to learn skills that will help me build relationships, collaborations, and community partnerships so that my research can be used to improve the health of women and children.

Jodie Katon, MS, Pre-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

As a pre-doctoral fellow in the Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology training program I hope to continue to learn and apply epidemiology methods to better understand prevention of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and women with prior gestational diabetes.  I am currently working with Dr. Gayle Reiber on a grant for a randomized trial for prevention of type 2 diabetes in women with a recent history of gestational diabetes.

Megan Romano, MPH, Pre-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

My current goals within the Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology training program are to increase my proficiency in epidemiological methods and study design through formal study of epidemiology and collaborations with research mentors. I am particularly interested in studying the health effects of environmental exposures during gestation and early childhood. Other interests include, gene-environment interactions, translational research related to genetic testing, and newborn screening.

Kristen Upson, MPH, Pre-doctoral Fellow, RPPE Program, Epidemiology

My research interests are positioned within the area of hormonal therapies and health outcomes among women.  Currently, I am working with Drs. Victoria Holt and Delia Scholes investigating the effect of oral contraceptive use on skeletal health in adolescent and young women.  My other research interests include risk factors for contraceptive non-use, oral contraceptive use and the risk of serious cardiovascular outcomes, and biomarkers to predict progression of endometrial hyperplasia.  I hope to gain experience addressing methodological challenges in reproductive epidemiology and to acquire skills to become a productive researcher through the RPPE Training Program.