Current ETS PhD Students

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Education
Columbia University (MPH, Biostatistics); Korea University (BA, Public Health Policy and Management)

Cohort
2025

Research Interests

• Genetic research and causal inference approaches to explore Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD)
• Identification of genetic and environmental factors to inform ADRD prevention and treatment strategies

Min's profile

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Education
Yale University (BS, Biology); University of California, Berkeley (MPH, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology)

Cohort
2025

Research Interests

• Epidemiology of malaria in low-transmission settings
• Health impacts of chronic malaria infection and malaria immunology

• Cost-effectiveness of malaria interventions

   

Sylvia's profile

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Education
Trinity College Dublin (MSc, Global Health), Boston College (BA, International studies)

Cohort
2025

Research Interests

• Applying epidemiological methods to deepen our understanding of reproductive health outcomes and disparities in the U.S. and globally
• Abortion, maternal mortality and morbidity, pregnancy, contraception, and gender 

• Effects of reproductive health policies on health outcomes

   

Brianán's profile

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he/him/his

Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA, Integrative Biology & Molecular and Cell Biology; MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Cohort
2025

Research Interests

• Using advanced epidemiologic and statistical methods—including causal inference and multilevel modeling.
• Examining how social and structural determinants produce health disparities in minority populations. 

• Identifying mechanisms driving inequities in cardiometabolic and chronic disease outcomes to inform data-driven interventions and policy.

   

Ruben's profile

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he/him/his

Education
University of Aberdeen, MPH

Cohort
2024

Research Interests

• Malaria and infectious disease epidemiology
• Global health and the use of mathematical models to inform malaria public health strategies.

Gloire's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
San Francisco State University (BS in Cell & Molecular Biology, MPH in Community Health Education)

Cohort
2024

Research Interests

• Effects of racialized stress on health in young adults from diverse racial backgrounds
• Molecular epidemiology investigating how racial discrimination and racialized stress affect biological pathways related to cancer

• Application of advanced epidemiological methods to reduce health disparities and improve cancer outcomes in vulnerable populations

   

Rebecca's profile

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Education
University of Massachusetts, Lowell (BA, Psychology); University of New Hampshire (MS, Health Data Science)

Cohort
2024

Research Interests

• Speech and language features to describe variants of frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
• Women’s aging, cognitive function, and the application of data science to manage hormonal changes and menopause symptoms

Brittany's profile

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Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA, Integrative Biology), University of California, Berkeley (MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Research Interests

• Using advanced epidemiological methods for health disparities research.

• Investigating the role of social determinants of health in producing inequities and disparities in cardiometabolic health and other health outcomes.

   

Joan's profile

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Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (MPH), University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business (BSc in Economics), University of Pennsylvania: College of Arts and Sciences (BA in Biology)

Cohort
2024

Research Interests

• Leveraging big data and computational methods to identify and address the needs of marginalized and medically underserved populations.

   

Frank's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
University of Miami (BS, Psychology), Emory University (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2023

Research Interests

• Health disparities in Black women and women of color
• Improving health equity in reproductive health and maternal health morbidity and mortality
• Perinatal, reproductive, clinical, and surveillance epidemiology

• Reproductive oncology, including cervical and ovarian cancer

   

Deborah's Profile

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Education
University of California, Davis (BS, Biological Sciences), University of California, San Francisco (MS, Global Health Sciences)

Cohort
2023

Research Interests

• Causal inference, community-engagement, and drug use harm reduction to advance health equity for marginalized populations
• Research on clinical trials and observational studies to inform social policy and improve health outcomes for people who use drugs

Claire's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
Stanford University (MS, Epidemiology and Clinical Research); University of California, Los Angeles (BS, Computational and Systems Biology)

Cohort
2023

Research Interests

• Impact of structural determinants of health on resource allocation strategies and health policies

• Influence of conflict, geographic residence, and life-course poverty on healthcare-seeking behaviors and longitudinal health outcomes

   

Mia's profile

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Education
Roanoke College (BA Sociology), The George Washington University (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2023

Research Interests

• Design and implementation of RCTs
• Reducing infectious disease burden and improving child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.

• Malnutrition outcomes and antimicrobial resistance burden following mass antibiotic distribution in West Africa

   

Brittany's profile

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Education
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (B.Tech, Biotechnology), Yale University (MPH, Epidemiology of Microbial Disease)

Cohort
2023

Research Interests

• Infectious disease modeling to inform global health policy.
• Developing and applying statistical methods for observational studies on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. 

• Leveraging mathematical modeling to advance public health research and decision-making.

   

Ariktha's profile

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Education
Cuttington University (BS, Biology); University of Liberia (MD, General Medicine); University of California, San Francisco (MAS, Clinical Research)

Cohort
2022

Research Interests

• Epidemiological research focused on reducing the burden of tropical and infectious diseases in low- and middle-income settings

• Experience studying post-acute sequela of COVID-19 and its determinants in Liberia with the Ministry of Health

   

Cozie's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
Duke University (BA, Global Health & International Comparative Studies), Stanford University (MS, Community Health and Prevention Research)

Cohort
2022

Research Interests

• Pathways linking environmental exposures to health outcomes
• Impact of environmental exposures, chemicals, and contaminants on maternal health and early child development
• Informing public health policy to reduce harmful exposures and address inequities in maternal and child health.

Aimee's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
City University of New York School of Public Health & Health Policy (MPH, Community Health), Cornell University (BS, Human Biology, Health, & Society)

Cohort
2022

Research Interests

• Sexual and reproductive health, contraception, abortion and pregnancy desires
• Ethical research using a reproductive justice and harm reduction lens  
• Qualitative methods, sampling "hidden" populations, social epidemiology, and causal inference

Rachel's profile

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he/him/his

Education
University of California, San Francisco (MAS, Clinical Research), University of California, Davis (BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Research Interests

• Research on frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
• Develop and validate the REMOTE-FTD program.

• Assess FTD-related comorbidities, medications, and lab results, while exploring representation in FTD research relative to the broader FTD patient population.

   

Jack's profile

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Education
University of San Diego (BA, Biology), Columbia University (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2022

Research Interests

• Risk factors of cognitive decline and dementia.
• the role of social isolation in dementia risk by exploring various plausible causal pathways (decreased cognitive stimulation, changes in psychosocial well-being, sensory impairment, etc). 

Mary's profile

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Education
Stanford University (BA, Human Biology, MA, Sociology), University College London (MSc, Social Epidemiology)

Cohort
2022

Research Interests

• Examining the health impacts of family support policies and their ability to address existing health inequities.
• Using quasi-experimental methods and natural experiments to generate evidence to ultimately inform evidence-based policymaking.

Whitney's profile

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Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA, Public Health); University of Pennsylvania (BS, Nursing); University of Pennsylvania (MS, Nursing); Harvard University (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Leveraging informatics, machine learning, and predictive modeling to improve pediatric healthcare

   

Carrie's Profile

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she/her/hers

Education
Higher School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia (BA, Sociology; MA, Sociology), University of California, San Francisco (MAS, Clinical Research)

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Cancer health disparities in gynecologic and breast cancers

• Social epidemiology, causal inference, and geospatial analysis of social, built, and healthcare environments

   

Kate's profile

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Education
University of California, San Diego (BS, Microbiology; BS, Public Health), University of Washington (MS, Genetic Epidemiology)

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Population genetics, gene-environment interaction, and big data analytics for omics

• Genomic research to improve health equity among underserved communities

   

James's profile

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Education
Reed College (BA, Psychology), University of New Mexico (MPH, Epidemiology) 

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Intersection of substance abuse and infectious disease epidemiology, specifically hepatitis C transmission and non-fatal overdose

• Health inequities among people who use drugs using advanced dyadic, multilevel, and latent variable methods grounded in community engagement

   

Maia's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
Wayne State University (BA in Romance Languages, BS in Biology & Psychology); Wayne State University - School of Medicine (MD); University of California, Berkeley (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Identifying risk factors for gastrointestinal and liver cancers, with an emphasis on steatotic liver disease.
• Improving risk stratification methods for the surveillance of liver cancer and other complications associated with liver disease.
• Studying the factors contributing to the incidence of liver cancer on a population level, aiming to enhance early detection, prevention, and patient care strategies. 

Mai's profile

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Education
Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (BTech, Mechanical & Automation Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University (MBA), University of California, Berkeley (MPH, Epidemiology)

Cohort
2021

Research Interests

• Investigating cancer disparities, social drivers, and modifiable risk factors to reduce population cancer burden
• Epidemiologic studies on colorectal cancer etiology, prostate cancer progression, financial toxicity, and ionizing radiation in dementia

• Impact of physical activity, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and nativity on breast cancer survival and risk, specifically among Asian American wom

   

Tanvi's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison (BS, Genetics, Life Sciences Communication), University of California, San Francisco (MS, Global Health Sciences)

Cohort
2020

Research Interests

• Perinatal epidemiology and maternal and newborn health outcomes.
• Evaluation of US and global maternal and newborn health policies.
• Prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum experiences of care.
• The application of a range of methods to study and improve experiences and outcomes for birthing persons, infants, and their loved ones.

Carolyn's profile

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she/her/hers

Education
University of California, Davis (BS, Psychology, Mathematics Emphasis), University of California, Berkeley (MPH, Epidemiology/Biostatistics)

Cohort
2019

Research Interests

• Researching social determinants of health for sexual and gender minority populations.
• Identifying policy determinants of disparities in substance use and poor mental health outcomes.

• Translating research findings to positive, structural, anti-capitalist impact.

   

Caitlin's profile

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Education
California State University, Northridge (BS, Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Classical Applied Mathematics concentrations); UCLA (MPH, Biostatistics)

Cohort
2018

Research Interests

• Statistical consulting, biomarker validation, sexual health behaviors, and HIV prevention
• Study design, statistical methods for clinical trials, mathematical modeling
• Leveraging electronic medical records to improve population health and intervention implementation

Michelle's profile

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Education
UC Davis (BS in Genetics with emphasis on genomics); Harvard School of Dental Medicine

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Research Interests

• Predicting common surgical outcomes and complications
• Maxillofacial transplantation platforms
• Palliative therapy of oral cancer complications
• Molecular assessment of treatment-specific complications in breast and prostate cancers.

Sepehr's profile

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Education
Wesleyan University (BA, Biology), University of Illinois at Chicago (PharmD and MBA), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (MPH)

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Research Interests

• Intersection of social and spatial epidemiology
• Geographic distribution of tobacco-related health inequities
• Tobacco control policies

Nita's profile