Faculty

Susan Mayne

Department Chair

C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Associate Director, Population Sciences at Yale Cancer Center
Department Chair, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Research Interests:Nutritional epidemiology of chronic diseases; Nutrition and cancer prevention and survivorship; cancer epidemiology and genetics

Kathleen Belanger

Senior Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Neurology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Co-Director, Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology

Research Interests:Perinatal and pediatric epidemiology; Evidence-based health care and medicine

Brenda Cartmel

Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Nutrition; Cancer prevention; Cancer survivorship

Donna Chapman

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:breastfeeding, health disparities, breastfeeding peer counseling, maternal and child nutrition

Mayur Desai

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Advanced Professional MPH Program
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Research Interests:Epidemiologic Methods; Health Services Research; Mental Disorders; Cardiovascular Disease; Global Health

Andrew DeWan

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Genetic epidemiology; Statistical genetics; Asthma; Preeclampsia; Sepsis

Robert Dubrow

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Glioma; Glioblastoma; HIV-related malignancies; immunosuppression and cancer

Adrienne Ettinger

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Effects of environmental exposures on reproductive, perinatal, and children's health; Global health; Nutrition; Molecular epidemiology

Leah Ferrucci

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Skin cancer; indoor tanning; modifiable cancer risk factors; cancer survivorship; colorectal cancer, nutritional epidemiology

Jhumka Gupta

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Gender-based violence; Reproductive health; HIV; Mental health; Refugee; Immigrant; Human trafficking; Conflict settings

Amber Hromi-Fiedler

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Food insecurity; nutrition in emergencies; prenatal nutrition

Jeannette Ickovics

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Community Alliance for Research & Engagement (CARE)
Deputy Director and Director of Training, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

Research Interests:Teen pregnancy and STI risk; chronic disease prevention; community engaged research; interventions; randomized controlled trials

Melinda Irwin

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Energy balance; Cancer prevention and prognosis

Beth Jones

Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer; Health disparities; Breast Cancer; Mammography Screening; African American; Black; Hispanic/Latino; Breast Density; Neighborhood; Racism; Obesity; Communication; GST-Polymorphisms; P53; Survival

Trace Kershaw

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:HIV/STD prevention; Reproductive and maternal-child health epidemiology

Erica Leifheit-Limson

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Psychosocial Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Stroke; Outcomes; Quality of Care

Becca Levy

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division

Research Interests:Psychosocial influences on aging

Judith Lichtman

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cardiovascular Diseases; Stroke; Women's Health; Elderly; Young; Outcomes; Quality of Care

Lingeng Lu

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer Etiology; Cancer Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers; Personalized Therapy

Xiaomei Ma

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Epidemiology of hematological malignancies

Alice Miller

Associate Research Scientist in Law and Lecturer in Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Impact of law and policy on construction and experience of gender, sexuality, health and human rights in domestic and global settings.

Joan Monin

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Aging; Caregiving; Emotion; Health; Attachment

Rafael Perez-Escamilla

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Office of Public Health Practice

Research Interests:Breastfeeding; Household food security measurement and outcomes; Maternal HIV and child development; Community health workers; Type 2 diabetes; Community nutrition program design and evaluation; Maternal-child public health nutrition; Health disparities

James Rawlings

Clinical Instructor in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Harvey Risch

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer etiology and prevention; Epidemiologic methods; Pancreatic cancer; Ovarian cancer; Gastric cancer; Esophageal cancer; Helicobacter pylori and cancer

Ananya Roy

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Global health, gene-environment interactions, Lead, Air pollution, Pesticides, Neurocognition, cardio respiratory disease.

Fatma Shebl

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:HCV response to treatment; Natural history of HCV infection; Immune response; Infection-related cancer; Cancer epidemiology; Cancer immunology; Inflammation; Research methodology

Douglas Shenson

Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Rong Wang

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Shiyi Wang

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cost-effectiveness analysis; Comparative effectiveness analysis; Meta-analysis; Outcomes research; Simulation modeling

Secondary

Kelly Brownell

Professor of Psychology, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies

Vincent DeVita, Jr

Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)

Research Interests:Drug Resistance; Hodgkin's Disease; Lymphomas; Molecular Technology; Primary Chemotherapy

Thomas Gill

Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders
Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research

Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons

Bonnie Gould Rothberg

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Pathology

Research Interests:Molecular cancer epidemiology; Cancer prognosis; Melanoma - skin cancer; Lung cancer; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Tuberous sclerosis; Next-generation sequencing; Immunohistochemistry and quantitative immunofluorescence; Biospecimens and biobanking; Lifestyle choices associated with cancer outcome

Elena Grigorenko

Emily Fraser Beede Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology

Research Interests:Psychology; Learning disabilities; Neuropsychiatric genetics

Ruth McCorkle

Florence Schorske Wald Professor of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Interim Specialty Director, Adult Health

Jewel Mullen

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and in Public Health

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Faculty, Global Health Leadership Institute

Research Interests:Healthcare workforce diversity; cancer disparities; role of media on health; discrimination in health care systems; role of race in professional experience

Peter Salovey

Chris Argyris Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of Management, of Sociology and of Psychology
Provost of the University

Research Interests:Health Communication; Health Behavior; Human Emotion

Marlene Schwartz

Senior Research Scientist in Psychology and in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

David Snow

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Prevention; Health promotion; Workplace interventions; Stress; Coping; Social support; Intimate partner violence

Jacob Tebes

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, The Consultation Center
Director of Psychology, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Community psychology; Prevention & mental health promotion; Adolescent substance abuse; Culture & human diversity; Recovery from mental illness; Research methodology; Program & systems evaluation; Interdisciplinary research; Community science; Team science

Mary Tinetti

Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Section Chief, Geriatrics

Research Interests:Falls and injuries; Mobility; Clinical decision-making in the face of multiple health conditions; Harms and benefits of medications

Voluntary & Adjunct

Amanda Cross

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

James Rawlings

Clinical Instructor in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Douglas Shenson

Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Rachel Stolzenberg-Solomon

Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Herbert Yu

Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Gene-environment interaction in cancer development and progression; Energy balance and mitogenic growth factors in cancer; Lifestyle's impact on epigenetic regulation in relation to cancer risk and prognosis; Molecular markers for cancer detection, prognosis and treatment

Lecturers

Mary Ann Booss

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Public Health Practice Manager

Edward Bortnichak

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Amy Darefsky

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Lloyd Mueller

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Jewel Mullen

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and in Public Health

Elaine O'Keefe

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Julia Rozanova

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Bernard Schachtel

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Jonathan Smith

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Megan Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, New Haven Mental health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership

Research Interests:Mental health promotion and prevention in children and families; Mental illness in pregnancy and parenting; Community-based mental health research; Community-based participatory research in mental health; Gender disparities in mental illness

Emeritus

Stanislav Kasl

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

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