Lab Members

Faculty

• Timothy Dye, Ph.D., Associate Chair for Research
• Carrie S. Irvine, M.S.
• Cabiria Monica Barbosu, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
• Nazifa Shinwarie, M.D.
• Shazia Siddiqi, M.D., M.P.H.

Affiliated Faculty

• Esteban Avendaño, M.D., M.P.H.
• Juan I. Barrios Arce, M.D.
• Nancy Cardona-Cordero, Dr.P.H.
• Jack Chang, MS
• Wyatte C. Hall, Ph.D.
• Brooke Levandowski, Ph.D., M.P.A.
• Dongmei Li, Ph.D.
• Tiffany Panko M.D., M.P.H.
• José G. Pérez Ramos, M.P.H., Ph.D.
• Carmen Velez Vega, Ph.D., M.S.W.
• Miriam T. Weber, Ph.D.
• Maryann Wilbur, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.

Current and Former Lab Trainees

• Risako Niwa, B.S. Gender, Mental Health, and the COVID-19 pandemic: An analytical cross- sectional study
• Niki Eckert, Sexual orientation, gender identity, and COVID-19 vaccine skepticism: A global assessment

Using AI and unstructured self-identified ethnicity project:

• Alannah McLean (Biology and ASL)
• Aliya Peremel (Health Policy and Russian)
• Bhargav Sai Bhuvanagiri (Data Science)
• Dina Garber (Computational Biology)
• Diya Kumar (neuroscience, psychology, English)
• Drue Hamlin (RIT Anthropology)
• Ella Klopfer ( Bioethics, Legal Studies, Anthropology)
• Hanjia Lyu (PhD Computer Science)
• Harvest Aquino (Clinical & Translational Science, Health Policy)
• Jenna Ginsburg (Ohio University, D.O. Program)
• Jessica Dong (Epidemiology)
• John Alex (Microbiology)
• John Nguyen (Economics and Math)
• Kirsten Hernandez (U Hawaii, Public Health)
• Liana Reyes (Bioethics)
• Linh Tran (Computer Science and Mathematics; Data Science)
• Luna Shi (Economics and Statistics)
• Manasvi Patwa (Data Science)
• Mirjalol Mirsaburov (Epidemiology/ Microbiology)
• Mowaz Alvi (Health and Society)
• Roni Kirson (Brain and Cognitive Science & Politics, Philosophy and Economics)
• Sophia Franco (Clinical Translational Science)
• Sreejato Chatterjee (Computational Biology, Data Science and Bioethics)
• Xiangxi Sean Tian (Data Science)
• Zoe Smith (U Hawaii Public Health/ Epidemiology)

Recent Lab Graduates

• Jack Chang, Ph.D., EHR-based computational phenotyping in multiple sclerosis incorporating natural language processing and machine learning
• Bianca Flores, PREP Trainee
• Gersandre Gonsalves-Domond, Brown University
• Clare Lennon, M.D., OB/GYN Resident
• Nancy Cardona-Cordero Dr.PH., Post-doctoral trainee
• Davy Ran, M.S., M.P.H., M.D. Student
• Lorne Farovitch, Ph.D., Using a Medical Ecological Approach to Assess Tick-borne Disease (TBD) in Tropical and Non-Tropical Environments, University of Rochester
• Wyatte Hall, Ph.D., Post-doctoral trainee
• Tiffany Panko, M.D., M.P.H., Post-doctoral trainee
• José Pérez Ramos, Ph.D., Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the Generation of Collective Action in Health: A Mixed Methods mHealth Intervention in the Latin American and Caribbean Ecological Context
• Katherine Rieth, M.D., M.P.H., Dental health utilization in Palau: feasibility of an oral cancer screening program
• Saloni Sharma, Associations between Parkinson’s Disease and metabolic syndrome, University of Rochester
• Shazia Siddiqi, M.D., M.P.H., Post-doctoral trainee
• Denisse Vega-Ocasio, Ph.D., Applying the Medical Ecological Framework to Assess Flavivirus-HIV Co-Infection in Marginalized, Affected Communities of Puerto Rico: A Mixed Method Integrated Approach, University of Rochester
• Desarey Morales Vasquez, Identification of Therapeutics for Public Health Emergent Viruses: Zika virus (ZIKV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Research Staff

• Ivelisse Rivera, M.D.
• Lisette Alcantara M.D., M.S.
• Oksana Babiy
• Connor DeAndrea-Lazarus
• Gail Figgins
• Jahron Marriott, M.S.
• Khatira Mohammadi
• Hannah Murphy, Ph.D.
• Zahira Quiñones Tavares, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
• Jie Zhang
• Xiaoxuan Zhan

Research Administration

• Amanda Augustin, M.S.
• Melissa Napolitano, M.S.