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  • Zainab_Albar

    Zainab Hassan Albar

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Abdus Sattar, PhD

  • Asma Almijlad

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Research topics: Relationship between periodontitis and cancer

    Advisor: James Spilsbury, PhD

  • Hussam Mohammed Alqahtani

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

     

  • Haimeng Bai

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

  • Benjamin Booker

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Sarah Markt, PhD

  • Claudia Ivette Cabrera Aviles

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Biomedical & Health Informatics

    Advisor: Satya Sahoo, PhD

    Claudia Cabrera joined the PhD program from the BHI Master's program. Watch her testimonial video.  

  • Weicong Chen

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Computer and Data Sciences 

    Advisor: Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD

  • Lauren Cruz

    Lauren Ashley Cruz

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: lauren.cruz@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research Topics: Genetic epidemiology, Bioethics

    Advisors: Dana Crawford, PhD, and Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MPH

    Link to Lauren Cruz' website.

  • Zuxi Cui

    Zuxi Cui

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program:  Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Fredrick R. Schumacher, PhD, MPH

  • Daoyu Duan

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Hao Harry Feng, PhD

  • Raqaq Durodoye

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

  • Britney Graham

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

  • Jesus Gutierrez

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Catherine M. Stein, PhD

  • Emily Hannon

    Emily Hannon

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: erh90@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research Topics: Malaria, immunology, global health, bioinformatics

    Advisors: James Kazura, MD, and Scott Williams, PhD

  • Vanessa Ho

    Vanessa Ho, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Surgery
    MetroHealth Medical Center
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Siran Koroukian, PhD

  • Olivia Marie Hogue

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

  • Jeeda Ismail

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: Mark Cameron, PhD

  • Bowen Jin

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

  • Kakul Joshi

    Kakul Joshi

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: kxj106@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research Topics: Diet-related health disparities, nutritional epidemiology, food access focused community interventions, nutrition equity

     Advisor: Erika Trapl, PhD

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  • Carli Jessica Lehr

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

  • Youjun Li

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Jeffrey M. Albert, PhD

  • Harrison Lindley

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: Mark Cameron, PhD

  • Shiying Liu

    Shiying Liu

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Dana Crawford, PhD

    Link to Shiying Liu's website here. 

  • Noah Lorincz-Comi

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: njl96@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research topics: Alzheimer's Disease, Genetic Epidemiology, Mendelian Randomization

    Advisor: Xiaofeng Zhu, PhD

  • Ashley M. Lowry

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Mark Schluchter

  • Amr Mahran

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

  • Leighanne Main

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program:  Genetics and Genome Sciences

    Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD

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    Roberto Martinez, MD, MPH

    Pre-Doctoral Scholar
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
    School of Medicine

    Email: ram249@case.edu

  • Anna M. May

    Anna M. May

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: amm247@case.edu

    Program: Biomedical and Health Informatics

    Research Topics: Disease prediction, pathways of care, adherence, sleep apnea, databases

     

  • Morgan K McGrath

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Sciences

    Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

  • Stephanie Merlino Barr

    Stephanie Merlino Barr, MS, RD, LD

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Research Topics: Neonatal nturion, growth, body composition

    Advisor: Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD

  • Leslie (Guanqun) Meng

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research topics: Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

    Advisor: Harry Hao Feng, PhD

     

  • Stephanie E Merlino

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

  • Makaela Mews

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

  • Anna Miller

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Genetics and Genome Sciences

    Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

  • Benjamin_Mittman

    Benjamin Mittman

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: bgm37@case.edu

    Program: Biomedical and Health Informatics

    Advisor: Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH

  • Laurie A Moennich

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

  • Yousef Mustafa

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Systems Biology

    Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

  • Ryan Nazemian

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

  • Callie-Ogand Hand

    Callie Ogland-Hand, MA

    Pre-Doctoral Scholar
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
    School of Medicine

    Email: cmo74@case.edu

  • Jasmine Olvany

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Genetics & Genome Sciences

    Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

  • Michael Osterman

    Michael D. Osterman

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: mdo17@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Research Topics: Genetic Epidemiology, Predictive Models, Polygenic Risk Scores, Chronic Disease, Biostatistics

    Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD

  • Julia Yang Payne

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

  • Katrina D Prantzalos

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Satya Sahoo, PhD

  • Abigail Roche Headshot 2

    Abigail Roche, MS

    Pre-Doctoral Scholar
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
    School of Medicine

    Email: acr129@case.edu

  • Jacqueline Shaia

    Jacqueline Shaia

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: jks180@case.edu

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Research topics:  Genetics in Vision, Retinal and Optic Nerve Diseases, Big Data Analysis 

    Link to Jacqueline Shaia's website.

  • Sandra Y Silva Camargo

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

  • Han Sun

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

  • Karlo Tojian

    Karlo Toljan

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

  • Wayne M Tsuang, MD

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

  • Dipak Prasad Upadhyaya

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

  • Lu Wang

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

  • Ping Wang

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD

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  • Yanning Wu

    Yanning Wu

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: yxw2033@case.edu

  • Xueyi (Julia) Zhang

    Xueyi (Julia) Zhang

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Email: xueyi.zhang@case.edu

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

     Research topics: Computational and Statistical Genomics, Genetic Epidemiology

  • Jing Zhang

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Advisor: Curtis Tatsuoka

  • Guangjin Zhou

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine

    Program: Clinical Translational Science

    Advisor: Siran Koroukian, PhD