Epidemiology

C. Robert Horsburgh
Chair and Professor. Also, Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
MD, Case Western Reserve University; MUS, Yale University.
Areas of interest: tuberculosis epidemiology and clinical trials, epidemiology of AIDS and AIDS-related infections.

Lisa Fredman
Associate Chair for Research and Professor.
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Areas of interest: epidemiology of aging and psychosocial epidemiology.

Full Time

Ann Aschengrau
Professor.
ScD, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: etiology of congenital anomalies, pregnancy loss, breast cancer, environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, and neuro-developmental disorders.

Susan B. Brogly
Assistant Professor.
PhD, MSc, McGill University.
Areas of interest: reproductive epidemiology, adverse harms of in utero exposure, pediatric HIV infection, and the harms of substance abuse.

Daniel R. Brooks
Associate Professor.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Central America, smoking cessation, health disparities, epidemiologic methods, and exposure misclassification.

Theodore Colton
Chair Emeritus and Professor. Also, Professor of Biostatistics.
ScD, Johns Hopkins University; MS, University of North Carolina.
Areas of interest: biomedical research design, cancer epidemiology, perinatal and child epidemiology, and clinical trials.

Patricia F. Coogan
Associate Professor. Senior Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: Environmental influences on health, obesity, pharmacoepidemiology, and cancer epidemiology.

Yvette C. Cozier
Assistant Professor. Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: social and genetic determinants of health in African-American women, specifically the influence of factors such as racism, neighborhood socioeconomic status, and genetics in the development of cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.

Ryan E. Ferguson
Clinical Assistant Professor.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: Chronic and acute kidney disease epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical trial methodology and innovation, and biomedical informatics.

Matthew Fox
Associate Professor.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: HIV and AIDS, malaria, Africa, Central Asia, clinical trials, epidemiologic methods, sensitivity analysis.

Elizabeth E. Hatch
Professor.
PhD, Yale University.
Areas of interest: cancer and reproductive epidemiology, endocrine disrupting chemicals, prenatal exposures in relation to long-term health effects, life course epidemiology.

Susan S. Jick
Professor and Co-Director of the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Area of interest: pharmacoepidemiology.

David W. Kaufman
Professor. Associate Director, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, MSc, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: pidemiology of rare drug-induced diseases, etiology of hematologic and renal disorders, drug utilization, postmarketing surveillance, and other aspects of pharmacoepidemiology.

Jessica Leibler
Clinical Assistant Professor.
DrPH, John Hopkins University; MS, Harvard University
Areas of  interest: emerging zoonotic infections, food systems.

Wayne W. LaMorte
Professor. Also, Assistant Dean for Education and Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; PhD, MPH, Boston University.
Area of interest: use of technology in teaching.

Carol Louik
Assistant Professor. Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, MS, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: occupational exposures and birth defects and the development of new methods for post-marketing surveillance of prescription medications.

Allen A. Mitchell
Professor. Director, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. Also, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Tufts University.
Areas of interest: epidemiology of drug-induced birth defects and postmarketing studies of medication use and effects in children.

Julie R. Palmer
Professor. Senior Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, Harvard University; MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: breast cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and molecular epidemiology.

Marianne N. Prout
Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Surgery and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Cornell University; MPH, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: cancer, in particular designing cancer education course materials using new technologies, breast cancer risk and risk reduction, outreach and education to minority and underserved communities, cancer screening and smoking cessation programs.

Lynn Rosenberg
Professor. Associate Director, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, MS, Harvard University; MS, Boston University.
Areas of interest: drug-induction of disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer epidemiology, and women’s health.

Kenneth J. Rothman
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
DrPH, Harvard University.

Edward A. Ruiz-Narváez
Assistant Professor. Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, Harvard University; MSc, University of Costa Rica.
Areas of interest: cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, genetic basis of human complex diseases and gene-environment interaction on human diseases.

Kimberly M. Shea
Assistant Professor.
PhD, MPH, Boston University.
Area of interest: infectious disease, especially vaccine preventable diseases, and the post-licensure effectiveness of vaccination.

Sherri O. Stuver
Associate Professor.
ScD, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: virus-associated disease and malignancy, especially those related to hepatitis C virus and human T-lymphotropic virus type I infections.

Martha M. Werler
Professor. Senior Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
DSc, Boston University; MPH, University of Michigan.
Areas of interest: reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, includingmaternal risk factors and outcomes.

Lauren A. Wise
Associate Professor. Senior Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
ScD, ScM, Harvard University.
Area of interest: reproductive epidemiology.

Part Time

Yahya Al-Farsi
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.

Amy Baranoski
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University.
MD, Drexel University; MSc, Boston University.

M. Anita Barry
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Director, Communicable Disease Control, Boston Public Health Commission.
MD, Columbia University; MPH, Boston University.

Tracy A. Battaglia
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, MPH, Boston University.

Emelia J. Benjamin
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Case Western University; ScM, Harvard University.

Julie E. Buring
Adjunct Professor. Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School.
ScD, Harvard University; MS, University of Washington.

Kee Chan
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Boston University.
PhD, MA, Yale University; MS, University of California, San Diego.

Hyon Choi
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
DrPH, Harvard University; MD, Yonsei Medical College.

Bruce B. Cohen
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Research and Epidemiology, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
PhD, MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MS, University of California.

Michael Corwin
Associate Professor. Senior Epidemiologist, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. Also, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Deborah J. Cotton
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Chief of Medical Service, VA Boston Healthcare System.
MD, Boston University; MPH, Johns Hopkins University.

Luc D’jousse
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
MD, University of Saarland, Germany; DSc, MPH, Boston University.

R. Curtis Ellison
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Medical University of South Carolina; MS, Harvard University.

Francis A. Farraye
Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Clinical Director, Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center.
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; MSc, Harvard University.

Lindsay A. Farrer
Professor. Also, Professor of Biostatistics. Chief, Genetics Program, and Professor of Medicine, Neurology, and Genetics & Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine.
PhD, Indiana University.

David T. Felson
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, Boston University.

Louis D. Fiore
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Staff Physician, VA Boston Healthcare System.
MD, State University of New York, Syracuse.

Kenneth A. Freedberg
Adjunct Associate Professor. Director of Epidemiology and Outcomes Research, Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
MD, MSc, Harvard University.

Alan C. Geller
Research Associate Professor. Also, Research Associate Professor of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine. Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Center.
MPH, Boston University.

Jaimie Gradus
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of General Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.

Marian T. Hannan
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Senior Research Associate, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center. Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
DSc, Boston University; MPH, Yale University.

Sonia Hernández-Díaz
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health.
DrPH, MPH, Harvard University; MD, Autónoma University of Madrid, School of Medicine.

Natasha Hochberg
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Case Western Reserve University; MPH, Emory University.

Edward Jones Lopez
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, LaSalle University; MS, Case Western Reserve University.

James A. Kaye
Adjunct Associate Professor. Director of Epidemiology, RTI Health Solutions

Elizabeth Lawler
Instructor. Deputy Director, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Administration New England Healthcare System.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.

Benjamin Linas
Assistant Professor. Also, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, New York University; MPH, Harvard University.

Barbara E. Mahon
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Deputy Branch Chief, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MD, University of California-San Francisco; MPH, University of California-Berkeley.

Thomas W. Mangione
Adjunct Associate Professor. Adjunct Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Senior Research Scientist, JSI Research and Training Institute.
PhD, MA, University of Michigan.

Nancy Maxwell
Research Assistant Professor
DSc, MA, Boston University.

Lindsay McNair
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Medical Director, Clinical Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
MD, University of Connecticut; MPH, Boston University.

Christoph R. Meier
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Head, Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, University Hospital, Switzerland.
PharmD, PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland; MS, Harvard University.

Tuhina Neogi
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
PhD, Boston University; MD, University of Toronto.

Michael J. O’Brien
Professor. Also, Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Boston Medical Center.
MB, BCh, National University of Ireland; MPH, Harvard University.

Stephen I. Pelton
Professor. Also, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, State University of New York.

Paula A. Quatromoni
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. Co-Investigator, The Framingham Nutrition Studies.
DSc, Boston University; MS, University of Maine.

Renée Ridzon
Adjunct Associate Professor
MD, St. Louis University

Kenneth J. Rothman
Professor.
DrPH, Harvard University.

Stefan Russmann
Adjunct Associate Professor. Head of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
MD, University of Freiburg.

Richard Saitz
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Associate Director, Youth Alcohol Prevention Center. Principal Investigator and Staff Physician, Boston Medical Center.
MD, Boston University; MPH, Harvard University.

Robert Saper
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Family Medicine.
MD, Harvard Medical School; MPH, Harvard School of Public Health.

Paul C. Schroy III
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Associate Visiting Physician and Director of Clinical Research, Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center.
MD, Jefferson Medical College; MPH, Boston University.

George R. Seage III
Adjunct Associate Professor. Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.

Rebecca A. Silliman
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, MPH, University of Washington; PhD, University of North Carolina.

Henrik Sorensen
Adjunct Professor. Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
MD, University of Aarhus.

David W. Sparrow
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Associate Director and Senior Epidemiologist, Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.
DSc, Boston University; MS, University of Massachusetts.

Avron Spiro III
Research Professor. Research Psychologist, Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Also, Research Professor of Psychiatry.
PhD, MS, Pennsylvania State University.

Andreas Stang
Adjunct Professor.
MD, Universities of Köln, Mainz und Berlin; MPH, Boston University.

Pantel S. Vokonas
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Director, Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.
MD, Ohio State University.

Philip A. Wolf
Professor. Also, Professor of Biostatistics. Professor of Neurology and Research Professor of Medicine (Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology), Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, State University of New York, Syracuse.

Marianne Ulcickas Yood
Research Associate Professor.
DSc, MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: pharmacoepidemiology, drug safety, methodologic issues relating to exposure.

Yuqing Zhang
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
DSc, Boston University; MPH, Commonwealth Institute of Health, Sydney University, Australia.