Welcoming New Faculty to SPH, Fall 2025..

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (appointment pending)

Dr. Julia Bond is an epidemiologist whose interests lie in sexual function and sexual health. She obtained her PhD in epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, where she led the introduction of a sexual health and wellbeing survey to the Pregnancy Study Online cohort study. She has published numerous papers about preconception sexual function using these data, including her dissertation research on female sexual function and time-to-pregnancy.

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Professor Wei Jin’s research focuses on developing novel Bayesian statistical theory and methods for a broad range of problems, including Bayesian nonparametrics, dynamic treatment regimes, reinforcement learning, causal discovery, and graphical models. Dr. Jin also conducts interdisciplinary research by collaborating with domain experts to address real-world challenges across various biomedical applications. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns Hopkins University.

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Professor Leo Li’s research areas include clinical trials, survival analysis, machine learning, epidemiologic studies, and statistical leadership and pedagogy. He develops and applies advanced statistical methods to solve real-world problems and generate insights in healthcare research. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics, a Certificate in Innovation, Leadership, and Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Professor Katrina Kezios’s research centers on the life course biosocial determinants of aging-related processes and outcomes, and she has worked on studies that collectively span the life course. She studies how chronic exposure to social and financial stressors harms cognition and impacts dementia risk. She is currently the PI of an NIA funded study that is constructing a longitudinal synthetic cohort to examine how life course financial wellbeing shapes cognitive aging.  She received her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from Columbia University, where she completed an interdisciplinary NIEHS T32 predoctoral fellowship in Environmental Life Course Epidemiology.

Associate Professor of Global Health

Professor Brooke Nichols an infectious disease mathematical modeler and health economist specializing in transmission dynamics, implementation modeling, and optimal resource allocation for pathogens including HIV, tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens of pandemic potential. Her work seeks to minimize the health and economic impact of infectious diseases through innovative quantitative approaches. She received a MSc in Epidemiology from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a PhD in Public Health from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.