Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control T32 Training Grant
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the recipient of a T32
National Research Service Award Institutional Research Grant in Cancer
Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control from the National Cancer Institute (aka
training grant). The training grant provides funds for training at the pre- and postdoctoral levels in 3 tracks: the etiology and prevention of cancer, the genetic
epidemiology of cancer, and cancer control. At the pre-doc level, training involves
pursuit of a doctorate and dissertation research; funding is usually for up to three
years, which includes tuition, stipend, and individual health insurance. At the postdoctoral level, training involves research in a mentored environment; funding usually
is for two years, which includes stipend and individual health insurance.
At any one time, 6 doctoral students and 3 post-doctoral fellows are funded
by the training grant. Slots are available only periodically and appointments typically
are not aligned with the start of the academic year. Selection by the training grant
Steering Committee for a slot on the training grant is highly competitive. To be eligible
for support on the training grant, you must be:
1) A US citizen or Permanent Resident;
2) Committed to training and pursuing a career in the etiology and prevention of
cancer, the genetic epidemiology of cancer, or cancer control; and
3) Accepted to/enrolled in a doctoral program (PhD, ScD, or DrPH) in the Department
of Epidemiology or in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (pre-docs) or have received a doctorate in
epidemiology, social and behavioral sciences, or other areas appropriate for
conducting research in the etiology and prevention of cancer, the genetic
epidemiology of cancer, and cancer control (post-docs).
***The training grant does not support students pursuing master’s degrees,
irrespective of prior training at the doctoral level***
Directions for Pre-docs:
Recipients of a pre-doc slot will receive multidisciplinary training in cancer
epidemiology, prevention, and control through:
• Didactic methodologic, substantive area, and research ethics courses;
• Interactive information exchange via orientation, retreat, symposium, journal
club, research in progress, seminars;
• Practical experiences in the statistical analysis of a cancer dataset, in the conduct
of cancer research and service, and in laboratory methods for exposure
assessment;
• Teaching, communications, and grant writing opportunities;
• Pre-doctoral dissertation research; and
• Training-program specific educational, research, and career mentoring.
In addition to the training specific to the training grant program, pre-docs must meet
the requirements of their home Department and the School.
Doctoral applicants to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
should indicate on their application form their interest in being considered for the
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control T32 Training Grant. Be sure to include
in your personal statement the nature and extent of your commitment to training and a
future career in population-based research on etiology and prevention of cancer, the
genetic epidemiology of cancer, or cancer control. Note that we cannot guarantee the
availability of a slot on the training grant at any given time.
When a pre-doc slot is available, current doctoral students who study cancer or
cancer risk factors using the population-based approach will be considered. The training
grant Steering Committee meetings include the Academic Coordinators from the
Departments of Epidemiology and Health, Behavior and Society, who provide the
names of eligible doctoral students. To learn if a slot will become available, contact Dr.
Elizabeth Platz ([email protected]).
Directions for Post-docs:
Recipients of a post-doc slot will receive multidisciplinary training in cancer
epidemiology, prevention, and control through:
• Interactive information exchange via orientation, retreat, symposium, journal
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club, research in progress, seminars;
Practical experiences in the statistical analysis of a cancer dataset, in the conduct
of cancer research and service, and in laboratory methods for exposure
assessment;
Teaching, communications, and grant writing opportunities;
Post-doctoral research; and
Training-program specific educational, research, and career mentoring.
In addition to the training specific to the training grant program, post-docs must meet
the requirements of their home Department and the School. Post-doctoral fellows are
non-degree seeking; that is, the training grant does not pay for tuition for the pursuit of
a master’s or doctoral degree.
Individuals who wish to train as a post-doctoral fellow in Cancer Epidemiology,
Prevention, and Control and wish to be considered for funding on the training grant
should first identify a primary mentor (see table at bottom) and work with the mentor to
develop a project(s). Note that not all faculty members are available to take on a postdoc at any given time.
Then, apply to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
(http://www.jhsph.edu/admissions/postdoc_info/index.html) as a post-doctoral fellow
and concurrently apply for a slot on the training grant. The post-doc application for
support on the Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control training grant should
consist of:
1) Brief letter (1 page or less) with bullets for the following:
a) Indicate that you are applying for a post-doctoral slot on the Cancer
Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control training grant
b) Describe the nature and extent of your commitment to training and a
future career in population-based research on etiology and prevention of
cancer, the genetic epidemiology of cancer, or cancer control.
c) State the date of completion of your doctorate, the field in which your
doctorate was awarded, and the awarding institution
d) The name and department of your mentor, and a brief description of
your proposed research topic.
2) CV
3) Copy of your academic transcript for your doctorate (if degree not from Hopkins).
Note: you will not be considered for funding if you have not already identified a mentor
and project(s) with that mentor.
Please address your application to:
Dr. Elizabeth Platz
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe St., Rm E6132
Baltimore, MD 21205
You may forward your application to Dr. Platz by email:
[email protected]
Table 2. Participating Faculty Members
(Alphabetically by Faculty Member)
OMB Number 0925-0001 (Rev. 8/12 Approved Through 8/31/2015)
Name/Degree(s)
Rank
Primary (& Secondary) Appointment(s)
Role in Program
Research Interest
PRECEPTORS (eligible to
serve as primary advisor or
mentor)
1. David B. Abrams, PhD
2. Terri Beaty, PhD
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Preceptor
Executive
Director
The Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and
Policy Studies, American Legacy Foundation
(external to Johns Hopkins)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Co-Director for
Genetic Epidemiology
of Cancer Track /
Steering Committee /
Preceptor
Tobacco control using
transdisciplinary and
translational research
strategies; measurement of
mechanisms of behavior
change and outcomes
including: social cognitive
and motivational constructs,
psychiatric, alcohol and
substance abuse comorbid
conditions, measurement of
tobacco use trajectories,
patterns and transitions,
nicotine dependence and
biochemical validation of
smoking; deployment of
dissemination,
implementation and
community-based research to
inform policy and practice.
Genetic epidemiology and
statistical genetics to identify
genes contributing to risk of
complex diseases, including
cancer.
3. Janice Bowie, PhD, MPH
Associate
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Preceptor
Urban Health Institute
4. Joanna Cohen, PhD,
MHSc
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Preceptor
(Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
Behavioral, social and
structural factors associated
with and impact health
disparity including cancer;
religion and spirituality for
prevention and treatment of
poor health; approaches that
lead to the success and
sustainability of communitybased interventions; conduct
and dissemination of applied
prevention research.
Tobacco policy research;
factors that affect adoption
and implementation of public
health policies and on
evaluating the beneficial
effects and the unintended
consequences of such
policies.
Director
Institute for Global Tobacco Control
5. Frank C. Curriero, PhD
Associate
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Biostatistics, JHSPH)
Preceptor (eligible to
co-mentor)
Applications of spatial
statistics and geographic
information systems (GIS) in
public health. Research
applications involve areas
related to environmental
epidemiology, disease
mapping, and spatial
variation in risk models.
Current methodological
research includes selection
bias in spatial data and
models for non-Euclidean
isotropic spatial dependence.
6. Gypsyamber D’Souza,
PhD, MPH
Associate
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Departments
of Oncology and Otolaryngology and Head and
Neck Surgery, JHSOM)
Preceptor
Infectious causes of cancer;
HPV and oral, cervical and
anal cancers; global cancer;
screening and prevention
of cancer; risk behaviors and
STDs.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
7. M. Daniele Fallin, PhD
Professor,
Chair
Department of Mental Health, JHSPH (Department
of Epidemiology, JHSPH)
Preceptor
8. David R. Holtgrave, PhD
Professor,
Chair
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Preceptor
(Departments of Medicine and Oncology, JHSOM)
Effectiveness and costeffectiveness of prevention
and care intervention;
economic evaluations of
interventions designed to
reduce smoking behaviors.
9. Corinne E. Joshu, PhD,
MPH
Assistant
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Preceptor
1) Identifying modifiable risk
factors for the recurrence of
prostate cancer in men who
underwent surgery for
clinically localized disease. 2)
Assessing whether the
inherited risk of colon cancer
can be reduced via changes
in modifiable risk factors for
this cancer. 3) Determining
how chronic conditions
influence cancer incidence,
mortality, and case-fatality,
as well their influence on
cancer screening behavior.
Preceptor
Understanding natural history
of viral infections, particularly
HIV and the hepatitis viruses,
in both domestic and
international settings; nonAIDS outcomes of HIV
including cancer, liver and
lung diseases; clinical,
imaging, and 'omic' (genetic,
epigenetic, proteomic) metho
ds to identify individuals at
greatest risk for clinically
relevant outcomes from HIV,
HBV and HCV infections.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and
Clinical Research
10. Gregory D. Kirk, MD,
PhD, MPH
Associate
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Division of
Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine;
Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
Genetic epidemiology
methods; developing
applications and methods for
epigenetic epidemiology.
11. Alison P. Klein, PhD,
MHS
Associate
Professor
Department of Oncology, JHSOM (Department of
Pathology, JHSOM; Department of Epidemiology,
JHSPH)
Preceptor
Genetic epidemiology,
pancreas cancer; inherited
cancer syndromes.
Preceptor
Epigenetic basis of several
common human diseases,
including due to prenatal
exposures.
Program Director /
Preceptor
Epidemiology of prostate and
colon cancers; circulating and
tissue-based biomarkers of
risk and prognosis;
explanations for racial
disparities in prostate cancer;
translational epidemiology,
team science; methodologic
issues in study design.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
12. Christine Ladd-Acosta,
PhD
Assistant
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH
13. Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD,
MPH
Professor,
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
Deputy Chair of Urology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and
Clinical Research
14. Debra L. Roter, DrPH,
MPH
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Preceptor
(Departments of Medicine and Oncology, JHSOM)
Patient-provider
communication; social
psychology research on
communication dynamics and
interpersonal influence;
patient and physician
interventions to improve
quality of communication and
enhance effects on patient
health outcomes; educational
applications in training and
evaluation of teaching
strategies to enhance
physicians’ communication
skills; association between
patients’ and physicians’
ethnicity and gender and
their communication style
and medical care outcomes.
15. Katherine A. Smith, PhD, Associate
MA
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Co-Director for
(Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
Cancer Control Track
/ Steering Committee
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
/ Preceptor
Johns Hopkins
Social determinants of health
behavior; communication of
health information; issues
and dietary behaviors among
long term cancer survivors;
global surveillance system of
tobacco packaging; cancer
survivorship care planning.
16. Kala Visvanathan, MD,
MHS
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Preceptor
Epidemiologic research
focused on reducing breast
and ovarian cancer incidence
and mortality; underlying
etiology of these diseases,
genetic and environmental
risk factors and implementing
early detection and
preventive strategies to
women in the general and
high-risk population.
Affiliate
Statistical genetics; genetic
epidemiology; human
population-based and familybased studies; genetic risk
loci for human cancers,
including rare variants.
Affiliate
Statistical methods and
development for biological
signal analysis;
computational statistics.
Associate
Professor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
AFFILIATES (not eligible to
serve as primary advisor or
mentor; bring richness to
training program through
expertise, co-advising /
mentoring, and serving on
thesis committees and as
examiners for qualifying
exams or defenses)
1. Joan E. Bailey-Wilson,
PhD
Adjunct
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH
Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch,
Senior
National Human Genome Research Institute
Investigator
(Baltimore, MD)
and Co-Chief
2. Brian Caffo, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, JHSPH
3. Carlos Castillo-Salgado,
MD, DrPH, MPH, JD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Affiliate
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
4. Avonne E. Connor, PhD,
MPH
Assistant
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
5. Angelo M. De Marzo, MD,
PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology, JHSOM (Departments of
Oncology an Urology, JHSOM)
Affiliate (in training to Breast cancer disparities
be a Preceptor)
including in Hispanic, African
American, and underserved
populations including in
Baltimore; modifiable risk
factors and breast cancer risk
and survival; adherence to
recommended breast cancer
screening practices.
Affiliate
Prostate cancer pathology;
tissue microarrays; biomarker
development; biospecimen
banking; MYC, PTEN and
prostate cancer; prostate
cancer and inflammation.
Affiliate
Process of genetic
counseling and client
outcomes; communication to
enhance informed decisionmaking and adaptation;
communication of complex
genetics topics outside of the
realm of genetic counseling,
particularly to populations
with reduced literacy;
psychological and social
implications of genetic
technologies.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
6. Lori A. Erby, PhD, MSc.
Adjunct
Assistant
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society
National Human Genome Research Institute
(Baltimore, MD)
Applied epidemiology, health
planning and evaluation,
geographic information
systems, health impact
assessment, measuring
health inequalities, urban
health.
7. Francis M. Giardiello, MD
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of
Medicine, JHSOM (Department of Oncology,
JHSOM)
Affiliate
Gastrointestinal track
cancers; chemoprevention;
genetic basis of familial
colorectal cancer; use of
genetic testing in the
hereditary forms of colorectal
cancer; genotypic-phenotypic
correlations in the polyposis
syndromes.
Affiliate
Pancreatic cancer genetics
and epigenetics; pancreatic
cancer screening; familial
pancreatic cancer; early
detection of pancreatic
cancer.
Affiliate
Development and application
of molecular biomarkers of
exposure, dose, and effect
from environmental
carcinogens, including
aflatoxins; liver cancer;
hepatitis B virus.
Affiliate
Brain tumors, medical
oncology, neuro-oncology,
pain management.
Affiliate
Pancreatic cancer pathology;
characterization of PanINs,
the precursor lesions that
give rise to invasive
pancreatic cancer; National
Familial Pancreas Tumor
Registry.
Affiliate
Characterizing consistent
alterations in the structure
and expression of the
genome of human prostate
cancer; germline variations
conferring increased risk.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
8. Michael G. Goggins,
MBBCh, MD
Professor
Department of Pathology, JHSOM (Department of
Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
9. John D. Groopman, PhD
Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
JHSPH (Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
10. Stuart A. Grossman, MD
Professor
Department of Oncology, JHSOM
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
11. Ralph H. Hruban, MD
Professor
Department of Pathology, JHSOM (Department of
Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
12. William B. Isaacs, PhD
Professor
Department of Urology, JHSOM
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
13. Norma F. Kanarek, PhD
Associate
Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Steering
Committee/Affiliate
Patient participation in clinical
trials, use of preventive
health services and cancer
etiology.
Affiliate
Cancer genetics; discovery of
APC pathway in the initiation
of most colorectal cancers
and IDH1/2 mutations that
underlying many gliomas;
development of tools for
analysis of expression and
genetic alterations in cancer;
integrated whole genome
analyses of human cancers
through expression, copy
number, and mutational
analyses of all the coding
genes in several human
cancer types including
colorectal, breast, pancreatic
and brain.
Affiliate
Statistical methods and
development for analysis of
data from next generation
sequencing; turning public
genomic data into clinically
useful tools, including for
cancer.
Department of Oncology, JHSOM
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
14. Kenneth W. Kinzler, MD,
PhD
Professor
Department of Oncology, JHSOM
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
15. Jeffrey T. Leek, PhD
Associate
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, JHSPH
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
16. Ana Navas-Acien, MD,
PhD, MPH
Associate
Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
JHSPH (Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
Affiliate
Environmental epidemiology,
health consequences of
widespread environmental
exposures; chronic health
effects of trace metals,
secondhand tobacco
smoke, air pollution;
research in support
of progressive policies that
reduce involuntary exposure
to environmental toxicants.
Affiliate
Cellular defenses against
carcinogens; cellular
responses to DNA damage;
DNA methylation and
epigenetic gene silencing;
inflammation and
prostatic carcinogenesis.
Affiliate
Cervical cancer prevention
services; HPV vaccine
uptake; cervical cancer
screening strategies to
reduce screening overuse
and associated harms;
impact of the HPV vaccine on
cervical cancer screening
behaviors and on predictive
values of current cervical
cancer screening algorithms.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Affiliate
Medicine, JHSOM (Departments of Epidemiology
and Health Policy and Management, JHSPH)
Social determinants of health;
organization of cancer care;
cancer disparities.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and
Clinical Research
17. William G. Nelson, MD,
PhD
Professor and Department of Oncology, JHSOM (Departments of
Director
Urology, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences;
Medicine; Pathology; Radiation Oncology and
Molecular Radiation Sciences, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
18. Darcy F. Phelan-Emrick,
DrPH, MHS
Assistant
Scientist
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH
Epidemiologis Baltimore City Health Department
t-in-Chief
19. Craig E. Pollack, MD,
MHS
Associate
Professor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and
Clinical Research
20. Richard B. Roden, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology, JHSOM (Departments of
Oncology and Gynecology and Obstetrics, JHSOM)
Affiliate
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
21. Anne F. Rositch, PhD,
MSPH
Assistant
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH (Department
of Oncology, JHSOM)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
22. Ingo Ruczinski, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, JHSPH
Affiliate (in training to Global cancer epidemiology;
be a Preceptor)
field-based research; natural
history of infection-associated
cancers in HIV-positive
individuals, aging women,
and in low-resource settings.
Affiliate
Biostatistics, statistical
genetics, genomics,
proteomics, computational
biology.
Affiliate
Lung and bladder cancer;
head and neck cancer;
molecular cancer detection
and staging.
Steering
Committee/Affiliate
Molecular biomonitoring of
toxic agents and genetic
polymorphisms associated
with their metabolism.
Affiliate
Environmental and
occupational epidemiology;
research using cancer
registry data; GIS
applications in environmental
epidemiologic research.
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
23. David Sidransky, MD
Professor
Department of Oncology, JHSOM (Department of
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,
JHSOM)
Pathology of cervical and
ovarian cancer; development
of a preventive vaccine that is
active against all oncogenic
types of HPV; identification of
novel tumor antigens of
significance in the biology of
ovarian cancer that are
applicable as biomarkers for
early detection or targets for
immunotherapy.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
24. Paul T. Strickland, PhD
Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
JHSPH
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
25. Grant Tao, MD, PhD
Associate
Professor
Division of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Department of Medicine, JHSOM
(Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH)
26. Bruce J. Trock, PhD
Professor
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Urology,
JHSOM (Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH)
Affiliate
Breast cancer; prostate
cancer; biomarkers of agerelated change in the
prostate; biological
mechanisms of aging.
Affiliate
Mechanisms of estrogen
carcinogenesis, both
endogenous and
environmental chemicals with
estrogenic activity; breast
cancer.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
27. James D. Yager, PhD
Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
JHSPH (Department of Oncology, JHSOM)
28. Hsin-Chieh (Jessica)
Yeh, PhD
Associate
Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Affiliate
Medicine, JHSOM (Department of Epidemiology,
JHSPH)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
Novel risk factors and
complications related to
obesity and type 2 diabetes,
particularly lung function,
smoking, and cancer; health
informatics to provide
behavioral intervention.
George W. Comstock Center for Public Health
Research and Prevention
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and
Clinical Research
NEW FACULTY TO BE
PROPOSED IN A FUTURE
AWARD YEAR AS
PARTICIPATING FACULTY
1. Lorraine Dean, ScD
Assistant
Professor
(effective
1/1/2016)
Department of Epidemiology, JHSPH
Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
2. Ryan Kennedy, PhD
Assistant
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
Health disparities, social
determinants of health,
racism, policy, social capital,
cancer prevention.
Tobacco control policy
development,
implementation, and
evaluation, including systems
for tobacco cessation support
(e.g., quit lines, primary care
providers).
3. Meghan Moran, PhD, MA
Assistant
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
Health communication
research focused on
persuasion and social
influence (e.g., media, pop
culture) on tobacco use,
adolescent health, health
disparities, and uptake of
HPV vaccines in the
prevention of cervical cancer.
4. Sara Neelon Benjamin,
PhD, MPH
Associate
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
Research on policy and
environmental approaches to
obesity prevention in
vulnerable populations.
5. Jill Owczarzak, PhD
Assistant
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
Application of the methods
and theory of medical
anthropology to understand
public health policy and
practice.
6. Roland Thorpe, PhD
Assistant
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, JHSPH Future Preceptor or
Affiliate
Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Health disparities; functional
status and decline; life
course; men’s health.