Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Convocation
May 17, 2016
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History of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Order of Procession
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Order of Events
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Awards to Faculty
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Special Honors
7
Scholarships and Award Recipients
10
Candidates for the Degrees of
Master of Health Administration
Master of Health Science
Master of Public Policy
Master of Science in Public Health
Master of Science
Master of Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Public Health
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Certificates Awarded
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Student Assembly Officers
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Student Assembly Recognition Awards
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Centennial Convocation Speaker
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Society of Scholars
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The School Mace, Regalia and Symbols
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International Declaration of Health Rights
A Century of Public Health at Johns Hopkins
In 1916, with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, William Henry Welch founded the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health. It was the first independent, degree-granting institution for research and training in public health. Since then, our work has expanded in scope and across the globe. Our microbiologists work to find a vaccine for malaria, while behavioral scientists research ways to discourage populations from smoking. Environmental health scientists work to discover which foods
prevent cancer, while health policy analysts evaluate health insurance programs and make recommendations based on their findings.
Epidemiologists identify trends in health and illness, looking for links, causes and interventions in areas such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and infant mortality. And there is so much more.
Join us as we look to another century of “Protecting Health, Saving Lives—Millions at a Time.”
1795
Johns Hopkins is born on his
family’s tobacco plantation in
southern Maryland
1873
Mr. Hopkins dies, leaving
$7 million to establish the
Johns Hopkins University and
Hospital
1876
Johns Hopkins University is
founded in Baltimore
1916
On June 13, Johns Hopkins
University receives a grant
from the Rockefeller
Foundation to establish the
School of Hygiene and Public
Health
1920
The Certificate of Public
Health program is established
and William H. Welch founds
the American Journal of
Hygiene
1922
Biochemist E.V. McCollum
and his team discover vitamin
D
1939
The Certificate of Public
Health (CPH) becomes the
Master of Public Health
(MPH) degree, creating the
template for other public
health programs around the
world
1948
Immunologists David Bodian,
Howard Howe and Isabel
Morgan from the Department
of Epidemiology, identify
three types of poliovirus, laying groundwork that leads to
the Salk polio vaccine
1980s
Epidemiologist B. Frank Polk
achieved international recognition for his AIDS expertise, devising studies of the
natural history of the disease
before the HIV virus was even
discovered
1957
1976-1980
1963
1999
Alumnus Leroy Burney is the
first Surgeon General to officially declare that cigarette
smoking is a causative factor
of lung cancer
Toxicologist Anna Baetjer,
one of the first scientists
to identify the relationship
between occupation and lung
cancer, establishes a research
and training program at Johns
Hopkins in environmental
toxicology
1966-1977
Dean Emeritus Alfred
Sommer proves a 4-cent dose
of vitamin A prevents blindness and dramatically reduces
childhood mortality
Virologist Keerti Shah coauthors the definitive epidemiology study linking cervical
cancer to human papilloma
virus (HPV), paving the way
for diagnostic testing and the
eventual vaccine
2001
Dean Emeritus and alumnus
D.A. Henderson leads the
World Health Organization
campaign to eradicate
smallpox
The School’s name is changed
to the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public
Health to honor the support
and contributions of Michael
Bloomberg
1974
2006
Susan P. Baker develops a
key tool in injury prevention
called the Injury Severity
Score
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Faculty members Ronald Gray
and Maria Wawer demonstrate reduction of HIV transmission by circumcision
2008
Nobel laureate Peter Agre
leads the Johns Hopkins
Malaria Research Institute in
novel research aimed at reducing and eliminating malaria
2012
The Moore Center for the
Prevention of Child Sexual
Abuse is established as the
first academic research center
focused on child sexual abuse
prevention
2015
The Bloomberg School of
Public Health hosts a symposium on opioid prescription
drug abuse
THE FUTURE
How will
you make
public
health
history?
Order of Procession
Chief Marshal
Linda Pickle, Alumna
Graduates’ Marshals
Carey C. Borkoski, Assistant Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Michelle Carlson, Associate Professor, Mental Health
Josef Coresh, Professor, Epidemiology
Jessica Jones-Smith, Assistant Professor, International Health
Jonathan Golub, Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Larissa Jennings, Assistant Professor, International Health
Alan Scott, Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
The Graduates
Faculty Marshal
Joanne Katz, Professor, International Health
The Faculty
Principals’ Marshal
Ellen MacKenzie, Professor and Chair, Health Policy and Management
Commencement Marshals
David Bishai, Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Joanne Katz, Professor, International Health
Honored Guests
Deans
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Order of Events
Greetings
Michael J. Klag, Dean
Remarks
Nicolae Done, President, Student Assembly
Announcement of Awards and Honors
Convocation Address
Mona Hanna-Attisha, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Hurley Medical
Center
Recitation of Oath
Class of 2016
Diploma and Hooding Ceremony
Michael J. Klag, Dean
Sara Bennett, Associate Professor, Health Systems, International Health
Terry R. Brown, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Marie Diener-West, Program Chair, Master of Public Health Program
Janet DiPietro, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty
Heath Elliott, Associate Dean for External Affairs
Laura L. Morlock, Associate Dean for Education and Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Jane Schlegel, Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
Joshua M. Sharfstein, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Training
Michael Ward, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Masters of Health Administration
Masters of Health Science
Masters of Public Policy
Masters of Science in Public Health
Masters of Science
Masters of Public Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Doctors of Public Health
Closing Remarks Linda Pickle, Alumna
Recessional
The audience is requested to remain standing until faculty and graduates leave the area. Music by: Lexington Bass Quintet
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Awards to Faculty
Golden Apple Awards
Student recognition for excellence in teaching
Carey C. Borkoski, Health Policy and Management
Gundula Bosch, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Justin Lessler, Epidemiology
John McGready, Biostatistics
AMTRA Awards
Student recognition for excellence in advising, mentoring, and teaching
Judit K. Bass, Mental Health
David M. Bishai, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
John F.P. Bridges, Health Policy and Management
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Epidemiology
Jed W. Fahey, International Health
Jessica C. Jones-Smith, International Health
Justin Lessler, Epidemiology
Mindi B. Levin, Health Policy and Management
Stephen P. Teret, Health Policy and Management
Andrea L. Wirtz, Epidemiology
Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal
Presented to a faculty member for outstanding contribution to the teaching programs of the School
Albert Wu, Health Policy and Management
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Special Honors
Heritage Award
Outstanding Recent Graduate Award
This award honors alumni and friends of the University
who have contributed outstanding service over an
extended period to the progress of the University or the
activities of the Alumni Association.
This award recognizes recent graduates of Johns
Hopkins (within 10 years of graduation) for outstanding
achievement or service in their professional or
volunteer life.
David M. Paige
Lilly Kan
Kung-Yee Liang
Yusheng Zhang
Diane Griffin
Distinguished Alumni Award
Alumni who receive the Distinguished Alumni Award
typify the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and
have brought credit to the University by their personal
accomplishment, professional achievement or
humanitarian service.
Abhay T. Bang
Rani Abhay Bang
Thomas Inui
Jackie Lavigne
Moyses Szklo
Samuel D.J. Yeh
Global Achievement Award
This award honors alumni who exemplify the Johns
Hopkins tradition of excellence and have brought
credit to the University and their profession in the
international arena through their professional
achievements or humanitarian service. The award was
formerly known as the “Knowledge for the World”
award.
Hamam Hadi
Caitlin Reed
Keerti Shah
Keith Parker West Jr.
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Woodrow Wilson Award
This award recognizes alumni who have brought credit
to Johns Hopkins University by their current or recently
concluded distinguished public service as elected or
appointed officials.
Antonio F.C. Correia de Campos
Scholarship and Award Recipients
P.D. Agarwal Scholarship
To MPH students from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal Maldives, Bhutan or Sri Lanka.
Lalawmpuia Hmar
Jennifer Wenjing Tao
J. Howard Beard Fellowship
To an outstanding student pursuing a career in local or
state public health work
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin
David and Patricia Bernstein Scholarship
To an outstanding MPH student
Katherine Lee Rosettie
The David and Elinor Bodian Scholarship Fund
To a doctoral student in any department at the School
whose dissertation research is at a critical juncture. Naoko Kozaki
The Carr Family Humanitarians Scholarship Fund
To support full-time MPH students at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Han Win Htat
Center For A Livable Future-Lerner Fellowship
To doctoral students who are committed to the
discovery and/or application of knowledge about public
health challenges associated with the current food
system, and/or about the creation of a healthier, more
equitable and more resilient food system
Patrick Anthony Baron
Kevin McCalmon Fain
Katherine Abowd Johnson
Sarah O’Conor Rodman
Julia Alexandra Wolfson
Dean’s Alumni Advisory Counscil Scholarship
To a doctoral student supporting research in sustaining
life for future generations
Christine Riani Kaufmann
Endowed Scholarship in the Health of Mothers and
Children
To a student whose interests, research and career plans
are focused on improving the health and saving lives of
mothers and children
Leah Derege Seifu
The Eskridge Family Student Support Fund for
International Students
To an outstanding international student
Khay Mar Aung
Peiqui Wang
Global Health Scholars
Supports students in the MPH program
Braveen Ragunanthan
Howard C. and Jane R. Goodman Fund
To an outstandng MPH student
Elizabeth Ann Fracica
The Sibley and Catherine Hoobler Award for Excellence in
Public Health and Medicine
To an outstanding medical student who is pursuing
studies at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ruchi Srivastava Doshi
Lee M. and Maxwell C. Howard Scholarship Fund for
International Students
Provides scholarships for international students
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin
The John C. Hume Fund for Academic Excellence and
Promise in an MPH Student
Recognizing an MPH student with demonstrated
academic excellence and professional promise
Angela Rose Flignor
Cynthia and Robert Lawence Scholarship
To a student whose public health interests have a direct
bearing on the priorities and focus of the Center for a
Livable Future
Joelle Johnson
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Edward and Kathy Ludwig Scholarship Fund
Phi Beta Kappa
To students in the School’s doctoral program
National Honor Society
Jessica Erin Atwell
Winnie Chia-hsuan Chi
The Dr. Cynthia Maung Endowed Scholarship Fund
To outstanding medical students pursuing an MPH
degree
Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze
The Ruth Rice Puffer Fund For International Student
Support
To an outstanding master’s degree student who is not a
U.S. citizen
Jamile Rusbania Ballovian Cuellar
Sommer Scholars
Recognizing MPH and doctoral students with
outstanding academic ability and public health
leadership potential
Marcelo Cerullo
Samantha Cukier
Peter Charles Dumoulin
Virginia Adair Fonner
Nathachit Limjunyawong
Sabrina Jane Nolan
Huitong Qiu
Andreea Monica Rawlings
Ian Jude Saldanha
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves
Kerry Elizabeth Scott
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk
Amber Elizabeth Willink
Upsilon Phi Delta
Sugar Satish Chawla
National academic honor society for students in
healthcare administration programs
William Cherniak
Liana Lee Burns
Jennifer Camille Effler
Christine Stephanie Careaga
Emily Marshall Hylton
Matthew David Castner
Hasan Shamsh Merali
Neil Claracay
Rashmi Vijay Patil
Mariya Grygorenko
Genevieve Adelle Purcell
Laura Bishop Hand
Mary Kathleen Quinn
Victoria Lo
Tehreem Rehman
Amy Marie McDonough
Elizabeth Ann Toure
Carolina Rayzel
The Watt/Hansell Endowment
To an outstanding student pursuing training at the
School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Dane Samuel Moran
Dr. Chun Hui Yen & Wang Pei Yen Scholarship Fund
To a student from Taiwan or China with demonstrated
academic excellence and financial need
Peiqi Wang
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Julie Anne Sorensen
Meherazade Sumariwalla
Brandon Joseph Earl Thomas
Jane Jiayu Yang
Delta Omega
National Public Health Honor Society
Oyintayo Ajiboye
Daniel Richard Hostetler
Claro Montesa Pio Roda Jr.
Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze
Carolyn Renee Hricko
Jennifer Cohen Price
Daniel Alexis Antiporta
Han Win Htat
Genevieve Adelle Purcell
Jessica Erin Atwell
Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer
Emmanuel Mensah Quaye III
Michael Matthew Barna
Inimfon Nsikak Jackson
Braveen Ragunanthan
Ariana Isabel Bengtsson
Abisola Jumoke Jegede
Naomi M. Rapp
Douglas Phillip Blackall
Shuai Jiang
Sheila Razdan
Jasmine Michelle Blake
Shiyin Jiao
Jacqueline R. Roche
Meghan Ann Bohren
Katherine Abowd Johnson
Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado
Daryl Ray Cheng
Jeremy Calvin Kane
Leona Fitzgerald Rosenblum
William Cherniak
Matthew James Keenan
Shae Ian Rowlandson
Nicholas Frederick Chiumenti
Shireen Rajai Khoury
Jacqueline Marie Ryan
Elisabeth Nicole Chop
Natalie Kish
Benjamin Daegun Schanker
Caitlin Jean Cotter
Carleigh Beth Krubiner
Jessica Lynn Schue
Norah Lee Crossnohere
Yu-Hsuan Lai
Leah Derege Seifu
Michelle Case Davidson
Lisa Ann Landsman
Ye Shen
Molly Deutsch-Feldman
Kristen Marie Little
Nicolette Charlotte Strauss
Ruchi Srivastava Doshi
Caitlin Marie Lowery
Mary Elizabeth Summers
Jennifer Camille Effler
Sean Henry Maloney
Michelle Jennifer Sun
Jessica L. Elf
Grace Emily Mandel
Nadiya Azizeh Sunderji
Lauren Elizabeth Ellis
Pia Maria Mauro
Aracelis Z. Torres
Kevin McCalmon Fain
Tracy Lauren McClair
Annie P.A. Tran
Wareef Ibrahim M. Fallatah
Meghan Dolan McGinty
Jui-Hua Tsai
Cecilia A. Flatley
Hasan Shamsh Merali
Lauryn Saxe
Virginia Adair Fonner
Patrick Bates Murphy
Fiona H. Weeks
Alison Marie Gauthier
Sarah McIvor Murray
Cassia Anne Wells
Claire Louise Gillum
Tianna Maria Negron
Amber Elizabeth Willink
Alexandra Rachel Greenberg
Anne Elizabeth Nigra
Julia Alexandra Wolfson
Laurence Josofati Gunde
Nneoma Benedicta Nnodum
Ping Teresa Yeh
Omar Harfouch
Victor Muyiwa Okunrintemi
Sarah Yoosun Youn
Blandine Bustamante Helfrich
Edward Michieka Onyango
Yuanting Zha
Jason Corey Hirshberg
Rashmi Vijay Patil
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Candidates for the
Master of Health Administration
May 1, 2016
Humoud M. Aljalahma, of Bayan, Kuwait; B.S., Saint
Louis University. Health Policy and Management.
Rachel Elizabeth Bidgood, of West Boylston,
Massachusetts; B.S., University of Massachusetts.
Health Policy and Management.
Kathleen Sheridan Blyth, of Austin, Texas; B.S.W.,
University of Texas. Health Policy and Management.
Liana L. Burns, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., The George
Washington University. Health Policy and Management.
Christine S. Careaga, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
B.S., University of Maryland. Health Policy and
Management.
Matthew David Castner, of Columbia, Maryland; B.S.
& B.A., University of Maryland. Health Policy and
Management.
Neil Harry Claracay, of Orlando, Florida; B.S., Georgetown
University. Health Policy and Management.
Mitali N. Desai, of Wilmington, Delaware; B.A. & B.S.,
University of Delaware. Health Policy and Management.
Mariya Grygorenko, of Dallas, Texas; B.S. & B.A.,
University of Texas. Health Policy and Management.
Laura Bishop Hand, of Kennebunkport, Maine; B.A.,
Brandeis University. Health Policy and Management.
Sai Mukund Khisty, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Rutgers
University. Health Policy and Management.
Carolyn House Kniefel, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S.,
Lehigh University. Health Policy and Management.
Victoria Lo, of Seattle, Washington; B.S., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Health Policy and
Management.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Amy Marie McDonough, of Annandale, New Jersey;
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Carolina Vaz Rayzel, of Holland, Michigan; B.S.,
University of Michigan. Health Policy and Management.
Erica Celine Romero, of Houston, Texas; B.S.,
California Institute of Technology. Health Policy and
Management.
Arron Sikka, of Denver, Colorado; M.S., Regis University;
B.A., University of Colorado. Health Policy and
Management.
Gaurav Partap Singh, of Linthicum Heights, Maryland;
M.B.,B.S., Government Medical College. Health Policy
and Management.
Julie Anne Sorensen, of Littleton, Colorado; M.S., Wake
Forest University; B.A., University of Colorado. Health
Policy and Management.
Meherazade Adille Sumariwalla, of Mumbai, India; B.A.,
Wesleyan University. Health Policy and Management.
Rachel Swartz, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
Brandon Joseph Earl Thomas, of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., Tulane University. Health Policy and Management.
Laura Jean Wortman, of Wilmington, North Carolina;
B.A., Southern Methodist University. Health Policy and
Management.
Jane Jiayu Yang, of New York, New York; B.Sc., Cornell
University. Health Policy and Management.
Yixin Zhao, of Washington, District of Columbia; B.A.,
Duke University. Health Policy and Management.
Candidates for the
Master of Health Science
May 1, 2016
Sadaf Sadie Ahari, of Springfield, Virginia; B.A., George
Carolina Ivonne Cardona Cabrera, of Cochabamba, Bolivia;
Akriti Ahuja, of Boca Raton, Florida; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
Carlos Xavier Castellanos, of San Diego, California; B.A., The
Ibrahim A. Al-Jabbar, of Los Angeles, California; B.A., The Johns
Daniel Chang, of Novi, Michigan; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
William Cox Altekruse, of Kensington, Maryland; B.S.,
Amandip S. Cheema, of Grand Island, New York; B.S., University
Loretta R. Anderson, of Reisterstown, Maryland; M.A., The
Alice Sofie Yi-Jean Chen, of Vancouver, Canada; B.A., The Johns
Washington University. Mental Health.
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Mental Health.
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., College of Notre Dame of
Maryland. Mental Health.
Kim Aquino, of San Antonio, Texas; B.S., The University of Texas.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Rashmi Nisha Aurora, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; M.D. &
B.S., Universidad Privada Boliviana. International Health.
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
at Buffalo. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Di Chen, of Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.M.S., Fudan
University. Epidemiology.
Mingxin Chen, of Yuncheng, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
B.S., Brown University. Clinical Investigation. **
Colorado State University; B.S., East China Normal University.
Health Policy and Management.
Briella Lexene Baer, of Asheville, North Carolina; B.S., Denison
Qinyu Chen, of Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Javaughn R. Baker, of Panama City, Florida; B.S., Emory
Xiaohan Chen, of Shenyang, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Joshua Troy Barnett, of Wilmington, Delaware; M.A., Hood
Yan Chen, of Xiamen, People’s Republic of China; B.S., Fudan
Sunakshi Bassi, of Annapolis, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Francine Chingcuanco, of Toronto, Canada; B.S., University of
Rachel Shaina Bergstein, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
Marli DeAnn Choate, of Wayne City, Illinois; B.A. & B.S., Eastern
Aditya Bhonsale, of Annapolis, Maryland; M.D., University of
Shannon Elizabeth Ciprut, of Belmar, New Jersey; B.A., Wake
Brendan Blackford, of Eastport, New York; B.A., Goucher
Adrian Antonio Cotarelo, of Miami, Florida; B.A., The Johns
Jennifer Roell Brandon, of Piura, Peru; B.S., University of
Deanna Marie Cotsalas, of Smithtown, New York; B.A., The
Laura Ioana Budurlean, of Reading, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Kathryn King Cristaldi, of Radford, Virginia; M.D., Medical
Ruth Allen Burrows, of Columbus, Ohio; B.A., The Johns
Norah Lee Crossnohere, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Yue Cao, of Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; B.S., The Johns
Monica Latreice Daniels, of Enfield, Connecticut; B.A.,
University. Mental Health.
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
College; B.S., Florida State University. Mental Health.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
University of Maryland. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Bombay. Epidemiology.
College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Maryland. Environmental Health Sciences.
Pennsylvania State University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology.
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
Laura Christine Cappelli, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The
Zhejiang University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Beijing University. Epidemiology.
University. Epidemiology.
Toronto. Epidemiology.
Illinois University. Mental Health.
Forest University. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.*
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
College of Virginia; B.S., University of Dayton. Population, Family
and Reproductive Health.*
Skidmore College. Health, Behavior and Society. **
University of Connecticut; M.S., Sacred Heart University. Mental
Health.
Johns Hopkins University. Clinical Investigation.*
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Bailey Marie DeBarmore, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
Deson Galen Haynie, of Mapleton, Utah; B.S., Brigham Young
Tara Grant Dhingra, of Boston, Massachusetts; B.S.,
Katherine Elizabeth Hein, of Durham, North Carolina; B.A.,
Anjali Preetika Dogra, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. & M.D.,
Sophia Eugenie Heitmiller, of Reisterstown, Maryland; B.A.,
Cornell University. Epidemiology.
Northeastern University. Epidemiology.
Stony Brook University. Clinical Investigation.*
Leena K. Elbedour, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.S., George Mason
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Romanus Roland Faigle, of Detmold, Germany; M.D.,
University. International Health.
The Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
The Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology.
Rezzan Hekmat, of Nashville, Tennessee; B.S., Belmont
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
University of Marburg; Ph.D., University of Gothenburg. Clinical
Investigation.*
Jason Corey Hirshberg, of Boulder, Colorado; B.A., University of
Jason Ira Feinberg, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Sarah Rose Holloway, of Detroit, Michigan; B.A., The Johns
Anthony Richard Fidaleo, of Stamford, Conneticut; B.A., New
Gina Hong, of Eatontown, New Jersey; M.D. & B.A., Rutgers
Amelia Rae Fitts, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Jonathan Colin Hong, of Vancouver, Canada; M.D., University of
Sarah Jane Flessa, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.S.P.H., The Ohio State
John Wesley Hopkins, of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Megan Hoi Yan Fong, of Santa Clara, California; B.S., University
Ping Hu, of An Qing, People’s Republic of China; B.S. & M.S.,
Danyelle Maria Fraser, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
Yuru Huang, of Quzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.S., Sun
Ruth Julia Geller, of Olney, Maryland; B.S., University of
Bradley John Hunt, of Havertown, Pennsylvania; B.A., The Johns
Anagha Uday Gogate, of North Brunswick, New Jersey; B.A.,
Jocelyn Hwang, of Houston, Texas; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
York University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Commonwealth University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
University. Epidemiology.
of California, Santa Cruz. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
of Pittsburgh. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Pittsburgh. Epidemiology.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Policy and
Management.
Kaylin Shae Gonzalez, of San Diego, California; B.A., The Johns
Colorado. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
University. Clinical Investigation.*
Toronto; B.S., Cornell University. Health Policy and Management.
The Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Fudan University. Biostatistics. **
Yat-Sen University. Epidemiology.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Brandon Isao Yi Chiang Ing, of Honolulu, Hawaii; M.S.Ed.,
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of Washington.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Shelby Marie Graham, of Goshen, Kentucky; B.A., The Johns
Emma Kathryn Jakes, of Manchester, Massachusetts; B.S., Royal
Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Adrienne Janelle Green, of Hempstead, New York; B.S.,
Oakwood University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Pavitra Venkata Gudur, of Alpharetta, Georgia; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Hibbah Haddam, of Springfield, Virginia; B.S., George Mason
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Liya Haile, of Chesterfield, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Bereketeab Hailesealassie, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Missouri. Clinical Investigation.*
Katherine Elizabeth Hamlet, of Voorhees, New Jersey; B.S., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Gerard Dean Hampton, of Farmington, Connecticut; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Noor Aladdin Hason, of Louisville, Colorado; B.A., University of
Colorado. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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Holloway University of London. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Dasom Jang, of Seoul, South Korea; B.H.S., Korea University.
Environmental Health Sciences.
Shuai Jiang, of Xinyi City, People’s Republic of China; B.Med.,
Central South University. Epidemiology.
Shiyin Jiao, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.S., Emory
University. Epidemiology.
Rebecca Sarah John, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida; B.A., George
Washington University. Mental Health.
Meghana Kalavar, of Portland, Oregon; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Mental Health.
Joana Karanxha, of Tampa, Florida; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Melody Kelemu Sinke, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; B.S., New York
University. Mental Health.
Sophia Khalil, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; B.A., The Johns
Sarah Elena Neale, of New Hartford, Connecticut; B.A., The
Karen Wang Kim, of Buena Park, California; M.A., California
Tianna Maria Negron, of Rochester, New York; B.A., The Johns
Alexandra Isabella Kuhajda, Biochemistry and Molecular
Maia Nieto, of St. Johns, Florida; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
Julian Dominique Lane, of Pasadena, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Nneoma Benedicta Nnodum, of Owerri, Nigeria; M.D.,
Dixon Scott Lee, of Birmingham, Alabama; B.S., Furman
Veronica Ortiz, of Norwalk, Connecticut; B.A., Franklin and
Ting-Hsuan Lee, of Chungli District, Taiwan; B.A., National
Cassandra Ott, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University of
Kathryn Abra Lesko, of Oakland, California; B.A., The University
Kiara Ott, of Princeton, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
Colin B. Ligon, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.En., Princeton
Zhongzhe Pan, of Yangzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Manqing Liu, of Yichang, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Stella Kinam Park, of London, Canada; B.A., McGill University.
Anthony Paul Lordi Jr., of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania; B.A., The
Shivani Pradip Patel, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Texas A&M
Haidong Lu, of Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Veeral Deepak Patel, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; B.A.,
Marie Catherine Luebke, of Madison, Wisconsin; B.A., The
Lia D. Penn, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Villanova University.
Daniel Augustus Lyle, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; B.S.,
Kaitlin Pfisterer, of Mahwah, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns
Marwa Ibrahim Eldesoky Mahmoud, of Alexandria, Egypt;
David Matthew Pichulik, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.A., University of
Hopkins University. Environmental Health Sciences.
State University, Fullerton. Health Policy and Management.**
Biology.
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Taiwan University. International Health.
of Chicago. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
University. Clinical Investigation.*
Wuhan University. Epidemiology.
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Xi’an Jiaotong University. Epidemiology.
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
University of Virginia. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
M.B.,B.Ch. & M.S., Alexandria Faculty of Medicine. Environmental
Health Sciences.
Mannat Malik, of Hamilton, Canada; B.A.Sc., McMaster
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
University. Mental Health.
University of Nigeria. Environmental Health Sciences.
Marshall College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Pittsburgh. Epidemiology.
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Sun Yat-Sen University. International Health.
Health, Behavior and Society.*
University. Mental Health.
Kalamazoo College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Michigan. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Ruchita Vijayakumar Pillai, of Charlotte, North Carolina; B.S.,
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health, Behavior and
Society.
Nestoras Nicolas Mathioudakis, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
Timothy Blake Plante, of Burlington, Vermont; B.A. & M.D.,
Rebecca Nicole Medina, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S., Loyola
Lisa Kathleen Poirier, of Wilmington, Delaware; B.S., Cornell
John Mekail, of Riverside, California; B.A., University of
Sarah Fatemeh Porter, of Madison, Wisconsin; B.S., University
Ardi Knobel Nuevo Mendoza, of Waldwick, New Jersey; B.A.,
Emmanuel Mensah Quaye, III, of Maplewood, New Jersey; B.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Clinical Investigation.*
University, Maryland. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
California, Riverside. Mental Health.
The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Reema Mistry, of Chandler, Arizona; B.S., Arizona State
University. Mental Health.
Michelle Jinsun Moon, of Fort Collins, Colorado; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Josiah M. Mueller, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., Portland State University. Health Policy
and Management.
University of Vermont. Epidemiology.
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
of Wisconsin. Mental Health.
University of Michigan. Epidemiology.
Ana Isabel Quintanal, of Miami, Florida; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.*
Archana Radhakrishnan, of Chicago, Illinois; M.D., University
of Illinois; B.A., University of Chicago. Epidemiology.
Diana Rayes, of Phoenix, Arizona; B.S., Arizona State University.
Mental Health.
Jessica Lynne Rice, of Wilmington, Delaware; D.O., Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine. Clinical Investigation.*
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Estefania D. Rivera Mudafort, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Lauren E.R. Rocco, of Poolesville, Maryland; B.A., Vanderbilt
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Nicolette Lillian Roque, of Miami, Florida; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Shae Ian Rowlandson, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; B.S., The
University of Vermont. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Jack Colin Rusley, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. & M.D., Brown
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Nicole Alexandra Salevitz, of Scottsdale, Arizona; B.A., The
Jui-Hua Tsai, of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; M.D., Taipei Medical
University. Health Policy and Management.
Deki Tsering, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.S., Georgetown
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Rafael Uribe Cardenas, of Bogota, Colombia; M.D., Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana. Clinical Investigation.*
Vicente Valero, III, of Bellaire, Texas; M.D., University of Texas
Health Science Center. Clinical Investigation.*
Erin Michelle Vigil, of Amarillo, Texas; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Lauren Katherine Vignaly, of West Boylston, Massachusetts;
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Sadhvi Saxena, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.S., Boston
Sallie Jayne Weaver, of Pikesville, Maryland; M.S. & Ph.D.,
Limbika Maliwichi- Senganimalunje, of Baltimore, Maryland;
Lindsey Rochelle Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
Jaein Seo, of Ulsan, South Korea; Pharm.D., Yonsei University.
Susan Schrack Wood, of York, Pennsylvania; M.S., Towson
University; B.S., University of Maryland. Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology.
M.A., Sam Houston State University; B.A., University of Malawi.
Mental Health.
Health Policy and Management.
Yajas Rakesh Shah, of Mumbai, India; B.S., University of
Mumbai. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Noor Shakfeh, of Brooksville, Florida; B.S. & B.A., The University
of South Florida. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Alireza Shams, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; B.S., Florida
University of Central Florida; B.S., Florida State University.
Epidemiology.
of Maryland, Baltimore County; M.S., Loyola University, Maryland.
Mental Health.
University; B.S., Syracuse University. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Bing Xie, of Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; B.S., Southern
Medical University. Health Policy and Management.
Terisa Yiin, of Fremont, California; B.A., University of California,
Berkeley. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
International University; M.D., Ross University. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology.
Mark Yoon, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.S., Emory University. Mental
Ambika Ravi Shivarajpur, of Houston, Texas; B.S., University of
Haroon Yousaf, of Los Angeles, California; M.B.,B.S., Bahria
Nakiya Naomi Showell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
Maria Esperanza Zagal Crosby, of Salt Lake City, Utah;
Texas. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Rutgers University. Clinical Investigation.*
Alison Leigh Simms, of Hunt Valley, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.*
Emily Ann Suminski, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Washington
and Lee University. Mental Health.
Mary Elizabeth Summers, of Rising Sun, Indiana; M.Sc.,
Health.
College. Clinical Investigation.*
B.S. & B.S., University of Utah. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Jing Zhang, of Hohhot, People’s Republic of China; B.Mgt.,
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Epidemiology.
Zihe Zheng, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.M., Capital
Medical University. Epidemiology.
University of Edinburgh; B.S., University of Indianapolis. Mental
Health.
Joy Ziyi Zhou, of San Jose, California; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
Radhika Pradip Tampi, of Columbus, Ohio; B.S., The Ohio State
Kelsey Coughlan Zorn, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A., Reed
University. International Health.
John Richard Thorne, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Georgia. Mental Health.
Catherine Ann Tomko, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.A., George Washington University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Christine Truong, of Irvine, California; B.S., University of
California, Los Angeles. Mental Health.
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University. Mental Health.
College. Health, Behavior and Society.
Candidates for the
Master of Public Policy
May 1, 2016
Ariana Isabel Bengtsson, of Seattle, Washington;
B.A., University of Washington. Health Policy and
Management.
Jingyang Liu, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Beijing Foreign Studies University. Health Policy and
Management.
Adam Campbell Briskin Limehouse, of Washington,
District of Columbia; B.A., College of Charleston. Health
Policy and Management.
Jingyi Liu, of Yuncheng, People’s Republic of China;
L.L.B. & B.A., Xiamen University. Health Policy and
Management.
Vincent Thomas Cannizzaro, of Sarasota, Florida;
B.A., University of Central Florida. Health Policy and
Management.
Jiaxuan Qian, of Zhangjiagang, People’s Republic of China;
B.A., Nanjing University. Health Policy and Management.
Steven David Cenname, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A.,
Salisbury University. Health Policy and Management.
Chen Cheng, of Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; B.E.,
Renmin University. Health Policy and Management.
Nicholas Frederick Chiumenti, of Newton, Massachusetts;
B.A., Boston University. Health Policy and Management.
Lixuan Cong, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Fudan University. Health Policy and Management.
Jianxiang Fang, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Peking University. Health Policy and Management.
Rosalind Paris Saibert Fraser, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Emerson College. Health Policy and Management.
Kara Rose Gionfriddo, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., The New
School. Health Policy and Management.
Brittany Elizabeth Goldstein, of Denver, Colorado; B.A.,
University of Colorado. Health Policy and Management.
Kelsey Rebecca Kreider, of Lusby, Maryland; B.A., Messiah
College. Health Policy and Management.
Kewei Li, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; M.A.,
Wuhan University. Health Policy and Management.
Naomi M. Rapp, of Chicago, Illinois; B.S., The George
Washington University. Health Policy and Management.
Qi Tan, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.A., Beijing
Language and Culture University. Health Policy and
Management.
Marissa Jeanine Vismara, of Sacramento, California;
B.A., University of Washington. Health Policy and
Management.
Yichen Wang, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Tsinghua University. Health Policy and Management.
Wenjie Yu, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Shanghai International Studies University. Health Policy
and Management.
Jingnan Zhang, of Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Central University of Finance and Economics. Health
Policy and Management.
Huixin Zhong, of Longyan, People’s Republic of China;
B.A., Central University of Finance and Economics.
Health Policy and Management.
Adam Christopher Zoellner, of New Lenox, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Illinois. Health Policy and Management.
Ruoxi Li, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.A.,
Nankai University. Health Policy and Management.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Candidates for the
Master of Science in Public Health
May 1, 2016
Onaopemipo Oluwadamilola Abiodun, of Abuja, Nigeria;
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. International
Health.
Bosede Adenekan, of Brooklyn, New York; M.A., Hunter
College; B.A., University of Pennsylvania. Health,
Behavior and Society.**
Oluwakemi Loriade Akin-Olugbade, of Lagos, Nigeria; B.A.,
Wellesley College. International Health.
Michael Ebelechukwu Anidi, of Boston, Massachusetts;
B.A., Harvard University. International Health.
Shadee Ashtari, of Los Angeles, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles. Health Policy and
Management.
Iman A. Barre, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University of
California, Santa Cruz. International Health.
Catherine Bongka Baye, of Bamenda, Cameroon;
M.D., University of Yaounde. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Lucy Marie Cunningham Bertocci, of Washington, District
of Columbia; B.A., American University. Health Policy
and Management.
Jasmine Michelle Blake, of Snow Hill, Maryland; B.S.,
Towson University. International Health.
Eva K. Bugos, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; B.S., University
of Pittsburgh. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Sarah Beth Camitta, of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Tufts University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Elizabeth Anna Campbell, of New Egypt, New Jersey;
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Yipu Monica Chen, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of
China; B.S., Cornell University. International Health.
Gwen Marie Chodur, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Pennsylvania State University. International Health.
Daniel Inyoung Choi, of Woodmere, New York; B.S. & B.A.,
Wayne State University. International Health.
Stacy Alysia Christopher, of Brooklyn, New York; B.S.,
Cornell University. International Health.
Briani Claggett, of Clarksburg, Maryland; B.A., University of
Maryland, Baltimore County. International Health.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Steven Joseph Clipman, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall College. International Health.
Kaitlyn Anne Corbin, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey;
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Chelsea Paige Corson, of Milford, Massachusetts; B.S., St.
Lawrence University. International Health.
Sarah Nicole Cox, of Belmont, California; B.S. & B.A.,
University of Miami. International Health.
Adam Robert Crum, of Wasilla, Alaska; B.A., Northwestern
University. Environmental Health Sciences.*
Amanda Nicole Decker, of Cleveland, Ohio; B.A., University
of Rochester. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Raymond Alphonse Desautels IV, of Oxford, Massachusetts;
B.A., Emory University. Health Policy and Management.
Baldeep Kaur Dhaliwal, of Sacramento, California; B.S.,
University of California, San Diego. Health Policy and
Management.
Priyo Djatmiko, of Jakarta, Indonesia; B.Sc., Gadjah Mada
University. Environmental Health Sciences.*
BreeOna Curry Ebrecht, of Marquette, Michigan; B.A.,
Northern Michigan University. International Health.
Ellen Eichenbaum, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Maryland. International Health.
Sheila Etchu Enoh, of Yaounde, Cameroon; B.S., University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International Health.
Shalini Anuththara Eragoda, of Valencia, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley. International Health.
**
Kimberly Lorraine Espinosa-Schroeder, of Washington,
District of Columbia; B.A., Point Loma Nazarene
University. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Leah Hughey Ewald, of Napa, California; B.A., Washington
University in St. Louis. International Health.
Jenna Leigh Fahle, of Houston, Texas; B.S. & B.B.A.,
University of Texas. International Health.
Qi Fan, of Baotou, People’s Republic of China; M.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Inner Mongolia
University. International Health.
Cecilia A. Flatley, of New York, New York; B.A., Wellesley
College. International Health.
Mohammad Shahidul Islam, of Barisal, Bangladesh; M.S.,
Dacca University. International Health.
Ruthly Francois, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti; B.S., Suffolk
University. International Health.
Annelise Iversen, of Kamloops, Canada; B.A., Simon Fraser
University. International Health.
Julia Alexandrovna Gall, of Woodinville, Washington; B.A.,
Wellesley College. International Health.**
Bianca Danielle Jackson, of Victoria, Canada; B.Sc.,
University of Victoria. International Health.
Alison Marie Gauthier, of Diamond Bar, California; B.S.,
University of California, Berkeley. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Shulin Jiang, of Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
University of Illinois. International Health.
Debra Gayle Gilbert, of Glen Head, New York; B.A.,
Haverford College. Health Policy and Management.
Safia Shafiq Jiwani, of Bujumbura, Burundi; B.Sc., McGill
University. International Health.
Claire Louise Gillum, of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; M.A.,
University of St. Andrews. International Health.
Caleb William Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. Environmental Health Sciences.
**
Swati Goel, of Dehradun, India; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. International Health.
Hayoung Jun, of Coquitlam, Canada; B.Sc., McGill
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Alexandra Rachel Greenberg, of New York, New York; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. International Health.
Julia Kaminsky, of Brooklyn, New York; B.A., Middlebury
College. International Health.
Jillian Danielle Griffith, of Mitchellville, Maryland; B.S.P.H.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International
Health.
Akshay Kapoor, of Boxborough, Massachusetts; B.S. &
B.A., University of Massachusetts. Health Policy and
Management.
Matthew Ruland Grigsby, of Applegate, Oregon; B.S.,
Oregon Institute of Technology. International Health.
Matthew James Keenan, of South Bend, Indiana; B.S.,
University of Notre Dame. International Health.
Kia Anne Guarino, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.A., Boston
College. International Health. **
Madeline L. Kiefer, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; B.A.,
Occidental College. International Health.
Sarah Gutkind, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A., Tufts
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Juhae Olivia Kim, of Fairfax, Virginia; B.A., University of
Illinois. Health, Behavior and Society.
Anzer N. Habibulla, of Crystal Lake, Illinois; B.A.,
University of Chicago. Health Policy and Management.
Natalie Kish, of New Lenox, Illinois; B.S., Saint Louis
University. Health Policy and Management.
Mignote Solomon Haile, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; B.A.,
Mount Holyoke College. International Health.
Liore Hilah Klein, of Huntington, New York; B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Kendra Michelle Harmon, of Grayslake, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Florida. International Health.
Caitlin Nicole Hawley, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., Miami University. International Health.
Shahana Hirji, of Toronto, Canada; B.A.,S.c., McMaster
University. Health Policy and Management.
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada, of Norwalk, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles. Health, Behavior
and Society.
Christopher H. Hook, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Kent
State University. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Lynka Ineza, of Bujumbura, Burundi; B.S., La Roche
College. International Health.
Chineye C.E. Obule Isichei, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
B.Sc. & M.D., University of Lagos. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Maria Matina Kofas, of Athens, Greece; B.S., Harokopio
University. International Health.
Jordan Gauthier Kohn, of Randolph, New Jersey; B.A., The
College of New Jersey. Health, Behavior and Society.
Chytanya Robby Kompala, of Superior, Colorado; B.S., New
York University. International Health.
Yu-Hsuan Lai, of Towson, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Aliza Ketziah Lailari, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.A., Tufts
University. International Health.
Amanda Caroline Long, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International
Health.
Caitlin Marie Lowery, of Aldan, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Lafayette College. International Health.
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Wenwan Lu, of Wuxi, People’s Republic of China; B.Sc.,
University of Toronto. Environmental Health Sciences. **
Amanda Ariani Pereira, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
University of Maryland. International Health.
Megan Marie Lydon, of Montreal, Canada; B.Sc., McGill
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Emma Caroline Posner, of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
B.A., Bates College. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Arielle Buijs Mancuso, of Friday Harbor, Washington; B.A.,
McGill University. International Health.
Tracy Lauren McClair, of Wilmington, North Carolina; B.A.
& B.S., University of Maryland. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Robin Dwight Megill, of Lexington, Massachusetts; B.S.,
University of Vermont. International Health.
María José Mejía Ruiz, of Quito, Ecuador; B.A., Davidson
College. International Health.
Marela Kay Roque Minosa, of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles. International
Health.
Monica Miranda, of Mexico City, Mexico; M.D., Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de México. International Health.
Hsu Hnin Mon, of Yangon, Myanmar; B.A., Colgate
University. International Health.
Kyla Marian Mor, of Providence, Rhode Island; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Brooks William Morgan, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
Wake Forest University. International Health.
Isabel Anna Morgan, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.A., Mount
Holyoke College. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Yie Mary Qiu, of Toronto, Canada; B.A.Sc., University of
Toronto. International Health.
Radhika Srinivasan Raghunathan, of Whitmore Lake,
Michigan; B.S., University of Michigan. Population,
Family and Reproductive Health.
Namratha P. Rao, of Mumbai, India; B.A., Tufts University.
International Health. **
Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado, of Washington, District
of Columbia; B.S., University of Virginia. International
Health.
Amanda Magdeline Rzepkowski, of Stevensville, Maryland;
B.S., James Madison University. International Health.
Allysan Paige Scatterday, of Morgantown, West Virginia;
B.S., College of Charleston. International Health.
Jessica Lynn Schue, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. International Health.
Anthony Michael Schwegmann, of Baltimore, Maryland;
B.S., Illinois State University. Environmental Health
Sciences. **
Alexandra R. Searle, of Palatine, Illinois; B.S., University of
Notre Dame. International Health.
Ye Shen, of Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; B.A., Tufts
University. International Health.
Tomohiko Morita, of Yokohama, Japan; M.S., Saitama
University. International Health.
Ji Won Shon, of Fresh Meadows, New York; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
John Francis Mulcahy, of Stillwater, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. Health Policy and Management.
Lilly Virginia King Siems, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Brown University. International Health.
Kelley Paige Murfin, of Houston, Texas; B.A., University of
Houston. Health, Behavior and Society.
Yeri Son, of South Pasadena, California; B.S., Cornell
University. International Health.
Caitlin Louise Murphy, of Pasadena, Maryland; B.A.,
University of Maryland. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Amanda Asha Stearns, of Towson, Maryland; B.A., Indiana
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Rachel Nicole Oemcke, of San Diego, California; B.S.,
University of Delaware. International Health.
Okan Erol Olgac, of Abingdon, Maryland; B.S., University of
Maryland. International Health.
Oladeji Khafilat Oloko, of Lagos, Nigeria; B.Sc., Newcastle
University. International Health.
Emma Rachel Oppenheim, of White Plains, New York; B.A.,
Tufts University. Health Policy and Management.
Shalini Pammal, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; B.A.,
Harvard University. Health Policy and Management.
Shristi Pandey, of New York, New York; B.A., Brown
University. International Health.
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Hannah Elizabeth Steinberg, of Chattanooga, Tennessee;
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College. International Health.
Matthew John Stewart, of Ballston Spa, New York; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Ann Norinne Suk, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.P.H.
& B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
International Health.
Graham Lawton Sutherland, of Shenandoah Junction,
West Virginia; B.S., Marymount University. International
Health.
Colleen Marie Synk, of Troy, Michigan; B.S., Michigan State
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Ru Fen Vicky Tay, of Singapore; B.S., Melbourne University;
B.S., National University of Singapore. Environmental
Health Sciences.
Craig Steven Terwilliger, of Monroe, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. Environmental
Health Sciences. **
Alvin George Thomas, of Skokie, Illinois; B.S., Washington
and Lee University. International Health.
Nicole Hallie Thornton, of Malvern, Arkansas; B.A.,
University of Arkansas. Health, Behavior and Society.
Patrick T. Wedlock, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Seton Hall
University. International Health.
Fiona H. Weeks, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; B.A., Tufts
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Christina Pei Tzune Whang, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A.,
Wellesley College. International Health.
Joey Robert Williamson, of Columbia, Maryland; Ph.D.,
University of Georgia; M.S., University of Arkansas.
Environmental Health Sciences.
Natalie Jean Tibbels, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Franklin
and Marshall College. Health, Behavior and Society.
Erin Elizabeth Wingo, of San Leandro, California; B.A.,
Sarah Lawrence College. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Rachel Hannah Turkel, of Chappaqua, New York; B.A.,
Bowdoin College. International Health.
Yumeng Wu, of Hefei, People’s Republic of China; B.M.S.,
Renmin University. International Health.
Priyanka Uprety, of Kathmandu, Nepal; B.S., Randolph
Macon College. International Health.
Ningze Xu, of Jinan, People’s Republic of China; B.S.P.H.,
Tulane University. International Health.
Prarthana Vasudevan, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.S.,
University of Maryland; B.S., University of Maryland,
Baltimore County. International Health. **
Ching-Wen Wendy Yang, of Fullerton, California; B.S.,
University of California, Irvine. International Health.
Rena Georgia Vlahodimos, of Chicago, Illinois; B.A. & B.S.,
University of Illinois; Health Policy and Management.
Michelle Alysa Vogel, of Sandy Springs, Georgia; B.S., The
University of Georgia. International Health.
Alicia Eileen Vooris, of Greensboro, Maryland; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall College. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Kelli M. Vos, of La Verne, California; B.A., Wheaton College.
Health, Behavior and Society.
Joseph E. Walburn, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S., Towson
University. Health Policy and Management.
Erin Pearl Yastrow, of New Orleans, Louisiana; B.S., Tulane
University. Health Policy and Management.
Liye Ye, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley. Health Policy and Management.
Ping Teresa Yeh, of Ellicott City, Maryland; B.A., Rice
University. International Health.
Kayla Brooke Zalcgendler, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Washington University in St. Louis. Health, Behavior and
Society.
Arielle Aleksandra Zina, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health
Policy and Management.
Melody Wang, of Vancouver, Canada; B.S., University of
British Columbia. International Health.
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Candidates for the
Master of Science
May 1, 2016
Lanre Idris Adekola, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology. Effects of Glutathione Depletion on Leydig Cell
Aging and Steriodogenesis.*
Claire Marie Anderson, of Shreve, Ohio; B.A., Kenyon
College. Health, Behavior and Society. Are Genetic
Counselors Screening for Adolescent Suicide Risk? A Mixedmethods Study.
Alisa Ann Bochnowski, of Munster, Indiana; B.S., The
George Washington University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. The Effect of Donor Sex on Influenza A
Infection in Primary Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Cultures.
Jacob Lee Carey, of Danville, Virginia; B.S., Virginia Tech.
Epidemiology. Characterizing Risk of Transmission of
Respiratory Viruses among School Children using Proxies of
Infectious Contact and Genetic Data.
So Yung Choi, of Busan, South Korea; B.A., University of
Hawaii. Biostatistics. Statistical Considerations for the
Analysis of Ordinal Outcomes in Randomized Controlled
Trails.
Kyle Walter Davis, of Austin, Texas; B.A., Purdue University.
Health, Behavior and Society. What Counts? The Role of
Numeracy in Interpretation of Personalized Genomic Risk
Information in Corielle Participants.
Molly Deutsch-Feldman, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., Wesleyan University. Epidemiology.
Evaluating a Reactive Test-and-treat Program for a Subpatent Malaria in Macha, Zambia: Optimal Strategies to
Achieve Elimination.
Renuka Elizabeth Joseph, of Kochi, India; B.Tech.,
Vellore Institute of Technology University. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology. Adeno-associated
Virus Vectored Immunoprophylaxsis Against Plasmodium
falciparum.
Jingru Fang, of Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; B.E.,
Pharmaceutical University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Isolation and Characterization of Anti-dengue
Virus Proteins from Chromobacterium Panama.
Himaja Gaddipati, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B.S.,
University of California, Los Angeles. Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology. Smc5 Depletion Impedes Cell Cycle
Progression, Induces DNA Damage, and Causes Genomic
Instability in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts.*
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Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer, of Bangalore, India;
M.B.,B.S. & M.D., B.J. Medical College. Epidemiology.
Characterizing Medication Adherence to an Oral Glucose
Lowering Drug, Metformin Using Group Based Trajectory
Models.
Miebaka Jamabo, of Rivers State, Nigeria; B.Sc., Niger
Delta University. The Role of Polo-like Kinase 4 (PLK4) in
Chromosome Segregation and Genome Maintenance in
Mammalian Meiosis.
Aqsa Jamil, of Reisterstown, Maryland; B.Sc., Towson
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Detection of Measles Virus RNA in Lymph Nodes Using
Fluorescence Microscopy.
Lai Jiang, of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; M.B.,
Peking University. Epidemiology. The Association between
Cruciferous Vegetables Intake and Breast Cancer Risk among
Women with Familial Breast Cancer.
Hongseok Kim, of Seoul, South Korea; B.S., Korea
National Open University; B.K.M., Dongguk University.
Epidemiology. Longitudinal Patterns of HIV Medication
Adherence at an Urban HIV Clinic.
Jennefer Noe Kohler, of Los Gatos, California; B.S.,
University of Washington. Health, Behavior and Society.
Personal Utility in Genomics: A Mixed-methods Study to
Identify Key Elements.
Shaheen Shiraz Kurani, of Fayetteville, Georgia; B.Sc.,
Emory University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Prevalence of Glucose-6-phosphate
Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Southern Province, Zambia.
Yury V. Kuzmichev, of Moscow, Russia; B.S., Pittsburg State
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
A Novel Anti-CD3/CD28 Bead-based PHA/Feeder-cell-free
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Outgrowth Assay.
Hanying Li, of Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Nanjing University. Biostatistics. Multi-feature Functionon-Scalar Regression for Modelling Stepwatch Activity Data.
Menglu Liang, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China;
M.P.H., Peking University. Epidemiology. Association of
1,5-anhydroglucitol, a Biomarker of Glucose Peaks, with
Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease.
Eleni A. Liapi, of Athens, Greece; M.D., University of
Ioannina. Clinical Investigation. Longitudinal Imaging
and Clinical Assessment of Patients with Unresectable
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transcatherter
Arterial Chemoembolization.*
Sang-Mi Nam, of Claremont, California; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The Effects of Calprotectin, A Metal Binding Protein, on the
Growth of Borrelia burgdorferi.*
Gautam Anand Shrivastava, of Syosset, New York; B.A., New
York University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. An
Investigation into Mitigating Proteotoxicity In Vitro and In
Vivo. **
Anne Elizabeth Nigra, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania;
B.A., Oberlin College. Epidemiology. Poultry Consumption
and Arsenic Exposure in the U.S. Population.
Sarah Rose Van Tol, of Swansea, Illinois; B.S., Iowa State
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Effects of Entomopathogenic Chromobacterium (Csp_P)
Exposure on the Microbiota and Fitness of Anopheles
gambiae.
Gina Marie Norato, of Robbinsville, New Jersey; B.S.,
Dickinson College. Biostatistics. Modeling the Association
between Smoking and Sleep Fragmentation Using Longlinear Models.
Amy Kathryn Poupore, of Livonia, Michigan; B.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. Elucidating the Dynamics and Role
of Macrophages in a Murine Model of Elastase-induced
Emphysema.
Amrita Rao, of Newton, Massachusetts; B.S., Cornell
University. Epidemiology. Risk Factors for Poor Adherence
to Antiretroviral Therapy by Pregnancy Status in Two Urban
Cohorts of Women Living with HIV in the United States and
South Africa.
Jennifer Rui Wang, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., University
of Toronto; B.S., McMaster University. Epidemiology. A
Genome-wide Association Study of Survival in Head and
Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.*
Ayobami Louis Ward, of Snellville, Georgia; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The Characterization of Meiosis-specific Cohesin Component
Mutations.*
Megan Catherine Weitner, of Macungie, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall College. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. Evaluation of Drug Combinations Against
Stationary Phase and Persistent Borrelia in vitro.
Arthur Anthony Alfonso Reyes, of Lake Hiawatha, New
Jersey; B.S., Rutgers University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. The Subcellular Localization of the
Uncharacterized Human Disease-associated Protein
Potassium Channel Tetramerization Domain 13 (KCTD13).
Chao Yang, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China;
B.Med., Fudan University. Epidemiology. Kidney Function,
Bone-mineral Metabolism Markers, and future risk of
Peripheral Artery Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities (ARIC) Study.
Jennifer Leigh Rivers, of San Marcos, Texas; B.S.,
Texas State University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Unexpected Antibiotic Resistance in Grampositive Bacteria Recovered from the Chesapeake Bay and
Associated Rivers and Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity
of a Wide Variety of Essential Oils as a Means to Identify
Novel Drug Targets.
Yang Ye, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Nanjing University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Characterization of Influenza A Virus M2
CytoplasmicTail Amino Acid Residue Position 83 and 86
Mutations.
Ryan Eduardo Rodriguez, of Fayetteville, North Carolina;
M.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology;
B.S., University of North Carolina. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology. The Mechanism of Binding
Between the Plasmodium falciparum H-protein and Lipoate
Ligase 1.
Sheng Zhou, of Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of
China; M.B.,B.S., Huazhong University of Science and
Technology. Epidemiology. Liver-related Mortality during
the HAART Era in MACS and WIHS.
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Candidates for the
Master of Public Health
May 1, 2016
Abraham Abramovitz, of Lima, Peru; M.D., Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Udochi Precious Anosike, of Umuahia , Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
Abia State University.
Jamin Kweku Addae, of Accra, Ghana; B.Sc. & M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. *
Daniel Alexis Antiporta Peñaloza, of Lima, Peru; M.Sc.,
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; B.S., Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Oluwatosin Funke Ajayi, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.D., University
of Lagos.
Oyintayo Ajiboye, of Ikeja, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S., University of
Ibadan.
Hussam Ahmad Albugami, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S. & M.D., King Abdulaziz University .
Deborah Alema-Mensah, of Accra, Ghana; M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Hani Ali Alghamdi, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.D., King
Saud University.
Abdullah Mohammed Alguwaihes, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University. **
Abdullah Alharbi, of Jazan, Saudi Arabia; M.D., Jazan
University.
Othman Abdu A. Aljohani, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., Umm Al Quara University.
Wafa Alkhayal, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S., King
Saud University.
Sultan Maziad S. Almaziad, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University. *
Farjah H. AlQahtani, of Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia; B.S. &
M.D., King Faisal University.
Mansoor Muayad Alsaleh, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University.
Arwa Altaf, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S., King Abdul
Aziz University.
Vibhuti Arya, of Brooklyn, New York; Pharm.D., Saint John’s
University.
Peace Chiamaka Asuzu, of Baltimore, Maryland;
M.B.,Ch.B., Obafemi Awolowo University.
Khay Mar Aung, of Yangon, Burma; M.B.,B.S., University of
Medicine II.
Nimae N. Awantang, of Panama City, Florida; M.D., Howard
University; B.S., Mercer University.
Crystal Nnenne Azu, of Laurel, Maryland; B.S., Emory
University.
Magaly Pilar Bailon, of Yakima, Washington; M.S.N.,
Saint Peter’s University; M.S., Hoboken Institute of
Technology; B.S., New Jersey City University. **
Jamile Rusbania Ballivian Cuellar, of Buenos Aires,
Argentina; M.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Crystal Lynn Barksdale, of Burtonsville, Maryland; Ph.D.,
George Washington University; B.S., University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. **
Michael Matthew Barna, of Oceanside, California; M.D.,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences;
B.S., United States Naval Academy.
Cara Michelle Barnes, of Bryan, Texas; M.S., University of
Utah; B.A., Austin College. **
Nadijda Bassil, of Tampa, Florida; M.D., Michigan State
University; B.S., University of Michigan.
Sultan Ali A. Alwajeeh, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Umm Al-Qura University.**
Hoda Bastani, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; M.D.,
Pennsylvania State University; B.S., William Paterson
University.
Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze, of Florence, Alabama; B.S.,
University of Alabama.
Elizabeth Del Carmen Bastias-Butler, of Stamford,
Connecticut; B.A., George Washington University.
Amrutha Anand, of Chennai, India; B.Tech., Shanmugha
Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy.
Anne Marie Batchelder, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., Boston College.
Peter Joseph Anderson, of Los Angeles, California; M.S.,
Georgetown University; B.S., George Washington
University.
Anna Louise Beavis, of Menlo Park, California; M.D.,
University of Southern California; B.A., Cornell
University.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Kali Ann Bechtold, of Denver, Colorado; B.A., University of
Puget Sound; M.B.A., The Johns Hopkins University.
Meera Reddy Chappidi, of Schenectady, New York; B.S.,
Brown University.
Allison Lee Becker, of Miles City, Montana; B.S., Montana
State University.
Devon Christopher Charlton, of Santa Barbara, California;
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., Trinity
School of Medicine.
Kasey Elizabeth Bellegarde, of Bellingham, Massachusetts;
B.S.N., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences.
Gaurav Chaudhari, of Ahmedabad, India; M.D., NHL
Medical College.
Augustus Billy, of Windsor Mill, Maryland; M.D., University
of the West Indies; M.S. & Ph.D., Howard University.
Sagar Satish Chawla, of Urbandale, Iowa; B.S., Iowa State
University.
Douglas Phillip Blackall, of Fairview, North Carolina; M.D.,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; B.A., Rhodes
College.
Chieh-Ho Chen, of Taipei City, Taiwan; M.D., National
Taiwan University.
Sean Charles Blaufuss, of Wenatchee, Washington; B.S.,
University of Washington.
Stephen Ray Bloom, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Georgetown University. **
Sara M. Brandenburg, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.A., Brandeis University.
Timothy Michael Bresnahan, of Manitou Springs,
Colorado; B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.D.,
University of Toledo. *
Lisa Shontell Broadhead, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Boston College.
Mohammed Ahmed Bu Saad, of Dammam, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Faisal University. **
Gregory Malik Burnett, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; M.D.,
Duke University.
Marilyn West Butler, of Portland, Oregon; A.B., Harvard
University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge; M.D.,
Columbia University.
Miguel Cainzos Achirica, of Barcelona, Spain; M.D.,
University of Santiago de Compostela.
Kristinne Uy Canas, of Burbank, California; B.A.,
Claremont McKenna College.
Kelsey Dawnelle Cannon, of Atascadero, California; B.S.,
Westmont College.
Gillian Antonette Caplan, of Marietta, Georgia; B.A., Boston
College.
Mallory Leigh Carellas, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.N.,
University of Pennsylvania. *
Joyce Chi-yi Chen, of Costa Mesa, California; M.D., Duke
University; B.S., Stanford University. *
Yubin Chen, of Foshan, People’s Republic of China; B.M.,
Peking University.
Daryl Ray Cheng, of Melbourne, Australia; M.B.,B.S.,
Monash University. **
William Cherniak, of Toronto, Canada; B.Sc., University of
Western Ontario; M.D., University of Calgary.
Ya-Hsuan Chiang, of Taichung, Taiwan; M.S. & B.S.,
National Taiwan University.
Joonpyo Choi, of Seoul, South Korea; M.D., Dongguk
University; B.A., The Catholic University of Korea.
Ronald Chong-Yik, of New Orleans, Louisiana; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Queensland; B.S., University of Waterloo. **
Elisabeth Nicole Chop, of Chesapeake, Virginia; B.A.,
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Elizabeth Soohee Lee Chung, of Ontario, Ohio; M.D. &
J.D., Case Western Reserve University; B.S., Andrews
University.
Christopher Edward Keith Conn, of Marblehead,
Massachusetts; B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University.
Lacy Cook, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; B.A., Muhlenberg
College.
Kelly Elizabeth Costello, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., American University.
Caitlin Jean Cotter, of Platteville, Wisconsin; B.S. & D.V.M.,
University of Wisconsin.
Evelyn Castillo, of Hialeah, Florida; J.D., University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
Kevin Ray Cunningham, of Eastland, Texas; D.O., University
of North Texas Health Science Center; M.S., Texas Tech
University; B.S., Tarleton State University.
Marcelo Cerullo, of Cary, North Carolina; A.B., Harvard
University.
Kyle William Cunningham, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Cincinnati.
Caitlin A. Ceryes, of Glen Arm, Maryland; B.S.N., Villanova
University.
Robyn Anne Cyr, of Limington, Maine; B.A., Smith College.
Courtney Larissa Chang, of Los Altos, California; B.S.,
Georgetown University.
Kathryn Dalton, of Oxford, Pennsylvania; V.M.D., University
of Pennsylvania; B.S., Stony Brook University.
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Paulomi Manoj Dave, of Mumbai, India; M.B.,B.S., Seth G.S
Medical College.
Michelle Case Davidson, of Lake Oswego, Oregon; B.S.,
Santa Clara University.
Brittny Carese Davis, of Catonsville, Maryland; Ph.D.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County; B.S., Jackson
State University.
Dawn Marie Davis, of Wildwood, Missouri; B.A. & M.D.,
University of Missouri. **
Adrien Jonathan de Chaisemartin, of Paris, France; M.S.,
Harvard University; M.S., Ecole Polytechnique.
Teresa Elyse DeAtley, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., College
of William and Mary.
Yashwant Moreshwar Deo, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida;
Ph.D., University of Calgary; M.Sc., G.B. Pant University;
B.Sc., Pune University. *
Matthew Denson deShazo, of Jackson, Mississippi; B.S.,
Birmingham-Southern College; M.D., University of
Mississippi. **
Anuradha Devabhaktuni, of Fairmont, West Virginia; B.A. &
M.D., George Washington University.
Caroline Anitha Devadason, of Chennai, India; B.S., Fort
Hays State University. **
Daryl Brian Dillman, of Cole Harbour, Canada; M.D.,
University of Calgary; B.Sc.K., Dalhousie University.
Karol L. Dixon, of Anchorage, Alaska; J.D., University of New
Mexico; B.A., University of Alaska.
Huy Duc Do, of Somerville, Massachusetts; D.O.,
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Ruchi Srivastava Doshi, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Rice
University.
Julie Dricken, of Kewaskum, Wisconsin; M.D., Saba
University; B.S., University of Wisconsin.
Ramzi Emanuel Dudum, of San Francisco, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Ella Moorea Ewart-Pierce, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.A., New York University; B.A., Southwestern
University.
Chinemerem Chika Eyetan, of Milton Keynes, United
Kingdom; B. Pharm., Ahmadu Bello University.
Wareef Ibrahim M. Fallatah, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.D.,
Umm Al Qura University. **
Weili Fan, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; Ph.D.,
Missouri University of Science and Technology; B.S.,
Fudan University.
Zoya Fansler, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A., University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
Matthew Jude Ferreira, of Park Ridge, New Jersey; D.V.M.,
Tufts University.
Alexander Herbert Fischer, of Greenbelt, Maryland; B.S. &
B.A., University of Maryland.
John Patrick Fischer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
State University of New York, Upstate Medical University.
Aliza Miriam Fishbein, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University.
Angela Rose Flignor, of Brooklyn, New York; B.S., Boston
University.
Elizabeth Ann Fracica, of Rochester, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Missouri.
Rejane Celeste Frederick, of Yellow Springs, Ohio; B.A.,
Juniata College.
Gahan Patricia Furlane, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Georgetown University. **
Lauren Ann Gard, of Portland, Oregon; B.A., Willamette
University.
Bineyam Mulugeta Gebrewold, of Elkridge, Maryland; B.S.,
Notre Dame of Maryland; B.A., Addis Ababa University.
Peter Ryan Gierlach, of Moraga, California; B.A., Occidental
College.
Elsy Maria Dumit, of Santiago, Dominican Republic;
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University.
James Brian Goldberg, of Yakima, Washington; M.D.,
Drexel University; M.S., Georgetown University; B.S.,
Vanderbilt University. **
Elizabeth Caroline Eastman, of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
B.A., Case Western Reserve University.
Tamara Leonor Goldschmidt, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Emory University.
Jennifer Camille Effler, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; D.V.M.,
Auburn University; B.S., New Mexico State University.
Allyson Mundie Goodman, of Springfield, Missouri; M.D.,
University of Arkansas.
Jemeh Marie Egwuagu, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
The College of William and Mary.
Krista Anne Goulding, of Peterborough, Canada; M.D.,
B.A.,Sc., McMaster University.
Rebecca Carrie Ehrenkranz, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A.,
Brandeis University.
Gowtham Rama Harsha Grandhi, of Nagullanka, India;
M.B.,B.S., Kasturba Medical College.
Maria Lucia Mendonca Escorcio-Ymayo, of Baltimore,
Maryland; M.A. & B.A., University Institute of Lisbon. **
Michael Patrick Gray, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., University of Kansas. *
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Carolyn Lee Greene, of Fairfax, Virginia; J.D., The George
Washington University. *
Daniel Richard Hostetler, of Lynchburg, Virginia; B.S.,
University of Virginia.
Laurence Josofati Gunde, of Blantyre, Malawi; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Malawi.
Carolyn Renee Hricko, of Minot, Maine; B.A., Bowdoin
College.
Zhilei Guo, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; M.D.,
Fudan University; M.B.A., Europe International Business
School.
Diana-Lynne Yeh-Ling Hsu, of Cresskill, New Jersey; B.A.,
Barnard College.
Akshay Kumar Gupta, of Indore, India; M.S. & M.B.,B.S.,
M.G.M. Medical College.
Kernika Gupta, of Moorestown, New Jersey; B.A., Bryn
Mawr College.
Daniela Alexandra Gutiérrez Cicala, of Lima, Peru; B.A.,
The College of William and Mary.
Ralph Tony Hachem, of Baabda, Lebanon; M.D., American
University of Beirut.
Iram Haq, of Bethel, Connecticut; M.S., Columbia
University; B.S., University of Connecticut.
Omar Harfouch, of Bikfaya, Lebanon; M.D., Saint Joseph
University.
Kathryn Tyler Harlow, of Norfolk, Virginia; B.A., University
of Colorado.
Mahmud Anowar Hasan, of Springfield, Virginia; M.B.,B.S.,
Rajshahi University.
Ahmed Nabeel Hassan, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., King
Khalid University. **
Mahmoud Mohammed Hassan, of Suez, Egypt; M.D., Cairo
University.
Jordan Alicia Hatcher, of Chicago, Illinois; B.A., University
of Wisconsin.
Xingru He, of Shenyang, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
University of California, Davis.
William Emery Hebert, of Windham, New Hampshire;
M.S.W., University of Maryland; B.S., Marquette
University.
Blandine Bustamante Helfrich, of Manitou Springs,
Colorado; M.D., Cornell University; B.A., City University
of New York, Queens College.
Marilyn Mei-see Heng, of Toronto, Canada; B.Sc. & M.D.,
University of Toronto.
Héctor Alexis Hernández-Delgado, of Bayamon, Puerto
Rico; J.D., University of Maryland.
Lalawmpuia Hmar, of Aizawl, India; M.D., Christian
Medical College.
Hui Ling Agnes Hoe, of Singapore; M.S., Nanyang
Technological University; B.S., National University of
Singapore.
Samantha Mae Holcombe, of Flemington, New Jersey; B.A.,
University of Maryland. **
Han Win Htat, of Yangon, Myanmar; M.B.,B.S., University
of Medicine II.
Joyce Jiyoon Hur-Yu, of San Diego, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley.
Jennifer Mae Hutain, of Placentia, California; B.A.,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Emily Marshall Hylton, of Asheville, North Carolina; B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Marlee Kramer Ickowicz, of Teaneck, New Jersey; B.A.,
Columbia University.
Asha Isable, of New York, New York; M.D., State University
of New York, Upstate Medical University.
Shruti Iyer, of San Francisco, California; B.S.Ec.& B.S.N.,
University of Pennsylvania; Inimfon Nsikak Jackson, of Abak, Nigeria; M.B.,B.Ch.,
University of Calabar.
Saber Kamel M. Jan, of Madinah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Taibah University.
Kamala Priya Jayaprakash, of Singapore; M.B.,B.S., National
University of Singapore.
Nushani Lanka Jayaratne, of Chicago, Illinois; M.B.,B.S.,
Manipal University; B.Sc., University of Birmingham.
Abisola Jumoke Jegede, of Ibadan, Nigeria; B.D.S.,
University of Ibadan.
Joelle Johnson, of St. Joseph, Minnesota; B.A., Beloit
College.
Kashmira Nandkishor Kale, of Charlotte, North Carolina;
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stephen Mwanzia Kaliti, of Nairobi, Kenya; M.B.,Ch.B. &
M.D., University of Nairobi.
Monica L. Kao, of Saint Louis, Missouri; B.S., Saint Louis
University.
Jamil Ahmed Mohammad Idris Kasmani, of Ajman, United
Arab Emirates; M.B.,B.S., Gulf Medical University.
Christine Riani Kaufmann, of Belmont, Massachusetts;
B.A., Harvard College.
Sangeeta Kaushik, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; M.D., Boston
University.
Manuel Pete Kavekos, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S. & M.S., Florida Atlantic
University.
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Aditee Kc, of Kathmandu, Nepal; B.D.S., Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences.
Shelby Marie Kemper, of Reno, Nevada; Pharm.D.,
University of Colorado.
Arby Khan, of Aurora, Colorado; M.B.A., University of
London. **
Saifra Shazia Khan, of Wayne, Illinois; B.B.A., Loyola
University of Chicago.
Shireen Rajai Khoury, of Wheeling, West Virginia; M.D., The
George Washington University; B.S., Duke University.
Mohammed Khusheim, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Alfaisal University.
David Alexander Kidd, of Lake Oswego, Oregon; B.S.,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Jillian Marie Kiely, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.A., Wellesley
College.
DaeSeong Kim, of Changwon-Si, South Korea; M.S., Oxford
University; B.S., Imperial College London.
Dianne Young Kim, of Manassas, Virginia; B.A., George
Mason University.
Gloria Jean King, of Houston, Texas; D.D.S., University of
Texas; B.A., University of Connecticut. **
Apollo Kivumbi, of Kampala, Uganda; M.B.,Ch.B., Makerere
University.
Meredith Claire Klein, of Dallas, Texas; B.A., Tufts
University.
Sudhamsu Koirala, of Kathmandu, Nepal; M.D., Institute of
Medicine.
Katsuaki Kojima, of Takamatsu, Japan; M.D. & Ph.D., Keio
University.
Robert Logan Kopp, of Marlboro, New Jersey; B.S., Syracuse
University.
Nabeel Kouka, of Gainesville, Florida; M.D., Odessa Medical
Institute; D.O., New York Institute of Technology; M.B.A.,
Monmouth University. *
Melinda Michele Krakow, of Encino, California; Ph.D.,
University of Utah; M.A., San Francisco State University;
B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
Emily Anne Kravinsky, of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
The State University of New York at Stony Brook; A.B.,
Harvard University.
Komal Kumar, of Plainsboro, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr., of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., United States Naval Academy. **
Barry Ladizinski, of Brooklyn, New York; M.D., Dartmouth
College. *
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Lisa Ann Landsman, of Cabin John, Maryland; J.D.,
University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Wesleyan
University.
Benjamin Lazarus, of Brisbane, Australia; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Queensland.
Namquyen Vo Le, of Irvine, California; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley.
Eugenia Ester Lee, of Los Angeles, California; B.A. & M.D.,
New York University.
Hojoon Daniel Lee, of Seoul, South Korea; M.D., Hanyang
University.
Kathryn Allison Lee, of Auburn, California; B.A., University
of California, San Diego.
Sarah Young Lee, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A. & B.S.,
Washington University.
Emily Lerman, of Franklin, Michigan; B.S. & M.S.,
University of Colorado. *
Deena Levey, of Washington, District of Columbia; B.S.N.,
Case Western Reserve University.
Peizi Li, of Shandong, People’s Republic of China; M.D.,
Chongqing Medical University.
Wan-Ju Mona Liao, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., National YangMing University.
Yen Bo Lin, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., Fu Jen Catholic
University.
Sarah Linden, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; B.A., University
of Michigan.
Howard Len Lippton, of Shreveport, Louisiana; B.S. & M.D.,
Tulane University.
Tamara Rae Litwin, of Washington, District of Columbia;
Ph.D., University of Cambridge; B.S., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Andrew Francis Longosz, of Great Falls, Virginia; B.S., The
College of William and Mary.
Esther Lu, of Stratford, Connecticut; M.D., Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Albert Thein Lwin, of Columbia, Missouri; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Charmian Watson Lykins, of Burke, Virginia; B.S.N., George
Mason University; B.S.B., University of Minnesota. *
Jordan Rolla Lynn, of Charlottesville, Virginia; B.S.N.,
Villanova University.
Mohamed Allie Macki, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan;
M.D., Wayne State University.
Robert Evans Malanga, of Costa Mesa, California; M.D.,
Howard University.
Sean Henry Maloney, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Muhlenberg College.
Stefano Malvolti, of Zurich, Switzerland; M.Sc., Bocconi
University. **
D’Andra Lynette Morin, of Austin, Texas; B.S., Texas State
University.
Grace Emily Mandel, of Severn, Maryland; B.A., Wellesley
College.
Basant Motawi, of Cairo, Egypt; M.D., Ain Shams University.
Laura Catherine Mandel, of Millburn, New Jersey; B.A.,
Brandeis University.
Monica Mukherjee, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The
George Washington University; B.S., University of Florida.
*
Alice Santoro Mann, of Lakeville, Minnesota; M.D.,
Meharry Medical College.
Lee Yee Mun, of Singapore; M.Med. & M.B.,B.S., National
University of Singapore.
Monika Elizabeth Mann, of Berkeley, California; B.S.,
California State University, Northridge.
John Daniel Murphy, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Columbia University.
Andrea Elyse Martin, of Clifton, Virginia; B.S., George
Washington University.
Patrick Bates Murphy, of London, Canada; M.D., Queen’s
University; B.Sc., Dalhousie University.
Anne Carroll Martin, of Weston, Connecticut; B.A.,
Washington University in Saint Louis.
Anirudha Vijay Mutalik, of Ainapur, India; M.D., Deemed
University.
Brandi Cristien Martinez, of Phoenix, Arizona; B.S.N.,
Arizona State University; B.A., Wellesley College. **
Aubrey Anataba Mwinyogle, of Wa, Ghana; M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Erica Mikal McKeon-Hanson, of Havre, Montana; M.S.Ed.,
Montana State University; B.S., University of Mary. *
Hugh Comer Nabers III, of Decatur, Alabama; B.S. & B.A.,
University of Alabama.
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin, of Eureka, California; B.S.,
Humboldt State University.
Madhuram Nagarajan, of Chennai, India; M.B.,B.S., Sri
Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute.
Ashka Mehta, of Sayreville, New Jersey; B.S., The College of
New Jersey.
Samar Nahas, of Anaheim, California; M.D., King Faisal
University. **
Vikas Mehta, of Shreveport, Louisiana; M.D., University of
California, Irvine; B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
*
Arun C. Nair, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University of
Texas; M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center.
William Nii Ayitey Menson, of Accra, Ghana; M.D., Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Jun Nakagawa, of Edmond, Oklahoma; B.A., Middlebury
College.
Hasan Shamsh Merali, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., Harvard
University; B.A., Columbia University.
Yusuke Nakamura, of Nanao City, Japan; B.Ec., Kobe
University.
Kristina Jasmine Mereigh, of Yonkers, New York; B.A.,
Trinity College.
Cyd Stacy Nam, of Charlotte, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Diane Alyce Meyer, of Great Falls, Montana; B.S.,
Georgetown University; B.A., Carroll College.
Craigen Robert Nes, of Lubbock, Texas; B.S. & M.S., Texas
Tech University.
Ricardo Millan, of Bogota, Colombia; D.V.M., La Salle
University.
Ajah Thomas Ngonde, of Kumba, Cameroon; M.D. & B.S.,
University of Yaounde.
Benjamin Joshua Miller, of Baltimore, Maryland; D.O., West
Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., University
of Maryland.
Jennifer Jane Edith Nicol, of Calgary, Canada; B.Sc.,
University of Calgary; M.D., The University of British
Columbia. **
Michelle Lynn Miller, of Damascus, Maryland; B.S. & M.A.T.,
Mount St. Mary’s University.
Prince Samuel Nuamah, of Accra, Ghana; B.Sc. &
M.B.,Ch.B., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology.
Iman Meraj Mirza, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Umm Al Qura University. *
Annie Rose Moon, of Chinle, Arizona; M.S.N., Vanderbilt
University. *
Ivonne Janette Morales, of Monterrey, Mexico; Ph.D. & M.S.,
University of Heidelberg; B.S., University of Texas. *
Dane Samuel Moran, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Stetson
University.
Adaobi Ifeyinwa Nwabuo, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Lagos.
Juliana Oluwatoyin Odetunde, of Louisville, Kentucky;
M.D., University of Kentucky; B.A., DePauw University.
Marguerite Leigh O’Hara, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
M.S., University of Pittsburgh; B.S., Syracuse University.
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Victor Muyiwa Okunrintemi, of Kaduna, Nigeria; M.D.,
Usmanu Danfodiyo University.
Shannon Elizabeth Raymond, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.S., University of Michigan.
Edward Michieka Onyango, of Johnson City, Tennessee;
D.V.M., University of Nairobi. **
Sheila Razdan, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Uchenna Chinedu Onyekwere, of Randallstown, Maryland;
M.D., Temple University; B.S., University of Maryland,
Baltimore County.
Brandi Louise Read, of Lillooet, Canada; M.D., Dalhousie
University.
Guan Wei Samuel Ow, of Singapore, M.B.,B.S. & M.D.,
National University of Singapore.
Brittany Delores Owens, of Terry, Mississippi; J.D., Harvard
University; B.S., Hampton University.
Eshan Uday Patel, of Linthicum, Maryland; B.S.,
Washington College.
Rashmi Vijay Patil, of Sterling Heights, Michigan; B.S.,
Wayne State University.
Michele L. Pearson, of Atlanta, Georgia; M.D., Washington
University in St. Louis; B.A., Emory University. *
Farhan Pervaiz, of Mississauga, Canada; M.D., McMaster
University.
Danielle Nicole Piccinini, of Oakland, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Caroline Picher, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A.B., Vassar
College.
Harry Joshua Posen, of Toronto, Canada; B.A., Duke
University.
Apoorva Milind Pradhan, of Pune, India; B.A.M.S.,
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.
Melinda Faye Segunda Pritchett, of Waterford, Connecticut;
M.S., The Johns Hopkins University.
Pooja Pundhir, of Miami, Florida; M.D., Mt. Sinai Medical
Center; M.B.,B.S., Sarojini Naidu Medical Center . **
Genevieve Adelle Purcell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Yale University.
Mohamud Ahmed Qadi, of San Diego, California; B.S.,
University California, San Diego.
Mary Kathleen Quinn, of Boulder, Colorado; B.S., Rice
University.
Marc Rabner, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., University of
Pennsylvania; B.S., Emory University.
Braveen Ragunanthan, of Canton, Ohio; A.B., Duke
University.
Tanuja Rajan, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., Bangalore
Medical College and Research Institute.
Mahadevan Rajaram, of Chennai, India; M.B.,B.S., Manipal
University. **
Natalia M. Ramos Hernandez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico;
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., University of
Puerto Rico.
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Manasa Reddy, of Watseka, Illinois; B.A., Brown University.
Tehreem Rehman, of Queens, New York; B.A., Columbia
University.
Fatima Lourdes Reynolds, of Freehold, New Jersey; B.A.,
University of Miami.
Carolyn Nicole Rhodebeck, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; B.S. &
B.S., Indiana University.
Hope Elizabeth Rhodes, of Laurel, Maryland; B.A. & M.D.,
Howard University.
Dahlia Rizk, of New York, New York; D.O., Kirksville College
of Osteopathic Medicine.
Jennifer Lynn Robinson, of Middletown, New Jersey; B.A.,
University of Maryland.
Brad Roland, of Gainesville, Virginia; B.S., James Madison
University. *
Rachel Emma Rosen, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.A., Northwestern University.
Leona Fitzgerald Rosenblum, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Brown University.
Katherine Lee Rosettie, of Corning, New York; B.S., Cornell
University.
Margo Hannah Rosner, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., Miami
University.
Rayyan Saleh Rozzah, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.C.,
King Abdulaziz University.
Kathleen Elizabeth Rubinger, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A.,
University of Virginia.
Jasma Joy Rucker, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Pittsburgh. **
Jacqueline Marie Ryan, of Novato, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley.
Sarah Tayeba Saleemi, of Diamond Bar, California; B.S.,
California State Polytechnic University.
Virna Liza Sales, of Brooklyn, New York; M.D., University of
Heidelberg.
Maria Josefina Santelices Chadwick, of Santiago, Chile;
D.D.S., Universidad del Desarrollo.
Meera Sarathy, of Newton, Massachusetts; B.A., University
of Michigan.
Lauryn Saxe, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University of
Georgia; B.S., The Johns Hopkins University. **
Benjamin Daegun Schanker, of Portland, Oregon; B.A. &
B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., University of Oxford;
M.D., Harvard University. **
Andrea Noelle Schultz, of Green Bay, Wisconsin; B.A.,
University of Wisconsin.
David James Scordino, of Vestal, New York; M.D., State
University of New York, Upstate Medical University; B.S.,
Wilkes University.
Nicholas Edward Seeliger, of New Orleans, Louisiana; M.D.,
Florida State University.
Leah Derege Seifu, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A., Harvard
University.
Eefa Tabassum, of Islamabad, Pakistan; B.D.S., Army
Medical College. *
Hiroshi Tamada, of Tokyo, Japan; Ph.D. & M.D., Jichi
Medical University; M.B.A., Kenichi Ohmae Graduate
School of Business.
Meghan Lorraine Tammaro, of Washington, District,
Columbia; B.A., Lehigh University.
Sangeeta Tandon, of Bettendorf, Iowa; PharmD., University
of Iowa.
Jennifer Wenjing Tao, of Stockholm, Sweden; M.D.,
Karolinska Institutet.
Daniello Vincenzo Sepe, of Jefferson, Maryland; B.A. & B.S.,
Pennsylvania State University.
Shera Alayna Teitge, of Madison, Wisconsin; M.D., Drexel
University; M.A., Boston University; B.A., Claremont
McKenna College.
Savyasachi Vismaybhai Shah, of Ahmedabad, India; D.D.S.,
Gujarat University.
Gopinath Thirugnana Sambandam, of Chennai, India;
M.B.,B.S., Tianjin Medical University.
Kriti Sharma, of New Delhi, India; M.D., Santosh Medical
College and Hospital; M.B.,B.S., Kasturba Medical
College.
Guajira Piedad Thomas Caceres, of Chicago, Illinois; M.D.,
Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
Rashmi Shrestha, of Short Hills, New Jersey; M.S., New York
University; B.S., University of Houston.
Divya Shridharmurthy, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., M S
Ramaiah Medical College.
Raj Chandra Singaraju, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; B.S.,
University of Illinois; M.D., Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences.
Bhuchitra Singh, of Faridabad, India; M.B.,B.S., Manipal
University.
Dea Jini Sloan, of Pfafftown, North Carolina; M.D.,
University of Maryland.
Alexander Hobbes Sloboda, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
M.D., Drexel University; B.A., University of Michigan.
Eniolaoluwa Ifeoluwa Soremekun, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.D.,
Obafemi Awolowo University.
Poorva Tomar, of Indore, India; M.D., M.G.M. Medical
College; M.B.,B.S., R.D.G. Medical College.
Kayla Nicole Tormohlen, of Brush, Colorado; B.A.,
University of Northern Colorado.
Elizabeth Anne Toure, of Saint Charles, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Wisconsin.
Annie P.A. Tran, of Honolulu, Hawaii; B.A., Occidental
College.
Sarah B. Trigilio, of Baltimore, Maryland; D.V.M., VirginiaMaryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; B.A.,
College of William and Mary. *
Cynthia Tsien, of Toronto, Canada; M.D.C.M., McGill
University. *
David Ugai, of St. Paul, Minnesota; D.D.S., University of
Minnesota; B.S., University of Wisconsin.
Andrew Ian Stolbach, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Maryland.
Mark Bilinyi Ulanja, of Nayili-Saboba, Ghana; M.D.,
University of Ghana; B.Sc., St. Charles Minor Seminary
Secondary School.
Nicolette Charlotte Strauss, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Cornell University.
Shani Kathleen Michele Venner, of Castries, St Lucia;
M.B.,B.S, University of the West Indies.
Mariel Lynn Stribling, of Dallas, Texas; B.S., Southwestern
University.
Cjloe Meg Racpan Vinoya, of West Orange, New Jersey; B.S.,
Messiah College.
Vinita Subramanya, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., MS
Ramaiah Medical College and Teaching Hospital.
Carrie Lynn Wade, of San Diego, California; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Jae Jin Suh, of Siheung, South Korea; M.S., Cornell
University; B.S., Duksung Women’s University.
Jacqueline Martine Goldberg Wallace, of Catonsville,
Maryland; M.D., Hahnemann University; B.A., Cornell
University. **
Michelle Jennifer Sun, of Irvine, California; B.A. Cornell
University.
Nadiya Azizeh Sunderji, of Toronto, Canada; M.D.,
University of Western Ontario; B.A., Williams College.
Peiqi Wang, of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China;
M.D., Sun Yat-Sen University.
Jite Tobore Wanogho, of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Lagos.
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Ricky M. Wat, of Quincy, Massachusetts; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Hilary Anne Wiseman, of Skokie, Illinois; M.S.W., University
of Maryland; B.S., Illinois State University.
Megan Anne Watson, of Overland Park, Kansas; B.A.,
University of Kansas.
Douglas Bruce Woods, of Burlingame, California; Ph.D.,
University of London; B.Sc., University of Auckland. **
Patricia R. Welch, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., Central Michigan University.
Elizabeth Anne Woolley, of Bethesda, Maryland; B.A.,
Kenyon College. *
Anne Sullivan Wellde, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Georgetown University.
Yeonhee Yang, of Seoul, South Korea; B.S., Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology.
Cassia Anne Wells, of Grahamstown, South Africa; B.A.,
M.A. & M.D., Stanford University.
Vivian Tsui-wen Yin, of Vancouver, Canada; M.D., University
of Toronto; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. **
Nathan Jerome Whye, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. Hood
College.
Sarah Yoosun Youn, of North Hills, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley.
Gretchen Marie Wilde, of Franklin, North Carolina; B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Yuanting Zha, of Seaside, California; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Mindy Willing, of Sydney, Australia; Clin.Psy.D. University
of Sydney.
Alissa Michal Zingman, of Columbia, Maryland; B.A.,
Columbia University; M.D., University of Maryland.
Catherine Sweeney Wilson, of London, United Kingdom;
B.S., University of Florida.
Dual Degrees
M.P.H./J.D.
M.S.N./M.P.H.
The following dual degree candidates have successfully completed
the course work for the Master of Public Health program. The
M.P.H. diploma will be awarded during the year in which the J.D.
degree is completed.
The following students participated in the M.S.N./M.P.H. program offered by the School of Public Health and the School of
Nursing. Their joint Master of Science in Nursing and Master of
Public Health diplomas will be awarded at the Universitywide
Commencement Ceremony on May 18, 2016.
Christopher Edward Keith Conn, Boston, Massachusetts.
Elisabeth Flannery Gallagher, New York, New York.
M.P.H./M.S.W.
The following dual degree candidates have successfully completed the course work for the Master of Public Health program.
The M.P.H. diploma will be awarded during the year in which the
M.S.W. degree is completed.
Anna Maryam Alikhani, of Kensington, Maryland.
Lauren Beth Lowenstein, of New York, New York.
Katelyn Ely Riegger, of Pasadena, Maryland
Fidela Tak-Yee Chiang, of Vancouver, Canada; B.A.,
Wheaton College; B.S., Emory University.*
Yoonkyuung Anna Chung, of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of
California, Los Angeles.**
Kathryn Helfrich, of Bemus Point, New York; B.S.N., Case
Western Reserve University.**
Lindsey Kathleen MacNeil, of Holderness, New Hampshire;
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., College of the
Holy Cross.*
Liduina Ngwenyi Ngundam, of Bethesda, Maryland; B.S.N.,
University of Virginia. *
Carolyn Beth Summer, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A.,
University of Michigan. *
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Doctoral Candidates
May 1, 2016
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Doctors of Philosophy
Hongfan Chen, of Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China;
B.S., Fudan University. Advisor: Scott Bailey, Ph.D.
Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Bacterial
RNA-guided DNA Targeting Systems.
Daisy del Carmen Colón López, of Barranquitas, Puerto
Rico; B.S., Universidad De Puerto Rico. Advisor: Jurgen
Bosch, Ph.D. Targeting the Role of Subtilisin-like Protease
2 for Inhibition of Erythrocyte Invasion by the Malaria
Parasite, Plasmodium.
Casey Marie Daniels, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Advisor: Kar
Lun Anthony Leung, Ph.D. Characterization of the ADPribosylated Proteome by Mass Spectrometry.*
Michael Anthony Estrella, of Ridgewood, New York; B.S., St.
Francis College. Advisor: Scott Bailey, Ph.D. Nucleic Acid
Degradation by the CRISPR Type III-B Complex.
Katherine Hays Reiter, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S. &
B.A., Emory University. Advisor: Michael Matunis, Ph.D.
Characterizing SUMOylation in the Malaria Parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum.*
Biostatistics
Doctors of Philosophy
Shaojie Chen, of Shijiazhuang, Peoples Republic of China;
B.S., Tsinghua University; M.S.E., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Brian Caffo, Ph.D. Statistical Methods
to Analyze Massive High-dimensional Neuroimaging Data.*
Aaron J. Fisher, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University
of Rochester. Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov, Ph.D. Methods
for High Dimensional Analysis, Multiple Testing, and Visual
Exploration.
Jean-Philippe Fortin, of Montreal, Canada; B.S., McGill
University. Advisor: Kasper Hansen, Ph.D. Statistical
Methods for Epigenetic Data and Magnetic Resonance
Images.
Jonathan Evan Gellar, of Highland Park, Illinois; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of
Southern California. Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu,
Ph.D. Functional Regression Methods for Densely-sampled
Biomarkers in the ICU.*
Fang Han, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; M.S.,
University of Minnesota; B.S., Peking University.
Advisor: Han Liu Ph.D. Large-scale Nonparametric and
Semiparametric Inference for Large, Complex, and Noisy
Datasets.*
Lei Huang, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China;
B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University; M.A., Columbia
University. Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Statistical
Analysis in High Dimensional Structured Data.
Amanda F. Mejia, of St. Francisville, Louisiana; B.S. &
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology. Advisor: Martin
Lindquist, Ph.D. Statistical Methods for Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data
John Muschelli, of Aston, Pennsylvania; Sc.M., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., The University of Scranton.
Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Computational
Methods for Neuroimaging in R: Stroke Hemorrhage in X-ray
Computed Tomography Scanning.
Parichoy Pal Choudhury, of Kolkata, India; B.Stat. &
M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute. Advisor: Daniel
Scharfstein, Ph.D. Statistical Inference with Multiple Data
Sources.
Prasad Patil, of Acton, Massachusetts; B.A., New York
University. Advisor: Jeffrey Leek, Ph.D. Assessing
Reproducibility and Value in Genomic Signatures
Huitong Qiu, of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Fudan University. Advisor: Brian Caffo Ph.D. Statistical
Methods and Theory for Analyzing High Dimensional Time
Series.
Yifei Sun, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.S.,
Zhejiang University. Advisor: Mei Cheng Wang, Ph.D.
Statistical Methods for Recurent Marker Process in the
Presence of Terminal Events.*
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Elizabeth Margaret Sweeney, of Indianapolis, Indiana;
Sc.M., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Indiana
University Purdue University. Advisor: Ciprian
Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Statistical Methods for Analysis of
Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with
Multiple Sclerosis.
Yenny Gabriela Webb Vargas, of Monterrey, Mexico;
B.S., Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. Advisor:
Elizabeth Stuart, Ph.D. Causal Inference Methods for
Measurement Error and Mediation.*
Chen Yue, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; B.S. &
M.S., Tsinghua University. Advisor: Brian Caffo, Ph.D.
Generalizations, Extensions and Applications for Principal
Component Analysis.
Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
Doctors of Philosophy
Matthew David Burkey, of Dorchester, Nebraska; M.P.H. &
M.D., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Bethel College.
Advisor: Lawrence Wissow, M.D. The Developmental Niche
and Child Behavior Problems in Rural Nepal: Description
and Implications for Definitions and Measurement.
Hiwot Hiruy, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; M.D., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., University of Maryland. Advisor:
Craig Hendrix, M.D. Utility of Quantitative Analysis in Drug
Development and Optimization of Anti-infective Therapy.
Tamorah R. Lewis, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The Johns
Hopkins University. Advisor: Estelle Gauda, M.D. Opiates
and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Towards a Better
Understanding of the Pharmacology.*
Esther Seunghee Oh, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
Chicago Medical School. Advisor: Constantine Lyketsos,
M.D. Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium after Hip
Fracture Repair.
Jennifer Cohen Price, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Stanford University.
Advisor: Chole Thio, M.D. The Effect of HAART on Liver
Disease Progression in HIV Infection.*
Environmental Health Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Patrick Anthony Baron, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Wesleyan University; M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Christopher Heaney, Ph.D. An
Integrative Methods Investigation of Microbial Food Safety
and Risk Management in the Maryland Direct-market
Poultry Supply Chain.*
Tyna Dao, of Murrieta, California; B.S., University of
California, Berkeley. Advisor: Wan-Yee Tang, Ph.D.
TET1-Mediated Hydroxymethylation and Airway HyperResponsiveness. **
Doctor of Public Health
Dionne A. Williams, of Bowie, Maryland; M.P.H., Rutgers
University. Advisor: Jacqueline Agnew, Ph.D. Factors
Associated with Use of Safety-Engineered Needles and
Hands-Free Techniques: Current Practices among Operating
Room Nurses.
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Pamela Jean Dopart, of Rahway, New Jersey; M.P.H.,
University of Michigan; B.S., James Madison University.
Advisor: Peter Lees, Ph.D. Improving Occupational
Exposure Estimates Through Multiple Imputation to Reduce
Exposure Misclassification.**
Cissy Xiyou Li, of Woodbury, Minnesota; B.S., Furman
University. Advisor: Valeria Culotta, Ph.D. Candida
Albicans Superoxide Dismutase as Part Of an Adaptive
Response to Copper During Infection. **
Nathachit Limjunyawong, of Bangkok, Thailand; B.Sc.,
Chulalongkorn University. Advisor: Wayne Mitzner,
Ph.D. Pulmonary Immune Environment Determines the
Manifestation of Experimental Emphysema.*
Epidemiology
Doctors of Philosophy
Megan Anne Clarke, of Oradell, New Jersey; B.A. & M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Gypsyamber
D’Souza, Ph.D. Early-life Exposures and Adult Cancer Risk:
A Life Course Approach to Cancer Prevention.
Joseph Michael Collaco, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S.,
Yale University; M.D. & M.S., Case Western Reserve
University; M.B.A. & M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Lawrence Appel, M.D. Temperature
and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis.
Amy Loren Gross, of Lynbrook, New York; B.A. & M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; Advisor: Kala Visvanathan,
M.D. The Effect of Adiposity on Disease Outcomes in Women
with Breast Cancer. **
Lauren Marie Kucirka, of Kernersville, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sc.M., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Dorry Segev, M.D. HIV
and End-stage Renal Disease: Disparities and Opportunities
to Improve Outcomes.*
Kristen Marie Little, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; M.P.H.,
Emory University; B.A., DePauw University. Advisor:
David Dowdy, M.D. Evaluating the Impact of Strategies for
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in High-burden, Lowresource Settings: Data for Evidence-based Decision-making
in Local Contexts. **
Liza Bronner Murrison, of Louisville, Kentucky; M.P.H.,
Emory University; B.S., University of Georgia. Advisor:
David Dowdy, M.D. An Evaluation of Private Sector
Pathways to Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Chennai, India. **
Margaret Mary Parker, of Boston, Massachusetts; M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Tufts University.
Advisor: Terri Beaty, Ph.D. Exome Array Analysis of
Pulmonary Function in Smokers With and Without Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).*
Christina Marissa Parrinello, of New York, New York;
M.P.H., Columbia University; B.A., Cornell University.
Advisor: Elizabeth Selvin, Ph.D. The Epidemiology of
Nontraditional Biomarkers of Hyperglycemia and their
Prognostic Value.*
Andreea Monica Rawlings, of Beaverton, Oregon; M.S.,
Portland State University. Advisor: Elizabeth Selvin,
Ph.D. The Role of Diabetes, Glycemia, and Glucose Peaks
in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Among Community
-dwelling Adults.
Ian Jude Saldanha, of Mumbai, India; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.B.,B.S., Grant Medical College.
Advisor: Kay Dickersin, Ph.D. Outcomes in Clinical
Intervention Research: Selection, Specification, and
Reporting.*
Thing Rinda Soong, of Hong Kong; M.P.H. & M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of California,
Berkeley. Advisor: Patti Gravitt, Ph.D. Evaluating the
Association of Hormonal Contraceptive Use with HPV
Detection in Pre-and Perimenopausal Women in the U.S.**
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, of Chiang Mai, Thailand; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.D., Chiang Mai University.
Advisor: David Celentano, Sc.D. Bone Health and Vitamin
D Status Among Perinatally HIV-infected Asian Children and
Adolescents with Virological Suppression.
Aracelis Z. Torres, of Bronx, New York; B.S. & M.P.H.,
Yale University. Advisor: Carlos Castillo-Salgado, M.D.
Evaluating Geographic Cancer Disparities in Baltimore City,
Maryland.
Vidya Venugopal, of New Delhi, India; Sc.M., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.Sc., Lady Shri Ram College for
Women. Advisor: Janet Holbrook, Ph.D. Association
between Visual Acuity and Vision Related Quality of Life in
Patients with Non-infectious Uveitis.*
Kari Ann Weber, of Bloomingdale, Illinois; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of Southern
California. Advisor: Elizabeth Platz, Sc.D. Influence of in
utero Maternal and Child Factors on Telomere Length and
Possible Differences by Race: Clues to the Racial Disparity in
Prostate Cancer Risk.
Doctor of Public Health
Kevin McCalmon Fain, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; J.D.,
University of Chicago; B.A., Duke University. Advisor:
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, M.D. Assessing the Appropriateness
of Opioid Prescribing in Elderly Nursing Home Residents.*
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Health, Behavior and Society
Doctors of Philosophy
Caryn Nicole Bell, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Advisor: Janice
Bowie, Ph.D. “Hotspots” of Preventable Hospitalizations:
The Role of Race, Racial Residential Segregation, and the
Local Health Resources Environment.*
Meredith Reilly Brantley, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.P.H., Emory University. Advisor: Deanna
Kerrigan, Ph.D. Structural Vulnerability and HIV/STI
Risk Behavior Among New Exotic Dancers in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Maria Augusta Carrasco, of Quito, Ecuador; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.P.P., Duke University; B.S.,
Truman State University. Advisor: Deanna Kerrigan, Ph.D.
No Estas Sola: Social Cohesion, HIV Stigma, and HIV/STI
Prevention Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in
Santo Domingo.
Victoria Chau, of Melbourne, Florida; B.A. & M.P.H.,
University of Florida. Advisor: Hee-Soon Juon, Ph.D.
Depressive Symptoms Among Foreign-born Chinese, Korean,
and Vietnamese Americans: The Influence of Perceived
Discrimination, Perceived Stress, and Perceived Social
Support.
Samantha Cukier, of Montreal, Canada; M.A. & M.B.A.,
Dalhousie University; B.Sc., Concordia University.
Advisor: David Jernigan, Ph.D. The New Normal? An
Examination of the Portrayal of Alcohol Use on TV Programs
Popular Among Youth, 2002-2012. **
Yue Guan, of Jiayuguan, People’s Republic of China; Sc.M.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Debra Roter,
Dr.PH. Disclosing Alzheimer’s Genomic Risk to Family
Accompanied Cognitively Impaired Patients.
Katherine Abowd Johnson, of Ithaca, New York; B.B.A.,
University of Notre Dame; M.S., Tufts University. Advisor:
Lawrence Cheskin, M.D. Neighborhood Influences on
Obesity Disparities in Early Childhood.
Melissa Anne King, of Buffalo, New York; M.P.Aff.,
University of Texas; B.A. & B.S., Boston University.
Advisor: Lawrence Wissow, M.D. The Role of
Organizational Context in the Implementation of Mental
Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care: Concepts,
Mechanisms, and Intervention.
Daniel Elliott Siconolfi, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; B.A.
& M.P.H., New York University. Advisor: Carl Latkin,
Ph.D. Longitudinal Analyses of Mental Health in a Cohort of
Emerging Adult Men Who have Sex with Men. **
Sarah Godby Vail, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., The Ohio State University; M.A., American
University. Advisor: Ann Klassen, Ph.D. Executive Function
and Health Behavior. *
Health Policy and Management
Doctors of Philosophy
Emily Richards Adrion, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; M.Sc.,
London School of Economics; B.A., Colorado College.
Advisor: Bradley Herring. Ph.D. Health Plan Participation
in the Medicare Managed Care Market*
Winnie Chia-Hsuan Chi, of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania; M.S.,
University of Minnesota; B.S., National Taiwan University.
Advisor: Sydney Dy, M.D. Individual’s Preferences for
Decision-making and Experiences with Treatment Burden in
the Context of Multimorbidity and Dementia Among Older
Adults in the United States
Lauren Elizabeth Ellis, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.A., New York University; B.A., Colgate
University. Advisor: Nancy Kass, Sc.D. Characterizing
Patient Engagement in Research Funded by the Patientcentered Outcomes Research Institute and Exploring the
Moral Importance of Patient Engagement in Research.*
Trevor Ashton Ellison, of Nottingham, Maryland; M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.B.A., Cambridge University.
Advisor: John Bridges, Ph.D. Economic Evaluation in
Kidney Transplantation. **
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Desmond Dion Flagg, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Ph.D., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Sara N. Bleich, Ph.D.
Father Engagement, Residency Status and Child Well Being
Among Blacks and Hispanics in the United States.*
Alene Elizabeth Kennedy Hendricks, of Silver Spring,
Maryland; B.A., George Washington University. Advisor:
Colleen Barry, Ph.D. Framing, Stigma, and Policy
Approaches to Addressing Prescription Opioid Addiction.*
Carleigh Beth Krubiner, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., University of Pennsylvania. Advisor:
Maria Merritt, Ph.D. Which Strings Attached? Toward
an Ethics Framework for Selecting Conditionalities in
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs.*
Meghan Dolan McGinty, of Brooklyn, New York; M.P.H. &
M.B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Georgetown
University. Advisor: Helaine Rutkow, J.D. Evacuate or
Shelter-in-place? Decision-making for Hospitals during
Hurricane Sandy.
Sarah O’Conor Rodman, of Topanga, California; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
Chicago. Advisor: Helaine Rutkow, J.D. Agricultural
Exceptionalism in U.S. Policies and Policy Debates: A Mixed
Methods Analysis.
Claudia Salzberg, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.S.E.,
University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Brown University.
Advisor: Jonathan Weiner, Dr.PH. Does the Patient
Centered Medical Home Improve the Care for the High Need,
High Cost Population? **
Molly MacMhathan Simmons, of Boston, Massachusetts;
A.B., Harvard University. Advisor: Shannon Frattaroli,
Ph.D. The Integrated Disability Evaluation System: The
Political Life Cycle of Health Policy from Concept to
Evaluation. **
Doctors of Public Health
Hoon Byun, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.A., College of
William and Mary; M.A., University of Virginia. Advisor:
Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Discharges Against Medical Advice:
Associations with Selected Outcomes and the Role of
Hospital-level Characteristics.
Anselmo Chung, of San Francisco, California; M.B.A.,
Loyola University, Chicago; B.S.E., Arizona State
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock Ph.D. Evaluating
the Applicability and Sustainability of Lean Six Sigma
Continuous Process Improvement Methodology to Improve
Health Care Quality.**
Yoonjin Kang, of Sejong-Si, South Korea; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.P.A., The Seoul National
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Predictors
of Healthcare Outcomes at the Local Community Level:
Variations in the Value of Healthcare Services under Korea’s
Universal Health Insurance System.*
Hailun Liang, of Beijing, People’s Republic of China; M.S.,
Renmin University; B.A., Capital Medical University.
Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. The Impact of Patient-centered
Care on Older Adults with Chronic Conditions.
Yen-Ko Lin, of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; M.D., Kaohsiung
Medical College; M.S., National Taiwan University; M.BE.,
University of Pennsylvania. Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D.
Informed Consent for Trauma Patients: An Experiment to
Improve Taiwanese Patient Knowledge and Satisfaction after
Informed Consent for Debridement of Complicated Wounds.
**
An-Chi Lu, of Taichung, Taiwan; M.S., Texas Woman’s
University. Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Co-morbidity of
Tuberculosis with Mood Disorder: Prevalence, Risk Factors,
Incentives Effect and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in
Taiwan.*
Amber Elizabeth Willink, of Brisbane, Australia; B.Sc.
& M.I.P.H., University of Queensland. Advisor: Gerard
Anderson, Ph.D. Planning for the Future: Mid-life
Demographic, Economic, Health, and Lifestyle Risk Factors
Associated with Developing Disability and Using Long-term
Care Among Older Adults.*
Julia Alexandra Wolfson, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.P.P.,
University of Southern California; B.A., New York
University. Advisor: Stephen Teret, J.D. What’s cooking? A
Mixed Methods Analysis of Cooking Perceptions, Practices
and the Implications for Food Policy.
Susan Tung Yeh, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.A., Columbia
University; B.A., New York University. Advisor: Kevin
Frick, Ph.D. Essays on the Impact and Incentives of Federal
Funding in Medicare and Medicaid. **
Susan Carney Lynch, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; J.D., Indiana University;
B.A., Dartmouth College. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D.
Examination of the Effect of Corporate Integrity Agreements
on Skilled Nursing Facility Quality of Care, as Measured by
Rates of Pressure Ulcers and Indwelling Catheter Use.
Claro Montesa Pio Roda, Jr., of Lutherville, Maryland;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Tufts
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Enhanced
Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital:
Blazing a Pathway towards Value.
Jacqueline R. Roche, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D.
Marketplace Income Verification and the Affordable Care Act.
Shu-Yun Tu, of Ping-Tung, Taiwan; M.P.H., The University
of Oklahoma; B.S., The University of Alabama. Advisor:
Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Preventive Screening Utilization in Nurses
and in the General Population: A Taiwan Study. **
Chung Wang, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins
University; M.D., China Medical University. Advisor:
Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Hospital Merger: A Case Study of Taipei
City Hospital - Using a Mixed Method Approach to Examine
the Effect of Inter-hospital Links and Employee Reactions on
Quality of Health Care Services.**
Yu-Wen Yang, of Tainan, Taiwan; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.D., China Medical University.
Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. The Determinants and the Effects
of Provider Continuity on Quality of Care, Clinical Outcomes
and Healthcare Costs in Adult Diabetes Patients of Taiwan.
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International Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Anjali Acharya, of Washington, District of Columbia;
M.E.M., Duke University; B.A., Delhi University. Advisor:
Louis Niessen, M.D. Environmental Health and Child
Survival in Nepal: Health Equity, Cost-effectiveness, and
Priority-setting.*
Naoko Kozuki, of Bonita, California; B.A., Yale University;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Joanne
Katz, Sc.D. Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Care-seeking
Related to Risk Factors for Intrapartum-related Fetal and
Neonatal Death in Rural Nepal.
Jessica Erin Atwell, of Mount Airy, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S. & B.A., University of
California, Santa Barbara. Advisor: Ruth Karron, M.D.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines on the Horizon:
Data to Inform Clinical Trials and Implementation.
Jennifer Oi Yun Lam, of San Francisco, California; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley. Advisor: Gypsyamber D’Souza, Ph.D.
Risk Factors for Oral HPV Persistence and HPV-associated
Cancer.
Nadine Suzanne Budd, of Deale, Maryland; M.S.,
University of Bridgeport; B.A., Goddard College.
Advisor: Joel Gittelsohn, Ph.D. Evaluation of a Pricing and
Communications Intervention with Food Wholesalers and
Small Stores to Improve Supply and Demand of Healthier
Foods in Baltimore City.
Meng Hsuan Lin, of Plano, Texas; M.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: William Robinson, Ph.D. Stimulating
Demand: An Assessment of the Conditional Cash Transfer
Project in Afghanistan.
Rebecca Kramer Campbell, of New York, New York;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Brandeis
University. Advisor: Parul Christian Dr.PH. Environmental
Enteric Dysfunction in Early Childhood: Bridging the
Gap Between Diet and Stunting in a Randomized Trial of
Complementary Food Supplementation in Rural Bangladesh.
Jessica L. Elf, of Gainesville, Florida; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., University of Florida. Advisor:
Jonathan Golub, Ph.D. A Case-control Study of Household
Air Pollution and Tuberculosis in Women and Young Children
in Urban India.
Virginia Adair Fonner, of Durham, North Carolina;
M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Pepperdine
University. Advisor: Caitlin Kennedy, Ph.D. It Takes Two:
The Dyadic and Gendered Context of HIV Testing, Risk
Assessment, and Partner Communication in Kisarawe,
Tanzania.**
Tsega Araya Gebreyesus, of Aurora, Colorado; M.P.H.,
Columbia University; B.A., Bryn Mawr College. Advisor:
Pamela Surkan, Sc.D. Tsinaat Nay Iyob Yihabena: Direct
and Indirect Violence Faced by Eritrean Women Asylum
Seekers.*
Connie Hung-Lei Hoe, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.S.W., University
of Pennsylvania; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University.
Advisor: Adnan Hyder, M.D. Understanding Political
Priority Development for Public Health Issues in Turkey:
Lessons from Tobacco Control & Road Safety.*
Aisha Fatima Jafri, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; B.A. &
M.P.H., Columbia University. Advisor: Adnan Hyder, M.D.
Injuries and Socioeconomic Status in Iganga and Mayuge,
Uganda: Inequities, Consequences and Impacts.
Mufaro Kanyangarara, of Harare, Zimbabwe; M.Sc.,
Harvard University; B.A., Mount Holyoke College.
Advisor: Luke Mullany, Ph.D. Epidemiology of Resurgent
Malaria in Eastern Zimbabwe: Risk Factors, Spatio-temporal
Patterns and Prospects for Regaining Malaria Control. **
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Suzanne Lee Pollard, of Arlington, Virginia; M.S.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of Virginia.
Advisor: William Checkley, M.D. Assessment of the
Relationship between Vitamin D Deficiency and Asthma
Outcomes in Peruvian Children. **
Robyn Dubrov Foreman Sagatov, of Columbia, Maryland;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., American
University. Advisor: Laura Caulfield, Ph.D. Dietary Intake,
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Nutrient Biomarkers, and
Chronic Disease Risk in United States Adolescents. **
Kerry Elizabeth Scott, of Toronto, Canada; M.S., London
School of Economics and Political Science. Advisor:
Steven Harvey, Ph.D. The Contexts and Complexities of
Community Participation: Strengthening Village Health,
Sanitation, and Nutrition Committees in Rural North India.
Pooja Sripad, of Andover, Massachusetts; M.P.H., Yale
University; B.A., University of Chicago. Advisor: Maria
Merritt, Ph.D. Trust in Maternity Care: A Contextual
Exploration of Meaning and Determinants in Peri-Urban
Kenya.*
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, of Maryville, Tennessee;
M.S., University of Tennessee; B.S., University of
Dayton. Advisor: Joel Gittelsohn, Ph.D. The Role of Social
Relationships in Diet Quality and Obesity among Urban,
Low-income, African American Adolescents.*
Elisa María Vidal Cárdenas, of Lima, Peru; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia. Advisor: William Moss, M.D..
Asymptomatic P. vivax Malaria Burden and Naturallyacquired Humoral Response to PvMSP1-19 in a Low Endemic
Malaria Area in the Peruvian Amazon Basin.
Manuela Villar Uribe, of Bogota, Colombia; M.P.H., Tulane
University; B.Sc., McGill University. Advisor: Sara Bennett,
Ph.D. As Good as Doctors? Task-shifting Primary Care to
Non-physician Clinicians in Nigeria.
Doctors of Public Health
Taufique Joarder, of Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.P.H., BRAC
University; M.B.,B.S., Rajshahi University. Advisor:
Asha George, D.Phil. Understanding and Measuring
Responsiveness of Human Resources for Health in Rural
Bangladesh. **
Olga Helena Joos, of Bethesda, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A. & B.S.N., Georgetown
University. Advisor: Luke Mullany, Ph.D. Evaluation
of Data Quality Improvement Interventions Focusing on
Pregnancy Outcome and Perinatal Mortality Documentation
by Health Surveillance Assistants in the Salima and Balaka
Districts of Malawi.
Diwakar Mohan, of Varagur, India; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.B.,B.S., Madras Medical College.
Advisor: Abdullah Baqui, M.B.,B.S. An Assessment of
the State of Maternal Continuum of Care in Morogoro,
Tanzania.*
Rohit Ramchandani, of Vaughan, Canada; B.S., University
of Waterloo; M.P.H., Boston University. Advisor: William
Brieger, Dr.PH. Emulating Commercial, Private-sector Valuechains to Improve Access to ORS and Zinc in Rural Zambia:
Evaluation of the Colalife Trial.
Timothy J Roberton, of Swan View, Australia; M.P.H.,
University of West Australia. Advisor: Sara Bennett,
Ph.D. The Performance of Community Health Workers in
an Integrated Community Case Management Program in
Burkina Faso. **
Reena Sethi, of Ocean City, Maryland; M.H.S., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.A., Oberlin College. Advisor:
William Brieger, Dr.PH. The Measurement of the Quality
of Maternal and Newborn Care in Malawi: Comparative
Analyses of Health Worker Performance Measurement
Methods and an Exploration of Evidence of Respectful
Maternity Care.*
Kerry Lee Shannon, of Belle Mead, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Kenyon College. Advisor:
David Sack, M.D. Determinants of Malaria in the Chittagong
Hill Districts of Bangladesh.
Mental Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Michelle Colder Carras, of Ellicott City, Maryland; B.A., The
John Hopkins University. Advisor: Tamar Mendelson,
Ph.D. Video Game Play, Social Interactions and Friendship
Quality in Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis. **
Emily Edmunds Haroz, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.A.,
Columbia University; M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins
University; B.A., University of Puget Sound. Advisor:
Judith Bass, Ph.D. Depression Symptoms Across Settings:
Development and Validation of the International Depression
Symptom Scale.*
Jeremy Calvin Kane, of Portland, Maine; M.P.H., Emory
University; B.S., University of Pittsburgh. Advisor: Judith
Bass, Ph.D. Longitudinal Effects of Acculturation on Alcohol
Use Among Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Families
in the United States.*
Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann, of San Diego, California;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University
of Southern California. Advisor: Ramin Mojtabai, M.D.
Sedative-hypnotic Prescribing in the United States from 1993
to 2010: Recent Trends and Outcomes.*
Angela Eunji Lee-Winn, of Seattle, Washington; M.A.,
Columbia University; B.A., University of Washington.
Advisor: Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D. Associations of
Sociodemographic and Psychological Factors with Binge
Eating Behavior in a Nationally Representative Sample of
U.S. Adolescents.*
Pia Maria Mauro, of Miami, Florida; B.A., University of
Notre Dame. Advisor: Ramin Mojtabai, M.D. Mental
Health and Peer Support Services Co-located in Substance
Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the United States.*
Sarah Sutherlin-McIvor Murray, of Charlottesville, Virginia;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., The
College of William and Mary. Advisor: Judith Bass, Ph.D.
Caregiver Mental Health and Child Physical Health in HIVaffected Families in Uganda.**
Katherine Louise Musliner, of Princeton, New Jersey;
M.P.H., Temple University; B.A., Haverford College.
Advisor: Peter Zandi, Ph.D. Heterogeneity in Long-term
Trajectories of Depression: A Review and Application of
Group-based Trajectory Modeling*
Vijay Ramesh Varma, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Duke University. Advisor:
Michelle Carlson, Ph.D. The Association between Physical
Activity and Cognition: The Baltimore Experience Corps
Trial.*
Shao-cheng Wang, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., National YangMing University. Advisor: Brion Maher, Ph.D. Genetic
Influences on Injection Drug Use.
Alexandra Margaux Vaillancourt Wennberg, of Saint Paul,
Minnesota; B.A., Skidmore College. Advisor: Adam Spira,
Ph.D. Blood Glucose Levels and Genetic Factors as Predictors
of Neurocognitive Outcomes. *
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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Doctors of Philosophy
Peter Charles Dumoulin, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.Sc.,
McGill University. Advisor: Elena Levitskaia, M.D. Studies
on Exoerythrocytic Development of Plasmodium falciparum
in vitro: Detection and Isolation of Plasmodium Liver Stages
in Analysis of Circumsporozoite Protein Antigen Processing.*
Kyle Alan Metz, of Ames, Iowa; B.A., Iowa State University.
Advisor: J. Marie Hardwick, Ph.D. The Clinical and
Molecular Consequences of Mutations in Epilepsy Gene
KCTD7.**
Diego Alejandro Espinosa, of Lima, Peru; B.Sc., Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Advisor: Fidel Zavala, M.D.
Transgenic Rodent Malaria Parasites for the Evaluation of
Protective Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum.**
Sabrina Jane Nolan, of Brussels, Belgium; M.S., The
American University; B.S., Edinburgh University. Advisor:
Isabelle Coppens, Ph.D. Apicomplexan Parasite Interactions
with Host Organelles: Recruitment, Lipid Scavenging, and
Consequences.
Andrea Hodgson, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Rhode Island. Advisor: Andrew Pekosz, Ph.D.
Interference Mechanisms of Attaching/Effacing Pathogens
with the Host Inflammatory Response.**
Natalie Gail Robinett, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Southwestern University. Advisor: David Sullivan, M.D.
Determining the Function of Plasmodium Hemolysin III and
Discovery of Novel Antimalarial Drugs.**
Natapong Jupatanakul, of Bangkok, Thailand; B.S. &
M.S., Mahidol University; Sc.M., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: George Dimopoulos, Ph.D. Molecular
Characterization of Dengue Virus Host and Restriction
Factors in Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes.
Stefanie A. Trop, of Riverside, Connecticut; B.S. & B. A.,
University of Rochester. Advisor: Elena Levitskaia, M.D.
Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein: Target
of Cellular Immunity against Traversed Hepatocytes and
Naturally Induced Memory Responses.*
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Meghan Ann Robinson Bohren, of Basking Ridge, New
Jersey; B.A., College of William and Mary; M.S.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Michelle Hindin,
Ph.D. “If I Did Not Slap You, You Would Not Have Given
Birth to your Baby”: The Mistreatment of Women during
Childbirth
Stephanie Allison Guinosso, of Berkeley, California;
M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
California, Santa Cruz. Advisor: Anne Riley, Ph.D. Multiple
Adverse Experiences and Child Cognitive Development.**
Huan He, of Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; M.Mgt.,
Beijing Normal University. Advisor: Xiaobin Wang, Sc.D.
Preterm Birth and Childhood Asthma: A Life-course Analysis
in a Prospective Birth Cohort**
Amanda Kalamar, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Michelle
Hindin, Ph.D. Measuring the Complexity of Men’s Fertility
Preferences.**
Doctors of Public Health
Meredith Matone, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., West Chester
University. Advisor: Cynthia Minkovitz, M.D. Young
Mothers with a History of Child Welfare Involvement:
Maternal Health, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Maltreatment
Perpetration.
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Hannah Lynn Lantos, of Chicago, Illinois; M.P.A., Harvard
University; B.A., Brown University. Advisor: Caroline
Moreau, M.D. Associations between Community Violence
and Sexual Risk-taking in Baltimore and Johannesburg:
An Analysis of Two Sites of the Well-being of Adolescents in
Vulnerable Environments (WAVE) Study. **
Erin Elizabeth Pearson, of Belton, Texas; M.P.H., University
of North Carolina; B.A., University of Pennsylvania.
Advisor: Michele Decker, Sc.D. Contraceptive Use Among
Uterine Evacuation Clients in Bangladesh: The Role of
Individual, Family, and Service Delivery Factors. *
Lawrence De Jarnette Reid, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.P.H.,
University of Michigan. Advisor: Donna Strobino, Ph.D.
Neonatal Outcomes Related to School Readiness in an Urban
Kindergarten Population.*
Samira Soleimanpour, of Potomac, Maryland; M.P.H. &
B.A., George Washington University. Advisor: Cynthia
Minkovitz, M.D. The Connection between Elementary
School Students’ Mental Health Problems, Receipt of Schoolbased Mental Health Services, and Socio-emotional and
Academic Outcomes.
Michelle Athryn Taylor, of Memphis, Tennessee; M.D., East
Tennessee State University; M.S., University of Tennessee;
B.S., Howard University. Advisor: Cynthia Minkovitz, M.D.
School Context Matters: An Exploration for an Association
Between School Context and Early Adulthood Health
Outcomes. **
Candidates for the
Doctors of Philosophy
Anjali Acharya, Department of
International Health
Pamela Jean Dopart, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Emily Richards Adrion, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Peter Charles Dumoulin, Department
of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Jessica Erin Atwell, Department of
International Health
Patrick Anthony Baron, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Caryn Nicole Bell, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Meghan Ann Robinson Bohren,
Department of Population, Family
and Reproductive Health
Meredith Reilly Brantley, Department
of Health, Behavior and Society
Nadine Suzanne Budd, Department of
International Health
Matthew David Burkey, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Rebecca Kramer Campbell,
Department of International Health
Michelle Colder Carras, Department of
Mental Health
Maria Augusta Carrasco, Department
of Health, Behavior and Society
Victoria Chau, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Shaojie Chen, Department of
Biostatistics
Winnie Chia-hsuan Chi, Department
of Health Policy and Management
Megan Anne Clarke, Department of
Epidemiology
Joseph Michael Collaco, Department
of Epidemiology
Daisy del Carmen Colón López,
Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Samantha Cukier, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Casey Marie Daniels, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tyna Dao, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Jessica L. Elf, Department of
International Health
Lauren Elizabeth Ellis, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Andrea Hodgson, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Connie Hung-Lei Hoe, Department of
International Health
Lei Huang, Department of Biostatistics
Aisha Fatima Jafri, Department of
International Health
Trevor Ashton Ellison, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Katherine Abowd Johnson,
Department of Health, Behavior and
Society
Diego Alejandro Espinosa,
Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology
Natapong Jupatanakul, Department
of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Michael Anthony Estrella, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
Amanda Kalamar, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Aaron J. Fisher, Department of
Biostatistics
Jeremy Calvin Kane, Department of
Mental Health
Desmond Dion Flagg, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Mufaro Kanyangarara, Department of
International Health
Virginia Adair Fonner, Department of
International Health
Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann,
Department of Mental Health
Jean-Philippe Fortin, Department of
Biostatistics
Alene Elizabeth Kennedy Hendricks,
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Tsega Araya Gebreyesus, Department
of International Health
Jonathan Evan Gellar, Department of
Biostatistics
Amy Loren Gross, Department of
Epidemiology
Yue Guan, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Stephanie Allison Guinosso,
Department of Population, Family
and Reproductive Health
Fang Han, Department of Biostatistics
Emily Edmunds Haroz, Department of
Mental Health
Huan He, Department of Population,
Family and Reproductive Health
Hiwot Hiruy, Department of Clinical
Investigation
Melissa Anne King, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Naoko Kozuki, Department of
International Health
Carleigh Beth Krubiner, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Lauren Marie Kucirka, Department of
Epidemiology
Jennifer Oi Yun Lam, Department of
International Health
Hannah Lynn Lantos, Department of
Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Angela Eunji Lee-Winn, Department of
Mental Health
Tamorah R. Lewis, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Cissy Xiyou Li, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
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Nathachit Limjunyawong, Department
Suzanne Lee Pollard, Department of
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves,
Meng Hsuan Lin, Department of
Jennifer Cohen Price, Department of
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Department of
Kristen Marie Little, Department of
Huitong Qiu, Department of Biostatistics
Yifei Sun, Department of Biostatistics
Andreea Monica Rawlings, Department
Elizabeth Margaret Sweeney,
Lawrence De Jarnette Reid, Department
Aracelis Z. Torres, Department of
of Environmental Health Sciences
International Health
Epidemiology
Pia Maria Mauro, Department of Mental
Health
Meghan Dolan McGinty, Department of
International Health
Clinical Investigation
of Epidemiology
Health Policy and Management
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Amanda F. Mejia, Department of
Katherine Hays Reiter, Department of
Kyle Alan Metz, Department of Molecular
Natalie Gail Robinett, Department of
Sarah Sutherlin-McIvor Murray,
Sarah O’Conor Rodman, Department of
Liza Bronner Murrison, Department of
Robyn Dubrov Foreman Sagatov,
John Muschelli, Department of
Ian Jude Saldanha, Department of
Katherine Louise Musliner, Department
Claudia Salzberg, Department of Health
Sabrina Jane Nolan, Department of
Kerry Elizabeth Scott, Department of
Esther Seunghee Oh, Department of
Daniel Elliott Siconolfi, Department of
Parichoy Pal Choudhury, Department of
Molly MacMhathan Simmons,
Biostatistics
Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Mental Health
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
of Mental Health
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Clinical Investigation
Biostatistics
Margaret Mary Parker, Department of
Epidemiology
Christina Marissa Parrinello,
Department of Epidemiology
Prasad Patil, Department of Biostatistics
Erin Elizabeth Pearson, Department
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Health Policy and Management
Department of International Health
Epidemiology
Policy and Management
International Health
Health, Behavior and Society
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Samira Soleimanpour, Department
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Thing Rinda Soong, Department of
Epidemiology
Pooja Sripad, Department of
International Health
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Department of International Health
Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Stefanie A. Trop, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Sarah Godby Vail, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Vijay Ramesh Varma, Department of
Mental Health
Vidya Venugopal, Department of
Epidemiology
Elisa María Vidal Cárdenas,
Department of International Health
Manuela Villar Uribe, Department of
International Health
Shao-cheng Wang, Department of
Mental Health
Yenny Gabriela Webb Vargas,
Department of Biostatistics
Kari Ann Weber, Department of
Epidemiology
Alexandra Margaux Vaillancourt
Wennberg, Department of Mental Health
Amber Elizabeth Willink, Department
of Health Policy and Management
Julia Alexandra Wolfson, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Susan Tung Yeh, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Chen Yue, Department of Biostatistics
Candidates for the
Doctor of Public Health
Hoon Byun, Department of Health
Policy and Management
An-Chi Lu, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Reena Sethi, Department of
International Health
Anselmo Chung, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Susan Carney Lynch, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Kerry Lee Shannon, Department of
International Health
Kevin McCalmon Fain, Department of
Epidemiology
Meredith Matone, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Michelle Athryn Taylor, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Diwakar Mohan, Department of
International Health
Shu-Yun Tu, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Claro Montesa Pio Roda Jr.,
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Chung Wang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Taufique Joarder, Department of
International Health
Olga Helena Joos, Department of
International Health
Yoonjin Kang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Hailun Liang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Yen-Ko Lin, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Rohit Ramchandani, Department of
International Health
Timothy J Roberton, Department of
International Health
Dionne A. Williams, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Yu-Wen Yang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Jacqueline R. Roche, Department of
Health Policy and Management
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Certificate Awardees
May 2015-December 2015
Adolescent Health
Elizabeth Jane Bayer
Himaja Gaddipati
Bioethics and Health Policy
Bella Rachel Nadler
Hillary Samples
Community-Based Public Policy
Adaora Ezike
Allysha Camille Robinson
Katie Odette Washington Cole
Hilary Wiseman
Demographic Methods
Andrea Margaret Rowan
Environmental and Occupational
Health
Peter Joseph Anderson
Andrew James Belli
WendiDa
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Zachary Keefe
Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr.
Anne E. Nigra
Shannon Lorraine Stallings
Martin Tibuakuu
Sarah B. Trigilio
Epidemiology for Public Health
Professionals
Ahmad Adi
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu
Raed Khalid Alotaibi
Adejare Adediwura Atanda
Eman Awad Eljack Ibrahim
Andrew James Belli
Aamir Bharmal
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Asma Eltigani Hamid
Juwon Vann-Oliver Harris
Daniel P. Laucks
Molly Sauer
Mariana Soares Puppin
Xin Yi Soh
Jun Sugihara
Megan Elaine Vodzak
Kelli Vos
Nida Waheed
Gerontology
Robert Jasonhideo Quon
Hanyuying Wang
Global Health
AlJawhara Mohammad Al-Sabah
Magaly Pilar Bailon
Marissa Ashleigh Boeck
Mary Elizabeth Ross Burner
Mallory Leigh Carellas
Joyce Chi-yi Chen
Fidela Tak-Yee Chiang
Mandy Sian David
Jemeh Marie Egwuagu
Maria Lucia Mendonca Escorcio
Ymayo
Maria Yolanda Giraldo-Jimenez
Sara Hankin Goodman
Venkat Pradeep Gundareddy
Rui Gutierrez
Diana-Lynne Yeh-ling Hsu
Sawsan Fouad Jabri
Martin Lloyd Johnson
Nobuhiro Koba
Oluwatosin Adeoti Momodu
Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr.
Julia Hunter Moon
Edward Michieka Onyango
Pooja Pundhir
Eva Nancy-Marie Purkey
Abbhirami Rajagopal
Brad Roland
Ahmed M. Saleh
Morgan Anne Schellenberg
Mindy A. Scibilia
Nicholas Edward Seeliger
Shannon Andra Seopaul
Nirupa Shah
Yang Song
Jun Sugihara
Sin Ae Suh
Shera Alayna Teitge
Jacqueline Wallace
Rebecca Yuen Shi Wong
Paul Edward Young
Global Tobacco Control
Angela Dimatulac Aherrera
Health Communication
Kylie Danielle Abeson
Novia Afdhila
Razan Abdullah Basonbul
Danielle Beth Garfinkel
Alexandra Rachel Greenberg
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada
Hang Lu
Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Namratha Prakash Rao
Jennifer Kao Tan
Tianyao Xiao
Health Disparities and Health Inequality
Sarah Beth Camitta
42 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Milli Jaydeep Desai
AdaoraEzike
Jacqueline Lavon Hollada
Elizabeth Anne Kelley
Dora Hungyu Lin
Tracy Lauren McClair
Allysha Camille Robinson
Christine Kay Williams
Hilary Wiseman
Health Education
Kylie Danielle Abeson
Christina Bischoff
Sarah Beth Camitta
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada
Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Health Finance and Management
Ahmed Omar B. Abdelbasit
Hauwa Abubakar
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu
Fares Abdulelah Alsaleh
Aamir Bharmal
Vanessa Cavallera
Jerome Brindesh Chelliah
Nathan Dunkin
Hiwote Kenfe Getaneh
Xiaoyu Guan
William Emery Hebert
Jacqueline Lavon Hollada
Fleur Huang
Peter A. Kahn
Hemjot Kaur
Charlene Renee Kemmerer
Ravinder Singh Khaira
Ankur Khanna
Sybil Ann Klaus
Yunru Lai
Benjamin Lazarus
Ismail Mbabali
Yuen Yie Ngeow
Jorge Ernesto Perez
Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Elizabeth Kathleen Ruiz
Ruba Salem Sahab
Joseph Adeiza Salami
Benjamin D. Schanker
Andrew Ian Stolbach
Ellen Farrell Sweeney
Nida Waheed
Ricky M. Wat
Justin Christopher Yang
Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention and Control
Maya A. Aleshnick
Darunee Chotiprasitsakul
Yingqi Amanda Fu
Katherine Elizabeth Goodman
Rebecca Anne Pierce
Anna Watkin Roose
Xin Yi Soh
Natalie Jean Tibbels
Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer
Shiyin Jiao
Tinuade Olukemi Okoro
Richard Scott Swain
Lijuan Zeng
Yuehan Zhang
Humane Sciences and Toxicology
Policy
Shelly-Ann Ella Odwin-DaCosta
Population and Health
Yingqi Fu
Laura Suzanne Hinson
Anna Elsa Marianne Kaagesten
Katelyn Lairmore
Tina Atinuke Seidu
Xin Yi Soh
Humanitarian Assistance
Adejare Atanda
Emily Elizabeth Buress
Injury and Violence Prevention
Alia Tarik Albaghdadi
Abdullah Solaiman Almuttawa
Ross Graham Everett
Akadia Kachaochana
Kelly Lynn Leddy
Anthony Lamar Mitchell
Maternal and Child Health
Elizabeth Jane Bayer
Daryl Ray Cheng
Se Eun Jennifer Choi
Amanda Nicole Decker
Blessing Ejemen Enobun
Asma Eltigani Hamid
Leah Grambs Horton
Katherine MacQuarrie Johnson
Anna Elsa Marianne Kaagesten
Yu-Hsuan Lai
Joanna Kristin Mackenzie
Joseph Alphonsus Chantiwuni Nindow
Ofure Victoria Omokhodion
Samantha Whitney Pollack
Radhika Raghunathan
Daesha Valli Ramachandran
Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado
Ahmed M. Saleh
Katie Odette Washington Cole
Elspeth Catherine Williams
Amanda Catherine Wylie
Ping Teresa Yeh
Mental Health Policy, Economics and
Services
Rida Anmol
Olga Yatsenko
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug
Safety
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu
Maya A. Aleshnick
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Marise Rosa Heerma Van Voss
Ping Hu
Simin Hua
Onyekachukwu Anwuli Illoh
Public Health Economics
Sara M. Brandenburg
Maryam Doroudi
Nathan Dunkin
Yingqi Fu
Wenfeng Gong
Eli Samuel Greenfield
Jaya Gupta
Junichi Ishigami
Nobuhiro Koba
Pooja Jayprakash Kothari
Jungwoo Lee
Cheryl R. Nelson
Meghan Louise O’Connell
Brenna Rose Raines
Shaunté Emilia Ramsby
Natalie Michele Reid
Imara Roychowdhury
Joseph Adeiza Salami
Andrew David Seiden
Dana Rose Silver
Chunxiao Song
Ellen Farrell Sweeney
Ricky M. Wat
Jingnan Zhang
Ruili Zuo
Public Health Informatics
Yashwant M. Deo
AdaoraEzike
Allyson Lynn Helmers
Xi Li
Lillian Hien Nguyen
Chulwoo Park
Benjamin D. Schanker
Ellen Farrell Sweeney
Alexander J. Vannoni
Justin Christopher Yang
Public Health Preparedness
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Douglas Cameron Fallon
Brad Roland
Public Health Training for American
Indian Health Professionals
Annie Rose Moon
Public Mental Health Research
Ahmad Adi
Otis Sarpong Apau
Victoria Chau
Naoaki Kuroda
Christopher Eric Louie
Quality, Patient Safety and Outcomes
Research
Shareef Abdulrahman Alqahtani
Timothy M. Bresnahan
Ronald Chong-Yik
Farouk O. Dako
Caryn Hayley Epstein
Ross Graham Everett
Fleur Huang
Sybil Ann Klaus
Kamal Maheshwari
Besma Jaafar Nejim
Aki Shiozawa
Darla Roye Shores
David Norman Wolfgang
Cheryl Kay Zogg
Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Joseph Andrew Acquaviva
Mansour Alrumayyan
Fares Abdulelah Alsaleh
Sheriza Naseema Baksh
Samaneh Bolourchi
Hannah Jude Braun
Alexis Taylor Brown
Rui Chen
John Federico Di Capua Jr
Douglas Cameron Fallon
Alison Marie Gauthier
Marla Dawn Hallacy
Mike Zhongyu He
Songhe Hu
Onyekachukwu Anwuli Illoh
Rutendo G. Jokomo
Daniel P. Laucks
Allaa H. Mageid
Hoda Samir Abdel Magid
Ankita Mishra
Zada Charissa Marie Mohammed
Ashley N. Newton
Liduina Ngwenyi Ngundam
Nicole Antoinette Parker
Anthony Michael Schwegmann
Tyler Joseph Stewart Smith
Wisarut Srisintorn
Christian Armstrong Treat
The Food System, Environment and
Public Health
Jamie Lynne Dorsey
Kelleigh E. Eastman
Danielle M. Edwards
Kendra Michelle Harmon
Sierra Amber Jeong
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Sarah Louise Lange
Daniel P. Laucks
Morgan Leigh McCloskey
Allysan Paige Scatterday
Amanda Asha Stearns
Colleen Marie Synk
Mary Elizabeth Treinen
Training Certificate in Public Health
Jonathan Christopher Benjamin
Meghan Crighton
Agnieszka Anna Rucki
Shadi Salehian
Tropical Medicine
Edward Michieka Onyango
Vaccine Science and Policy
Weston Lee Buehring
Olivia Grace Cohen
Sarah Nicole Cox
Nicola Laura Diny
Anne Marie Giangiulio
James Tristan Gordy
Rui Gutierrez
Andrea Hodgson
Lynka Ineza
Renuka Elizabeth Joseph
Tham Thi Le
Xi Li
Anwesha Majumder
Eric O. Mensah
44 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Allyson Lindsay Russell Nelson
Sabrina Jane Nolan
Khafilat Oladeji Oloko
Ryan Eduardo Rodriguez
Thomas Edward Schmidt
Jessica Lynn Schue
Shterna Soiefer
Prarthana Vasudevan
Megan Elaine Vodzak
RuibinWang
Eric Yau
Student Assembly Officers
Executive Board
Nicolae Done
President
Samuel Sarmiento
Co-Vice President for Honors and Awards
Raul Saraiva
President-Elect
Guarav Chaudhari
Vice President for Quality of Life
Gabriel Brown
Co-Vice President for Communications and External
Affairs
Justin Jacob
Vice President, Social and Cultural Affairs
Nicholas Wohlgemuth
Co-Vice President for Communications and External
Affairs
Nina Martin
Co-Vice President for Community Affairs and Public
Health Promotion
Yue Cao
Co-Vice President for Community Affairs and Public
Health Promotion
Ruthly Francois
Co-Vice President for Honors and Awards
Lucas Buyon
Vice President, Social and Cultural Affairs
Rosemary Lu
Vice President, Student Groups
Merricka Livingstone
Vice President, Finance, Treasurer
Elsy Dumit
Co-Vice President for Elections
Ricardo Millan
Co-Vice President for Elections
Katie Kuhn
Ex-Officio
Departmental Representatives
Jasvir Kaila
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mitra Moazzami
International Health
Jean-Philippe Fortin
Biostatistics
Diana Rayes
Mental Health
Chris Zuidema
Environmental Health Sciences
Jane Xie
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Cassie Ott
Epidemiology
Hannah Smith
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Naira Kalra
Health, Behavior and Society
Malaika Turner
MPH Part-Time
Melissa Sherry
Health Policy and Management
Members-At-Large
Yewande Alimi
Noor Hason
Amy Poupore
Cory Bradley
Seungyoung Hwang
Savyasachi Shah
Adam Briskin-Limehouse
Yury Kuzmichev
Christina Vivelo
Joshua Cole
Sonia Lee
Stephen Wellard
Caitlin Cotter
Manqing Liu
Mindy Willing
Benjo Delarmente
Ashley Nelson
Adam Zoellner
Tara Dhingra
Sabrina Nolan
Olivia Hall
Marguerite O’Hara
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Student Assembly Recognition Awards
Student Assembly Recognition Awards
The following awards are bestowed by the student body
to acknowledge the recipients’ special contribution to
student life.
The Spirit of Student Assembly Award
Staff
David Earle, Master of Public Health Program Office
This inaugural award is chosen by the Student Assembly
President to recognize the top performing student
assembly officers who have exemplified superior service
to the school, East Baltimore community, and who have
also made meaningful contributions to bettering public
health.
George Marks, Custodial Services
Adam Briskin-Limehouse
Jackie Ruffin, Custodial Services
Tara Dhingra
Cristina Salazar, International Health
Rosemary Lu
Mary Sewell, Health Policy and Management
Mitra Moazzami
Students
Corey Bradley, Health, Behavior and Society
Matthew Castner, Health Policy and Management
Deanna Cotsalas, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Calliope Holingue, Mental Health
Braveen Ragunanthan, Master of Public Health
Teaching Assistants
Jim Aizire, Epidemiology
Mo Zhou, Health Policy and Management
Teaching Assistants
Julia Raifman, Epidemiology
Sarah Short, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Ashley Nelson
Amy Poupore
Mindy Willing
Centennial Convocation Speaker
Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D.
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP is director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Children’s
Hospital in Flint, Michigan and assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine. She is a courageous public health-trained pediatrician who sounded the alarm over the
lead contamination in Flint’s drinking water. A Michigan native, Dr. Hanna-Attisha grew up in Royal Oak and first fell in love with Pediatrics while on
the Flint campus during her clinical years as a medical student at Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine. After completing her residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan,
she earned a master’s degree in Public Health, concentrating in Health Management and Policy, at the
University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha was an assistant professor at Wayne State University Department of Pediatrics and an
associate director of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program prior to returning to
Hurley. In addition to educating the next generation of physicians, Dr. Hanna-Attisha now directs the Michigan
State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. This model initiative
provides the tools and resources for the assessment, continued research and monitoring, and interventions necessary for improving the health and development of the children of Flint. Dr. Hanna-Attisha received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She
serves on the Boards of the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Oakland
Health Plan, and is Honorary Medical Director of the YMCA Camp Copneconic. She is the recipient of
multiple honors and awards including, the 2015 William B. Weil, Jr., MD Endowed Distinguished Pediatric
Faculty Award from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and faculty inductee of the
Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha.
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Society of Scholars
The Society of Scholars was created on the recommendation of then president Milton S. Eisenhower and approved by the
university board of trustees on May 1, 1967. The society—the first of its kind in the nation—inducts former postdoctoral
fellows and junior or visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins who had formative experiences at Johns Hopkins and thereafter
gained marked distinction in their respective fields.
Each year, the Society of Scholars Selection Committee elects a limited number of scholars from among the candidates
nominated by Johns Hopkins University faculty. Since its inception, 642 individuals have been elected to membership
in the society, including 16 members elected in 2016. At an investment ceremony held in the spring of each year, newly
elected scholars are formally inducted into the society. Faculty members invest inductees with the Johns Hopkins Society
of Scholars medallion and present them with an official certificate of membership.
Alain G. Bertoni
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Gary L. Darmstadt
Stanford, California
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Alain Bertoni is a professor and chair of the Department
of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest School of
Medicine, where he is also appointed in the Department of
Internal Medicine’s section on general medicine. He joined
the Wake Forest faculty in 2001 as an assistant professor
after earning degrees from the schools of Medicine and
Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in 1994 and
1999, respectively, and conducting postdoctoral training at
Johns Hopkins with the Osler Medical Service and in general internal medicine and epidemiology. Dr. Bertoni focuses
his epidemiological research on diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, and disparities in health and health care. He is currently the principal investigator or co-principal investigator
of several major research efforts and clinical trials related
to diabetes, heart failure, and atherosclerosis risk, including the Lifestyle Intervention for Treatment of Diabetes
study, the Targeted Analyses of Diabetes and Obesity in
the Jackson Heart Study, and the MESA early heart failure
study. Dr. Bertoni is also a faculty member of the Maya
Angelou Center for Health Equity and the Translational
Science Institute’s Program for Community Engagement.
Gary Darmstadt is associate dean for maternal and child
health and a professor of pediatrics in the Division of
Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at the Stanford
University School of Medicine. Previously he was a senior
fellow in the Global Development Program at the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, where he developed initiatives to address gender inequalities, empower women and
girls, and improve health and development outcomes. At
the Gates Foundation, he also served as director of family
health, leading program development and implementation
across nutrition, family planning, and maternal, newborn,
and child health. Dr. Darmstadt also served as a senior
research adviser for the Saving Newborn Lives program
of Save the Children, where he led the development and
implementation of the global research strategy for newborn health and survival. He began at Johns Hopkins in
1989 as a resident in pediatrics and continued through
2008 as an associate professor and founding director of the
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health in the
Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Maura L. Gillison
Columbus, Ohio
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Maureen Y. Lichtveld
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nominated by the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maura Gillison is a professor of medicine and holder of the
Jeg Coughlin Sr. Chair of Cancer Research at the Ohio State
University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her laboratory
established human papillomavirus to be a principal cause
of a subset of head and neck cancer and now studies the
pathogenesis of this malignancy, from risk factors for oral
HPV infection at the population level through the genomics
of HPV-positive head and neck cancer and the development
of targeted therapeutics. Dr. Gillison received the Clinical
Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer
Research Institute, is a member of the American Society
for Clinical Investigation and a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2012
received the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Award from
the American Association for Cancer Research. She has
published numerous articles in professional journals and
recently received the Muse Prize for Lifetime Achievement
in Otolaryngology or Ophthalmology. At Johns Hopkins, Dr.
Gillison earned an MD from the School of Medicine and a
PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.
Maureen Lichtveld has 35 years of experience in environmental public health and is a professor in the Department
of Global Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane
University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
She holds the Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental
Policy and is chairman of the department. In 1986, after
earning her master’s degree in public health from the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr.
Lichtveld began her 18-year tenure with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and its Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry. Dr. Lichtveld was one of
the highest-ranking environmental health scientists engaged in national environmental health research and policy
at the CDC, where she designed research tools and sciencedriven policies to guide national environmental health
studies in communities living near hazardous waste sites
nationwide. Dr. Lichtveld’s protocols are now part of environmental health programs in all 50 states. Her research
integrates environmental health, health disparities, and
disasters, with significant bridging expertise in communitybased participatory research, women’s health, environmental policy, and health systems relevant to disaster preparedness, recovery, and resilience.
Kung-Yee Liang
Taipei, Taiwan
Nominated by the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Since 2010, Kung-Yee Liang has been president of National
Yang-Ming University, the first university in Taiwan dedicated to biomedical education and research, where he
also has an appointment at the Institute of Public Health,
School of Medicine. Dr. Liang served as vice president of
the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan from
July 2003 to August 2006 and was the acting president for
six months beginning in January 2006. At Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Liang was a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics for 28
years, serving as the graduate program director from 1996
to 2003. His research interest has been developing new
statistical methods for analyzing correlated data derived
from longitudinal and genetic epidemiological studies and
developing statistical theory for inference in the presence
of nuisance parameters. Among many awards, Dr. Liang
shared two—the Snedecor Award and the Karl Pearson
Prize—with Scott Zeger, a colleague from Johns Hopkins.
He has been elected to the American Statistical Association,
the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, the Academy of Sciences
for the Developing World, and the National Academy of
Medicine.
Leslie E. Wolf
Atlanta, Georgia
Co-nominated by the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the
School of Public Health
Leslie Wolf is a professor of law and director of the Center
for Law, Health and Society at Georgia State University’s
College of Law. She conducts research in health and public
health law and research ethics, and has taught courses on
medical liability, human subjects research, public health
law, HIV/AIDS and the law, and bioethics. Her research has
been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the
National Cancer Institute, the National Human Genome
Research Institute, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, and the Greenwall Foundation. She has served on
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Ethics
Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director,
and as a peer reviewer for the Department of Defense.
Professor Wolf taught at the University of California, San
Francisco, where she served on the institutional review
board and advisory committee regarding stem cell research. She earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1991,
and in 1996 was selected as one of the first Greenwall
Fellows in Bioethics and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins
and Georgetown universities. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she earned a master’s degree in public health from
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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The School Mace
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Mace carried by a Chief Marshal of the Society of Alumni, was first used in the
1986 Convocation Exercises. The head of the mace displays the names of individuals who have served as Dean of the School and their
dates of service. The symbols on the seal illustrate the School’s dedication to education, research and service in the diverse fields of
public health through the promotion of health preservation, control of disease and delivery of health and medical services.
The Regalia and Symbol
The history of the academic attire can be traced to the medieval period when scholars were also clerics and wore the costume of their
monastic order. The hood was originally a cowl attached to the gown, which could be slipped over the head for warmth in the unheated
buildings in which they worked. From this necessity evolved the tradition of academic regalia which today is used to identify members
of the academic institution by level of degree, academic field, and awarding institutions.
The distinguishing mark of the gown is the sleeve: master—an oblong sleeve open at the wrist; doctor—bell-shaped sleeve with three
velvet bars. Academic subjects are identified by the color of the hood trimming. The lining of the hood signifies the colors of the granting institution. The Johns Hopkins University displays a hood lining of gold. The color of the tassel denotes the degree. It may be black
or gold thread or the same color as the hood trim. The colors associated with the different academic subjects are:
FIELD
ROBE TRIM
HOOD TRIM
Administration
Black or Golden Yellow
Peacock
Anatomy
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Bacteriology
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Biochemistry
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Biology
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Botany
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Chemistry
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Dentistry
Black or Lilac
Lilac
Engineering
Black or Orange
Orange
Law
Black or Purple
Purple
Mathematics
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Medicine
Black or Green
Green
Nursing
Black or Apricot
Apricot
Optometry
Black or Seafoam Green
Seafoam Green
Philosophy
Black or Dark Blue
Dark Blue
Physics
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Physiology
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Psychology
Black or Dark Blue
Dark Blue
Public Health
Black or Salmon Pink
Salmon Pink
Public Policy
Black or Peacock
Peacock
Science
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
Veterinary Medicine
Black or Gray
Gray
Zoology
Black or Golden Yellow
Golden Yellow
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International Declaration of Health Rights
Composed by faculty and students on the occasion of
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health’s 75th Anniversary
W
e as people concerned about health improvements
in the world, do hereby commit ourselves to advocacy and action to promote the health rights of all
human beings.
The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one
of the fundamental rights of every human being. It is not a
privilege for those with power, money or social standing.
Health is more than the absence of disease, but includes the prevention of illness, development of individual potential, a positive sense of physical, mental and social well-being.
Health care should be based on dialogue and collaboration between citizens, professionals, communities and policy makers. Health services should be affordable, accessible, effective,
efficient and convenient.
Health begins with healthy development of the child and a positive
family environment. Health must be sustained by the active
role of men and women in health and development. The role of
women, and their welfare, must be recognized and addressed.
Health care for the elderly should preserve dignity, respect and
concern for quality of life and not merely extend life.
Health requires a sustainable environment with balanced human
population growth and preservation of cultural diversity.
Health depends on the availability to people of basic essentials;
food, safe water, housing, education, productive employment,
protection from pollution and prevention of social alienation.
Health depends on protection from exploitation without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social
condition.
Health Requires Peaceful and Equitable
Development and Collaboration of All Peoples
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