Leadership and Program Faculty
Program Director
Primary Mentors
Ellen W. Demerath, PhD
Obesity, Childhood Risk, Genetic Epidemiology
Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD
Nutritional Epidemiology
David R. Jacobs, Jr., PhD
Design and Analysis, Nutrition Methodology
Abigail Johnson, PhD, RD
Dietary Assessment, Dietary Patterns, Microbiome
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MD, PhD
Stroke
Russell Luepker, MD
CVD Primary Prevention and Surveillance
Pamela L. Lutsey, PhD
CVD Epidemiology, Dementia, Pharmacoepidemiology
Richard F. MacLehose, PhD
Statistical Methods, Data Analysis
Faye Norby, PhD
Cardiac arrhythmias, substance use, CVD epidemiology
James S. Pankow, PhD
CVD Epidemiology, Type 2 Diabetes, Omics
Mark A. Pereira, PhD
Nutrition, Metabolism, Diabetes, Exercise
Tess Peterson, PhD, MPH
Heart Failure, Aging, HIV, Omics
Pamela J. Schreiner, PhD
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Biology, Epidemiologic Methods
Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD
Chronic Kidney Disease, Dementia, and CVD Epidemiology
Nancy Sherwood, PhD
Obesity Prevention and Treatment, Intervention Designs
Lyn M. Steffen, PhD
Nutritional Epidemiology
Weihong Tang, PhD, MS, MD
CVD Epidemiology, Omics
Rachel Widome, PhD
Tobacco and Policy
Secondary Mentors
Dudley Adams, MD
Pulmonary
Jason Baker, MD
Infectious Disease
Saonli Basu, PhD
Biostatistics
Jesse Berman, PhD
Environmental Health
Lin Yee Chen, MD
Cardiology
Lisa Chow, MD
Endocrinology
Paul Drawz, MD
Nephrology
Daniel Duprez, MD
Cardiology
Joel Farley, PhD
Pharmacy
Weihua Guan, PhD
Biostatistics
Aaron Kelly, PhD
Pediatrics
Cavan Reilly, PhD
Biostatistics
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD
Endocrinology
Chetan Shenoy, MD
Cardiology
Julia Steinberger, MD
Pediatrics
Steven Stovitz, MD
Family Medicine and Community Health
Bharat Thyagarajan, PhD, MD
Laboratory Medicine
Jeremy Van’t Hof, MD
Cardiology