Leadership and Program Faculty

Program Director

Aaron R. Folsom, MD, MPH
Program Director: Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Biology and Prevention

Ellen W. Demerath, PhD
Obesity, Childhood Risk, Genetic Epidemiology

Ryan T. Demmer, PhD
Diabetes, Microbiome, Biomarkers

David R. Jacobs, Jr., PhD
Design and Analysis, Nutrition Methodology

Pamela J. Schreiner, PhD
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Biology

Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD
Chronic Kidney Disease, Dementia, and CVD Epidemiology

Lin Yee Chen, MD
Atrial Fibrillation

Myron D. Gross, PhD
Lab Methods, Marker Studies

Richard F. MacLehose, PhD
Statistical Methods, Data Analysis

James S. Pankow, PhD
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Diabetes

Weihong Tang, PhD, MS, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD
Nutritional Epidemiology

Mark A. Pereira, PhD
Nutrition, Metabolism, Diabetes, Exercise

Lyn M. Steffen, PhD
Nutritional Epidemiology

Rachel Widome, PhD
Tobacco and Policy