Leadership and Program Faculty
Program Directors
James S. Pankow PhD
Ryan T. Demmer, PhD
Primary Mentors
Ellen W. Demerath, PhD
Obesity, Childhood Risk, Genetic Epidemiology
Ryan T. Demmer, PhD
Diabetes, Microbiome, Biomarkers
Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD
Nutritional Epidemiology
David R. Jacobs, Jr., PhD
Design and Analysis, Nutrition Methodology
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
James S. Pankow, PhD
CVD Epidemiology, Type 2 Diabetes, Omics
Mark A. Pereira, PhD
Nutrition, Metabolism, Diabetes, Exercise
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
Jaime Slaughter-Acey, PhD
Health Equity, Maternal Child health
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
Shenoy Chetan, MD
Cardiology
Lisa Chow, MD
Endocrinology
Paul Drawz, MD
Nephrology
Daniel Duprez, MD
Cardiology
Sue Duval, PhD
Cardiology
Joel Farley, PhD
Pharmacy
Weihua Guan, PhD
Biostatistics
Aaron Kelly, PhD
Pediatrics
Cavan Reilly, PhD
Biostatistics
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD
Endocrinology
Julia Steinberger, MD
Pediatrics
Steven Stovitz, MD
Family Medicine and Community Health
Bharat Thyagarajan, PhD, MD
Laboratory Medicine
Jeremy Van’t Hof, MD
Cardiology
Lin Yee Chen, MD
Cardiology