PhD Graduates | Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

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Hussam Mohammed Alqahtani, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Advisors: Siran Koroukian, PhD and James Spilsbury, PhD

Dissertation: Investigating the Association Between Complex Multimorbidity and Periodontal Disease: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

: Assistant Professor of Periodontics and Clinical Data Science Researcher, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Haimeng Bai, PhD

Program: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

Dissertation: Exploring the Effect of a Haptoglobin Structural Variant on Neurocognitive Phenotypes Using Computational Approaches

: Bioinformatics Scientist, Vanda Pharmaceuticals

Wyatt Peter Bensken, PhD

Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Advisor: Siran Koroukian, PhD

Dissertation: Disparities and Inequities in Health, HealthCare, and Outcomes for People Living with Epilepsy

: Research Investigator at OCHIN, Inc. and Adjunct Faculty here in PQHS. Link to Dr. Bensken's website .

Weicong Chen, PhD

Program: Computing and Information Science

Advisor: Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD

Dissertation: High-performance and Scalable Bayesian Group Testing and Real-time fMRI Data Analysis

: Postdoc Research Scholar at the Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory (PADSYS Lab), one of the labs in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of California, Merced.

Gwendolyn Donley, PhD

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dissertation: The Role of Perception and Crisis in Food Environments, Vaccine Acceptance, and Financial Stress

: Postdoctoral National Poverty Fellow with the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

India Jarita Gill, PhD, MPH

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dissertation: Investigating the Neighborhood Context of Racial Inequities in Child Ashtm Emergency Healthcare

: Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco

Britney Graham, PhD

Program: Systems Biology

Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

: Postdoctoral Scientist, Cedars-Sinai

Emily Hannon, PhD

Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Advisors: Diane Dowd, PhD, Alex Yee-Chen Huang, MD, PHD, James Kazura, MD, and Scott Williams, PhD

Dissertatiion: Assessing Heterogneity in the Immune Response Against Malaria in African Children

: Emily is working on the MD component of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) - an MD/PhD combined degree program.

Vanessa Phillis Ho, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Advisor: Siran Koroukian, PhD

Dissertatiion: Worse than Death? The Older Patient and Long-Term Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery

: Associate Professor, Departments of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, �ǿմ�ý (�ǿմ�ý)

Faculty, Center for Health Equity, Engagement, Education, and Research within the Population Health and Equity Research Institute (PHERI), The MetroHealth System

Medical Director of the Trauma Recovery Center, Institute for H.O.P.E, The MetroHealth System

Director of Trauma Research, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery, and Burns

Olivia Marie Hogue, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Dissertation: Statistical Practice in Preclinical Neurosciences: Implications for Successful Translation of Research Evidence from Animals to Humans

: Assistant Staff, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic

Bowen Jin, PhD

Program: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD

Dissertation: Transcriptome-Wide Study of Transcriptional Kinetics in Human Cells

: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Kakul Joshi, PhD, MPH

Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Advisor: Erika Trapl, PhD

Dissertation: Food Banking during COVID-19: Understanding Food Sourcing, Quality, and Factors Influencing Healthier Food Inventory

: Senior Evaluator, Professional Data Analysts

Uriel Kim, PhD, MBA

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Kim's dissertation looked at the impact of the Affordable Care Act on cancer outcomes in individuals from low-income communities.

Currently: Completing the MD portion of the combined degree Medical Scientist Training Program here at �ǿմ�ý.

Carli Jessica Lehr, MD, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Dissertation: Updating Risk Predictions for Lung Transplant Candidates Bridged with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Using Novel National Data

: Staff pulmonologist at the Respiratory Institute and assistant professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, specializing in transplant medicine.

Morgan K. McGrath, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Sciences

Advisor: Jill Barnholtz Sloan, PhD

Currently: Completing the MD portion of the combined degree Medical Scientist Training Program here at �ǿմ�ý.

Michael Lyon McHenry, PhD

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dissertation: Genomic and Co-Evolutionary Determinants of Clinical Severity in Active Tuberculosis Patients

: Housestaff, Division of Medicine Administration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Anna Miller, PhD

Program: Genetic and Genome Sciences

Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

: Molecular Science Liaison, Caris Life Sciences

Elina Misicka, PhD

Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Dissertation: Understanding Genetic Drivers of Age at Onset and Risk Conferred by Obesity in Multiple Sclerosis

: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroimmunological Disorders Gene-Environment Epidemiology Lab, Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, �ǿմ�ý.

Jasmine Olvany, PhD

Program: Genetics and Genome Sciences

Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD

: Research Project Manager in Stroke Intervention Trials at Mercy Health

Michael David Osterman, PhD

Program: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD

Dissertation: Refining the Use of Polygenic Risk Scoresfor Alzheimer Disease in Diverse and Founder Populations

: Assistant Director of Epidemiology at Epividian, Inc.

Ryan Nazemian, MD, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Science, CRSP Program

Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

Dissertation: Monitoring Nitric Oxide Bioactivitiy, Tissue Oxygenation and Blood Flow in Neurologically-Diseased (DNC) Organ Donors

: Anesthesiologist, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Sarah Diane Ronis, MD, PhD

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Advisor: Kurt Stange, MD

Dissertation: Engagement for Impact in Social Risk Screening and Intervention

: Director of the University Hospitals Rainbow Center for Child Health & Policy and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at �ǿմ�ý School of Medicine

Wayne Mark Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS

Program: Clinical Translational Science

Advisor: Johnie Rose, MD, PhD

Dissertation: Towards Translational Geospatial Medicine in Lung Transplantation

: Staff physician in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine