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Trainees, 2011-2012


Welch Center Core Faculty
           

Leadership

Dr. Appel

Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
Director, Welch Center

Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations:
Epidemiology; International Health/Human Nutrition, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, ProHealth Clinical Research Unit
Research Interests: Prevention of blood pressure-related cardiovascular and kidney diseases through pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches, often nutrition-based
Publications

               
Dr. L. Ebony Boulware

L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
Associate
Director, Welch Center

Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Program
Joint Affiliation: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Quality and access to care in chronic kidney disease, organ donation
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Core Faculty

       Dr. Cheryl Anderson

Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Center for Human Nutrition
Research Interests: Nutrition and cardiovascular disease prevention
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Dr. Beach

Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations: Health, Behavior and Society, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Research Interests: Physician-patient relationships and communication; respect; bioethics; health care quality for vulnerable populations; HIV; sickle-cell disease
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Dr. BennettWendy Bennett, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine/GIM
Joint Affiliation: Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Women's health, diabetes and obesity
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Dr. Frederick BrancatiFrederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS
Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health;
JHU School of Nursing
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Interim Director, Clinical Epidemiology Training Program
Research Interests: Obesity, diabetes, and related conditions
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Ms. CarsonKathryn Carson, ScM
Senior Research Associate, Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Epidemiological methods, biostatistics, cooperative research, clinical trials, study design, data analysis
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Dr. Jeanne ClarkJeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliation: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Dr. CooperLisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH 
James F. Fries Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities
Joint Affiliations: Epidemiology, Health Policy & Mgmt.,   Health, Behavior & Society, Center for Global Health, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health; JHU School of Nursing
Research Interests: Patient-centered care, patient-physician communication, racial/ethnic disparities
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Dr. CoreshJosef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS
Professor, Epidemiology; Biostatistics, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliations: Medicine/GIM, School of Medicine; Center for Global Health, JHBSPH
Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program; Director, Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention  
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and kidney disease, epidemiologic methods, genetic epidemiology
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Dr. Crum

Rosa M. Crum, MD, MHS
Professor, Epidemiology; Mental Health, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliations: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JHU School of Medicine

Interim Director, Clinical Epidemiology Training Program
Research Interests: Psychiatric disorders, alcohol and substance abuse
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Dr. DaumitGail L. Daumit, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM
Joint Affiliations: Epidemiology; Health Policy and Management; Mental Health, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Severe mental illness, primary care
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Dr. Daniel FordDaniel E. Ford, MD, MPH
Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation, JHU School of Medicine
Professor, Medicine/GIM; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations: Epidemiology; Health Policy and Management, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Research Interests: Depression, clinical prevention, primary care, substance abuse
Publications
     
Dr. Golden

Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Medicine/Endocrinology and Metabolism, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliation:
Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Endocrinology and insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, depression
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Dr. GreerRaquel Greer, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Health disparities in chronic kidney disease
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Dr. Eliseo GuallarEliseo Guallar, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Co-director, PhD Program, Department of Epidemiology
Co-director, Concentration in Public Health Nutrition, Master of Public Health Program
Research Interests: Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, epidemiologic methods
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Dr. Hill-BriggsFelicia Hill-Briggs, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, JHU School of Medicine; Health, Behavior and Society, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health;
Acute and Chronic Care, JHU School of Nursing;
Director, Cognition and Behavior Sub-Core, Diabetes Research and Training Center
Research Interests: Chronic disease self-management, disability, quality of life, minority health
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Dr. Wen Hong (Linda) KaoWen Hong Linda Kao, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of obesity, type 2 diabetes, renal disease
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Dr. Michael KlagMichael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health;
Professor, Epidemiology; Health Policy and Management, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine;
JHU School of Nursing
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and kidney disease
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Dr. MaruthurNisa Maruthur, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Primary care, individualized medicine for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, pharmacogenomics of type 2 diabetes, comparative effectiveness
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Ms. Lucy Meoni

Lucy Meoni, ScM
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and kidney disease
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Dr. Edgar (Pete) Miller, IIIEdgar R. (Pete) Miller, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliations: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program Research Interests: Hypertension, clinical trials, non-pharmacologic therapies, antioxidants
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Dr. Ana Navas-Acien

Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences; Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Institute for Global Tobacco Control, JHU
Research Interests: Environmental epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, epidemiologic methods
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Dr. Pollack

Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine/GIM
Research Interests: Cancer disparities, organization of cancer care, social determinants of health
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Dr. Elizabeth Selvin

Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH 
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joint Affiliation: Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Ass't. Director, Cardiovascular Training Program
Research Interests: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease; screening and prevention; epidemiologic methods
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Dr. Nae-Yuh Wang

Nae-Yuh Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine/GIM
Director, Biostatistics Core, JH Bayview Medical Center Clinical Research Unit
Director, Biostatistics and Informatics Core, JHU Center for Mind-Body Research

Director, Biostatistics Sub-Core, Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center Prevention and Control Core
Research Interests: Longitudinal data analysis, statistical and epidemiologic methods
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Dr. YehJessica Yeh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliation: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Data Management and Analysis Sub-Core, Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center Prevention and Control Core
Research Interests: Epidemiology of diabetes and its complications
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Dr. YoungJ. Hunter Young, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Medicine/GIM, JHU School of Medicine
Joint Affiliation: Epidemiology, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity
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