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Welch Center Core Faculty
Dr. AndersonCheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
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Dr. AppelLawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, International Health
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease, Prevention, Nutrition
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Brad C. Astor, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease, Hemodialysis Vascular Access
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Marian Batts-Turner, RN, MSN
Research Associate, Medicine, Nursing
Research Interests: Diabetes, Community-Based Interventions
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Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Patient-Physician Communication, Bioethics, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, Patient-Centered Care
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L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Quality and Access to Care in Chronic Kidney Disease, Organ Donation
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Frederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Obesity, Diabetes, and Related Conditions
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Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Obesity, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management
Research Interests: Patient-Centered Care, Patient-Physician Communication, Race/Ethnic Disparities
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Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS
Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease, Epidemiologic Methods, Genetic Epidemiology
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Rosa M. Crum, MD, MHS
Professor, Epidemiology, Psychiatry, Mental Health
Research Interests: Psychiatric Disorders, Alcohol and Substance Abuse
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Dr. DaumitGail L. Daumit, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Severe Mental Illness, Primary Care
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Nancy E. Fink, MPH
Senior Scientist, Epidemiology, Medicine
Research Interests: Kidney Disease, Hearing Impairment and Language Development in Children
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Dr. Daniel FordDaniel E. Ford, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Depression, Clinical Prevention, Primary Care, Substance Abuse
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Susan Furth, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Pediatric Kidney Disease, Access and Outcomes of Care for Children
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Tiffany L. Gary, PhD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Medicine
Research Interests: Diabetes, Obesity, Minority Health, Social Determinants, Community-Based Interventions
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Eliseo Guallar, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Methods
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Dr. Sherita GoldenSherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Endocrinology and Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Depression
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Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Research Interests: Chronic Disease Self Management, Disability, Quality of Life, Minority Health
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Linda Kao, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Renal Disease
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Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease
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Lucy Meoni, ScM
Associate Scientist, Biostatistics, Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease
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Dr. Miller


Edgar R. (Pete) Miller, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
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 of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology                                          
Research Interests:
Environmental epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, epidemiologic methods
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Rulan Parekh, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Disease in ESRD, Chronic Kidney Disease
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Dr. PoweDirector: Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Kidney Disease, Outcomes, Evidence-Based Medicine, Public Health
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Dr. Selvin

Elizabeth Selvin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Screening and Prevention; Epidemiologic methods
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Nae-Yuh Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Research Interests: Longitudinal Data Analysis, Statistical and Epidemiologic Methods
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Jessica Yeh, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Epidemiology of Diabetes and its Complications
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Dr. Young


J. Hunter Young, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
Research Interests: Genetic Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity
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