Center People

Note: Adm - Administrative Core; ETC - Education and Training Core; RRC - Research Resource Core; JHU - Johns Hopkins University; SPH - Bloomberg School of Public Health; SOM - School of Medicine

Name Expertise Institute /Key Roles Email
A. Center Director and NIH U54 Grant PI
Wang, Youfa nutrition, epidemiology, international health, systems analysis JHU, SPH
PI of U54, Adm Core Director, Project 3 & Project 4 Director
ywang@jhsph.edu
B. Core and Project Directors and Co-Directors
Glass, Gregory GIS JHU, SPH
RRC Director
ggurrigl@jhsph.edu
Epstein, Joshua systems science JHU, SOM
RRC Co-Director
jepste15@jhmi.edu
Igusa, Tak system scienceJHU, School of Engineering
ETC Director
tigusa@jhu.edu
Glass, Thomas social epidemiology, system thinking JHU, SPH
Project 1 Director; ETC Co-Director
tglass@jhsph.edu
Cheskin, Lawrence obesity treatment and prevention, mental health JHU, SPH, SOM
RRPC Director
lcheskin@jhsph.edu
Kumanyika, Shiriki epidemiology, intervention, policy, international health University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Science Committee; RRPC Co-Director
skumanyi@mail.med.upenn.edu
Zhang, Qi (Harry) health economics, obesity policy Old Dominion University
RRPC Assistant Director
Qzhang@odu.edu
Schwartz, Brian neurobehavioral testing, gene-environmental interaction, molecular epidemiology JHU, SPH
Project 1 Co-Director
bschwart@jhsph.edu
Gittelsohn, Joel nutrition, intervention, qualitative methods JHU, SPH
Project 2 Director
jgittels@jhsph.edu
Wang, Huijun nutrition, food intake, child health China CDC
Project 3 Co-Director
whj@infh.ac.cn
C. JHGCCO Internal Advisary Board (IAB)
Appel, Lawrence clinical, epidemiologic and translational research pertaining to the prevention of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research lappel@jhmi.edu
Bandeen-Roche, Karen biostatistics Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Hurley-Dorrier Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Interim Director, Center on Aging and Health kbandeen@jhsph.edu
Brancati, Frederick L. epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Director,Hopkins-UMB Diabetes Prevention & Control Core
Executive Medical Director,Business Development & Strategic Alliances
fbrancat@jhsph.edu
Cherlin, Andrew sociology, public policy and demographic research Director, Hopkins Population Center cherlin@jhu.edu
Tsui, Amy contraception, fertility and related reproductive health behaviors in developing world settings. Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health atsui@jhsph.edu
D. NIH/NCCOR Members
Esposito, Layla child development and behavior, child psychology, social and behavioral aspects of childhood obesity NICHD Scientist espositl@mail.nih.gov
Grave, Gilman fetal origins of adult disease, childhood obesity, diabetes, internal medicine NIH/NICHD
Program Officer
graveg@mail.nih.gov
Huang, Terry systems science approaches; behavioral and social sciences research NCCOR Representative tthuang@unmc.edu
Mabry, Patty childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome, chronic disease; ecological and multilevel research and applications of health promotion and disease prevention; systems science and public health OBSSR Scientist mabryp@od.nih.gov
E. ETC Trainees
Jalalpour, Mehdi mathematical modeling of complex systems JHU, School of Engineering
Pre-Doctoral Trainee
mjalalp1@jhu.edu
Nau, Claudia measurement issues in health research, and contextual and neighborhood effects on health and obesity JHU, SPH
Post-Doctoral Trainee
claudialeonie@gmail.com
Xue, Hong health economics, econometrics, nutrition, obvesity, systems modelingJHU, SPH
Pre-Doctoral Trainee
hxue@jhsph.edu
F. Financial Team
Foltz, Paula R. financialJHU, SPH
Research Service Manager
pfoltz@jhsph.edu
McCullough, Chris financialJHU, SPH
IH department
Administrator
cmccullo@jhsph.edu
Siegmund, Sheryl  financialJHU, SPH
JHGCCO
Center Manager
ssiegmun@jhsph.edu

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