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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 science | JHU, 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 modeling | JHU, SPH Pre-Doctoral Trainee | hxue@jhsph.edu |
| F. Financial Team | |||
| Foltz, Paula R. | financial | JHU, SPH Research Service Manager |
pfoltz@jhsph.edu |
| McCullough, Chris | financial | JHU, SPH IH department Administrator | cmccullo@jhsph.edu |
| Siegmund, Sheryl | financial | JHU, SPH JHGCCO Center Manager | ssiegmun@jhsph.edu |
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