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Epidemiology

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Meet Our Team

Director of Epidemiology

Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director of Epidemiology

GHE Course: Statistics for Global Health & Epidemiologic Research Methods

Location

Primary Appointment: Professor and Director, Epidemiology

Core Faculty Members

Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology; Director, PhD Program in Public & Community Health; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geography, UW-Milwaukee

Angelica Delgado Rendón, PhD

Instructor; 2021-2023 Academic Fellow in Primary Care, Epidemiology

adelgado@mcw.edu

Matthew Dellinger, PhD

Associate Professor

mdellinger@mcw.edu

Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD

Professor

jdickson@mcw.edu

Constance Kostelac, PhD

Assistant Professor

ckostelac@mcw.edu

Mallory O'Brien, PhD

Assistant Professor

mobrien@mcw.edu

Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD

Professor, Institute for Health & Equity; Executive Director, Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science

lpezzin@mcw.edu

Carissa Weis, PhD

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology Staff Members

Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH

Research Assistant, Institute for Health and Equity

Kelli Brown, BS, MPH

Education Program Coordinator II for the MS Global Health Equity program

kelbrown@mcw.edu

Bethany Canales

Statistician

bcanales@mcw.edu

Catherine Carter, MPH

Research Coordinator

ccarter@mcw.edu

Thomas Chelius, MS

Biostatistician

tchelius@mcw.edu

Carolina Cuevas, BS

Research Program Associate

ccuevas@mcw.edu

Branden Dupont

Business Analyst

bdupont@mcw.edu

Courtney Jankowski, MPH

Research Coordinator II

cjankowski@mcw.edu

Lan Jiang, MS

Database Analyst

Kellie LeGrave, BA

Education Program Coordinator II for the MS Precision Medicine program Research Coordinator for Epidemiology

klegrave@mcw.edu

Ali Nemati, MSCS

Database Analysis III

anemati@mcw.edu

Jessica Ohlrich, MPA

Research Coordinator

johlrich@mcw.edu

Amy Parry, MPH, MPT

Program Manager I

Chelsea Rowley

Administrative Assistant

crowley@mcw.edu

Charles Vear, MPH

WVDRS Coordinator

Donetta Walker, MA, LPC

PhD Student

dwalker@mcw.edu

Victoria Wright

Social Worker 1 BSW

vwright@mcw.edu

Yuhong Zhou, PhD, MS, ME

Postdoctoral Fellow