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Meet Our Team

Director of Epidemiology

Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director

Location

Primary Appointment: Professor and Director, Institute for Health & Equity

Core Faculty Members

Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor

Matthew Dellinger, PhD

Assistant Professor

mdellinger@mcw.edu

Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD

Professor

jdickson@mcw.edu

Jamila Kwarteng, PhD

Instructor; 2017-2019; Institute for Health and Equity

jkwarteng@mcw.edu

Mallory O'Brien, PhD

Assistant Professor

mobrien@mcw.edu

Epidemiology Staff Members

Catherine Carter, MPH

Research Coordinator

ccarter@mcw.edu

Thomas Chelius, MS

Biostatistician

tchelius@mcw.edu

Branden Dupont

Business Analyst

bdupont@mcw.edu

Lindsay Emer, PhD

Research Scientist

Charissa Fritzen-Pedicini, MsPH

Research Coordinator

cfritzen@mcw.edu

Lan Jiang

Database Analyst

Sima Namin, PhD

2019-2021; Institute for Health and Equity

Jessica Ohlrich, MPA

Research Coordinator

johlrich@mcw.edu

John Rennpferd

Database Analyst

jrennpferd@mcw.edu

Laurie Woods

Program Coordinator

lawoods@mcw.edu

Yuhong Zhou, PhD, MS, ME

Postdoctoral Fellow