Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division

Primary Faculty

Farren Basil Shaw Briggs

Farren Basil Shaw Briggs

Associate Professor

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Farren Briggs, Ph.D., M.Sc., is an associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A quantitative population health scientist, he integrates epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics and molecular data to investigate...
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WayWay M. Hlaing

WayWay M. Hlaing

Professor of Professional Practice

(305) 243-3693
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WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD, FACE, is a professor and director of the epidemiology doctoral program in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.Dr. Hlaing earned degrees in medicine and health sciences, including a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (MBBS), a master’s...
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Jennifer Hu

Jennifer Hu

Professor

(305) 243-7796
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Jennifer Hu, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, with secondary appointments in the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Human Genetics and Genomics. She serves as director of the epidemiology and population health sciences division.Dr. Hu is a...
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Adriana Jimenez

Adriana Jimenez

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 689-3154
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Adriana Jimenez is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Public Health Sciences. She is also an Infection Prevention Manager for the University of Miami Health System. Before joining the University of Miami,...
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David J Lee

David J Lee, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 243-6980
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David Lee, PhD, has been a faculty member in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1990. He is a chronic disease and occupational epidemiologist with sustained funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1993 as a principal...
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Ana M. Palacio

Ana M. Palacio

Professor of Clinical

(305) 243-9754
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Dr. Ana M. Palacio is a clinician researcher and epidemiologist who completed the Internal Medicine residency at the University of Miami and a General Medicine Fellowship and Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She joined the University of Miami as faculty in 2004. Since then her work has focused on the improvement of clinical...
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Paulo Pinheiro

Paulo Pinheiro

Research Professor

(305) 243-2390
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Paulo S. Pinheiro, M.D., Ph.D., is a cancer epidemiologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and a research professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. His research uses large-scale cancer registry and surveillance data to identify factors associated with cancer development...
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Victor Daniel Rosenthal

Victor Daniel Rosenthal

Research Associate Professor

(305) 343-3546
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Dr. Victor D. Rosenthal is a Research Associate Professor at the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences, in the Department of Public Health Sciences, at Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, at University of Miami, where he continues his groundbreaking work in infection prevention. He is a...
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James Shultz

James Shultz

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

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Dr. James M. Shultz received his MS in Health Behavior Research in 1986 and his PhD in Behavioral Epidemiology in 1988 from the University of Minnesota. He joined the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, in 1989 as an assistant professor and became a tenured associate professor in 1995. After leaving Miami...
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Secondary Faculty

Maria Luisa Alcaide

Maria Luisa Alcaide

Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

(305) 243-8434
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Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases physician scientist, faculty member of the University of Miami for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a clinician and researcher, Dr. Alcaide has provided scientific and administrative oversight to numerous multidisciplinary research studies focused on HIV and other emerging infections in the US and...
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Gio J Baracco

Gio J Baracco, M.D.

Professor of Clinical

(305) 575-7000 x14430
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Tali Elfassy

Tali Elfassy

Research Asst. Professor

(305) 243-5674
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Dr. Tali Elfassy is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Elfassy’s research focuses on the area of cardiovascular disease and minority health. Her program of research focuses on understanding how complex cardiovascular...
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Michael Aaron Gelman

Asst. Professor of Clinical

(786) 736-3068
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Girardin Jean-Louis

Girardin Jean-Louis

Distinguished Professor

(917) 412-2640
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Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He is the Director of the Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences and the PRIDE Institute on Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. He has served on the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board,...
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Doug Johnson-Greene

Doug Johnson-Greene

Professor

(305) 243-8472
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Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP is a rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist who joined the faculty at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2009 after spending 13 years on the faculty of the Hopkins University School of Medicine.  He is currently a tenured Professor, Director of Neuropsychology and...
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Latoya Lewis

Latoya Lewis

Associate Professor of Clinical

(305) 284-2080
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Ed.D-CI, MSN, RN Dr. Lewis is an Associate Professor of Clinical at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. Dr. Lewis is an experienced intensive care unit (ICU) nurse leader, clinician, and educator. Having a doctoral degree in education, Dr. Lewis is an expert in curricular design and pedagogy. Dr. Lewis is a member of...
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Allan E Rodriguez

Allan E Rodriguez, M.D.

Professor of Clinical

(305) 243-3011
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Allan E Rodriguez, M.D. main areas of research are in the behavioral and clinical sciences in HIV-infected populations with a focus on interventions targeting disadvantaged patients including minorities, women, substance users and persons with mental health problems to reduce health disparities. He has extensive experience with clinical and...
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Tatjana Rundek

Tatjana Rundek

Professor

(305) 243-7847
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Dr. Tatjana Rundek is a Professor of Neurology, Epidemiology and Public Health with tenure, Executive Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs, Scientific Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, and a Director of Clinical Translational Research Division in the...
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William K Scott

William K Scott

Professor

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William K. Scott, Ph.D. is Professor and Vice-Chair for Education & Training in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a core faculty member of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and...
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Bhavarth Shukla

Bhavarth Shukla

Professor of Clinical

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Dr. Shukla’s research interests include infection control, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, and medical education. His work has focused on understanding transmission and clinical management of multi-drug resistant organisms such as VRE and C. auris as well as effects of antimicrobial stewardship...
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Jay M. Sosenko

Jay M. Sosenko, M.D.

Professor

(305) 243-6146
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Joanne Wuu

Research Associate Professor

(305) 243-4819
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Voluntary Faculty

Alberto Barcelo

Alberto Barcelo

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

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Katherine Chung-Bridges

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Noella Dietz

Noella Dietz

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Deborah Gustafson

Deborah Gustafson

Voluntary Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Eric Hecht

Eric M. Hecht

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

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Van Lansingh

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

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Leticia Nogueira

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

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Dana Rollison

Voluntary Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Dr. Dana Rollison is data science leader with more than 20 years of experience in cancer epidemiology and applied informatics for oncology. She currently leads data strategy at Danaher Corporation, developing risk-based AI governance across multiple life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology operating companies. Previously, she served as Moffitt Cancer Center’s first Chief Data Officer and first Associate Center Director of Data Science, where she built technology platforms and multidisciplinary teams to advance cancer research, precision medicine, and care delivery. Her research has examined viral, genetic, and immunologic cancer risk factors, and novel applied informatics approaches to cancer surveillance and clinical trial optimization. Dr. Rollison currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation and is a Voluntary Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She received her BS in Biology from the University of Miami and her ScM and PhD in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University.

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