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For almost three years, Kacie Bogar, MS has served as a Research Project Manager for the Center for Real-World Effectiveness and Safety of Therapeutics (CREST) and the Epidemiology division in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics.

Dr. Yang’s research program focuses on gastrointestinal cancer epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology and gastrointestinal epidemiology. He has several ongoing R01-level studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health and Veteran’s Administration, which […]

Dr. Tasian’s research program focuses on two areas: nephrolithiasis (kidney stone disease) among children and adults, and chronic kidney disease in children with congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary […]

Dr. Wiebe leads studies of how places, policies, and the locations where people spend time have implications for injury risks and health. He is Director of the CDC-funded Penn Injury […]

Dr. Nesoff is a social epidemiologist focused on the intersection of substance use, the neighborhood environment, injury prevention, and health disparities. Her current research uses spatial analysis methods to investigate […]

Dr. Schrauben’s research focuses on the impact of health behaviors and modifiable risk factors in the development and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications, and addresses implementation […]

Dr. Mumford is renowned for her research on modifiable dietary and lifestyle factors affecting reproductive health, which has informed guidelines for women, men, and couples. Her work uses couples-based approaches […]

Dr. Naj is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman […]

Dr. Lowenthal is a pediatric HIV clinical specialist and epidemiologist whose research work is primarily focused on pediatric global health. Much of her research relates to the care and treatment […]

Dr. Mahmud is a transplant hepatologist and clinical epidemiologist whose research focuses on developing risk prediction tools to improve clinical decision making for patients with chronic liver disease. He is […]

Dr. Margolis’s research work is focused on dermato-epidemiology and, more specifically, the epidemiology and treatment of chronic wounds, atopic dermatitis, and acne. Dermatologic illnesses are highly prevalent and tend to […]

Dr. Hwang’s research is focused on statistical methods for early-phase oncology trials; analysis of survival, longitudinal and spatial data; and the discovery and evaluation of cancer biomarkers. She has extensive […]

Brendan J. Kelly, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works as an infectious diseases physician and molecular epidemiologist. […]

Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH is the Robert Austrian Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and a Professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine. He also serves as the Chief […]

Dr. Leonard is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine. He serves as a faculty and Executive Committee […]

Dr. Levy works at the interface of epidemiology, ecology, and statistics to understand and control vector-borne and other infectious diseases. For over two decades he has focused his research on […]

James Lewis, MD, MSCE, is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is a Senior […]

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, is George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) and the School of Nursing, and Director of the UPenn Prevention Research […]

Dr. Gross is board certified in infectious diseases and epidemiology and is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases, with a secondary appointment in the Division […]

Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, uses healthcare data to generate real-world evidence about the health effects of prescription drugs. His team has studied serious health consequences of drug-drug interactions involving high-risk […]

Dr. Himes’ work focuses on using biomedical informatics approaches to study asthma and other complex traits. Dr. Himes began asthma genetics and pharmacogenetics research by participating in genome-wide association studies […]

Stefanie N. Hinkle, PhD, is a nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she serves in the Departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, […]

Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair in the Division […]

Dr. Getz is a pediatric cancer epidemiologist whose research aims to improve outcomes for children and young adults with cancer. Her research has focused on understanding the occurrence and subsequent […]

Dr. Chen’s research focuses primarily on the development of statistical methods for designing and analyzing two-phase epidemiologic studies, on methodological and collaborative work in genetic-association studies of complex diseases, and […]

Dr. Chen is a senior environmental epidemiologist who focuses on perinatal and pediatric outcomes and a variety of exposures: lead, mercury, cadmium, DDT, isoflavones, flame retardants, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), air […]

Michael David, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the director of the MRSA [methicillin-resistant S. aureus] […]

Dr. Denburg’s research focuses on bone and mineral metabolism in childhood kidney diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), glomerular disease, and urinary stone disease. In particular, she has pursued translational […]

Dr. Farrar has been involved in clinical research for more than 30 years, with a major focus on the study of the efficacy of pain therapeutics and on novel methodology […]

Dr. Feldman’s key research addresses the epidemiology of kidney diseases – particularly, disease management from chronic kidney dysfunction to end stage – and he leads several related, major national clinical […]

Dr. Angela Aherrera is an environmental epidemiologist in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research largely focuses on environmental […]

Dr. Bewtra is a clinical epidemiologist whose research has focused on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for more than a decade. She has investigated IBD’s natural history, outcomes and related medication […]

Dr. Bisson is committed to using clinical and translational research to answer important questions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis (TB); he focuses primarily on the application of […]

Dr. Castillo’s work focuses on the development and application of innovative epidemiological methods to understand, control, and eliminate infectious diseases. He conducts research on zoonotic diseases in Latin America where […]

The latest cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) paints a complex picture of our struggle against the disease. While cancer mortality rates are declining, a worrying trend […]

NEMS measures have played an important role in the growth of research on food environments and have helped researchers to explore the relationships among healthy food availability, demographic variables, eating […]

The National Academies held a public release webinar of a new report on Tuesday, August 9 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT. The report, Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic […]

With temperatures heating up, people are heading to the beaches to cool off, but how does their sunscreen affect the surrounding oceans? Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, investigates this question on […]

COVID-19 has been associated with a multitude of diseases, but can it also increase the risk of dangerous blood clots? Dr. Vincent Lo Re III and colleagues explore the risk […]

Masking policies during Covid-19 have inspired plenty of political debate, but scientific evidence about the policies’ effects has been very limited. This isn’t surprising, given that it is not practical […]

In addition to making events such as catastrophic flooding more frequent, climate change will negatively affect human health in many other ways. Prior research has demonstrated, for instance, that high […]

Amid the omicron surge, more patients are coming into the hospital for other reasons but testing positive for Covid-19 once they arrive. M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, says that many […]

Hospitals in Philly are facing a bad blood shortage. During a pandemic, people still get into accidents and get cancer that requires transfusions, says Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, PhD, MPH.  Read […]

Many human diseases start out with single cells, which establish the problem by spreading out. Spatial transcriptomics, a groundbreaking method, allows scientists to take advantage of that activity, measuring all […]

A new study showed that older Israelis who received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are much less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 or to develop severe COVID-19 […]

Some evidence that the protection of the Covid19 vaccine wanes comes from observational studies ” and so we must view our inferences critically, says Jeffrey Morris, PhD. In everyday life, […]

The experience of a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can range “from being asymptomatic to feeling pretty lousy, but typically it’s a shorter course than what we’re seeing for COVID without the […]

To slow spread of the Covid-19 delta variant, Philadelphia needs an even greater, on-the-ground push for more vaccination, comments Michael Levy, PhD: “This thing is just about momentum.” Read the […]

Can a music festival be safe during the Covid-19 pandemic? It’s not so much about attendees’ personal risk, comments Michael Levy, PhD. It’s about what happens when they bring the […]

An analysis by Jeffrey Morris, PhD, showed how Israel’s Covid19 data were easily misinterpreted: the elderly are both most vaccinated and most at risk for severe illness. The findings were […]

Pennsylvania isn’t tracking all Covid-19 cases in vaccinated residents, but other states’ data show a clear, relevant trend, says Jeffrey Morris, PhD: “The vaccines are really working, and the unvaccinated […]

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, has been named to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) Integration Working Group The Working Group is Congressionally mandated (H. Rpt. […]

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, a George A. Weiss University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named to a new National Academy of Sciences committee: Committee on Environmental Impact of Currently […]

“People can make the argument: I volunteered to be in the trial”¦I should be able to get the vaccine right away even if I’m young and healthy,” Susan Ellenberg, PhD, […]

Dr. Glanz started off the day with her Featured Faculty Talk, “Food and Nutrition Environments: Is There an Elephant in the Room?”

Bayesian Longitudinal Causal Inference in the Analysis of the Public Health Impact of Pollutant Emissions Chanmin Kim, Corwin M Zigler, Michael J Daniels, Christine Choirat, and Jason A Roy Pollutant […]