People

Chair

Diane Sperling Lauderdale, PhD
Interim Department Chair & Professor, Epidemiology

Faculty

Habibul Ahsan, MD, MMedSc
Louis Block Professor, Epidemiology

Kathleen Cagney, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Services Research

Hongyuan Cao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Lin Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Brian Chiu, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Rena Conti, PhD
Assistant Professor

Michael David, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

James Dignam, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Robert Gibbons, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics

Dezheng Huo, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Services Research

Lianne Kurina, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Benjamin Lahey, PhD
Irving B. Harris Professor, Epidemiology

Diane Sperling Lauderdale, PhD
Interim Department Chair & Professor, Epidemiology

Brandon Pierce, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

John Schneider, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Fabrice Smieliauskas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Services Research

Ronald Thisted, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics

Faculty Emeritus

John Bailar, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus

Willard Manning, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Health Services Research

Associates

Stacy Lindau, MD, MAPP
Associate Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics

Center for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (CCEP)

Maria Argos, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Brisa Aschebrook-Kilfoy, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Jianjun Gao, PhD
Data Analyst

Ningqi Hou, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Farzana Jasmine, MD, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Muhammad Kibriya, MD, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Marie Joseph Paul-Brutus
Research Technician

Ronald Rahaman
Research Technician

Shantanu Roy
Research Technician

Lin Tong
Data Analyst

Research Personnel

Chen, Jen-Hao
Postdoctoral Scholar

Amanda Radigan
Research Participant Recruiter

Jocelyn Wilder
Project Administrator/Data Analyst

Faculty and Biostat Lab Alumni

Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology (2007-2011)

Rebecca Lipton, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology (2007-2011)

Full list of Alumni…

Executive Administrator

Barbara Kass
Executive Administrator

Biostatistics Laboratory

Hae Kyung Im, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Theodore Karrison, PhD
Research Associate (Assoc.Prof.) & Director Biostat Lab

Masha Kocherginsky, PhD
Research Associate (Associate Professor)

Rangesh Kunnavakkam, MS
Biostatistician

Sang Mee Lee, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Chuanhong Liao, MS
Biostatistician

Sydeaka Watson, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)

Kristen Wroblewski, MS
Sr. Biostatistician

Research Computing Group

Michael Johnson
Research Programming Manager

Phil Schumm, MA
Sr. Biostatistician, Director, Research Computing Group, & Assistant Director, Biostat Lab

Yarko Tymciurak
Research Programmer

Information Technology Group

Ryan Carter
Application Service Specialist / Systems Administrator

Tyler DeNormandie
IS Manager & Sr. Systems Engineer

Nishant Jain
Web Developer

Roger Johnson
Lead Programmer

Administration

Gloria Balcazar
UChicago Research Bangladesh Project Manager

Kimberly R. Cox
CCEP Secretary

Nichole Crist
Grants & Contracts Manager

Kimberly Jones
HR / Operations Manager

Barbara Kass
Executive Administrator

Jaméca Lozano-Lott
Grants and Contracts Specialist & CCEP Program Administrator

Cheryl Martinez
Faculty Project Assistant

Jessica Miotk
Post-Award & Biostat Lab Manager

Nechelle Robinson
Project Assistant for Education & Receptionist

Vlora Selimi
Grant and Contract Specialist

Renee Summa
Chairman's Assistant & Academic Affairs

Michele Thompson
Graduate Student Affairs Administrator

Christine Wachowski
Grants and Contracts Manager

Current PhD Students

Churpek, Matthew - Epidemiology

Coca-Perraillon, Marcelo - Health Services Research

Dong, Jing - Health Services Research

Guo, Jing - Health Services Research

Liu, Qianying - Biostatistics

Livak, Britt - Epidemiology

Melkonian, Stephanie - Epidemiology

Rezny, Serena - Biostatistics

Scannell, Molly - Epidemiology

Wang, Jiebiao - Biostatistics

Zhang, Chenan - Epidemiology

Current MS Students

Bello, Jen

Catenacci, Dan

Damm, Kate

Davidson, Autumn

Hemmige, Vagish

Kirley, Katherine

Kotwal, Ashwin

Martin, Shannon

Muffly, Lori

Paesch, Elizabeth

Pinto, Jayant

Rastogi, Amita

Razmaria, Aria

Ridgway, Jessica

Suh, Eugene

Tsang, Wendy

Tumuluri, Srilaxmi

Ward, James

Williams, Richelle

Woodhams, Elisabeth