Faculty Research Interests

Faculty at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health are leaders in research that aims to understand and find innovative solutions to local, state, national, and global population health problems.

Our faculty focus broadly on chronic health problems, behavioral health, health equity, social justice, novel research methods, public health policy, public health theory, and many more.

Filter by research topic below. You can also visit our alphabetical directory of full-time Dornsife faculty.

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Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Climate Change and Health
Clinical Trials
Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-Engaged Research

Data Analysis Methods
Diabetes

Emergency Preparedness
Environmental Exposures

Global Health or International Health

Health and Place or Built Environment
Health Services Research
Health Communication, eHealth or mHealth
Health Economics
Health Equity / Health Disparities
Health Policy
Healthcare Administration and Management
History of Public Health

Immigrant Health
Infectious Disease

Latinx Health
LGBTQ+ Health

Maternal and Child Health
Mental Health
Men's Health

Neurodevelopment and Neurologic Disorders
Nutrition

Occupational Health

Public Health Ethics
Public Health Practice

Racial and Ethnic Health Inequalities
Reproductive or Sexual Health

Spatial Analysis or GIS
Statistical Modelling
Stress
Substance Use

Urban Health

Violence and Trauma

Women's Health

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Cancer

Zekarias Berhane, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jan M. Eberth, PhD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy
Health Management and Policy

Arthur Frank, MD, PhD
Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Lilianna Phan, PhD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program, Joint Appointment with the College of Nursing and Health Professions

Leah Schinasi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Thersa Sweet, PhD, MPH
Associate Teaching Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Cardiovascular Disease

Amy Auchincloss, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Mariana Lazo, MD, PhD, ScM
Associate Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Nora Lee, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Interim Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

J. Craig Longenecker, MD, MPH, PhD
Teaching Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Agus Surachman, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel FIRST Program

Loni Philip Tabb, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Infectious Disease

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Joseph Amon, PhD, MSPH
Clinical Teaching Professor and Director of the Office of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention

Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP
Clinical Professor, Director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication
Environmental and Occupational Health

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Ericka Kalp, PhD, MPH, CIC, FAPIC
Associate Clinical Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Michael LeVasseur, PhD, MPH
Assistant Teaching Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

J. Craig Longenecker, MD, MPH, PhD
Teaching Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Alexis Roth, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Thersa Sweet, PhD, MPH
Associate Teaching Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Mental Health

Sandra Bloom, MD
Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy; Co-Founder of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

Igor Burstyn, PhD
Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH
Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Hunger-Free Communities

Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL
Clinical Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Ashley B. Gripper, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention and The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity

Jana A. Hirsch, MES, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Urban Health Collaborative, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Stephen Lankenau, PhD
Professor and Director of the Medical Cannabis Research Center
Community Health and Prevention

Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Brian Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS
Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy

Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS
Arthur L. and Joanne B. Frank Professor,
Director of the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST), and
Interim Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Environmental and Occupational Health

Elizabeth (Libby) Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Kofoworola D.A. Williams, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program

Arturo Zinny, LPC, MA, PhD(c)
Assistant Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Community Health and Prevention, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

Maternal and Child Health

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Adaobi Anakwe, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Zekarias Berhane, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Sandra Bloom, MD
Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy; Co-Founder of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

Jennifer Breaux, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Education
Community Health and Prevention

Igor Burstyn, PhD
Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH
Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Hunger-Free Communities

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Ali Groves, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Irene Headen, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Jaquelyn (Jackie) Jahn, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity

Jessie Kemmick Pintor, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Brian Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Nora Lee, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Alexis Roth, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Renee Turchi, MD, MPH
Clinical Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Elizabeth (Libby) Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Reproductive or Sexual health

Alex Ezeh, PhD
Dornsife Professor of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Ali Groves, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Stephanie Hernandez, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel FIRST Program

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Nora Lee, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Michael LeVasseur, PhD, MPH
Assistant Teaching Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Javier Lopez-Rios, PhD, MPH
Assistant Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Alexis Roth, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Elizabeth (Libby) Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Substance Use

Sandra Bloom, MD
Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy; Co-Founder of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Stephen Lankenau, PhD
Professor and Director of the Medical Cannabis Research Center
Community Health and Prevention

Mariana Lazo, MD, PhD, ScM
Associate Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Kasim Ortiz, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Drexel FIRST Program

Lilianna Phan, PhD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program, Joint Appointment with the College of Nursing and Health Professions

Alexis Roth, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Ayden Scheim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Elizabeth (Libby) Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Luis Arturo Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program

Community Based Participatory Research

Adaobi Anakwe, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention

Jessie Kemmick Pintor, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MS, MPH
Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Mariana Lazo, MD, PhD, ScM
Associate Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM
Professor of Epidemiology and Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Bertranna Muruthi, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention

Ayden Scheim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Leah Schinasi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Elizabeth (Libby) Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Luis Arturo Valdez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program

Clinical Trials

Zekarias Berhane, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Reneé H. Moore, PhD
Research Professor; Director of the Biostatistics Scientific Collaboration Center (BSC); and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Spatial Analysis or GIS

Amy Auchincloss, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,
Director of The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention

Jane Clougherty, ScD, MSc
Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Anneclaire De Roos, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Jan M. Eberth, PhD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy
Health Management and Policy

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Aritra Halder, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Irene Headen, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Jana A. Hirsch, MES, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Urban Health Collaborative, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jaquelyn (Jackie) Jahn, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Interim Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH
Associate Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative

Lucy Robinson, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD
Dornsife Endowed Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Research
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Loni Philip Tabb, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health Services Research

Darryl Brown, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
Health Management and Policy

Jan M. Eberth, PhD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy
Health Management and Policy

Jessie Kemmick Pintor, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact

Kasim Ortiz, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Drexel FIRST Program

Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Data Analysis Methods

Adaobi Anakwe, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Amy Auchincloss, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Zekarias Berhane, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Igor Burstyn, PhD
Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health

Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI
Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Edward Gracely, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Ashley B. Gripper, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention and The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity

Aritra Halder, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jaquelyn (Jackie) Jahn, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity

Ann Klassen, PhD
Professor
Community Health and Prevention

Jourdyn A. Lawrence, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel FIRST Program

Brian Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Michael LeVasseur, PhD, MPH
Assistant Teaching Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Interim Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative

Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH
Associate Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative

Lucy Robinson, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD
Dornsife Endowed Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Research
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy

Gabriel L. Schwartz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Health Management & Policy, Drexel FIRST Program

Mark Stehr, BS, PhD
Professor
Health Management and Policy

Loni Philip Tabb, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Kofoworola D.A. Williams, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program

Goro Yamada, PhD, MHS, MHS, MMS
Assistant Teaching Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Issa Zakeri, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health and Place or Built Environment