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About the MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication Program

This program provides specialized formal academic training in health education, health promotion, and health communication, with an emphasis on strategies for working with individuals, organizations, and communities. Students are equipped with advanced skills in program planning, implementation, and evaluation, as well as a solid foundation in behavioral sciences’ principles and theories. 

For the final requirement of this program, students complete a practice-based proposal on a topic relevant to their field placement. Students are eligible to sit for the national certification exam to become Certified Health Education Specialists. Part-time applicants are welcome. This is a STEM-designated program .

MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication Program Highlights

Stem designated program.

The MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication is a STEM-designated program.

6-month field placement experience

to prepare for domestic and international career opportunities

knowledge and skills in health education and health communication

to advance the future of the field

Eligibility to sit for the CHES national certification exam

to become Certified Health Education Specialists

What Can You Do With a Graduate Degree In Health Education and Health Communication?

Visit the  Graduate Employment Outcomes Dashboard to learn about Bloomberg School graduates' employment status, sector, and salaries.

Sample Careers

• Communication Specialist
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• Patient Outreach Coordinator
• Evaluation Specialist
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• Population Health Research Associate

Curriculum for the MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication

Browse an overview of the requirements for this master's program in the JHU  Academic Catalogue , explore all course offerings in the Bloomberg School  Course Directory , and find many more details in the program's Student Handbook .

Admissions Requirements

For general admissions requirements, please visit the How to Apply page. This specific program also requires:

Prior Coursework

College-level math course equivalent to Algebra or higher

Standardized Test Scores

Standardized test scores are  not required and not reviewed  for this program. If you have taken a standardized test such as the GRE, GMAT, or MCAT and want to submit your scores, please note that they will not be used as a metric during the application review.  Applications will be reviewed holistically based on all required application components.

Program Faculty Spotlight

Vanya C. Jones

Vanya Jones, PhD ’06, MPH, a health education researcher, employs social and behavioral science methods to create, implement, and evaluate behavior change programs.

Joanna Cohen

Joanna Cohen, PhD, MHSc, is Chair of the Department of Health, Behavior & Society. She conducts research and capacity building to inform and advance interventions to eliminate tobacco-caused death and disease.

Janice V. Bowie

Janice Bowie, PhD '97, MPH, is Chair of the Doctor of Public Health program and an expert in health disparities and community-based research methods.

Eileen Marie McDonald

Eileen McDonald, MS, uses education, communication, product design, policy, and professional development to create a healthier and safer world, especially for children.

The Master’s Tuition Scholarship is available to students in good academic standing in a two-year, full-time master’s program. The MTS is a 75% reduction in tuition for year two of an eight-term program.

Questions about the program? We're happy to help.

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Email:   [email protected] Phone:   410-955-3543

General Academic Questions

For general academic questions about the MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication, please contact our Department's academic program administrator, L. Robin Newcomb.

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Indiana University Indianapolis

Department of communication studies.

Ph.D. in Health Communication

Preparing you for teaching and research in health and interpersonal relationships.

Choosing to pursue a doctorate in the Health Communications program will prepare you for teaching and research in the areas of health and interpersonal relationships, intercultural health, and mediated communication in healthcare contexts. You will be prepared to tackle the development of healthcare campaigns as well as the ethical questions surrounding the communication of healthcare messaging. Your coursework will prepare you to engage with clinical problems affected by communication and develop your ability to translate research into practice, putting you in a prime position for advanced work in academic and healthcare professions.

Course Requirements

IU requires a minimum of 90 credit hours of approved graduate coursework beyond the bachelor’s degree.

A maximum of 30 credit hours of approved graduate work completed with a grade of B or better may be transferred with the approval of the advisory committee and the Dean of the University Graduate School.

All coursework taken for the Ph.D. must be completed within seven years prior to the passing of qualifying exams, including any transfer courses. Coursework that does not meet this criterion may be revalidated.

Overall, the requirements include core courses (15 credit hours), seminars in content areas focused on (but not limited to) interpersonal relationship communication, intercultural communication, mediated/campaign communication (at least 15 credit hours), minor (9-12 credit hours), field work/research (6-9 credit hours), and dissertation credits (12 credit hours).

Students may select from the courses offered within Communication Studies.  In addition, other cross-listed seminars from affiliated faculty in departments or programs such as the International Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC).  Medical Humanities, Medical Sociology, and other health-related areas may count toward the student’s degree with approval from the student’s advisor.

Minor Area of Emphasis (9-12 credit hours):

All students must complete a minor in an area related to their primary health communication focus. The minor area of emphasis must be approved by the student’s advisor and advisory committee and contain a minimum of three graduate level courses (9 credit hours) in accordance with the department or unit in which the minor is housed. Some departments require a 12-credit hour minor.

Comprehensive Examinations:

All students must take written examinations that cover both broad knowledge of the health communication field as well as specialized knowledge of a chosen area of health communication. Comprehensive exams are taken after the student has completed a minimum of 39 credit hours (beyond the Master’s) including the required core, seminars, and minor coursework.

Fieldwork /Research (up to 9 credit hours):

All students are required to initiate or participate in original research with the approval of advisor. This field/research work is geared to focus the student’s research interest to serve as a springboard for the dissertation work.

Ph.D. Dissertation (up to 12 credit hours):

Dissertation credits are structured so that the student is unencumbered with completing coursework and can focus completely on conducting research and writing the dissertation for completion of the degree.

Core Courses

COMM-C 500 Advanced Communication Theory (3) COMM-C 504 Pro-Seminar in Communication Graduate Studies (3) COMM-C 592 Advanced Health Communication (3) COMM-C 680 Doctoral Qualitative Research Methods (3) COMM-C 690 Doctoral Quantitative Methods (3) COMM-C 695 Seminar in Communication and Healthcare (3) Seminars in Content Areas (at least 15 credit hours)

Admission Requirements:

Required coursework:.

Students entering the program must have at least a Master’s degree (minimum of 30 credit hours) in Communication or a related social science or health discipline.

Preference will be given to those students with degrees from communication studies programs.

Students should have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in their Master’s coursework.

Students are expected to have taken some foundational coursework in Communication. For students entering the program with no background in Communication, additional preparatory coursework in the discipline may be required as a condition of admission.

Required Testing

Beginning in 2021, interested applicants are no longer required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Revised General Test (Quantitative, Verbal, and Analytical Writing).  Applicants may still want to submit their GRE scores to be considered in their application, and they may do so.

Successful candidates typically have scores between 150-170 in Verbal Reasoning and in Quantitative Reasoning and a score between 4.0-6.0 in Analytical Writing.

In addition, non-native English speakers who did not complete a degree at a college or university in the U.S. must take an English competency test. The student may complete either of the following:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The expectation for admission is a minimum score of 88 on the TOEFL iBT (internet based test). Please note that this score represents the minimum that will be considered. In practice, we look for scores above 100.
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The minimum acceptable IELTS score is 6.5; in practice, we look for an IELTS of 7 or more. It is required that applicants take the academic reading and writing modules, not the general training reading and writing modules. Please note that this score represents the minimum that will be considered. In practice, we look for scores above 7.

Additional Required Materials

• A written statement of purpose for entering this Ph.D. program
• Three letters of recommendation from individuals in professional positions able to judge success
• Curriculum vitae
• Graduate and undergraduate transcripts
• A writing sample demonstrating academic writing ability

Undergraduate Record

Graduate School requirements include a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, a minimum 3.0 grade point average on a scale of 4, and a minimum 3.0 average in the major field.

Applications will be viewed in their entirety. A candidate’s outstanding qualifications in one area can be balanced against more marginal qualifications in another dimension. Keep in mind that admission is competitive and financial support even more competitive. Most of the students admitted and supported will exceed the minimal requirements

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University of missouri, health communication.

At the Missouri School of Journalism, we are dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding in the field of journalism, with a specific focus on health communication. Our researchers are actively engaged in a range of critical areas that have a direct impact on public health and well-being. We invite aspiring scholars to join us in our endeavors to analyze and address the pressing challenges in health communication. 

Our research efforts are centered around several key themes, all of which contribute to the improvement of health communication and its vital role in society: 

• Effects of health messages:  We investigate how health messages influence audience members and strive to enhance the effectiveness of public health messaging. By understanding the impact of different communication strategies, we aim to improve health outcomes and empower individuals to make informed decisions. 
• Public interest in medical research:  Our researchers explore innovative approaches to increase public interest and engagement in the field of medical research. By bridging the gap between scientific advancements and public understanding, we contribute to the dissemination of accurate and relevant health information. 
• Journalism’s response to misinformation and health inequity:  In an era of rampant misinformation, we investigate the roles and practices of journalists in combating false narratives and addressing health inequities. Through rigorous analysis and conceptual advancement, we aim to promote transparency, accuracy, and fairness in health journalism. 
• New communication technologies:  We explore the affordances of emerging communication technologies in enhancing health communication. From digital platforms to social media, we investigate how these tools can be effectively utilized to disseminate health information, engage communities, and promote positive health behaviors. 
• Narrative power in health news : Our researchers recognize the importance of narrative storytelling in health news. We study the use of narratives to improve comprehension, foster empathy, and effectively communicate health information to diverse audiences. 
• Cultural influences on health help-seeking:  Understanding the impact of cultural factors on health help-seeking behavior is crucial. Our research explores how cultural influences shape attitudes and behaviors related to seeking healthcare, aiming to develop strategies that promote inclusive and equitable health communication. 

By joining our team of dedicated scholars, PhD students will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research projects that address these critical aspects of health communication. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous analysis, and real-world impact, our program aims to shape the future of journalism and strategic communication in promoting public health and well-being. 

We welcome PhD students who are passionate about making a difference in health communication to join us in our scholarly endeavors. Together, we can drive positive change and create a healthier, more informed society. 

Call 573-882-4852 or email us at  [email protected] .

You are welcome to  explore your research interests  with  doctoral faculty  who  specialize  in this area.

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• Associate Professor Sungkyoung Lee
• Assistant Professor Monique Luisi
• Assistant Professor Zach Massey
• Professor Shelly Rodgers

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PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Using data and network science approaches for the detection of food insecurity for patients with chronic health conditions

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This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Funded phd opportunities in health at the university of sheffield, funded phd programme (students worldwide).

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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Predictive diabetes management: a self-learning human digital twin system, funded phd project (uk students only).

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Cyber security and digital resilience in health services – an exploration of the use of immersive technologies in the provision of gendered and effective cyber security immersive trainings for healthcare professionals(Ref: WD_2023_51_WSCH_4)

Applied dementia studies (phd, faculty of health studies).

The PhD opportunities on this programme do not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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PhD Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

An intervention to improve deaf children’s social communication skills

Heat, health and human geographies: exploring caribbean responses to urban heat stress through creative ethnographic methods, understanding how electrical communication can regulate metabolic cycles in bacteria biofilms, ai-enhanced dementia prevention: precision risk reduction using large language models, nihr funded phd in medical studies ref: 5100, the use digital tools and online information for the self-management of health, promoting workplace physical activity: exercise snacking for cardiometabolic health, revolutionising connectivity of medical wearable devices: harnessing deep learning to enhance network performance and sustainability.

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Health communication.

This Area of Concentration considers how to develop and evaluate effective public information campaigns, how to manage the demands placed on communication specialists during a crisis, and how to incorporate behavior-change messages into a variety of channels and genres, such as entertainment.

Explore what has been done, what works, and why. Courses include social marketing, health psychology, emergency and risk communication, and developing and evaluating communication campaigns. Health communication professionals must develop, deliver, and evaluate modern health communication programs.

Area of Concentration Courses

A minimum of three courses are required to earn this Area of Concentration within the MA in Communication degree.

Communication in Practice - 480.603

Applied qualitative research - 480.609, communication ethics in action - 480.613, branding by motion picture - 480.622, utilizing images: media literacy in practice - 480.638, health communication - 480.640, health literacy, language and culture - 480.645, communicating for social change - 480.653, strategic communication program management - 480.654, censorship, freedoms, and communication regulation - 480.655, risk and crisis communication - 480.659, understanding markets and audiences - 480.668, health psychology & behavior change - 480.682, behavior change and education through entertainment - 480.686, intercultural communication - 480.687, state-specific information for online programs.

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About the Doctoral Program Guide

The  Doctoral Program Guide  is designed to provide timely and useful information about doctoral programs in Communication for students, prospective students, and other interested parties.

Which Programs Are Listed? Many doctoral programs are included in this guide, all of which offer a Ph.D. degree in some area or field of the Communication discipline. We began with the programs that have traditionally been ranked or evaluated as doctoral programs in Communication by other sources and added a number of new programs.   

For doctoral programs in related areas of study, visit the following:

• American Library Association's Accredited Programs page  
• American Society for Theater Research's Doctoral Program Directory  
• American Speech & Hearing Association's EdFind  
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's Graduate Student Info page  
• Modern Language Association's Guide to Doctoral Programs in English and Other Modern Languages  
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All information presented in this guide is publicly available on the individual department or program website and/or in other published sources. Each university is identified by its  Carnegie Classification , its membership in the  Association of American Universities , and by the number of doctorates it has conferred from 2010 to 2019, according to the  National Science Foundation's  Survey of Earned Doctorates . The guide provides the areas of study of each program, the admissions requirements for each program, a listing of each program's graduate faculty, and contact information. In addition, we also recognize a program's recipients of NCA Awards from 2000 to the present and synthesize and report on the programs' standing in a series of different rankings/ratings, including:

• The university's 2019 ranking in the Communication & Media Studies category of the QS World University Rankings . (Note: this ranking includes 200 universities; the first 50 are individually ranked, followed by category rankings for the remainder.)
• The university's 2019-2020 ranking in the "Language, Communication, and Culture" category of the University Ranking by Academic Performance measure.  

Explanation of Areas of Study

Most doctoral programs in Communication indicate research areas or special research concentrations. Such areas are usually based on the types of research conducted by the faculty members in the program, as well as by the courses offered toward the graduate degree. 

A program is listed within a specific research area based entirely upon its self-identification of research focus. Because the identification and labeling of research foci vary so greatly across programs, this list groups and categorizes research areas according to commonly understood labels. Thus, a given doctoral program may identify its research specialty as "media economics" or "media studies" or "media effects." That program would be included in the broader category below of "Mass Communication/Media Studies."

Georgia State University, Department of Communication

American University, School of Communication

University of South Carolina, School of Journalism and...

Cornell University, Department of Communication

North Carolina State University, Program in Communication...

Texas Tech University, College of Media & Communication

University of Tennessee, School of Communication Studies

University of Oklahoma, Gaylord College of Journalism &...

University of Illinois, Institute of Communications Research

Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies

University of Washington, Department of Communication

Texas tech university, department of english.

University of Miami, School of Communication

Pennsylvania State University, College of Communications

University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies

Southern Illinois University, Department of Communication...

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Ph.D. Program

Preparing the next generation of leading researchers and scholars in speech-language pathology and communication disorders

The doctoral program in communication sciences and disorders prepares students to become the next generation of leading researchers and scholars in speech language pathology and communication disorders. The program is the only one of its kind in the Houston area, offering students high-quality instruction and hands-on research experiences, including access to research opportunities in the Texas Medical Center – the largest medical center in the world.

The program is mentor-based and individualized, with the student and mentor designing a program of study that meets the student’s goals. Before applying to the program, students must first identify the professor(s) with whom they share common scientific interests and obtain a tentative agreement from the professor(s) to serve as their mentor(s).

For more information on the application process, please visit the Ph.D. Admission page . The deadline to apply for Fall 2024 is December 15, 2023 .  Applications are accepted for fall admission only.

Our nationally and internationally recognized faculty have a broad range of research interests, including:

• Aphasia and right-hemisphere disorders
• Augmentative and alternative communication
• Bilingualism
• Motor speech
• Language and phonological development
• Neural bases of speech and language
• Voice disorders

Learn more about our research faculty .

Please explore the Ph.D. program webpages for more information about admission requirements, curriculum and financial assistance.

Ashwini Joshi, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Ph.D. Program Director [email protected]   

Health and Risk Communication Interpersonal Communication Media, Technology, and Society Organizational Communication Public Relations Interdisciplinary Studies

Health and Risk Communication

Issues of health have become increasingly critical and complex, generating the need for individuals who can communicate effectively about health. The health communication program at Purdue University seeks to fulfill this growing need for trained health communicators by exposing students to the theory, research, and practice of health communication.

Program graduates pursue academic as well as professional careers in health communication.

Why Purdue for Health and Risk Communication?

• As a student in the Lamb School, you’ll work with some of the most productive scholars in the field.
• While you’re on campus, you’ll participate in stimulating and novel health communication courses that cover a wide variety of areas.
• You’ll have the opportunity to take additional courses across Purdue University in some of the nation’s leading health-related programs, including Purdue’s CEPH Accredited MPH. We’ll work with you to design a personally-tailored plan of study that best suits your needs and interests.
• Our program intentionally integrates theory and practice. While you’re studying here, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in internships and practical opportunities in health care settings.
• You’ll collaborate with faculty members and fellow graduate students on research projects.

Program Faculty and Areas of Interest

• Charlie Catalano :  Biopharmaceutical public relations, advertising and advocacy
• Bart Collins :  Health communication technologies, health behavior change models
• Ilwoo Ju :  Consumer decision making in health, branding strategies, marketing communication
• Marifran Mattson :  Health campaigns, health advocacy, and service-learning
• Evan Perrault :  Health campaign message design, healthcare marketing, program evaluation
• Felicia Roberts :  Provider-patient communication, human-animal interaction
• Hwanseok Song :  Risk Communication; trust and credibility; and social cognitive approaches to risk

Selected Graduate Course Offerings

Introduction to Health Communication, Health Campaigns, Health Advocacy Campaigns, Risk Communication, Interpersonal Communication in the Health Context, Provider-Patient Communication, Narrative Work of Health

Interdisciplinary Connections

In addition to courses offered within the Lamb School, students are encouraged to supplement their study of health communication with courses offered in the areas of  Human Development and Family Studies ,  Consumer Science ,  Health and Kinesiology ,  Health Sciences ,  Nursing ,  Pharmacy ,  Psychology ,  Sociology , and/or  Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies .

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Health Communication Courses

Students in the PhD program are invited to take courses across any of our areas. A complete listing of courses in the PhD program can be found here .

Regularly scheduled courses in health communication include:

COMS 8400 – Health Communication in Organizing This course introduces students to research on health communication issues in organizing and provides a forum for developing a research agenda in this area. Underscoring course reading and assignments is the assumption that health, wellness, illness, and healing acquire meaning through symbolic interactions located within social, political, economic, and cultural structures.

COMS 8420 – Health Communication and Culture The purpose of this course is to examine the influence of culture on communicative aspects of patient and public health. The course explores theories of communication medical anthropology, and health education to understand the conceptual foundations of intercultural health. The course analyzes how peoples’ health beliefs play out in interactions with patients and providers, and examines how public health strategies can be designed for specific cultural contexts. The larger purpose of this course is to train graduate students to communicate more effectively with patients, providers, and the public in multicultural health care settings.

COMS 8430 – Relational Issues in Health Communication This course provides an overview of theory and research within the broad scope of relationships and health communication. Specifically, students gain an understanding of health communication in personal, peer, and provider/caregiver relationships, including research on how health conditions shape communication in these relationships, as well as how every day communication in these relationships influences health.  

COMS 8440 – Health Communication and Society

Seminar exploring the relationships among communication, public culture, and public perceptions of health and wellness. Surveys theoretical approaches (i.e., cultural studies, rhetorical analysis) and emphasizes the application of theory through writing and criticism. There is a strong emphasis on exploring current issues and challenges facing the health care industry and the public’s understanding of health and wellness.

COMS 8450 – Health Communication Campaigns

This course explores the theory and practice of communication campaigns that attempt to influence awareness, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to health. Students examine theories and research that inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of campaigns with an emphasis on practical implications. The course also focuses on values and ethical dilemmas in the design and conduct of campaigns.

COMS 8460 – Persuasion and Social Influence in Communication

This course focuses on the processes through which attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are shaped, reinforced, and changed via communication. The course provides a survey of theories and research in persuasion as well as analysis of contemporary examples of persuasive communication.

COMS 8470 – Communication and Uncertainty in Health and Illness

Uncertainty is common in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment for many illnesses, and in relationships among patients, care providers, and family members, where illnesses experiences are addressed. Communication is a source of illness-related uncertainty, a resource for dealing with such uncertainty, and most generally the medium through which the presence and meanings of uncertainty are constructed. This course examines the nature of illness-related uncertainty, and theory and research on communication and uncertainty related to instrumental, identity, relational, and affect management; it examines these issues in contexts such as health information seeking, health screening and genetic testing, diagnosis and medically unexplained symptoms, treatment decisions, including end-of-life care, and social support.

COMS 8480 – Environmental Communication

This course focuses on how we communicatively construct and affect the environment. Students analyze and critique a wide range of voices (e.g., citizen and community groups, Greens, corporations and lobbyists, scientists, anti-environmentalists, public officials and regulators, journalists) on a variety of environmental disputes. Students learn about environmental decision making and conflict resolution, advocacy, climate and environmental justice movements, science communication, and risk communication in the context of current environmental issues. The course is designed to accommodate primarily communication studies doctoral students, but it reviews foundational theories in sufficient detail to equip students from other programs to participate effectively. The course equips students to conduct original research on environmental communication and to engage in activism as appropriate to interests and exigencies.  

COMS 8490 – Special Topics in Health Communication Advanced seminar focusing on the role and dynamics of communication employed across a range of health contexts. Topic varies with instructor. Students may repeat the course as topics rotate for a total of 12 credits.  

Doctorate in Communication

With one of the nation's premier doctoral programs in Communication, the Annenberg School is a tight-knit, supportive community of scholars committed to advancing knowledge of our media environment.

Founded through the generosity and vision of publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, the Annenberg School for Communication is devoted to furthering our understanding of the role of communication in public life through research, education, and service. Our five-year doctoral program has a strong reputation as one of the best in Communication, based on Annenberg’s unparalleled combination of world-class faculty , students , and alumni , as well as access to the larger intellectual and cultural resources of the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia .

In an inherently interdisciplinary field, Annenberg researchers are engaged with a spectrum of topics related to health, politics, media systems, networks and digital culture, journalism, race and gender, and more, using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Our Ph.D. program allows students to tailor a curriculum to suit their specific interests, and provides them the financial resources to launch their academic career. 

In addition to a full tuition waiver, our students currently receive an annual stipend as well as a budget for research and travel and health insurance for all five years.

Annenberg is the smallest of the 12 schools at Penn, and it functions as close-knit community of scholars whose doors are always open to one another. Our students also appreciate our staff , who routinely go above and beyond to support them.

Please note that we do not have a standalone master’s degree program at this time. All students are admitted directly into the doctoral program.

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Our graduate faculty is at the heart of the school. Their innovative work, often in collaboration with students, pushes the field of Communication forward.

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Hear from some of the Annenberg School's doctoral students as they talk about their work and what brought them to Annenberg.

What is it like to be a doctoral student at the International Communication Association annual conference? We followed four students to find out.

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctoral candidate Kelly Diaz used her phone to document the many signs displayed in yards and windows around her West Philadelphia home. She has now collected that body of work into a  photo essay .

Doctoral Candidate and artist Roopa Vasudevan studies the ways that the everyday technologies shape our daily lives.

What is it like to be a Ph.D. student? We followed five of our students through their daily activities.

Prateekshit Pandey works with the Communication Neuroscience Lab to study how the brain reacts to humor. 

Buenos Aires-native María Celeste Wagner looks at how gender influences credibility in news. 

Jennifer Henrichsen studies the way that journalists adopt information security technologies to protect themselves and their sources.

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Annenberg's doctoral students represent a broad spectrum of interests, methodologies, and backgrounds. Here are just a few of our incredible students.

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Natalie Boychuk is interested in the social and structural determinants of postpartum complications and particularly the impact of social policies (such as paid family leave) on postpartum health outcomes. A secondary area of interest includes the influence of chronic gynecological conditions (PCOS, endometriosis, adenomyosis) on life course reproductive health. She received her MPH from Columbia Mailman, where she worked on a project revising WHO metrics for emergency obstetric and newborn care. She has spent the last two years working as a data analyst for Dr. Teresa Janevic , where she has worked on studies related to racism and postpartum cardiometabolic health, prediction modelling for postpartum hospital utilization, diabetes trajectories after gestational diabetes, and an evaluation of a community-based doula program. A proud Canadian, Natalie obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto. In her free time, she loves to bake, explore the city with her partner Harry, and spend time with their cat, Shelby. 

Research Interests

• Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health
• Social Epidemiology
• Health Services
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Stanford Chihuri

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I am an epidemiologist with experience in patient and population-based research utilizing large database schemas. At Columbia University Medical Center, I helped design and conduct studies on substance use and injuries. My research focuses on the intersection of substance use, policies, and harm outcomes, such as injuries from motor vehicle crashes, falls, and self-harm, particularly among vulnerable populations like older adults, amputees, and pregnant women. I have guest-lectured on injury research methods at Columbia University and directed the Injury Lab at the Columbia University Center for Injury Science and Prevention.

Previously, I utilized statistical methods such as hierarchical modeling, longitudinal data analysis, and structural equation modeling to assist researchers investigating the health impacts of medication and product exposures. This includes studies on prenatal anesthesia exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes, epidural use and maternal mortality and morbidity, and allogeneic blood transfusion and postoperative infections.

I hold an MPH in epidemiology with a certificate in advanced epidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. In my free time, I enjoy reading true-crime novels, cooking, playing soccer, and listening to podcasts.

• Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
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Alexander Furuya

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I am a Columbia University graduate student pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. I have an extensive background in data analysis, statistical programming, and public health research. My goal is to understand social determinants of health among those in the LGBTQ+ community and immigrant communities, and I hope to identify effective interventions to improve health.

I currently work with Dr. Dustin Duncan in analyzing data form the Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighborhoods in Trans women of color (TURNNT) Cohort. Specifically, I am looking into determinants of HIV prevention and treatment and identifying factors that affect them.

• LGBTQ+ Health
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I am a first year doctoral student, first year fellow on the Global HIV Implementation Science Research Training Fellowship with ICAP, and an infectious disease epidemiologist. I received a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2014, an MPH in Epidemiological Methods and Applications from the University of Michigan in 2016, and prior to coming to Columbia, spent about seven years at the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the HIV Epidemiology Section. My research interests are centered around infectious disease prevention and treatment interventions, and I have past work pertaining to HIV care navigation, hepatitis C treatment, mpox vaccination, and COVID-19 coinfection among people with HIV. Apart from my role as an analyst, as a database administrator and developer, I designed, carried out, and evaluated a surveillance system modernization project to increase the accuracy, timeliness, and accessibility of HIV test results for department case investigators and outreach staff. My current projects relate to PrEP demand creation among women in South Africa and HIV care retention patterns in Côte d'Ivoire.

• Infectious Disease
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Hoisum Nguyen

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Inspired by the stories of immigrants and social justice movements in the United States, Hoisum's research centralizes psychiatric and mental health outcomes with a particular focus on trauma and violence as it relates to firearms, racial/ethnic populations, LGBQIA+ communities, and financial means. Equipped with a Master’s in Public Health (MPH, Class of 2020) from Boston University in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, prior training in causal theories from UCLA (2021-2023), and previous work in suicide outcomes and emergency preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic for the county of Santa Clara, CA (2020-2022), Hoisum aims to create research of consequence for policy formulation.

Hoisum is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Epidemiology, a pre-doctoral fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Fellow (PET-T32), and also a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS) receiving health policy and leadership training from Johns Hopkins University (Class of 2026).

• Mental and Psychiatric Health
• Violence and Trauma Epidemiology
• Firearms Violence
• Health Equity and Social Disparities
• Racial/Ethnic Community Health
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Adam Whalen

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I am a first-year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science Training Program, jointly managed through the Department of Epidemiology and the Environmental Health Sciences Department. I received my BS in Biology and Public Health Science in 2015 from Santa Clara University, and my MPH in Epidemiology with a Certificate in Applied Biostatistics and Public Health Data Science from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2021. Previously, I worked as a data analyst at the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, working on research projects related to Hispanic/Latino health as well as women living with HIV. As a member of the Spatial Epidemiology Lab at Columbia, my current research investigates how discrimination against transgender women of color and sexual minority men affects health outcomes. I also examine activity space exposure to different features of the bult and social environment and how they influence criminal legal system involvement, sleep, access to gender-affirming health care, and other outcomes. My research interests include social and spatial epidemiology, novel spatiotemporal methods including GPS-based activity space analysis and geofencing applications, injury and violence outcomes such as transportation and police violence, and sexual and gender minority health.

• Spatial Methods
• Injury/Violence
• Transportation
• Police violence
• Sexual and Gender Minority Health

Erin M. Annunziato

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I am a pre-doctoral fellow in the Substance Abuse Epidemiology T32 Training Program. I am interested in structural-level determinants contributing to substance use-related harms, including racial and ethnic disparities in substance use treatment and drug-related legal outcomes. My current research examines relationships between 1) state policies, such as drug monitoring programs, and legal outcomes, and 2) racial and ethnic disparities in substance use treatment access through the criminal legal system. I have a BS in Biology from Boston College and an MPH in Epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health.

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• Drug criminalization
• Racial and ethnic disparities
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I am a second year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a second year pre-doctoral fellow in the Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science Training Program, jointly managed through the Department of Epidemiology and the Environmental Health Sciences Department. I earned a BS in Biology from Brooklyn College (CUNY) in 2019, and an MPH in Epidemiology with an Advanced Certificate in Public Health and Humanitarian Action from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2021. Previously, I served as a clinical research coordinator at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, where I managed all aspects of research and administration for the Stroke Division. My previous research has focused on a range of mental, neurological, and substance use issues in humanitarian settings. As a doctoral student, my research efforts are focused on evaluating neurodevelopmental outcomes amidst the complex landscape of mental health and substance use among adolescents and their caregivers in diverse conflict-affected settings. My research interests include global mental health, substance use epidemiology, child development, and disability advocacy. 

• Global Mental Health
• Substance Use Epidemiology
• Child Development
• Disability Advocacy

Nicole Itzkowitz

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I am a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science T32 Training Program. I entered the program in 2022 with an MSc in epidemiology from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BA in public health from the University of Rochester. My research interests are broadly concerned with quantifying urban environmental and built environment exposures and exploring their relationship with injury and other non-communicable disease outcomes. My previous work at Imperial College focused on examining the causal relationship between acute noise pollution exposure and cardiovascular disease hospitalizations and creating a composite metric to estimate smoking behavior at small spatial resolutions. I am currently working with Dr. Andrew Rundle and the Built Environment and Health research group on several projects related to pedestrian and micromobility injuries and fatalities in the context of the built environment and alcohol use.

• Environmental Exposures
• Built Environment
• Non-communicable Disease 

German Rivera-Castellar

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I started my PhD in Epidemiology in 2022 after finishing my MPH at New York University GPH. Before moving to NYC, I completed a MS in research and evaluation of health systems and a BS in industrial microbiology at the University of Puerto Rico. Previously, I have worked in evaluation of CDC funded public health programs at UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center, knowledge management at UNICEF HIV/AIDS section, and research regarding HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico and vaccination hesitancy amongst PWID. Currently, I am a fellow in T32 Social Determinants of HIV and my research interest include disparities in HIV amongst racial and ethnic minorities as we as sexual and gender minorities. My current work also addresses changes in the gut microbiome and its effect in the body. 

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities
• Sexual and Gender Minorities
• Spatial Epidemiology

Michelle Smith

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I am a second-year PhD student specializing in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. I am also a Lead Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching and Learning, and am a Trainee Associate Member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. I received my BS in Biology from Stony Brook University and my MPH in Epidemiology from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. My professional experience spans medical research in start-up companies, academic hospitals and research centers. Previously, I worked in start-up companies geared towards cancer outcomes and precision medicine where I focused on data abstraction and analysis of breast, colorectal and lung cancers using electronic medical records. I contributed to research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on integrative medicine techniques addressing chemo-induced neuropathy, and administratively managed multiple projects at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, encompassing population health, neurosurgery, and Alzheimer’s disease research. At SUNY Downstate, I began research on adverse pregnancy outcomes and social determinants of health (SDOH) among predominantly Caribbean and African communities in Brooklyn. My current research focuses on examining the nuances of the breast cancer tumor microenvironment, particularly around pregnancy and hormonal shifts. This work involves spatial analysis, T-cell distribution, proteomics and traditional epidemiologic methods. 

• Breast Cancer
• Cancers of the Reproductive System
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Machine Learning
• Digital and Computational Pathology
• Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
• Health Disparities

Sara Wallach

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I am a second-year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a second-year pre-doctoral fellow in the Global HIV Implementation Science Research Training Fellowship. I received my BA in Anthropology and Global Public Health from New York University and my MPH, with a focus on the evaluation of international health programs, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In my work with the New Jersey Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Zimbabwe Office, I implemented, managed, and evaluated large-scale HIV programs. My research currently focuses on using novel epidemiologic methods to evaluate the impact of HIV programs using routinely collected data. I also perform research to determine drivers of HIV acquisition and opportunities for prevention in various contexts and populations using population-based HIV impact assessments and other data sources. My research interests include HIV, implementation science, health and human rights, LGBTQ+ health, and infectious diseases.

• Health and Human Rights
• Infectious Diseases

Dana Bezuidenhout

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I am a third-year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Global HIV Implementation Science Research Training Fellowship. I received my BA in Biology, Society, and the Environment from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2016 and my MPH, focusing on Epidemiology and Global Health, from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2018. Previously I worked as a project manager and epidemiologist at The Foundation for Professional Development in East London, South Africa, working on tuberculosis (TB) point-of-care diagnostics, TB stigma, and HIV prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women. My research currently focuses on incorporating spatial and genomic data as an innovative way to understand community TB transmission and to inform active case-finding strategies in TB-endemic settings. I also perform research assessing the impact of diabetes on TB treatment outcomes. My research interests include TB transmission, spatial epidemiology, and implementation science.

• Tuberculosis Transmission

Sarah Forthal

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I am a PhD candidate and pre-doctoral fellow in the T32 Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program at the Mailman School of Public Health. I am also a biostatistical analyst with the Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. I received an MPH in epidemiology from Mailman in 2019 and a BA in political science and statistics from Columbia’s undergraduate college in 2015. My core research interests include identifying mental health-protective factors following exposure to traumatic events, global mental health, intervention evaluation, and research with Multiracial populations. My current projects include investigating the role of parental social support in intergenerational trauma transmission, understanding depression risk in Multiracial American adults, developing an accessible guide to Single World Intervention Graphs, and co-authoring a book chapter on the health of Multiracial youth. Prior to entering the PhD program, I held research positions at the Partnership to End Addiction and Columbia-World Health Organization Center for Global Mental Health.

Catherine Gimbrone

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My research focuses on policy impacts and social disparities within psychiatric epidemiology. I'm passionate about exploring related areas and have been involved in a wide range of projects. These include studies on reproductive health policy, firearm legislation, naloxone access laws, adolescent political beliefs, and suicide trend forecasting. My goal is to identify emerging mental health trends among vulnerable populations, to help improve treatment efforts and inform policy decisions. I've co-authored several publications and enjoy using my skills in statistics to deepen my understanding of these complex issues. I graduated with an MPH from Columbia University in 2020 and, in a past life, worked in filmmaking and fashion.

• Psychiatric Epidemiology
• Policy Research
• Reproductive Health
• Adolescence

Anton Kociolek

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I am a third-year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a graduate research assistant at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain. In 2014, I received my BA in Anthropology from the City University of New York and in 2017 received my MA in Anthropology from the same institution, with a focus on historical anthropology of the Caribbean. I received my MS in Epidemiology from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in 2020. Prior to entering the Doctoral program in Epidemiology at Mailman, I worked as a study coordinator for Dr. Yaakov Stern at the Taub Institute, working on observational cohort studies of late-onset Alzheimer's Disease. My research focuses on investigating the relationships between underlying neuropathological processes and clinical signs in Alzheimer's Disease and the application of causal inference and machine learning methods to dementia research. My research interests include dementia and aging, neuroepidemiology, biomarker development and validation, causal inference, and machine learning. 

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Movement disorders
• Neuroepidemiology
• Causal Inference
• Machine Learning 

Megan Marziali

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I am a 3rd-year PhD Candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and a pre-doctoral fellow in the NIDA-funded T32 Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program (SAETP). I received my BSc in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia in 2018 and my MPH in Epidemiology with a certificate in Advanced Epidemiology from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2021. My research focuses on substance use, including polysubstance use, fatal and nonfatal overdose, social networks, and psychosocial factors (e.g., loneliness). My work is often situated at the intersection of substance use and HIV. In addition, I perform research exploring the impact of various social and substance use policies on substance use outcomes.

• Social Networks
• Social Determinants of Health
• Social Policies
• Substance Use Policies

Melissa Nguyen

Inspired by the stories of immigrants and social justice movements in the United States, Hoisum's research centralizes psychiatric and mental health outcomes with a particular focus on trauma and violence as it relates to firearms, racial/ethnic populations, LGBQIA+ communities, and financial means. Equipped with prior training in causal theories from UCLA (2021-2023), Hoisum hopes to create research of consequence for policy formulation. Hoisum is also a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar receiving health policy and leadership training from Johns Hopkins University (Class of 2026).

• Mental Health
• LGBTQIA+ Populations
• Racial/Ethnic Populations

Navdep Kaur

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I am a fourth-year Epidemiology PhD candidate and predoctoral fellow in the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program (Director: Katherine M. Keyes ). I hold an Epidemiology MPH from Columbia University, and a Math BS and Biology BS from SUNY Binghamton University. As a Punjabi woman, I have both witnessed and experienced racialized inequities in US healthcare access. My family was uninsured for over ten years of my childhood, and we struggled to meet basic healthcare needs due to financial constraints and other structural barriers. Our collective struggle has inspired the work I do. My research is dedicated to improving mental healthcare access for BIPOC individuals. I have led studies to understand mental health and treatment utilization trends in BIPOC populations. My dissertation aims to improve mental health provider access for Medicaid recipients residing in low-income and racially segregated neighborhoods. I am also a social activist for the Punjabi community and volunteer at Sakhi, a South Asian survivor-led non-profit that serves gender-based violence survivors in the diaspora. Together, we are developing a psychoeducation program for South Asian caregivers that aims to reduce childrearing stressors and mitigate intergenerational trauma. I am also providing my epidemiologic expertise to develop a mixed-methods evaluation of the program. 

• Health Equity

Aleya Khalifa

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As a PhD Candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, my research aims to improve HIV programs and research methodologies for mobile populations, from truck drivers to cross-border migrants. My dissertation - Unpacking The HIV Epidemic Among People On The Move In Uganda - is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health under the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31). My research employs demographic, missing data, and spatial network methods to relate human movement to HIV outcomes. I have ten years of global experience at CDC, UNICEF, and ICAP designing HIV surveillance studies, modeling the epidemic for children and adolescents, and conducting implementation science to improve service delivery for vulnerable populations. I received my MPH in epidemiology from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine with a concentration in infectious diseases.

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Christina Mehranbod

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Christina Mehranbod is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Using geospatial techniques and built environment research, I am interested in examining how the places individuals frequent over time and various environmental characteristics influence health, particularly injury risk and substance use. My doctoral research explores the social determinants of injury and violence (i.e., firearm violence) with a particular focus on neighborhood definitions and spatial analyses relating environmental characteristics to alcohol related harms. I applied for and successfully received an NRSA F31 Award from the National Institute of Health National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to create an innovative GPS-informed measure of alcohol outlet density. I have also received grant funding as a Principal Investigator to study alcohol consumption, environment, and norms in the context of traumatic events in Armenia from the Columbia University Global Mental Health Council. I completed my MPH in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and my BA in Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Sasinya Scott

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I am interested in translational epidemiology and reducing health disparities. I would like to bridge genomics and population research with implementation, specifically to expand precision prevention research and bring the benefits of personalized medicine to populations of color. I hope to promote collaborative and equitable research between communities, physicians, and scientists. I would also like to study how the levels of racism influence disparities and the utilization of research in minority populations.

• Health disparities, minority health, translational epidemiology, implementation science, health communication, data visualization

Stephen Uong

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I am a fourth-year pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a former pre-doctoral fellow in the Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science Training Program. My current research interests are in spatial and environmental epidemiology, particularly in the built environment, social infrastructure, housing, and queer and immigrant populations. Methodologically, I am interested in GIS/spatial analyses, making R programming more accessible for public health practitioners, and machine learning applications in public health, particularly in natural language processing. 

I received a BS in Public Health and Microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin and an MPH in Global Epidemiology from Emory University. During my MPH studies, I interned for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists for teams focusing on enteric zoonotic outbreak investigations, HIV, and substance use. Before I entered the PhD program, I was a Consulting Data Analyst at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research focused on racial and ethnic & immigrant health disparities in breast cancer, air pollution and cardiovascular disease, and healthcare delivery science.

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Sumera Aziz

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I am a medical doctor and an epidemiologist by training. My area of research interest is maternal and child health with a specific focus on preconception nutrition and maternal anemia. I have worked as a PI and Co-PI for various projects to improve maternal and newborn health in rural areas of Pakistan. Examples of such projects include: 1) Bill and Melinda Gates Funded multi-country study- Women First Preconception Nutrition Trial 2) NIH-USA funded multi-country study- Antenatal Corticosteroid Trial; 3) WHO Funded Study-Third Party Evaluation of Measles Supplementary Immunization Activity in Sindh, Pakistan, 4) UNICEF funded study on stillbirths and quality of new born care in Pakistan, and 5) AKU-research council funded study on Out-of-pocket expenditure of vaginal delivery and cesarean section in Public and Private Hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan. I am a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the Allen Rosenfield Award, and Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Recruitment Fellowship. I also received funding from an NIH-sponsored capacity development project for my Masters in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Through my research work over the last one decade, I have published 88 scientific papers (30 as the first author) in peer reviewed journals, and I am also an author of two books.

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Christopher Crowe

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My primary goal as an epidemiologist is to facilitate the healthy aging of our population by better understanding how exposure to psychological and social factors throughout the life course may influence health during older adulthood. Under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Tom , my current research aims to evaluate potential causal relationships between structural, functional, and quality aspects of social connection or the lack thereof (e.g., social isolation, perceived loneliness) and cognitive health outcomes (e.g., cognitive decline, dementia) among older adults. 

Outside of my research work, I also have a strong interest in teaching and have experience both designing and delivering course content for undergraduate and graduate students. Most recently, I have worked as a teaching assistant for Epidemiology II: Design and Conduct of Observational Epidemiology under the supervision of Dr. Sharon Schwartz and (Y)our Longer Life under the supervision of Dean Linda Fried and Dr. Dana March Palmer .

Neal Jawadekar

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I am a 5th year PhD candidate in Epidemiology and an NIH F31 predoctoral fellow. Prior to joining Columbia, I earned my BA and MPH degrees at Tufts University, and I also gained valuable experience in data engineering and predictive modeling as a Data Scientist in the healthcare industry. As a PhD student, I am currently employing causal inference methods to investigate the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors, cardioprotective drugs, and dementia. My dissertation focuses on using machine learning methods, notably Bayesian Additive Regression Trees, to estimate the heterogeneous treatment effects of statins on dementia. I am particularly interested in utilizing data-driven approaches to help understand how treatment effectiveness varies across subgroups.

I have also been recognized as a national finalist for the 2023 Epidemiology Tyroler Student Prize Paper Award. My nominated paper, “Practical Guide to Honest Causal Forests for Identifying Heterogeneous Treatment Effects,” highlights my dedication to advancing statistical methodologies within the field of public health. As I continue my academic journey, I remain committed to combining the powers of big data and advanced analytics to help propel medical advancements forward.

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Sneha Kannoth

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I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University. I have completed pre-doctoral training in the NIEHS Environmental Health and Data Science T32 Fellowship Program, and I am currently supported by the NIAID Global HIV Implementation Science T32 Fellowship. I received a BS in Neuroscience in 2016 from Carnegie Mellon University and an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology in 2018 from Yale University. I am interested in understanding the pathways by which social and physical environmental factors influence infectious and chronic disease morbidity. My dissertation focuses on defining the role of cardiovascular morbidity in the relationship between ambient air pollution exposure and adverse COVID-19 outcomes in New York City. My previous work examined the relationship between physical environmental stressors, specifically ambient air pollution exposure, neighborhood-level vulnerability to environmental exposures, and health outcomes, such as COVID-19 and pediatric asthma morbidity. I have further explored how social environmental stressors, such as ageism, amplifies the incidence and cost of health conditions among older adults. My primary research interest includes examining the relationship between environmental exposures, factors that contribute to greater vulnerability to environmental exposures, and the onset of infectious and chronic disease outcomes among pediatric and elderly populations.

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Shabnaz Siddiq

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I am a fifth-year doctoral candidate in Epidemiology. I received my BHSc in Health Sciences and MSc in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa in Canada. I was a fellow in the Environmental Health and Data Science training program from 2020-2023 at MSPH. I currently receive the Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award under the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. My current research uses existing and novel epidemiologic methods to evaluate the impact of phthalate metabolites and their mixture on maternal-fetal outcomes such as maternal gestational weight gain and fetal growth.

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Brandi Vollmer

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I am in my fifth year in the doctoral program here at Columbia University. I received my BS in biochemistry with a minor in molecular biology in 2014 from Colorado State University, and my MPH in Epidemiology from the Colorado School of Public Health in 2016. Previously, I worked as a research assistant in the Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado conducting comparative effectiveness studies investigating therapeutics used in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Since coming to Columbia University, I have utilized large claims-based data to examine the relationships of influenza-like illness and flu vaccination on stroke risk in young populations. Additionally, I have assisted in the exploration of healthcare utilization on cardiovascular outcomes. My current interests are in the relationship between inflammation throughout the lifetime and cognition or dementia risk. 

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Autumn Clemons

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My name is Autumn Clemons, and I am a sixth-year doctoral candidate in Epidemiology. I have an MPH in International Health, where I conducted field research in Uganda, and an MS in Epidemiology. I also have extensive cardiovascular research experience. As a doctoral student, I worked on projects that use latent growth trajectory methods to assess how low-density lipoprotein (LDL) exposures throughout the life course contribute to cardiovascular disease burden and disparities later in life, leading to a manuscript published in JAMA Cardiology. I also worked on pilot projects that examined both chemical exposures and modifiable behaviors (e.g., breastfeeding) that increase breast cancer risk in Black and Hispanic women as an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development predoctoral fellow. My current research with Dr. Pam Factor-Litvak focuses on evaluating the socio-environmental (e.g., phthalate and psychosocial stress exposures) impact on adverse pregnancy outcomes in an ethnically diverse nulliparous pregnancy cohort in the United States. I began this research as a T32 Advanced training in environmental health and data science predoctoral fellow, where I contributed to peer-reviewed publications. During this fellowship, I was also awarded an F31 diversity grant to complete my dissertation to investigate psychosocial stress during pregnancy as a causal mechanism to explain the associations between maternal race and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the United States. 

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Anna Krasnova

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I am a pre-doctoral candidate in Epidemiology and a graduate research assistant with the Global Psychiatric Epidemiology group at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. I received a BSc in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of British Columbia and a MHS in Mental Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. My research is currently focused on using novel causal inference methods, including causal mediation, to evaluate the pathways for the unintended consequences of Section 8 housing voucher receipt on adolescent mental health outcomes. In addition, I conduct research to determine the effect of neighborhood and family environments on sleep quality and the risk of obesity among high-risk adolescents. My research interests include epidemiological methods, adolescent mental health, and social determinants of health. 

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Kathleene Ulanday

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I am a doctoral candidate in Epidemiology. I received my BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the UCSD and my MPH in Epidemiology from SDSU. I am interested in cancer control and prevention research, with a focus on health disparities. Previously, as a Cancer Research Training Fellow at the NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, I managed a data harmonization project for trans-NIH health disparities and Native American health research programs, engaged in understudied and small populations research think tanks, and analyzed Department of Defense data examining psychosocial factors and tobacco use among military personnel. At Columbia University, my pre-doctoral research with Dr. Heather Greenlee (NCI-Diversity Supplement funded) gave me valuable experience in the implementation and analyses of a culturally based randomized controlled diet and physical activity intervention for Latina breast cancer survivors. Currently, as a Cancer Trainee Associate Member at the Herbert Irving Cancer Center, I work with Drs. Jasmine McDonald , Lauren Houghton , and Mary Beth Terry conducting cancer etiology research among high-risk groups via prospective cohort studies. My goal is to better understand the social, environmental, and biobehavioral factors, including the cultural and historical contexts, associated with cancer across the life course.

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Elektrostal

Elektrostal Localisation : Country Russia , Oblast Moscow Oblast . Available Information : Geographical coordinates , Population, Altitude, Area, Weather and Hotel . Nearby cities and villages : Noginsk , Pavlovsky Posad and Staraya Kupavna .

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Elektrostal Distance

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Geographic coordinates of Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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Coordinates of Elektrostal in decimal degrees

Coordinates of elektrostal in degrees and decimal minutes, utm coordinates of elektrostal, geographic coordinate systems.

WGS 84 coordinate reference system is the latest revision of the World Geodetic System, which is used in mapping and navigation, including GPS satellite navigation system (the Global Positioning System).

Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) define a position on the Earth’s surface. Coordinates are angular units. The canonical form of latitude and longitude representation uses degrees (°), minutes (′), and seconds (″). GPS systems widely use coordinates in degrees and decimal minutes, or in decimal degrees.

Latitude varies from −90° to 90°. The latitude of the Equator is 0°; the latitude of the South Pole is −90°; the latitude of the North Pole is 90°. Positive latitude values correspond to the geographic locations north of the Equator (abbrev. N). Negative latitude values correspond to the geographic locations south of the Equator (abbrev. S).

Longitude is counted from the prime meridian ( IERS Reference Meridian for WGS 84) and varies from −180° to 180°. Positive longitude values correspond to the geographic locations east of the prime meridian (abbrev. E). Negative longitude values correspond to the geographic locations west of the prime meridian (abbrev. W).

UTM or Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system divides the Earth’s surface into 60 longitudinal zones. The coordinates of a location within each zone are defined as a planar coordinate pair related to the intersection of the equator and the zone’s central meridian, and measured in meters.

Elevation above sea level is a measure of a geographic location’s height. We are using the global digital elevation model GTOPO30 .

Elektrostal , Moscow Oblast, Russia