Summer Interns 1999

Shannon Escalante
Bucknell University
Undergraduate Major: Biology & Statistics

Harvard School of Public Health
Graduate Major: Biostatistics

Mentor: David Wypij Ph.D
Associate Professor
Director of Student Admissions and Advising

Department of Biostatistics

Project: Stress immune function in the incidence of asthma
Andy Houseman
University of California
Undergraduate Major: Mathematics

Harvard School of Public Health
Graduate Major: Biostatistics

Mentor: Louise Ryan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biostatistics

Project: Environmental Health - Air Quality

Enyi Nwaneri
Yale University
Undergraduate Major: Economics

Harvard Medical School
Graduate Major:

Mentor: Lisa Berkman, Ph.D.
 Chair
 Department of Health and Social Behavior

Mentor: Tom Glass
 Assistant Professor

Department of Health and Social Behavior

Project: Families in Recovery From Stroke Trial (FIRST)

Keshia Pollack
Tufts University
Undergraduate Major:Sociology

Mentor: Stephen Gortmaker
 Senior Lecturer on Sociology
 Department of Health and Social Behavior

Mentor: Jean Wiecha, Ph.D.

Project: "Planet Health"

Eric Tchetgen
Yale University
Major: Applied Mathematics

Mentor: Rebecca Betensky Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics

Group Project: Statistical Analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Data

Petrona Valera-Mont
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Major: Psychology

Mentor: Rosalind Wright,MPH
 Instructor in Medicine
 Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr./Harvard Medical School

Project: Maternal-Child Lung Study

Isa Williams
Howard University
Major: Mathematics

Harvard School of Public Health
Graduate Major: Epidemiology

Mentor: Marie McCormick

Project: Follow-up study of very premature infants