Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

Graduate Students

Chia-Yen Chen
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Building II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-7092
Fax: 617-432-1722
Email: cychen@hsph.harvard.edu

Research Interests:
Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

  

Jason Wong
Research Coordinator
Immaculata DeVivo Molecular Epidemiology Research Laboratory
Web site: http://devivo.bwh.harvard.edu/

Contact Information:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
221 Longwood Avenue EBRC609
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-525-7729
Fax: 617-525-2008
Email: jason.wong@channing.harvard.edu

Research Interests:
Currently eliciting the mechanism by which the +331G/A polymorphism in the human progesterone receptor predisposes Caucasian women to endometrial and breast cancer.

 

Linda Hiraki
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-7092
Email: lhiraki@hsph.harvard.edu

Research Interests:
Genetic epidemiology of complex diseases

 

Zhonghua Liu
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Email: zliu@hsph.harvard.edu

Research Interests:
Statistical genetics

 

Shasha Meng
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 214
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-1904
Email: smeng@hsph.harvard.edu

 

Akweley Ablorh
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Email: aablorh@hsph.harvard.edu

Research Interests:
Applied statistical methods to explore the interaction of environmental exposures and genetic determinants.  Particularly epigenetic markers as a potential tool in the prediction of chronic disease.

 

Gaurav Bhatia
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Email: gbhatia@hsph.harvard.edu

 

Tristan Hayeck
Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 200
Boston, MA 02115
Email: thayeck@hsph.harvard.edu

 

Xin Li
Master’s Student
Department of Epidemiology

Contact Information:
655 Huntington Avenue
Bldg II, Room 214
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-1904
Email: xli@hsph.harvard.edu