EH PhD Student Directory

Nicole Almanzar
nalmanzar@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization:
Neuroimmunology
Faculty Advisor:
Adam Haber & Isaac Chiu 
Keywords: 
Air Pollution, Asthma, Cellular Biology, Environmental Justice, Genomics, Indoor Environment, Inflammation, Physiology, Respiratory, Socio Environment 


Yazan Alwadi
yazan_alwadi@fas.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health 
Faculty Advisor:
Petros Koutrakis  
Keywords:
Climate Change, Fracking, Heatwaves 


Sanjana Bhaskar
sbhaskar@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Gary Adamkiewicz
Keywords:  Air pollution, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Exposure Assessment, Environmental Justice, Indoor Environment


Erin Burman
eburman@g.Harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Francine Laden
Keywords: Environmental Justice, GIS, Spatial Epidemiology 


Edgar Castro
edgar_castro@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Joel Schwartz
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biostatistics, Built Environment, Cardiovascular, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Environmental Justice, Exposure Assessment, Food, Geospatial, Mortality, Risk Assessment, Stress


Marissa Chan
marissachan@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Tamarra James-Todd
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Beauty Justice, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, Endocrine Disruptors, Personal Care Products, Community-Engagement


Julian (Chen) Chen
chenchen@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health/Occupational Health
Faculty Advisor:
Stefanos Kales
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biostatistics, Cardiovascular, Climate Change, Elderly, Engineering, Epidemiology, Food, Indoor Environment, Injuries, Occupational Health, Respiratory, Socio Environment, Stress


Marina (Di) Chen
dichen@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposure Assessment
Faculty Advisor: Jack Spengler
Keywords: Built Environment, Genomics, Indoor Environment, Microbiome


Sherry (Siyu ) Chen 
siyuchen1@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health Molecular Physiology
Faculty Advisor: Zachary D. Nagel
Keywords: DNA Repair, Cancer, Drug Resistance, Single-cell RNA Sequencing, Environmental Mutagen


Carolina de Athayde Mendonça
carolina_mendonca@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health Molecular Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Bernardo Lemos
Keywords: Aging, DNA, Epigenetics


Ryan Dalforno
Rdalforno@g.Harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposure Assessment
Faculty Advisor: Peter James
Keywords: Ecology, Immune Disorders, Mobile Health Methods, Nature 


Sandra Dedesko
sdedesko@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposure Assessment
Faculty Advisor: Joe Allen
Keywords: Built Environment, Cognitive Function, Exposure Assessment, Indoor Environment, Indoor Air Quality, Sustainability, Wellbeing


Shuxin Dong
shuxindong@hsph.harvard.edu 
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Antonella Zanobetti
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biostatics, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Climate Change, Cognitive, Elderly, Epidemiology, Geospatial


Khondaker Mohammed Mohiuddin Ekram 
ekram@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Justice
Faculty Advisor: Gary Adamkiewicz
Keywords: Built Environment, Health Disparities, Urban Planning


Sophie Erlich 
sophieerlich@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Bioengineering/Mechanisms of Disease
Faculty Advisor: Zachary Nagel
Keywords: Environmental Exposures, DNA damage, DNA repair


Xin Fang
xfang@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization:  Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Carmen Messerlian
Keywords: Air Pollution, Asthma, Biostatistics, Environmental Justice, Maternal, Reproductive, Water Pollution


Justin Farmer
jfarmer@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Marc Weisskopf
Keywords: Biostatistics, Built Environment, Cognitive, Elderly, Environmental Justice, Epidemiology, Geospatial, Metals, Socio Environment


Midori Flores
midoriflores@fas.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Cancer Microenvironment
Faculty Advisor: Zachary Nagel and Jessalyn Ubellacker
Keywords: Cancer, DNA Damage and Repair, Ionizing Radiation, Metabolism, Metastases, Precision Medicine, Space Health Research


Ruby Hickman 
rhickman@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Marc Weisskopf
Keywords: Early Life Exposures, Epidemiology, Metals, Neurological and Psychiatric Health


Cindy Hu
cindyhu@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Jaime Hart
Keywords: Built Environment, Mobile Health, Sleep 


Jake Jensen
jjensen@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Stem Cell Biology
Faculty Advisor: Carla Kim
Keywords: Aging, Lung Repair, Stem Cell Biology 


Lissah Johnson
lissah_johnson@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposures
Faculty Advisor: Kristopher Sarosiek
Keywords:  Cancer, Cell Mechanics, Environmental Justice, Indoor Environment, Industrial Hygiene, Inflammation, Nano-Materials, Medical Exposures, Organic Chemicals, Physiology, Reproductive


Jordana Leader
Jordana@hsph.Harvard.esu
Area of Specialization: Environmental and Reproductive Health
Faculty Advisor: Russ Hauser
Keywords: Cognitive, Epidemiology, Organic Chemicals, Perinatal, Reproductive


Bryce (Zichuan) Li
zichuan_li@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Adam Haber
Keywords: Air Pollution, Asthma, Indoor Environment,  Respiratory


Jahred Liddie
jliddie@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposure Assessment
Faculty Advisor: Elise Sunderland
Keywords: Biostatistics, Engineering, Environmental Justice, Geospatial, Organic Chemicals, Socio Environment, Sustainability, Water Pollution


Shelton Lo
sheltonlo@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental and Occupational Health
Faculty Advisor: David Christiani
Keywords: Cancer


Tabitha Lumour-Mensah 
tlumourmensah@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Bernardo Lemos
Keywords:  Cellular Biology, Epidemiology, Epigenetic, Exposure Assessment Cell Mechanics, Metals,  Perinatal, Reproductive, Water Pollution


Dean Marengi
dean_marengi@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Susan Korrick
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biostatistics, Cognitive,  Exposure Assessment, Geospatial, Inflammation, Perinatal, Physiology, Reproductive


Hannah Matthews
hmatthews@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Exposures
Faculty Advisor: TBD
Keywords: Air Pollution, Asthma, Cellular Biology, Climate Change, Molecular Mechanisms, Toxicology


Phyllis Mugadza
phyllismugadza@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Health Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Shruthi Mahalingaiah
Keywords: Reproductive Health


Marshae Nickelberry 
mnickelberry@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Tamarra James-Todd
Keywords: Aging, Casual Inference, Environmental Justice, Health Disparities, Life-Course Epidemiology


Marwa Osman 
marwaosman@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Biomedical Science and Environmental Health Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor: Kristopher Sarosiek and Marc Weisskopf
Keywords: Biomarkers, Cellular Biology, Exposure Assessment,  Metals,  Perinatal,  Physiology, Radiation


Jennifer Rooney
jrooney@hsph.harvard.edu 
Area of Specialization: Environmental Epidemiology  
Faculty Advisor: 
Jaime Hart
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biological Mediation 


Emily Silva
esilva@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental and Reproductive Health
Faculty Advisor: Shruthi Mahalingaiah
Keywords: Air Pollution, Epidemiology, Nano-Materials, Organic Chemicals, Reproductive


Oyku Sumer 
oykusumer@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Cancer Biology
Faculty Advisor: Flaminia Catteruccia
Keywords: Cancer Treatment Toxicity. Chemotherapy/IR Resistance, Targeted Therapies


Hantao Wang
hantao_wang@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Occupational Epidemiology 
Faculty Advisor:
David Christiani
Keywords: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment, Genomics, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Respiratory, Risk Assessment


Chihfu Wei
chihfuwei@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Faculty Advisor:  Maitreyi Mazumdar
Keywords: Climate Change, Epidemiology 


Joseph Wilson
joseph_wilson@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Exposure Assessment and Environmental Justice
Faculty Advisor: Gary Adamkiewicz
Keywords: Children’s Health,  Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, Housing


Charlotte Wirth
cwirth@fas.harvard.edu 
Area of Specialization: Neuroimmunology and Neurotoxicity
Faculty Advisor: Quan Liu
Keywords: Biomarkers, Cellular Biology, Cognitive, Inflammation, Neurodegeneration, Metals, Physiology, Water Pollution 


Ting Zhai
tingzhai@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization: Environmental/Occupational Molecular Epidemiology
Faculty Advisors: Zac Nagel & David Christiani
Keywords: Biomarkers, Cancer, Cellular Biology, Epidemiology,  Genomics, Respiratory


Yuchen Zhao
yuchenzhao@g.harvard.edu
Area of Specialization:  Molecular Epidemiology
Faculty Advisors: David Christiani
Keywords: Cancer Biomarkers, Immunotherapy, Statistical Genetics, Survival Analysis,  Trans-Omics


Jane (Zijing) Zhu
zijingzhu@g.harvard.edu|
Area of Specialization:  Mechanisms of Disease
Faculty Advisors: Zhi-min Yuan
Keywords: Cancer, Cellular Biology, Immunometabolism, Wetlab