Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division

Primary Faculty

Farren Basil Shaw Briggs

Farren Basil Shaw Briggs

Pending Rank at Assoc. Professor

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Farren Briggs, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Briggs will continue to lead and engage in ongoing research, as well as build new collaborations to advance scientific endeavors in the department and in the Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Briggs is a...
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WayWay M. Hlaing

WayWay M. Hlaing

Professor of Professional Practice

(305) 243-3693
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Field of Interest: Chronic Conditions & Health Disparities Dr. WayWay M. Hlaing's education background consists an MBBS (a US Medical Degree equivalent based on the Scottish system of a 6-year medical curriculum), an MS degree in Health Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology. She joined the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) at...
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Jennifer Hu

Jennifer Hu

Professor

(305) 243-7796
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Field of Interest: Cancer Center & Control Dr. Hu is a Professor in the Departments of Public Health Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Human Genetics and Genomics. She is the Director of the Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division in the Department of Public Health Sciences. As a trans-disciplinary cancer...
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Adriana Jimenez

Adriana Jimenez

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 689-3154
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Adriana Jimenez is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Public Health Sciences. She is also an Infection Prevention Manager for the University of Miami Health System. Before joining the University of Miami,...
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David J Lee

David J Lee, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 243-6980
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Field of Interest: Occupational & Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Accreditation & Program Governance David Lee, Ph.D., has been a faculty member in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1990.  He serves as Department Chair and oversees all graduate programs on the...
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Ana M. Palacio

Ana M. Palacio

Professor of Clinical

(305) 243-9754
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Field of Interest: Minority Health and Health Disparities Dr. Ana M. Palacio is a clinician researcher and epidemiologist who completed the Internal Medicine residency at the University of Miami and a General Medicine Fellowship and Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She joined the University of Miami as faculty in...
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Paulo Pinheiro

Paulo Pinheiro

Research Professor

(305) 243-2390
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Field of Interest: Population-Based Cancer Epidemiology Paulo S. Pinheiro is a Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, with over 15 years of experience in population-based cancer epidemiology. He trained as a resident physician in Portugal where he specialized in Public Health, then...
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Victor Daniel Rosenthal

Victor Daniel Rosenthal

Research Associate Professor

(305) 343-3546
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Field of Interest: Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections and Multi Drug Resistant Organisms Dr. Victor D. Rosenthal is a Research Associate Professor at the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences, in the Department of Public Health Sciences, at Leonard M. Miller...
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James Shultz

James Shultz

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

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Field of Interest: Population Health, Disaster Public Health, Complexity Science, Substance Use Dr. James M. Shultz received his MS in Health Behavior Research in 1986 and his PhD in Behavioral Epidemiology in 1988 from the University of Minnesota. He joined the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami,...
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Secondary Faculty

Maria Luisa Alcaide

Maria Luisa Alcaide

Professor

(305) 243-8434
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Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases physician scientist, faculty member of the University of Miami for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a clinician and researcher, Dr. Alcaide has provided scientific and administrative oversight to numerous multidisciplinary research studies focused on HIV and other emerging infections in the US and...
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Tali Elfassy

Tali Elfassy

Research Asst. Professor

(305) 243-5674
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Dr. Tali Elfassy is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Elfassy’s research focuses on the area of cardiovascular disease and minority health. Her program of research focuses on understanding how complex cardiovascular...
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Kenneth W Goodman

Kenneth W Goodman

Professor
DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR BIOETHICS AND HEALTH POLICY
CO-DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY ETHICS PROGRAMS

(305) 243-5723
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Director, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy; Director, UM Ethics Programs Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE, is founder and director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy and director of the university’s Ethics Programs. The Institute has been designated a...
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Girardin Jean-Louis

Girardin Jean-Louis

Distinguished Professor

(917) 412-2640
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Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He is the Director of the Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences and the PRIDE Institute on Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. He has served on the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board,...
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Doug Johnson-Greene

Doug Johnson-Greene

Professor

(305) 243-8472
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Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP is a rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist who joined the faculty at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2009 after spending 13 years on the faculty of the Hopkins University School of Medicine.  He is currently a tenured Professor, Director of Neuropsychology and...
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Allan E Rodriguez

Allan E Rodriguez, M.D.

Professor of Clinical

(305) 243-3011
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Allan E Rodriguez, M.D. main areas of research are in the behavioral and clinical sciences in HIV-infected populations with a focus on interventions targeting disadvantaged patients including minorities, women, substance users and persons with mental health problems to reduce health disparities. He has extensive experience with clinical and...
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Tatjana Rundek

Tatjana Rundek

Professor

(305) 243-7847
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Dr. Tatjana Rundek is a Professor of Neurology, Epidemiology and Public Health with tenure, Executive Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs, Scientific Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, and a Director of Clinical Translational Research Division in the...
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William K Scott

William K Scott

Professor

(305) 243-2371
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William K. Scott, Ph.D. is Professor and Vice-Chair for Education & Training in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a core faculty member of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and...
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Jay M. Sosenko

Jay M. Sosenko, M.D.

Professor

(305) 243-6146
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Denise Christina Vidot

Denise Christina Vidot

Associate Professor

(305) 284-5740
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PhD Dr. Denise C. Vidot is a cannabis and psychedelics epidemiologist certified in cannabis patient care. Her NIH-funded post-doctoral training was in advanced epidemiologic methodology and cardiovascular clinical research with the NHLBI-funded multi-state cohort study, the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos at the University of...
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Joanne Wuu

Research Associate Professor

(305) 243-4819
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Voluntary Faculty

Alberto Barcelo

Alberto Barcelo

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Noella Dietz

Noella Dietz

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Deborah Gustafson

Deborah Gustafson

Voluntary Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Eric Hecht

Eric Hecht

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Dolly (Dolores) Katz

Dolly (Dolores) Katz

Voluntary Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Julie Kornfeld

Julie Kornfeld

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Van Lansingh

Van Lansingh

Voluntary Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Don Parris

Don Parris

Voluntary Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

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