Faculty Research Interests

Research Topics: Global HIV/AIDS prevention and care; immigrant and refugee health; health disparities and health equity; technology-based research methods (e.g., social media platforms such as WhatsApp); implementation science; reproductive and sexual health; mixed-methods research

Research Topics: Cancer survivorship; tobacco cessation; health communications

Research Topics: Molecular epidemiology; cancer treatment outcomes; risk factors associated with the development of breast cancer.

Research Topics: Maternal and child health; One Health; Infectious Disease prevention and control; global development and health; climate change; flood borne outbreaks; water insecurity; water quality; antimicrobial resistance; rapid diagnostics; STEM education; transdisciplinary collaboration

Research Topics: Women's health; methodology; epidemiology.

Research Topics: Environmental and occupational epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; pesticides; air pollution; radon; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; phthalates.

Research Topics: Community Health Workers; maternal and child health; stress; patient-centered, culturally responsive care; community engagement; health disparities

Research Topics: Health education; cognitive restructuring; community engagement; behavioral intervention design; tobacco cessation

Research Topics: Effects of toxic chemicals on child health, maternal and child health, and nutritional interventions among children

Research Topics: Pediatric environmental epidemiology with a focus on maternal and pediatric exposure to various environmental toxins/toxicants (e.g. lead, perfluorinated compounds, and phthalates) and the impact on immune dysfunction, endocrine disruption, respiratory disease, vaccine response, allergy, and breastfeeding success.

Research Topics/Projects: Cancer epidemiology, using epidemiologic tools to understand carcinogenesis at the population, individual, tissue and molecular levels to better prevent and control the disease risk and progression. Much of my work includes a focus on nutrition and alcohol. Recent projects include examination of factors associated with mortality after a breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer epidemiology in Puerto Rico, and examination of reduction of alcohol consumption in relation to cancer risk and mortality. In addition, I am working on a project regarding caregiving and caretaking among those with disability.

Research Topics: Evaluation of tobacco policies; cancer and tobacco surveillance; biostatistical support.

Research Topics: Environmental epidemiology; global health; health effects of mixtures; toxic metals and child development; nutrient-metal interactions; dietary predictors of toxicant exposure.

Research Topics: Measurement of physical activity and functional capacity, and their influence on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and healthy aging.

Research Topics: Child health services research; children and youth with special health care needs; pediatric trauma; implementation science; health politics; public health governance

Research Interests: Nutritional epidemiology and age-related chronic disease; age-related eye disease; periodontal disease; vitamin D; diet patterns

Research Topics: Ovarian cancer risk and prognosis; modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors

Research Topics: Role of inflammation in ovarian cancer; radiation exposure and subsequent reproductive health indicators; environmental risk factors for breast cancer.

Research Topics: Assessing air pollution exposure and associated health outcomes, and the underlying biological mechanisms; examining lifestyle factors, gene-environment interaction, and cancer etiology, survival and prevention; as well as using a life-course approach to understand the role of various environmental and social exposure on child development and human health.

Research Topics: Maternal and child health; cardiometabolic health; life course; epigenetics; environmental epidemiology; mixture; susceptible window of exposure; DOHaD; vulnerable population; refugee health; telomere; biological aging; early life; endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Research Topics: Health outcomes and quality of care assessment; economic evaluation of healthcare programs; comparative effectiveness research; multidisciplinary team science and stakeholder engagement; implementation science, and regional care delivery in surgical oncology.

Research Topics: Genetic epidemiology of complex traits; cancer health disparities; obesity and cancer risk; hormones and aging, women’s health.

Research Topics: Assessing the health risks and biomarkers of exposure; effect and susceptibility to pesticides, air pollutants and persistent halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons.

Research Topics: Environmental health and toxicology; environmental epigenetics; mechanism(s) of metal carcinogenesis; development of alternative and novel prevention and treatment approaches for human diseases related to environmental exposures; and FRY gene and cancer progression.

Research Topics: Impact of physical activity on pregnancy complications, maternal wellness, geographic information systems for exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of physical activity, the built environment, and environmental exposures

Research Topics: Biomarkers; cancer; hormone therapy; hormonal variation; menopause; oral microbiome; osteoporosis; oxidative stress; periodontal disease; women's health.

Research Topics: Environmental exposure monitoring, air pollution modeling, health impacts of environmental exposures.

Research Topics: Environmental epidemiology; health impacts of climate change; air pollution health effects; mitigation and adaptation to climate change; risk and resilience

Research Topics: Preventive medicine; public health; general epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology; biology; pedagogy in public health