People Type: Epidemiology MS/PhD Faculty

Lu, Tianyuan

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Merten, Natascha

Biography Room 1040 WARF Office Building 610 Walnut Street Madison, WI 53726 Keywords: Sensory Aging, Cognitive Decline, Dementia, Healthy Brain Aging, Biomarkers Education Research Interests As a psychologist (MS) and aging epidemiologist (PhD) by training Dr. Merten’s research focuses on human brain aging. She aims to assess aging with a holistic approach through investigating general …

Narayan, Anand

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Patz, Jonathan

Biography Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Endowed Chair of Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 2011-2022 he served as inaugural Director of UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute and has faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population …

Peppard, Paul

Biography Lab Page  Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study  Paul Peppard joined the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences in 2008. He holds MS degrees in Preventive Medicine and Statistics, and a PhD degree in Epidemiology from UW–Madison. Dr. Peppard conducts NIH-funded epidemiologic research into the causes and consequences of sleep disorders. Specific areas of …

Phung, Minh Tung

Biography Dr. Phung is a cancer epidemiologist. His research interests span across the cancer continuum, including cancer etiology, prevention, and survivorship. Dr. Phung’s research has focused on (1) establishing new population-based studies to study cancer risk and survivorship, (2) developing and validating models for precision medicine in cancer, and implementing these models into clinical practice; …

Ryan Baumann, Mary

Biography Mary Ryan Baumann is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the departments of Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics & Medical Informatics; she joined the UW–Madison as a faculty member in 2023. Dr. Ryan received her PhD (2021) and MS (2019) in Statistics from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA (2016) in …

Schweizer, Marin

Sethi, Ajay

Biography Dr. Ajay Sethi’s research interests lie broadly in the study of infectious diseases. His studies aim to identify modifiable behavioral and structural factors associated with transmission and morbidity and mortality if infection is established. He works in the areas of HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, healthcare-associated infections, the microbiome, and addressing public health misinformation. In 2021, Dr. …

Trentham-Dietz, Amy

Biography Lab Page The Trentham-Dietz Lab As a cancer epidemiologist, Dr. Trentham-Dietz’s research is focused on breast cancer prevention, early detection and outcomes. She employs novel and traditional epidemiologic approaches in her studies complemented by methods deriving from health services research and simulation modeling. She has approached breast cancer prevention and detection by focusing on …