Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Convocation
May 17, 2016

2 History of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

3 Order of Procession

4 Order of Events

5 Awards to Faculty

6 Special Honors

7 Scholarships and Award Recipients

10 Candidates for the Degrees of

Master of Health Administration

Master of Health Science

Master of Public Policy

Master of Science in Public Health

Master of Science

Master of Public Health

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Public Health

42 Certificates Awarded

45 Student Assembly Officers

46 Student Assembly Recognition Awards

47 Centennial Convocation Speaker

48 Society of Scholars

50 The School Mace, Regalia and Symbols

51 International Declaration of Health Rights

A Century of Public Health at Johns Hopkins
In 1916, with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, William Henry Welch founded the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health. It was the first independent, degree-granting institution for research and training in public health.

Since then, our work has expanded in scope and across the globe. Our microbiologists work to find a vaccine for malaria, while behav-
ioral scientists research ways to discourage populations from smoking. Environmental health scientists work to discover which foods
prevent cancer, while health policy analysts evaluate health insurance programs and make recommendations based on their findings.
Epidemiologists identify trends in health and illness, looking for links, causes and interventions in areas such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculo-
sis and infant mortality. And there is so much more.

Join us as we look to another century of Protecting Health, Saving LivesMillions at a Time.

1795 1948 1980s 2008

Johns Hopkins is born on his
familys tobacco plantation in
southern Maryland
1873
Mr. Hopkins dies, leaving
$7 million to establish the
Johns Hopkins University and
Hospital
1876
Johns Hopkins University is
founded in Baltimore
1916
On June 13, Johns Hopkins
University receives a grant
from the Rockefeller
Foundation to establish the
School of Hygiene and Public
Health
1920
The Certificate of Public
Health program is established
and William H. Welch founds
the American Journal of
Hygiene
1922
Biochemist E.V. McCollum
and his team discover vitamin
D
Immunologists David Bodian,
Howard Howe and Isabel
Morgan from the Department
of Epidemiology, identify
three types of poliovirus, lay-
ing groundwork that leads to
the Salk polio vaccine
1957
Alumnus Leroy Burney is the
first Surgeon General to of-
ficially declare that cigarette
smoking is a causative factor
of lung cancer
1963
Toxicologist Anna Baetjer,
one of the first scientists
to identify the relationship
between occupation and lung
cancer, establishes a research
and training program at Johns
Hopkins in environmental
toxicology
1966-1977
Dean Emeritus and alumnus
D.A. Henderson leads the
World Health Organization
campaign to eradicate
smallpox
Epidemiologist B. Frank Polk
achieved international rec-
ognition for his AIDS exper-
tise, devising studies of the
natural history of the disease
before the HIV virus was even
discovered
1976-1980
Dean Emeritus Alfred
Sommer proves a 4-cent dose
of vitamin A prevents blind-
ness and dramatically reduces
childhood mortality
1999
Virologist Keerti Shah co-
authors the definitive epide-
miology study linking cervical
cancer to human papilloma
virus (HPV), paving the way
for diagnostic testing and the
eventual vaccine
2001
The Schools name is changed
to the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public
Health to honor the support
and contributions of Michael
Nobel laureate Peter Agre
leads the Johns Hopkins
Malaria Research Institute in
novel research aimed at reduc-
ing and eliminating malaria
2012
The Moore Center for the
Prevention of Child Sexual
Abuse is established as the
first academic research center
focused on child sexual abuse
prevention
2015
The Bloomberg School of
Public Health hosts a sympo-
sium on opioid prescription
drug abuse
THE FUTURE
How will
you make
public

1974
Bloomberg

1939
The Certificate of Public
Health (CPH) becomes the
Master of Public Health
(MPH) degree, creating the
template for other public
health programs around the
world
Susan P. Baker develops a
key tool in injury prevention
called the Injury Severity
Score
2006
health
Faculty members Ronald Gray
and Maria Wawer demon-
history?
strate reduction of HIV trans-
mission by circumcision

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Order of Procession
Chief Marshal
Linda Pickle, Alumna

Graduates Marshals
Carey C. Borkoski, Assistant Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Michelle Carlson, Associate Professor, Mental Health
Josef Coresh, Professor, Epidemiology
Jessica Jones-Smith, Assistant Professor, International Health
Jonathan Golub, Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Larissa Jennings, Assistant Professor, International Health
Alan Scott, Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

The Graduates

Faculty Marshal
Joanne Katz, Professor, International Health

The Faculty

Principals Marshal
Ellen MacKenzie, Professor and Chair, Health Policy and Management

Commencement Marshals
David Bishai, Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Joanne Katz, Professor, International Health

Honored Guests

Deans

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Order of Events
Greetings Michael J. Klag, Dean

Remarks Nicolae Done, President, Student Assembly

Announcement of Awards and Honors

Convocation Address Mona Hanna-Attisha, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Hurley Medical
Center

Recitation of Oath Class of 2016

Diploma and Hooding Ceremony

Michael J. Klag, Dean
Sara Bennett, Associate Professor, Health Systems, International Health
Terry R. Brown, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Marie Diener-West, Program Chair, Master of Public Health Program
Janet DiPietro, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty
Heath Elliott, Associate Dean for External Affairs
Laura L. Morlock, Associate Dean for Education and Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Jane Schlegel, Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
Joshua M. Sharfstein, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Training
Michael Ward, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Masters of Health Administration

Masters of Health Science
Masters of Public Policy
Masters of Science in Public Health
Masters of Science
Masters of Public Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Doctors of Public Health

Closing Remarks Linda Pickle, Alumna

Recessional
The audience is requested to remain standing until faculty and graduates leave the area.
Music by: Lexington Bass Quintet

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Awards to Faculty

Golden Apple Awards

Student recognition for excellence in teaching
Carey C. Borkoski, Health Policy and Management
Gundula Bosch, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Justin Lessler, Epidemiology
John McGready, Biostatistics

AMTRA Awards
Student recognition for excellence in advising, mentoring, and teaching
Judit K. Bass, Mental Health
David M. Bishai, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
John F.P. Bridges, Health Policy and Management
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Epidemiology
Jed W. Fahey, International Health
Jessica C. Jones-Smith, International Health
Justin Lessler, Epidemiology
Mindi B. Levin, Health Policy and Management
Stephen P. Teret, Health Policy and Management
Andrea L. Wirtz, Epidemiology

Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal

Presented to a faculty member for outstanding contribution to the teaching programs of the School
Albert Wu, Health Policy and Management

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Special Honors

Heritage Award Outstanding Recent Graduate Award

This award honors alumni and friends of the University This award recognizes recent graduates of Johns
who have contributed outstanding service over an Hopkins (within 10 years of graduation) for outstanding
extended period to the progress of the University or the achievement or service in their professional or
activities of the Alumni Association. volunteer life.
David M. Paige Lilly Kan
Kung-Yee Liang Yusheng Zhang
Diane Griffin
Woodrow Wilson Award
Distinguished Alumni Award This award recognizes alumni who have brought credit
to Johns Hopkins University by their current or recently
Alumni who receive the Distinguished Alumni Award
concluded distinguished public service as elected or
typify the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and
appointed officials.
have brought credit to the University by their personal
accomplishment, professional achievement or Antonio F.C. Correia de Campos
humanitarian service.
Abhay T. Bang
Rani Abhay Bang
Thomas Inui
Jackie Lavigne
Moyses Szklo
Samuel D.J. Yeh

Global Achievement Award

This award honors alumni who exemplify the Johns
Hopkins tradition of excellence and have brought
credit to the University and their profession in the
international arena through their professional
achievements or humanitarian service. The award was
formerly known as the Knowledge for the World
award.
Hamam Hadi
Caitlin Reed
Keerti Shah
Keith Parker West Jr.

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Scholarship and Award Recipients

P.D. Agarwal Scholarship Endowed Scholarship in the Health of Mothers and

Children
To MPH students from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal Maldives, Bhutan or Sri Lanka. To a student whose interests, research and career plans
are focused on improving the health and saving lives of
Lalawmpuia Hmar
mothers and children
Jennifer Wenjing Tao
Leah Derege Seifu

J. Howard Beard Fellowship

The Eskridge Family Student Support Fund for
To an outstanding student pursuing a career in local or International Students
state public health work
To an outstanding international student
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin
Khay Mar Aung
Peiqui Wang
David and Patricia Bernstein Scholarship
To an outstanding MPH student
Global Health Scholars
Katherine Lee Rosettie
Supports students in the MPH program
Braveen Ragunanthan
The David and Elinor Bodian Scholarship Fund
To a doctoral student in any department at the School
Howard C. and Jane R. Goodman Fund
whose dissertation research is at a critical juncture.
To an outstandng MPH student
Naoko Kozaki
Elizabeth Ann Fracica
The Carr Family Humanitarians Scholarship Fund
The Sibley and Catherine Hoobler Award for Excellence in
To support full-time MPH students at the Johns
Public Health and Medicine
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
To an outstanding medical student who is pursuing
Han Win Htat
studies at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ruchi Srivastava Doshi
Center For A Livable Future-Lerner Fellowship
To doctoral students who are committed to the
Lee M. and Maxwell C. Howard Scholarship Fund for
discovery and/or application of knowledge about public
International Students
health challenges associated with the current food
system, and/or about the creation of a healthier, more Provides scholarships for international students
equitable and more resilient food system
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin
Patrick Anthony Baron
Kevin McCalmon Fain The John C. Hume Fund for Academic Excellence and
Promise in an MPH Student
Katherine Abowd Johnson
Recognizing an MPH student with demonstrated
Sarah OConor Rodman
academic excellence and professional promise
Julia Alexandra Wolfson
Angela Rose Flignor

Deans Alumni Advisory Counscil Scholarship

Cynthia and Robert Lawence Scholarship
To a doctoral student supporting research in sustaining
To a student whose public health interests have a direct
life for future generations
bearing on the priorities and focus of the Center for a
Christine Riani Kaufmann Livable Future
Joelle Johnson

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Edward and Kathy Ludwig Scholarship Fund Phi Beta Kappa
To students in the Schools doctoral program National Honor Society
Jessica Erin Atwell Winnie Chia-hsuan Chi
Samantha Cukier
The Dr. Cynthia Maung Endowed Scholarship Fund
Peter Charles Dumoulin
To outstanding medical students pursuing an MPH
Virginia Adair Fonner
degree
Nathachit Limjunyawong
Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze
Sabrina Jane Nolan
The Ruth Rice Puffer Fund For International Student Huitong Qiu
Support
Andreea Monica Rawlings
To an outstanding masters degree student who is not a
Ian Jude Saldanha
U.S. citizen
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves
Jamile Rusbania Ballovian Cuellar
Kerry Elizabeth Scott
Sommer Scholars Tavitiya Sudjaritruk
Recognizing MPH and doctoral students with Amber Elizabeth Willink
outstanding academic ability and public health
leadership potential
Upsilon Phi Delta
Marcelo Cerullo
National academic honor society for students in
Sugar Satish Chawla healthcare administration programs
William Cherniak Liana Lee Burns
Jennifer Camille Effler Christine Stephanie Careaga
Emily Marshall Hylton Matthew David Castner
Hasan Shamsh Merali Neil Claracay
Rashmi Vijay Patil Mariya Grygorenko
Genevieve Adelle Purcell Laura Bishop Hand
Mary Kathleen Quinn Victoria Lo
Tehreem Rehman Amy Marie McDonough
Elizabeth Ann Toure Carolina Rayzel
Julie Anne Sorensen
The Watt/Hansell Endowment
Meherazade Sumariwalla
To an outstanding student pursuing training at the
Brandon Joseph Earl Thomas
School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Jane Jiayu Yang
Dane Samuel Moran

Dr. Chun Hui Yen & Wang Pei Yen Scholarship Fund
To a student from Taiwan or China with demonstrated
academic excellence and financial need
Peiqi Wang

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Delta Omega
National Public Health Honor Society
Oyintayo Ajiboye Daniel Richard Hostetler Claro Montesa Pio Roda Jr.

Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze Carolyn Renee Hricko Jennifer Cohen Price

Daniel Alexis Antiporta Han Win Htat Genevieve Adelle Purcell

Jessica Erin Atwell Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer Emmanuel Mensah Quaye III

Michael Matthew Barna Inimfon Nsikak Jackson Braveen Ragunanthan

Ariana Isabel Bengtsson Abisola Jumoke Jegede Naomi M. Rapp

Douglas Phillip Blackall Shuai Jiang Sheila Razdan

Jasmine Michelle Blake Shiyin Jiao Jacqueline R. Roche

Meghan Ann Bohren Katherine Abowd Johnson Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado

Daryl Ray Cheng Jeremy Calvin Kane Leona Fitzgerald Rosenblum

William Cherniak Matthew James Keenan Shae Ian Rowlandson

Nicholas Frederick Chiumenti Shireen Rajai Khoury Jacqueline Marie Ryan

Elisabeth Nicole Chop Natalie Kish Benjamin Daegun Schanker

Caitlin Jean Cotter Carleigh Beth Krubiner Jessica Lynn Schue

Norah Lee Crossnohere Yu-Hsuan Lai Leah Derege Seifu

Michelle Case Davidson Lisa Ann Landsman Ye Shen

Molly Deutsch-Feldman Kristen Marie Little Nicolette Charlotte Strauss

Ruchi Srivastava Doshi Caitlin Marie Lowery Mary Elizabeth Summers

Jennifer Camille Effler Sean Henry Maloney Michelle Jennifer Sun

Jessica L. Elf Grace Emily Mandel Nadiya Azizeh Sunderji

Lauren Elizabeth Ellis Pia Maria Mauro Aracelis Z. Torres

Kevin McCalmon Fain Tracy Lauren McClair Annie P.A. Tran

Wareef Ibrahim M. Fallatah Meghan Dolan McGinty Jui-Hua Tsai

Cecilia A. Flatley Hasan Shamsh Merali Lauryn Saxe

Virginia Adair Fonner Patrick Bates Murphy Fiona H. Weeks

Alison Marie Gauthier Sarah McIvor Murray Cassia Anne Wells

Claire Louise Gillum Tianna Maria Negron Amber Elizabeth Willink

Alexandra Rachel Greenberg Anne Elizabeth Nigra Julia Alexandra Wolfson

Laurence Josofati Gunde Nneoma Benedicta Nnodum Ping Teresa Yeh

Omar Harfouch Victor Muyiwa Okunrintemi Sarah Yoosun Youn

Blandine Bustamante Helfrich Edward Michieka Onyango Yuanting Zha

Jason Corey Hirshberg Rashmi Vijay Patil

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Candidates for the
Master of Health Administration
May 1, 2016

Humoud M. Aljalahma, of Bayan, Kuwait; B.S., Saint Amy Marie McDonough, of Annandale, New Jersey;
Louis University. Health Policy and Management. B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Rachel Elizabeth Bidgood, of West Boylston,
Massachusetts; B.S., University of Massachusetts. Carolina Vaz Rayzel, of Holland, Michigan; B.S.,
Health Policy and Management. University of Michigan. Health Policy and Management.
Kathleen Sheridan Blyth, of Austin, Texas; B.S.W., Erica Celine Romero, of Houston, Texas; B.S.,
University of Texas. Health Policy and Management. California Institute of Technology. Health Policy and
Management.
Liana L. Burns, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., The George
Washington University. Health Policy and Management. Arron Sikka, of Denver, Colorado; M.S., Regis University;
B.A., University of Colorado. Health Policy and
Christine S. Careaga, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
Management.
B.S., University of Maryland. Health Policy and
Management. Gaurav Partap Singh, of Linthicum Heights, Maryland;
M.B.,B.S., Government Medical College. Health Policy
Matthew David Castner, of Columbia, Maryland; B.S.
and Management.
& B.A., University of Maryland. Health Policy and
Management. Julie Anne Sorensen, of Littleton, Colorado; M.S., Wake
Forest University; B.A., University of Colorado. Health
Neil Harry Claracay, of Orlando, Florida; B.S., Georgetown
Policy and Management.
University. Health Policy and Management.
Meherazade Adille Sumariwalla, of Mumbai, India; B.A.,
Mitali N. Desai, of Wilmington, Delaware; B.A. & B.S.,
Wesleyan University. Health Policy and Management.
University of Delaware. Health Policy and Management.
Rachel Swartz, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Mariya Grygorenko, of Dallas, Texas; B.S. & B.A.,
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
University of Texas. Health Policy and Management.
Brandon Joseph Earl Thomas, of Los Angeles, California;
Laura Bishop Hand, of Kennebunkport, Maine; B.A.,
B.S., Tulane University. Health Policy and Management.
Brandeis University. Health Policy and Management.
Laura Jean Wortman, of Wilmington, North Carolina;
Sai Mukund Khisty, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Rutgers
B.A., Southern Methodist University. Health Policy and
University. Health Policy and Management.
Management.
Carolyn House Kniefel, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S.,
Jane Jiayu Yang, of New York, New York; B.Sc., Cornell
Lehigh University. Health Policy and Management.
University. Health Policy and Management.
Victoria Lo, of Seattle, Washington; B.S., Massachusetts
Yixin Zhao, of Washington, District of Columbia; B.A.,
Institute of Technology. Health Policy and
Duke University. Health Policy and Management.
Management.

*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015

**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015

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Candidates for the
Master of Health Science
May 1, 2016
Sadaf Sadie Ahari, of Springfield, Virginia; B.A., George
Washington University. Mental Health.
Akriti Ahuja, of Boca Raton, Florida; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Ibrahim A. Al-Jabbar, of Los Angeles, California; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
William Cox Altekruse, of Kensington, Maryland; B.S.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Mental Health.
Loretta R. Anderson, of Reisterstown, Maryland; M.A., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., College of Notre Dame of
Maryland. Mental Health.
Kim Aquino, of San Antonio, Texas; B.S., The University of Texas.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Rashmi Nisha Aurora, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; M.D. &
B.S., Brown University. Clinical Investigation. **
Briella Lexene Baer, of Asheville, North Carolina; B.S., Denison
University. Mental Health.
Javaughn R. Baker, of Panama City, Florida; B.S., Emory
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Joshua Troy Barnett, of Wilmington, Delaware; M.A., Hood
College; B.S., Florida State University. Mental Health.
Sunakshi Bassi, of Annapolis, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Rachel Shaina Bergstein, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
University of Maryland. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Aditya Bhonsale, of Annapolis, Maryland; M.D., University of
Bombay. Epidemiology.
Brendan Blackford, of Eastport, New York; B.A., Goucher
College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Jennifer Roell Brandon, of Piura, Peru; B.S., University of
Maryland. Environmental Health Sciences.
Laura Ioana Budurlean, of Reading, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Pennsylvania State University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology.
Ruth Allen Burrows, of Columbus, Ohio; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.
Yue Cao, of Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
Laura Christine Cappelli, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University. Clinical Investigation.*
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
Carolina Ivonne Cardona Cabrera, of Cochabamba, Bolivia;
B.S., Universidad Privada Boliviana. International Health.
Carlos Xavier Castellanos, of San Diego, California; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Daniel Chang, of Novi, Michigan; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Amandip S. Cheema, of Grand Island, New York; B.S., University
at Buffalo. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Alice Sofie Yi-Jean Chen, of Vancouver, Canada; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Di Chen, of Fuzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.M.S., Fudan
University. Epidemiology.
Mingxin Chen, of Yuncheng, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Colorado State University; B.S., East China Normal University.
Health Policy and Management.
Qinyu Chen, of Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Zhejiang University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Xiaohan Chen, of Shenyang, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Beijing University. Epidemiology.
Yan Chen, of Xiamen, Peoples Republic of China; B.S., Fudan
University. Epidemiology.
Francine Chingcuanco, of Toronto, Canada; B.S., University of
Toronto. Epidemiology.
Marli DeAnn Choate, of Wayne City, Illinois; B.A. & B.S., Eastern
Illinois University. Mental Health.
Shannon Elizabeth Ciprut, of Belmar, New Jersey; B.A., Wake
Forest University. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Adrian Antonio Cotarelo, of Miami, Florida; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.*
Deanna Marie Cotsalas, of Smithtown, New York; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Kathryn King Cristaldi, of Radford, Virginia; M.D., Medical
College of Virginia; B.S., University of Dayton. Population, Family
and Reproductive Health.*
Norah Lee Crossnohere, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Skidmore College. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Monica Latreice Daniels, of Enfield, Connecticut; B.A.,
University of Connecticut; M.S., Sacred Heart University. Mental
Health.
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Bailey Marie DeBarmore, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
Cornell University. Epidemiology.
Tara Grant Dhingra, of Boston, Massachusetts; B.S.,
Northeastern University. Epidemiology.
Anjali Preetika Dogra, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. & M.D.,
Stony Brook University. Clinical Investigation.*
Leena K. Elbedour, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.S., George Mason
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Romanus Roland Faigle, of Detmold, Germany; M.D.,
University of Marburg; Ph.D., University of Gothenburg. Clinical
Investigation.*
Jason Ira Feinberg, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Anthony Richard Fidaleo, of Stamford, Conneticut; B.A., New
York University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Amelia Rae Fitts, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Sarah Jane Flessa, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.S.P.H., The Ohio State
University. Epidemiology.
Megan Hoi Yan Fong, of Santa Clara, California; B.S., University
of California, Santa Cruz. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Danyelle Maria Fraser, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Pittsburgh. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Ruth Julia Geller, of Olney, Maryland; B.S., University of
Pittsburgh. Epidemiology.
Anagha Uday Gogate, of North Brunswick, New Jersey; B.A.,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Policy and
Management.
Kaylin Shae Gonzalez, of San Diego, California; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Shelby Marie Graham, of Goshen, Kentucky; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Adrienne Janelle Green, of Hempstead, New York; B.S.,
Oakwood University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Pavitra Venkata Gudur, of Alpharetta, Georgia; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Hibbah Haddam, of Springfield, Virginia; B.S., George Mason
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Liya Haile, of Chesterfield, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Bereketeab Hailesealassie, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Missouri. Clinical Investigation.*
Katherine Elizabeth Hamlet, of Voorhees, New Jersey; B.S., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Gerard Dean Hampton, of Farmington, Connecticut; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Noor Aladdin Hason, of Louisville, Colorado; B.A., University of
Colorado. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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Deson Galen Haynie, of Mapleton, Utah; B.S., Brigham Young
University. International Health.
Katherine Elizabeth Hein, of Durham, North Carolina; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Sophia Eugenie Heitmiller, of Reisterstown, Maryland; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology.
Rezzan Hekmat, of Nashville, Tennessee; B.S., Belmont
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Jason Corey Hirshberg, of Boulder, Colorado; B.A., University of
Colorado. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Sarah Rose Holloway, of Detroit, Michigan; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Gina Hong, of Eatontown, New Jersey; M.D. & B.A., Rutgers
University. Clinical Investigation.*
Jonathan Colin Hong, of Vancouver, Canada; M.D., University of
Toronto; B.S., Cornell University. Health Policy and Management.
John Wesley Hopkins, of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Ping Hu, of An Qing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S. & M.S.,
Fudan University. Biostatistics. **
Yuru Huang, of Quzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.S., Sun
Yat-Sen University. Epidemiology.
Bradley John Hunt, of Havertown, Pennsylvania; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Jocelyn Hwang, of Houston, Texas; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Brandon Isao Yi Chiang Ing, of Honolulu, Hawaii; M.S.Ed.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of Washington.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Emma Kathryn Jakes, of Manchester, Massachusetts; B.S., Royal
Holloway University of London. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Dasom Jang, of Seoul, South Korea; B.H.S., Korea University.
Environmental Health Sciences.
Shuai Jiang, of Xinyi City, Peoples Republic of China; B.Med.,
Central South University. Epidemiology.
Shiyin Jiao, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S., Emory
University. Epidemiology.
Rebecca Sarah John, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida; B.A., George
Washington University. Mental Health.
Meghana Kalavar, of Portland, Oregon; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Mental Health.
Joana Karanxha, of Tampa, Florida; B.S., The Johns Hopkins
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Melody Kelemu Sinke, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; B.S., New York
University. Mental Health.
Sophia Khalil, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Karen Wang Kim, of Buena Park, California; M.A., California
State University, Fullerton. Health Policy and Management.**
Alexandra Isabella Kuhajda, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology.
Julian Dominique Lane, of Pasadena, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dixon Scott Lee, of Birmingham, Alabama; B.S., Furman
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Ting-Hsuan Lee, of Chungli District, Taiwan; B.A., National
Taiwan University. International Health.
Kathryn Abra Lesko, of Oakland, California; B.A., The University
of Chicago. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Colin B. Ligon, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.En., Princeton
University. Clinical Investigation.*
Manqing Liu, of Yichang, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Wuhan University. Epidemiology.
Anthony Paul Lordi Jr., of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Haidong Lu, of Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Xian Jiaotong University. Epidemiology.
Marie Catherine Luebke, of Madison, Wisconsin; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Daniel Augustus Lyle, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; B.S.,
University of Virginia. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Marwa Ibrahim Eldesoky Mahmoud, of Alexandria, Egypt;
M.B.,B.Ch. & M.S., Alexandria Faculty of Medicine. Environmental
Health Sciences.
Mannat Malik, of Hamilton, Canada; B.A.Sc., McMaster
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Nestoras Nicolas Mathioudakis, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Clinical Investigation.*
Rebecca Nicole Medina, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S., Loyola
University, Maryland. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
John Mekail, of Riverside, California; B.A., University of
California, Riverside. Mental Health.
Ardi Knobel Nuevo Mendoza, of Waldwick, New Jersey; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Reema Mistry, of Chandler, Arizona; B.S., Arizona State
University. Mental Health.
Michelle Jinsun Moon, of Fort Collins, Colorado; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Josiah M. Mueller, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., Portland State University. Health Policy
and Management.
Sarah Elena Neale, of New Hartford, Connecticut; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Tianna Maria Negron, of Rochester, New York; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
Maia Nieto, of St. Johns, Florida; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Mental Health.
Nneoma Benedicta Nnodum, of Owerri, Nigeria; M.D.,
University of Nigeria. Environmental Health Sciences.
Veronica Ortiz, of Norwalk, Connecticut; B.A., Franklin and
Marshall College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Cassandra Ott, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University of
Pittsburgh. Epidemiology.
Kiara Ott, of Princeton, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Zhongzhe Pan, of Yangzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Sun Yat-Sen University. International Health.
Stella Kinam Park, of London, Canada; B.A., McGill University.
Health, Behavior and Society.*
Shivani Pradip Patel, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Texas A&M
University. Mental Health.
Veeral Deepak Patel, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; B.A.,
Kalamazoo College. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Lia D. Penn, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Villanova University.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Kaitlin Pfisterer, of Mahwah, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Mental Health.
David Matthew Pichulik, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.A., University of
Michigan. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Ruchita Vijayakumar Pillai, of Charlotte, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health, Behavior and
Society.
Timothy Blake Plante, of Burlington, Vermont; B.A. & M.D.,
University of Vermont. Epidemiology.
Lisa Kathleen Poirier, of Wilmington, Delaware; B.S., Cornell
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Sarah Fatemeh Porter, of Madison, Wisconsin; B.S., University
of Wisconsin. Mental Health.
Emmanuel Mensah Quaye, III, of Maplewood, New Jersey; B.S.,
University of Michigan. Epidemiology.
Ana Isabel Quintanal, of Miami, Florida; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.*
Archana Radhakrishnan, of Chicago, Illinois; M.D., University
of Illinois; B.A., University of Chicago. Epidemiology.
Diana Rayes, of Phoenix, Arizona; B.S., Arizona State University.
Mental Health.
Jessica Lynne Rice, of Wilmington, Delaware; D.O., Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine. Clinical Investigation.*
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Estefania D. Rivera Mudafort, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Lauren E.R. Rocco, of Poolesville, Maryland; B.A., Vanderbilt
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Nicolette Lillian Roque, of Miami, Florida; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Shae Ian Rowlandson, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; B.S., The
University of Vermont. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Jack Colin Rusley, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. & M.D., Brown
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Nicole Alexandra Salevitz, of Scottsdale, Arizona; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Sadhvi Saxena, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.S., Boston
University; B.S., University of Maryland. Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology.
Limbika Maliwichi- Senganimalunje, of Baltimore, Maryland;
M.A., Sam Houston State University; B.A., University of Malawi.
Mental Health.
Jaein Seo, of Ulsan, South Korea; Pharm.D., Yonsei University.
Health Policy and Management.
Yajas Rakesh Shah, of Mumbai, India; B.S., University of
Mumbai. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Noor Shakfeh, of Brooksville, Florida; B.S. & B.A., The University
of South Florida. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Alireza Shams, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; B.S., Florida
International University; M.D., Ross University. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology.
Ambika Ravi Shivarajpur, of Houston, Texas; B.S., University of
Texas. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Nakiya Naomi Showell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
Rutgers University. Clinical Investigation.*
Alison Leigh Simms, of Hunt Valley, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Epidemiology.*
Emily Ann Suminski, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Washington
and Lee University. Mental Health.
Mary Elizabeth Summers, of Rising Sun, Indiana; M.Sc.,
University of Edinburgh; B.S., University of Indianapolis. Mental
Health.
Radhika Pradip Tampi, of Columbus, Ohio; B.S., The Ohio State
University. International Health.
John Richard Thorne, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Georgia. Mental Health.
Catherine Ann Tomko, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.A., George Washington University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Christine Truong, of Irvine, California; B.S., University of
California, Los Angeles. Mental Health.
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Jui-Hua Tsai, of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; M.D., Taipei Medical
University. Health Policy and Management.
Deki Tsering, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.S., Georgetown
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Rafael Uribe Cardenas, of Bogota, Colombia; M.D., Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana. Clinical Investigation.*
Vicente Valero, III, of Bellaire, Texas; M.D., University of Texas
Health Science Center. Clinical Investigation.*
Erin Michelle Vigil, of Amarillo, Texas; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Lauren Katherine Vignaly, of West Boylston, Massachusetts;
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Sallie Jayne Weaver, of Pikesville, Maryland; M.S. & Ph.D.,
University of Central Florida; B.S., Florida State University.
Epidemiology.
Lindsey Rochelle Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Maryland, Baltimore County; M.S., Loyola University, Maryland.
Mental Health.
Susan Schrack Wood, of York, Pennsylvania; M.S., Towson
University; B.S., Syracuse University. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Bing Xie, of Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China; B.S., Southern
Medical University. Health Policy and Management.
Terisa Yiin, of Fremont, California; B.A., University of California,
Berkeley. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Mark Yoon, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.S., Emory University. Mental
Health.
Haroon Yousaf, of Los Angeles, California; M.B.,B.S., Bahria
College. Clinical Investigation.*
Maria Esperanza Zagal Crosby, of Salt Lake City, Utah;
B.S. & B.S., University of Utah. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology.
Jing Zhang, of Hohhot, Peoples Republic of China; B.Mgt.,
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Epidemiology.
Zihe Zheng, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.M., Capital
Medical University. Epidemiology.
Joy Ziyi Zhou, of San Jose, California; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Mental Health.
Kelsey Coughlan Zorn, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A., Reed
College. Health, Behavior and Society.
Candidates for the
Master of Public Policy
May 1, 2016
Ariana Isabel Bengtsson, of Seattle, Washington;
B.A., University of Washington. Health Policy and
Management.
Adam Campbell Briskin Limehouse, of Washington,
District of Columbia; B.A., College of Charleston. Health
Policy and Management.
Vincent Thomas Cannizzaro, of Sarasota, Florida;
B.A., University of Central Florida. Health Policy and
Management.
Steven David Cenname, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A.,
Salisbury University. Health Policy and Management.
Chen Cheng, of Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China; B.E.,
Renmin University. Health Policy and Management.
Nicholas Frederick Chiumenti, of Newton, Massachusetts;
B.A., Boston University. Health Policy and Management.
Lixuan Cong, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Fudan University. Health Policy and Management.
Jianxiang Fang, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Peking University. Health Policy and Management.
Rosalind Paris Saibert Fraser, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Emerson College. Health Policy and Management.
Kara Rose Gionfriddo, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., The New
School. Health Policy and Management.
Brittany Elizabeth Goldstein, of Denver, Colorado; B.A.,
University of Colorado. Health Policy and Management.
Kelsey Rebecca Kreider, of Lusby, Maryland; B.A., Messiah
College. Health Policy and Management.
Kewei Li, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; M.A.,
Wuhan University. Health Policy and Management.
Ruoxi Li, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Nankai University. Health Policy and Management.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
Jingyang Liu, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Beijing Foreign Studies University. Health Policy and
Management.
Jingyi Liu, of Yuncheng, Peoples Republic of China;
L.L.B. & B.A., Xiamen University. Health Policy and
Management.
Jiaxuan Qian, of Zhangjiagang, Peoples Republic of China;
B.A., Nanjing University. Health Policy and Management.
Naomi M. Rapp, of Chicago, Illinois; B.S., The George
Washington University. Health Policy and Management.
Qi Tan, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A., Beijing
Language and Culture University. Health Policy and
Management.
Marissa Jeanine Vismara, of Sacramento, California;
B.A., University of Washington. Health Policy and
Management.
Yichen Wang, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Tsinghua University. Health Policy and Management.
Wenjie Yu, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; B.A.,
Shanghai International Studies University. Health Policy
and Management.
Jingnan Zhang, of Xian, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Central University of Finance and Economics. Health
Policy and Management.
Huixin Zhong, of Longyan, Peoples Republic of China;
B.A., Central University of Finance and Economics.
Health Policy and Management.
Adam Christopher Zoellner, of New Lenox, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Illinois. Health Policy and Management.
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Candidates for the
Master of Science in Public Health
May 1, 2016

Onaopemipo Oluwadamilola Abiodun, of Abuja, Nigeria; Steven Joseph Clipman, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. International Franklin and Marshall College. International Health.
Health.
Kaitlyn Anne Corbin, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey;
Bosede Adenekan, of Brooklyn, New York; M.A., Hunter B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
College; B.A., University of Pennsylvania. Health, Management.
Behavior and Society.**
Chelsea Paige Corson, of Milford, Massachusetts; B.S., St.
Oluwakemi Loriade Akin-Olugbade, of Lagos, Nigeria; B.A., Lawrence University. International Health.
Wellesley College. International Health.
Sarah Nicole Cox, of Belmont, California; B.S. & B.A.,
Michael Ebelechukwu Anidi, of Boston, Massachusetts; University of Miami. International Health.
B.A., Harvard University. International Health.
Adam Robert Crum, of Wasilla, Alaska; B.A., Northwestern
Shadee Ashtari, of Los Angeles, California; B.A., University. Environmental Health Sciences.*
University of California, Los Angeles. Health Policy and
Amanda Nicole Decker, of Cleveland, Ohio; B.A., University
Management.
of Rochester. Population, Family and Reproductive
Iman A. Barre, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University of Health.
California, Santa Cruz. International Health.
Raymond Alphonse Desautels IV, of Oxford, Massachusetts;
Catherine Bongka Baye, of Bamenda, Cameroon; B.A., Emory University. Health Policy and Management.
M.D., University of Yaounde. Population, Family and
Baldeep Kaur Dhaliwal, of Sacramento, California; B.S.,
Reproductive Health.
University of California, San Diego. Health Policy and
Lucy Marie Cunningham Bertocci, of Washington, District Management.
of Columbia; B.A., American University. Health Policy
Priyo Djatmiko, of Jakarta, Indonesia; B.Sc., Gadjah Mada
and Management.
University. Environmental Health Sciences.*
Jasmine Michelle Blake, of Snow Hill, Maryland; B.S.,
BreeOna Curry Ebrecht, of Marquette, Michigan; B.A.,
Towson University. International Health.
Northern Michigan University. International Health.
Eva K. Bugos, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; B.S., University
Ellen Eichenbaum, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Pittsburgh. Population, Family and Reproductive
of Maryland. International Health.
Health.
Sheila Etchu Enoh, of Yaounde, Cameroon; B.S., University
Sarah Beth Camitta, of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International Health.
Tufts University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Shalini Anuththara Eragoda, of Valencia, California; B.A.,
Elizabeth Anna Campbell, of New Egypt, New Jersey;
University of California, Berkeley. International Health.
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
**
Management.
Kimberly Lorraine Espinosa-Schroeder, of Washington,
Yipu Monica Chen, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of
District of Columbia; B.A., Point Loma Nazarene
China; B.S., Cornell University. International Health.
University. Health, Behavior and Society. **
Gwen Marie Chodur, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Leah Hughey Ewald, of Napa, California; B.A., Washington
Pennsylvania State University. International Health.
University in St. Louis. International Health.
Daniel Inyoung Choi, of Woodmere, New York; B.S. & B.A.,
Jenna Leigh Fahle, of Houston, Texas; B.S. & B.B.A.,
Wayne State University. International Health.
University of Texas. International Health.
Stacy Alysia Christopher, of Brooklyn, New York; B.S.,
Qi Fan, of Baotou, Peoples Republic of China; M.A.,
Cornell University. International Health.
The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Inner Mongolia
Briani Claggett, of Clarksburg, Maryland; B.A., University of University. International Health.
Maryland, Baltimore County. International Health.

*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015

**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015

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Cecilia A. Flatley, of New York, New York; B.A., Wellesley
College. International Health.
Ruthly Francois, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti; B.S., Suffolk
University. International Health.
Julia Alexandrovna Gall, of Woodinville, Washington; B.A.,
Wellesley College. International Health.**
Alison Marie Gauthier, of Diamond Bar, California; B.S.,
University of California, Berkeley. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Debra Gayle Gilbert, of Glen Head, New York; B.A.,
Haverford College. Health Policy and Management.
Claire Louise Gillum, of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; M.A.,
University of St. Andrews. International Health.
Swati Goel, of Dehradun, India; B.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. International Health.
Alexandra Rachel Greenberg, of New York, New York; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. International Health.
Jillian Danielle Griffith, of Mitchellville, Maryland; B.S.P.H.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International
Health.
Matthew Ruland Grigsby, of Applegate, Oregon; B.S.,
Oregon Institute of Technology. International Health.
Kia Anne Guarino, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.A., Boston
College. International Health. **
Sarah Gutkind, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A., Tufts
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Anzer N. Habibulla, of Crystal Lake, Illinois; B.A.,
University of Chicago. Health Policy and Management.
Mignote Solomon Haile, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; B.A.,
Mount Holyoke College. International Health.
Kendra Michelle Harmon, of Grayslake, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Florida. International Health.
Caitlin Nicole Hawley, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., Miami University. International Health.
Shahana Hirji, of Toronto, Canada; B.A.,S.c., McMaster
University. Health Policy and Management.
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada, of Norwalk, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles. Health, Behavior
and Society.
Christopher H. Hook, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Kent
State University. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Lynka Ineza, of Bujumbura, Burundi; B.S., La Roche
College. International Health.
Chineye C.E. Obule Isichei, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
B.Sc. & M.D., University of Lagos. Environmental Health
Sciences.
Mohammad Shahidul Islam, of Barisal, Bangladesh; M.S.,
Dacca University. International Health.
Annelise Iversen, of Kamloops, Canada; B.A., Simon Fraser
University. International Health.
Bianca Danielle Jackson, of Victoria, Canada; B.Sc.,
University of Victoria. International Health.
Shulin Jiang, of Fuzhou, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
University of Illinois. International Health.
Safia Shafiq Jiwani, of Bujumbura, Burundi; B.Sc., McGill
University. International Health.
Caleb William Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. Environmental Health Sciences.
**
Hayoung Jun, of Coquitlam, Canada; B.Sc., McGill
University. Environmental Health Sciences.
Julia Kaminsky, of Brooklyn, New York; B.A., Middlebury
College. International Health.
Akshay Kapoor, of Boxborough, Massachusetts; B.S. &
B.A., University of Massachusetts. Health Policy and
Management.
Matthew James Keenan, of South Bend, Indiana; B.S.,
University of Notre Dame. International Health.
Madeline L. Kiefer, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; B.A.,
Occidental College. International Health.
Juhae Olivia Kim, of Fairfax, Virginia; B.A., University of
Illinois. Health, Behavior and Society.
Natalie Kish, of New Lenox, Illinois; B.S., Saint Louis
University. Health Policy and Management.
Liore Hilah Klein, of Huntington, New York; B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Maria Matina Kofas, of Athens, Greece; B.S., Harokopio
University. International Health.
Jordan Gauthier Kohn, of Randolph, New Jersey; B.A., The
College of New Jersey. Health, Behavior and Society.
Chytanya Robby Kompala, of Superior, Colorado; B.S., New
York University. International Health.
Yu-Hsuan Lai, of Towson, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Aliza Ketziah Lailari, of Falls Church, Virginia; B.A., Tufts
University. International Health.
Amanda Caroline Long, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. International
Health.
Caitlin Marie Lowery, of Aldan, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Lafayette College. International Health.
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Wenwan Lu, of Wuxi, Peoples Republic of China; B.Sc.,
University of Toronto. Environmental Health Sciences. **
Megan Marie Lydon, of Montreal, Canada; B.Sc., McGill
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Arielle Buijs Mancuso, of Friday Harbor, Washington; B.A.,
McGill University. International Health.
Tracy Lauren McClair, of Wilmington, North Carolina; B.A.
& B.S., University of Maryland. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Robin Dwight Megill, of Lexington, Massachusetts; B.S.,
University of Vermont. International Health.
Mara Jos Meja Ruiz, of Quito, Ecuador; B.A., Davidson
College. International Health.
Marela Kay Roque Minosa, of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles. International
Health.
Monica Miranda, of Mexico City, Mexico; M.D., Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mxico. International Health.
Hsu Hnin Mon, of Yangon, Myanmar; B.A., Colgate
University. International Health.
Kyla Marian Mor, of Providence, Rhode Island; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Brooks William Morgan, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
Wake Forest University. International Health.
Isabel Anna Morgan, of Atlanta, Georgia; B.A., Mount
Holyoke College. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Tomohiko Morita, of Yokohama, Japan; M.S., Saitama
University. International Health.
John Francis Mulcahy, of Stillwater, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. Health Policy and Management.
Kelley Paige Murfin, of Houston, Texas; B.A., University of
Houston. Health, Behavior and Society.
Caitlin Louise Murphy, of Pasadena, Maryland; B.A.,
University of Maryland. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Rachel Nicole Oemcke, of San Diego, California; B.S.,
University of Delaware. International Health.
Okan Erol Olgac, of Abingdon, Maryland; B.S., University of
Maryland. International Health.
Oladeji Khafilat Oloko, of Lagos, Nigeria; B.Sc., Newcastle
University. International Health.
Emma Rachel Oppenheim, of White Plains, New York; B.A.,
Tufts University. Health Policy and Management.
Shalini Pammal, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; B.A.,
Harvard University. Health Policy and Management.
Shristi Pandey, of New York, New York; B.A., Brown
University. International Health.
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Amanda Ariani Pereira, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
University of Maryland. International Health.
Emma Caroline Posner, of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
B.A., Bates College. Population, Family and Reproductive
Health.
Yie Mary Qiu, of Toronto, Canada; B.A.Sc., University of
Toronto. International Health.
Radhika Srinivasan Raghunathan, of Whitmore Lake,
Michigan; B.S., University of Michigan. Population,
Family and Reproductive Health.
Namratha P. Rao, of Mumbai, India; B.A., Tufts University.
International Health. **
Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado, of Washington, District
of Columbia; B.S., University of Virginia. International
Health.
Amanda Magdeline Rzepkowski, of Stevensville, Maryland;
B.S., James Madison University. International Health.
Allysan Paige Scatterday, of Morgantown, West Virginia;
B.S., College of Charleston. International Health.
Jessica Lynn Schue, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Minnesota. International Health.
Anthony Michael Schwegmann, of Baltimore, Maryland;
B.S., Illinois State University. Environmental Health
Sciences. **
Alexandra R. Searle, of Palatine, Illinois; B.S., University of
Notre Dame. International Health.
Ye Shen, of Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China; B.A., Tufts
University. International Health.
Ji Won Shon, of Fresh Meadows, New York; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University. Health Policy and Management.
Lilly Virginia King Siems, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Brown University. International Health.
Yeri Son, of South Pasadena, California; B.S., Cornell
University. International Health.
Amanda Asha Stearns, of Towson, Maryland; B.A., Indiana
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Hannah Elizabeth Steinberg, of Chattanooga, Tennessee;
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College. International Health.
Matthew John Stewart, of Ballston Spa, New York; B.A.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Health Policy and
Management.
Ann Norinne Suk, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.P.H.
& B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
International Health.
Graham Lawton Sutherland, of Shenandoah Junction,
West Virginia; B.S., Marymount University. International
Health.
Colleen Marie Synk, of Troy, Michigan; B.S., Michigan State
University. Health, Behavior and Society.
Ru Fen Vicky Tay, of Singapore; B.S., Melbourne University;
B.S., National University of Singapore. Environmental
Health Sciences.
Craig Steven Terwilliger, of Monroe, Virginia; B.S., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. Environmental
Health Sciences. **
Alvin George Thomas, of Skokie, Illinois; B.S., Washington
and Lee University. International Health.
Nicole Hallie Thornton, of Malvern, Arkansas; B.A.,
University of Arkansas. Health, Behavior and Society.
Natalie Jean Tibbels, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Franklin
and Marshall College. Health, Behavior and Society.
Rachel Hannah Turkel, of Chappaqua, New York; B.A.,
Bowdoin College. International Health.
Priyanka Uprety, of Kathmandu, Nepal; B.S., Randolph
Macon College. International Health.
Prarthana Vasudevan, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.S.,
University of Maryland; B.S., University of Maryland,
Baltimore County. International Health. **
Rena Georgia Vlahodimos, of Chicago, Illinois; B.A. & B.S.,
University of Illinois; Health Policy and Management.
Michelle Alysa Vogel, of Sandy Springs, Georgia; B.S., The
University of Georgia. International Health.
Alicia Eileen Vooris, of Greensboro, Maryland; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall College. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Kelli M. Vos, of La Verne, California; B.A., Wheaton College.
Health, Behavior and Society.
Joseph E. Walburn, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S., Towson
University. Health Policy and Management.
Melody Wang, of Vancouver, Canada; B.S., University of
British Columbia. International Health.
Patrick T. Wedlock, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Seton Hall
University. International Health.
Fiona H. Weeks, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; B.A., Tufts
University. Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
Christina Pei Tzune Whang, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A.,
Wellesley College. International Health.
Joey Robert Williamson, of Columbia, Maryland; Ph.D.,
University of Georgia; M.S., University of Arkansas.
Environmental Health Sciences.
Erin Elizabeth Wingo, of San Leandro, California; B.A.,
Sarah Lawrence College. Population, Family and
Reproductive Health.
Yumeng Wu, of Hefei, Peoples Republic of China; B.M.S.,
Renmin University. International Health.
Ningze Xu, of Jinan, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.P.H.,
Tulane University. International Health.
Ching-Wen Wendy Yang, of Fullerton, California; B.S.,
University of California, Irvine. International Health.
Erin Pearl Yastrow, of New Orleans, Louisiana; B.S., Tulane
University. Health Policy and Management.
Liye Ye, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley. Health Policy and Management.
Ping Teresa Yeh, of Ellicott City, Maryland; B.A., Rice
University. International Health.
Kayla Brooke Zalcgendler, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Washington University in St. Louis. Health, Behavior and
Society.
Arielle Aleksandra Zina, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. Health
Policy and Management.
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Candidates for the
Master of Science
May 1, 2016
Lanre Idris Adekola, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology. Effects of Glutathione Depletion on Leydig Cell
Aging and Steriodogenesis.*
Claire Marie Anderson, of Shreve, Ohio; B.A., Kenyon
College. Health, Behavior and Society. Are Genetic
Counselors Screening for Adolescent Suicide Risk? A Mixed-
methods Study.
Alisa Ann Bochnowski, of Munster, Indiana; B.S., The
George Washington University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. The Effect of Donor Sex on Influenza A
Infection in Primary Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Cultures.
Jacob Lee Carey, of Danville, Virginia; B.S., Virginia Tech.
Epidemiology. Characterizing Risk of Transmission of
Respiratory Viruses among School Children using Proxies of
Infectious Contact and Genetic Data.
So Yung Choi, of Busan, South Korea; B.A., University of
Hawaii. Biostatistics. Statistical Considerations for the
Analysis of Ordinal Outcomes in Randomized Controlled
Trails.
Kyle Walter Davis, of Austin, Texas; B.A., Purdue University.
Health, Behavior and Society. What Counts? The Role of
Numeracy in Interpretation of Personalized Genomic Risk
Information in Corielle Participants.
Molly Deutsch-Feldman, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., Wesleyan University. Epidemiology.
Evaluating a Reactive Test-and-treat Program for a Sub-
patent Malaria in Macha, Zambia: Optimal Strategies to
Achieve Elimination.
Renuka Elizabeth Joseph, of Kochi, India; B.Tech.,
Vellore Institute of Technology University. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology. Adeno-associated
Virus Vectored Immunoprophylaxsis Against Plasmodium
falciparum.
Jingru Fang, of Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China; B.E.,
Pharmaceutical University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Isolation and Characterization of Anti-dengue
Virus Proteins from Chromobacterium Panama.
Himaja Gaddipati, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B.S.,
University of California, Los Angeles. Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology. Smc5 Depletion Impedes Cell Cycle
Progression, Induces DNA Damage, and Causes Genomic
Instability in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts.*
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Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer, of Bangalore, India;
M.B.,B.S. & M.D., B.J. Medical College. Epidemiology.
Characterizing Medication Adherence to an Oral Glucose
Lowering Drug, Metformin Using Group Based Trajectory
Models.
Miebaka Jamabo, of Rivers State, Nigeria; B.Sc., Niger
Delta University. The Role of Polo-like Kinase 4 (PLK4) in
Chromosome Segregation and Genome Maintenance in
Mammalian Meiosis.
Aqsa Jamil, of Reisterstown, Maryland; B.Sc., Towson
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Detection of Measles Virus RNA in Lymph Nodes Using
Fluorescence Microscopy.
Lai Jiang, of Chongqing, Peoples Republic of China; M.B.,
Peking University. Epidemiology. The Association between
Cruciferous Vegetables Intake and Breast Cancer Risk among
Women with Familial Breast Cancer.
Hongseok Kim, of Seoul, South Korea; B.S., Korea
National Open University; B.K.M., Dongguk University.
Epidemiology. Longitudinal Patterns of HIV Medication
Adherence at an Urban HIV Clinic.
Jennefer Noe Kohler, of Los Gatos, California; B.S.,
University of Washington. Health, Behavior and Society.
Personal Utility in Genomics: A Mixed-methods Study to
Identify Key Elements.
Shaheen Shiraz Kurani, of Fayetteville, Georgia; B.Sc.,
Emory University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Prevalence of Glucose-6-phosphate
Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Southern Province, Zambia.
Yury V. Kuzmichev, of Moscow, Russia; B.S., Pittsburg State
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
A Novel Anti-CD3/CD28 Bead-based PHA/Feeder-cell-free
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Outgrowth Assay.
Hanying Li, of Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Nanjing University. Biostatistics. Multi-feature Function-
on-Scalar Regression for Modelling Stepwatch Activity Data.
Menglu Liang, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China;
M.P.H., Peking University. Epidemiology. Association of
1,5-anhydroglucitol, a Biomarker of Glucose Peaks, with
Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease.
Eleni A. Liapi, of Athens, Greece; M.D., University of
Ioannina. Clinical Investigation. Longitudinal Imaging
and Clinical Assessment of Patients with Unresectable
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transcatherter
Arterial Chemoembolization.*
Sang-Mi Nam, of Claremont, California; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The Effects of Calprotectin, A Metal Binding Protein, on the
Growth of Borrelia burgdorferi.*
Anne Elizabeth Nigra, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania;
B.A., Oberlin College. Epidemiology. Poultry Consumption
and Arsenic Exposure in the U.S. Population.
Gina Marie Norato, of Robbinsville, New Jersey; B.S.,
Dickinson College. Biostatistics. Modeling the Association
between Smoking and Sleep Fragmentation Using Long-
linear Models.
Amy Kathryn Poupore, of Livonia, Michigan; B.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. Elucidating the Dynamics and Role
of Macrophages in a Murine Model of Elastase-induced
Emphysema.
Amrita Rao, of Newton, Massachusetts; B.S., Cornell
University. Epidemiology. Risk Factors for Poor Adherence
to Antiretroviral Therapy by Pregnancy Status in Two Urban
Cohorts of Women Living with HIV in the United States and
South Africa.
Arthur Anthony Alfonso Reyes, of Lake Hiawatha, New
Jersey; B.S., Rutgers University. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. The Subcellular Localization of the
Uncharacterized Human Disease-associated Protein
Potassium Channel Tetramerization Domain 13 (KCTD13).
Jennifer Leigh Rivers, of San Marcos, Texas; B.S.,
Texas State University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Unexpected Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-
positive Bacteria Recovered from the Chesapeake Bay and
Associated Rivers and Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity
of a Wide Variety of Essential Oils as a Means to Identify
Novel Drug Targets.
Ryan Eduardo Rodriguez, of Fayetteville, North Carolina;
M.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology;
B.S., University of North Carolina. Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology. The Mechanism of Binding
Between the Plasmodium falciparum H-protein and Lipoate
Ligase 1.
Gautam Anand Shrivastava, of Syosset, New York; B.A., New
York University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. An
Investigation into Mitigating Proteotoxicity In Vitro and In
Vivo. **
Sarah Rose Van Tol, of Swansea, Illinois; B.S., Iowa State
University. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Effects of Entomopathogenic Chromobacterium (Csp_P)
Exposure on the Microbiota and Fitness of Anopheles
gambiae.
Jennifer Rui Wang, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., University
of Toronto; B.S., McMaster University. Epidemiology. A
Genome-wide Association Study of Survival in Head and
Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.*
Ayobami Louis Ward, of Snellville, Georgia; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The Characterization of Meiosis-specific Cohesin Component
Mutations.*
Megan Catherine Weitner, of Macungie, Pennsylvania; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall College. Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. Evaluation of Drug Combinations Against
Stationary Phase and Persistent Borrelia in vitro.
Chao Yang, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China;
B.Med., Fudan University. Epidemiology. Kidney Function,
Bone-mineral Metabolism Markers, and future risk of
Peripheral Artery Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities (ARIC) Study.
Yang Ye, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Nanjing University. Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology. Characterization of Influenza A Virus M2
CytoplasmicTail Amino Acid Residue Position 83 and 86
Mutations.
Sheng Zhou, of Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples Republic of
China; M.B.,B.S., Huazhong University of Science and
Technology. Epidemiology. Liver-related Mortality during
the HAART Era in MACS and WIHS.
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Candidates for the
Master of Public Health
May 1, 2016
Abraham Abramovitz, of Lima, Peru; M.D., Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Jamin Kweku Addae, of Accra, Ghana; B.Sc. & M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. *
Oluwatosin Funke Ajayi, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.D., University
of Lagos.
Oyintayo Ajiboye, of Ikeja, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S., University of
Ibadan.
Hussam Ahmad Albugami, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S. & M.D., King Abdulaziz University .
Deborah Alema-Mensah, of Accra, Ghana; M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Hani Ali Alghamdi, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.D., King
Saud University.
Abdullah Mohammed Alguwaihes, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University. **
Abdullah Alharbi, of Jazan, Saudi Arabia; M.D., Jazan
University.
Othman Abdu A. Aljohani, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., Umm Al Quara University.
Wafa Alkhayal, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S., King
Saud University.
Sultan Maziad S. Almaziad, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University. *
Farjah H. AlQahtani, of Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia; B.S. &
M.D., King Faisal University.
Mansoor Muayad Alsaleh, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Saud University.
Arwa Altaf, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S., King Abdul
Aziz University.
Sultan Ali A. Alwajeeh, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Umm Al-Qura University.**
Chidinma Pamela Anakwenze, of Florence, Alabama; B.S.,
University of Alabama.
Amrutha Anand, of Chennai, India; B.Tech., Shanmugha
Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy.
Peter Joseph Anderson, of Los Angeles, California; M.S.,
Georgetown University; B.S., George Washington
University.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
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Udochi Precious Anosike, of Umuahia , Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
Abia State University.
Daniel Alexis Antiporta Pealoza, of Lima, Peru; M.Sc.,
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; B.S., Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Vibhuti Arya, of Brooklyn, New York; Pharm.D., Saint Johns
University.
Peace Chiamaka Asuzu, of Baltimore, Maryland;
M.B.,Ch.B., Obafemi Awolowo University.
Khay Mar Aung, of Yangon, Burma; M.B.,B.S., University of
Medicine II.
Nimae N. Awantang, of Panama City, Florida; M.D., Howard
University; B.S., Mercer University.
Crystal Nnenne Azu, of Laurel, Maryland; B.S., Emory
University.
Magaly Pilar Bailon, of Yakima, Washington; M.S.N.,
Saint Peters University; M.S., Hoboken Institute of
Technology; B.S., New Jersey City University. **
Jamile Rusbania Ballivian Cuellar, of Buenos Aires,
Argentina; M.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Crystal Lynn Barksdale, of Burtonsville, Maryland; Ph.D.,
George Washington University; B.S., University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. **
Michael Matthew Barna, of Oceanside, California; M.D.,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences;
B.S., United States Naval Academy.
Cara Michelle Barnes, of Bryan, Texas; M.S., University of
Utah; B.A., Austin College. **
Nadijda Bassil, of Tampa, Florida; M.D., Michigan State
University; B.S., University of Michigan.
Hoda Bastani, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; M.D.,
Pennsylvania State University; B.S., William Paterson
University.
Elizabeth Del Carmen Bastias-Butler, of Stamford,
Connecticut; B.A., George Washington University.
Anne Marie Batchelder, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., Boston College.
Anna Louise Beavis, of Menlo Park, California; M.D.,
University of Southern California; B.A., Cornell
University.
Kali Ann Bechtold, of Denver, Colorado; B.A., University of
Puget Sound; M.B.A., The Johns Hopkins University.
Allison Lee Becker, of Miles City, Montana; B.S., Montana
State University.
Kasey Elizabeth Bellegarde, of Bellingham, Massachusetts;
B.S.N., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences.
Augustus Billy, of Windsor Mill, Maryland; M.D., University
of the West Indies; M.S. & Ph.D., Howard University.
Douglas Phillip Blackall, of Fairview, North Carolina; M.D.,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; B.A., Rhodes
College.
Sean Charles Blaufuss, of Wenatchee, Washington; B.S.,
University of Washington.
Stephen Ray Bloom, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Georgetown University. **
Sara M. Brandenburg, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.A., Brandeis University.
Timothy Michael Bresnahan, of Manitou Springs,
Colorado; B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.D.,
University of Toledo. *
Lisa Shontell Broadhead, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Boston College.
Mohammed Ahmed Bu Saad, of Dammam, Saudi Arabia;
M.B.,B.S., King Faisal University. **
Gregory Malik Burnett, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; M.D.,
Duke University.
Marilyn West Butler, of Portland, Oregon; A.B., Harvard
University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge; M.D.,
Columbia University.
Miguel Cainzos Achirica, of Barcelona, Spain; M.D.,
University of Santiago de Compostela.
Kristinne Uy Canas, of Burbank, California; B.A.,
Claremont McKenna College.
Kelsey Dawnelle Cannon, of Atascadero, California; B.S.,
Westmont College.
Gillian Antonette Caplan, of Marietta, Georgia; B.A., Boston
College.
Mallory Leigh Carellas, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.N.,
University of Pennsylvania. *
Evelyn Castillo, of Hialeah, Florida; J.D., University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
Marcelo Cerullo, of Cary, North Carolina; A.B., Harvard
University.
Caitlin A. Ceryes, of Glen Arm, Maryland; B.S.N., Villanova
University.
Courtney Larissa Chang, of Los Altos, California; B.S.,
Georgetown University.
Meera Reddy Chappidi, of Schenectady, New York; B.S.,
Brown University.
Devon Christopher Charlton, of Santa Barbara, California;
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., Trinity
School of Medicine.
Gaurav Chaudhari, of Ahmedabad, India; M.D., NHL
Medical College.
Sagar Satish Chawla, of Urbandale, Iowa; B.S., Iowa State
University.
Chieh-Ho Chen, of Taipei City, Taiwan; M.D., National
Taiwan University.
Joyce Chi-yi Chen, of Costa Mesa, California; M.D., Duke
University; B.S., Stanford University. *
Yubin Chen, of Foshan, Peoples Republic of China; B.M.,
Peking University.
Daryl Ray Cheng, of Melbourne, Australia; M.B.,B.S.,
Monash University. **
William Cherniak, of Toronto, Canada; B.Sc., University of
Western Ontario; M.D., University of Calgary.
Ya-Hsuan Chiang, of Taichung, Taiwan; M.S. & B.S.,
National Taiwan University.
Joonpyo Choi, of Seoul, South Korea; M.D., Dongguk
University; B.A., The Catholic University of Korea.
Ronald Chong-Yik, of New Orleans, Louisiana; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Queensland; B.S., University of Waterloo. **
Elisabeth Nicole Chop, of Chesapeake, Virginia; B.A.,
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Elizabeth Soohee Lee Chung, of Ontario, Ohio; M.D. &
J.D., Case Western Reserve University; B.S., Andrews
University.
Christopher Edward Keith Conn, of Marblehead,
Massachusetts; B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University.
Lacy Cook, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; B.A., Muhlenberg
College.
Kelly Elizabeth Costello, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., American University.
Caitlin Jean Cotter, of Platteville, Wisconsin; B.S. & D.V.M.,
University of Wisconsin.
Kevin Ray Cunningham, of Eastland, Texas; D.O., University
of North Texas Health Science Center; M.S., Texas Tech
University; B.S., Tarleton State University.
Kyle William Cunningham, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Cincinnati.
Robyn Anne Cyr, of Limington, Maine; B.A., Smith College.
Kathryn Dalton, of Oxford, Pennsylvania; V.M.D., University
of Pennsylvania; B.S., Stony Brook University.
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Paulomi Manoj Dave, of Mumbai, India; M.B.,B.S., Seth G.S
Medical College.
Michelle Case Davidson, of Lake Oswego, Oregon; B.S.,
Santa Clara University.
Brittny Carese Davis, of Catonsville, Maryland; Ph.D.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County; B.S., Jackson
State University.
Dawn Marie Davis, of Wildwood, Missouri; B.A. & M.D.,
University of Missouri. **
Adrien Jonathan de Chaisemartin, of Paris, France; M.S.,
Harvard University; M.S., Ecole Polytechnique.
Teresa Elyse DeAtley, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., College
of William and Mary.
Yashwant Moreshwar Deo, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida;
Ph.D., University of Calgary; M.Sc., G.B. Pant University;
B.Sc., Pune University. *
Matthew Denson deShazo, of Jackson, Mississippi; B.S.,
Birmingham-Southern College; M.D., University of
Mississippi. **
Anuradha Devabhaktuni, of Fairmont, West Virginia; B.A. &
M.D., George Washington University.
Caroline Anitha Devadason, of Chennai, India; B.S., Fort
Hays State University. **
Daryl Brian Dillman, of Cole Harbour, Canada; M.D.,
University of Calgary; B.Sc.K., Dalhousie University.
Karol L. Dixon, of Anchorage, Alaska; J.D., University of New
Mexico; B.A., University of Alaska.
Huy Duc Do, of Somerville, Massachusetts; D.O.,
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Ruchi Srivastava Doshi, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., Rice
University.
Julie Dricken, of Kewaskum, Wisconsin; M.D., Saba
University; B.S., University of Wisconsin.
Ramzi Emanuel Dudum, of San Francisco, California; B.A.,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Elsy Maria Dumit, of Santiago, Dominican Republic;
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University.
Elizabeth Caroline Eastman, of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
B.A., Case Western Reserve University.
Jennifer Camille Effler, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; D.V.M.,
Auburn University; B.S., New Mexico State University.
Jemeh Marie Egwuagu, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A.,
The College of William and Mary.
Rebecca Carrie Ehrenkranz, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A.,
Brandeis University.
Maria Lucia Mendonca Escorcio-Ymayo, of Baltimore,
Maryland; M.A. & B.A., University Institute of Lisbon. **
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Ella Moorea Ewart-Pierce, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.A., New York University; B.A., Southwestern
University.
Chinemerem Chika Eyetan, of Milton Keynes, United
Kingdom; B. Pharm., Ahmadu Bello University.
Wareef Ibrahim M. Fallatah, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.D.,
Umm Al Qura University. **
Weili Fan, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; Ph.D.,
Missouri University of Science and Technology; B.S.,
Fudan University.
Zoya Fansler, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A., University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
Matthew Jude Ferreira, of Park Ridge, New Jersey; D.V.M.,
Tufts University.
Alexander Herbert Fischer, of Greenbelt, Maryland; B.S. &
B.A., University of Maryland.
John Patrick Fischer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
State University of New York, Upstate Medical University.
Aliza Miriam Fishbein, of Potomac, Maryland; B.A., The
Johns Hopkins University.
Angela Rose Flignor, of Brooklyn, New York; B.S., Boston
University.
Elizabeth Ann Fracica, of Rochester, Minnesota; B.S.,
University of Missouri.
Rejane Celeste Frederick, of Yellow Springs, Ohio; B.A.,
Juniata College.
Gahan Patricia Furlane, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Georgetown University. **
Lauren Ann Gard, of Portland, Oregon; B.A., Willamette
University.
Bineyam Mulugeta Gebrewold, of Elkridge, Maryland; B.S.,
Notre Dame of Maryland; B.A., Addis Ababa University.
Peter Ryan Gierlach, of Moraga, California; B.A., Occidental
College.
James Brian Goldberg, of Yakima, Washington; M.D.,
Drexel University; M.S., Georgetown University; B.S.,
Vanderbilt University. **
Tamara Leonor Goldschmidt, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Emory University.
Allyson Mundie Goodman, of Springfield, Missouri; M.D.,
University of Arkansas.
Krista Anne Goulding, of Peterborough, Canada; M.D.,
B.A.,Sc., McMaster University.
Gowtham Rama Harsha Grandhi, of Nagullanka, India;
M.B.,B.S., Kasturba Medical College.
Michael Patrick Gray, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., University of Kansas. *
Carolyn Lee Greene, of Fairfax, Virginia; J.D., The George
Washington University. *
Laurence Josofati Gunde, of Blantyre, Malawi; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Malawi.
Zhilei Guo, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; M.D.,
Fudan University; M.B.A., Europe International Business
School.
Akshay Kumar Gupta, of Indore, India; M.S. & M.B.,B.S.,
M.G.M. Medical College.
Kernika Gupta, of Moorestown, New Jersey; B.A., Bryn
Mawr College.
Daniela Alexandra Gutirrez Cicala, of Lima, Peru; B.A.,
The College of William and Mary.
Ralph Tony Hachem, of Baabda, Lebanon; M.D., American
University of Beirut.
Iram Haq, of Bethel, Connecticut; M.S., Columbia
University; B.S., University of Connecticut.
Omar Harfouch, of Bikfaya, Lebanon; M.D., Saint Joseph
University.
Kathryn Tyler Harlow, of Norfolk, Virginia; B.A., University
of Colorado.
Mahmud Anowar Hasan, of Springfield, Virginia; M.B.,B.S.,
Rajshahi University.
Ahmed Nabeel Hassan, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., King
Khalid University. **
Mahmoud Mohammed Hassan, of Suez, Egypt; M.D., Cairo
University.
Jordan Alicia Hatcher, of Chicago, Illinois; B.A., University
of Wisconsin.
Xingru He, of Shenyang, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
University of California, Davis.
William Emery Hebert, of Windham, New Hampshire;
M.S.W., University of Maryland; B.S., Marquette
University.
Blandine Bustamante Helfrich, of Manitou Springs,
Colorado; M.D., Cornell University; B.A., City University
of New York, Queens College.
Marilyn Mei-see Heng, of Toronto, Canada; B.Sc. & M.D.,
University of Toronto.
Hctor Alexis Hernndez-Delgado, of Bayamon, Puerto
Rico; J.D., University of Maryland.
Lalawmpuia Hmar, of Aizawl, India; M.D., Christian
Medical College.
Hui Ling Agnes Hoe, of Singapore; M.S., Nanyang
Technological University; B.S., National University of
Singapore.
Samantha Mae Holcombe, of Flemington, New Jersey; B.A.,
University of Maryland. **
Daniel Richard Hostetler, of Lynchburg, Virginia; B.S.,
University of Virginia.
Carolyn Renee Hricko, of Minot, Maine; B.A., Bowdoin
College.
Diana-Lynne Yeh-Ling Hsu, of Cresskill, New Jersey; B.A.,
Barnard College.
Han Win Htat, of Yangon, Myanmar; M.B.,B.S., University
of Medicine II.
Joyce Jiyoon Hur-Yu, of San Diego, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley.
Jennifer Mae Hutain, of Placentia, California; B.A.,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Emily Marshall Hylton, of Asheville, North Carolina; B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Marlee Kramer Ickowicz, of Teaneck, New Jersey; B.A.,
Columbia University.
Asha Isable, of New York, New York; M.D., State University
of New York, Upstate Medical University.
Shruti Iyer, of San Francisco, California; B.S.Ec.& B.S.N.,
University of Pennsylvania;
Inimfon Nsikak Jackson, of Abak, Nigeria; M.B.,B.Ch.,
University of Calabar.
Saber Kamel M. Jan, of Madinah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Taibah University.
Kamala Priya Jayaprakash, of Singapore; M.B.,B.S., National
University of Singapore.
Nushani Lanka Jayaratne, of Chicago, Illinois; M.B.,B.S.,
Manipal University; B.Sc., University of Birmingham.
Abisola Jumoke Jegede, of Ibadan, Nigeria; B.D.S.,
University of Ibadan.
Joelle Johnson, of St. Joseph, Minnesota; B.A., Beloit
College.
Kashmira Nandkishor Kale, of Charlotte, North Carolina;
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stephen Mwanzia Kaliti, of Nairobi, Kenya; M.B.,Ch.B. &
M.D., University of Nairobi.
Monica L. Kao, of Saint Louis, Missouri; B.S., Saint Louis
University.
Jamil Ahmed Mohammad Idris Kasmani, of Ajman, United
Arab Emirates; M.B.,B.S., Gulf Medical University.
Christine Riani Kaufmann, of Belmont, Massachusetts;
B.A., Harvard College.
Sangeeta Kaushik, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; M.D., Boston
University.
Manuel Pete Kavekos, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S. & M.S., Florida Atlantic
University.
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Aditee Kc, of Kathmandu, Nepal; B.D.S., Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences.
Shelby Marie Kemper, of Reno, Nevada; Pharm.D.,
University of Colorado.
Arby Khan, of Aurora, Colorado; M.B.A., University of
London. **
Saifra Shazia Khan, of Wayne, Illinois; B.B.A., Loyola
University of Chicago.
Shireen Rajai Khoury, of Wheeling, West Virginia; M.D., The
George Washington University; B.S., Duke University.
Mohammed Khusheim, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Alfaisal University.
David Alexander Kidd, of Lake Oswego, Oregon; B.S.,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Jillian Marie Kiely, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.A., Wellesley
College.
DaeSeong Kim, of Changwon-Si, South Korea; M.S., Oxford
University; B.S., Imperial College London.
Dianne Young Kim, of Manassas, Virginia; B.A., George
Mason University.
Gloria Jean King, of Houston, Texas; D.D.S., University of
Texas; B.A., University of Connecticut. **
Apollo Kivumbi, of Kampala, Uganda; M.B.,Ch.B., Makerere
University.
Meredith Claire Klein, of Dallas, Texas; B.A., Tufts
University.
Sudhamsu Koirala, of Kathmandu, Nepal; M.D., Institute of
Medicine.
Katsuaki Kojima, of Takamatsu, Japan; M.D. & Ph.D., Keio
University.
Robert Logan Kopp, of Marlboro, New Jersey; B.S., Syracuse
University.
Nabeel Kouka, of Gainesville, Florida; M.D., Odessa Medical
Institute; D.O., New York Institute of Technology; M.B.A.,
Monmouth University. *
Melinda Michele Krakow, of Encino, California; Ph.D.,
University of Utah; M.A., San Francisco State University;
B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
Emily Anne Kravinsky, of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; M.D.,
The State University of New York at Stony Brook; A.B.,
Harvard University.
Komal Kumar, of Plainsboro, New Jersey; B.A., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr., of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., United States Naval Academy. **
Barry Ladizinski, of Brooklyn, New York; M.D., Dartmouth
College. *
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Lisa Ann Landsman, of Cabin John, Maryland; J.D.,
University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Wesleyan
University.
Benjamin Lazarus, of Brisbane, Australia; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Queensland.
Namquyen Vo Le, of Irvine, California; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley.
Eugenia Ester Lee, of Los Angeles, California; B.A. & M.D.,
New York University.
Hojoon Daniel Lee, of Seoul, South Korea; M.D., Hanyang
University.
Kathryn Allison Lee, of Auburn, California; B.A., University
of California, San Diego.
Sarah Young Lee, of Rockville, Maryland; B.A. & B.S.,
Washington University.
Emily Lerman, of Franklin, Michigan; B.S. & M.S.,
University of Colorado. *
Deena Levey, of Washington, District of Columbia; B.S.N.,
Case Western Reserve University.
Peizi Li, of Shandong, Peoples Republic of China; M.D.,
Chongqing Medical University.
Wan-Ju Mona Liao, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., National Yang-
Ming University.
Yen Bo Lin, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., Fu Jen Catholic
University.
Sarah Linden, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; B.A., University
of Michigan.
Howard Len Lippton, of Shreveport, Louisiana; B.S. & M.D.,
Tulane University.
Tamara Rae Litwin, of Washington, District of Columbia;
Ph.D., University of Cambridge; B.S., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Andrew Francis Longosz, of Great Falls, Virginia; B.S., The
College of William and Mary.
Esther Lu, of Stratford, Connecticut; M.D., Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Albert Thein Lwin, of Columbia, Missouri; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Charmian Watson Lykins, of Burke, Virginia; B.S.N., George
Mason University; B.S.B., University of Minnesota. *
Jordan Rolla Lynn, of Charlottesville, Virginia; B.S.N.,
Villanova University.
Mohamed Allie Macki, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan;
M.D., Wayne State University.
Robert Evans Malanga, of Costa Mesa, California; M.D.,
Howard University.
Sean Henry Maloney, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
Muhlenberg College.
Stefano Malvolti, of Zurich, Switzerland; M.Sc., Bocconi
University. **
Grace Emily Mandel, of Severn, Maryland; B.A., Wellesley
College.
Laura Catherine Mandel, of Millburn, New Jersey; B.A.,
Brandeis University.
Alice Santoro Mann, of Lakeville, Minnesota; M.D.,
Meharry Medical College.
Monika Elizabeth Mann, of Berkeley, California; B.S.,
California State University, Northridge.
Andrea Elyse Martin, of Clifton, Virginia; B.S., George
Washington University.
Anne Carroll Martin, of Weston, Connecticut; B.A.,
Washington University in Saint Louis.
Brandi Cristien Martinez, of Phoenix, Arizona; B.S.N.,
Arizona State University; B.A., Wellesley College. **
Erica Mikal McKeon-Hanson, of Havre, Montana; M.S.Ed.,
Montana State University; B.S., University of Mary. *
Stephanie Eileen McLaughlin, of Eureka, California; B.S.,
Humboldt State University.
Ashka Mehta, of Sayreville, New Jersey; B.S., The College of
New Jersey.
Vikas Mehta, of Shreveport, Louisiana; M.D., University of
California, Irvine; B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
* Center.
William Nii Ayitey Menson, of Accra, Ghana; M.D., Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Hasan Shamsh Merali, of Toronto, Canada; M.D., Harvard
University; B.A., Columbia University.
Kristina Jasmine Mereigh, of Yonkers, New York; B.A.,
Trinity College.
Diane Alyce Meyer, of Great Falls, Montana; B.S.,
Georgetown University; B.A., Carroll College.
Ricardo Millan, of Bogota, Colombia; D.V.M., La Salle
University.
Benjamin Joshua Miller, of Baltimore, Maryland; D.O., West
Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., University
of Maryland.
Michelle Lynn Miller, of Damascus, Maryland; B.S. & M.A.T.,
Mount St. Marys University.
Iman Meraj Mirza, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.S.,
Umm Al Qura University. *
Annie Rose Moon, of Chinle, Arizona; M.S.N., Vanderbilt
University. *
Ivonne Janette Morales, of Monterrey, Mexico; Ph.D. & M.S.,
University of Heidelberg; B.S., University of Texas. *
Dane Samuel Moran, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., Stetson
University.
DAndra Lynette Morin, of Austin, Texas; B.S., Texas State
University.
Basant Motawi, of Cairo, Egypt; M.D., Ain Shams University.
Monica Mukherjee, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The
George Washington University; B.S., University of Florida.
*
Lee Yee Mun, of Singapore; M.Med. & M.B.,B.S., National
University of Singapore.
John Daniel Murphy, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Columbia University.
Patrick Bates Murphy, of London, Canada; M.D., Queens
University; B.Sc., Dalhousie University.
Anirudha Vijay Mutalik, of Ainapur, India; M.D., Deemed
University.
Aubrey Anataba Mwinyogle, of Wa, Ghana; M.B.,Ch.B.,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Hugh Comer Nabers III, of Decatur, Alabama; B.S. & B.A.,
University of Alabama.
Madhuram Nagarajan, of Chennai, India; M.B.,B.S., Sri
Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute.
Samar Nahas, of Anaheim, California; M.D., King Faisal
University. **
Arun C. Nair, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University of
Texas; M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Jun Nakagawa, of Edmond, Oklahoma; B.A., Middlebury
College.
Yusuke Nakamura, of Nanao City, Japan; B.Ec., Kobe
University.
Cyd Stacy Nam, of Charlotte, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Craigen Robert Nes, of Lubbock, Texas; B.S. & M.S., Texas
Tech University.
Ajah Thomas Ngonde, of Kumba, Cameroon; M.D. & B.S.,
University of Yaounde.
Jennifer Jane Edith Nicol, of Calgary, Canada; B.Sc.,
University of Calgary; M.D., The University of British
Columbia. **
Prince Samuel Nuamah, of Accra, Ghana; B.Sc. &
M.B.,Ch.B., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology.
Adaobi Ifeyinwa Nwabuo, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Lagos.
Juliana Oluwatoyin Odetunde, of Louisville, Kentucky;
M.D., University of Kentucky; B.A., DePauw University.
Marguerite Leigh OHara, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
M.S., University of Pittsburgh; B.S., Syracuse University.
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Victor Muyiwa Okunrintemi, of Kaduna, Nigeria; M.D., Shannon Elizabeth Raymond, of Washington, District of
Usmanu Danfodiyo University. Columbia; B.S., University of Michigan.
Edward Michieka Onyango, of Johnson City, Tennessee; Sheila Razdan, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., The Johns
D.V.M., University of Nairobi. ** Hopkins University.
Uchenna Chinedu Onyekwere, of Randallstown, Maryland; Brandi Louise Read, of Lillooet, Canada; M.D., Dalhousie
M.D., Temple University; B.S., University of Maryland, University.
Baltimore County.
Manasa Reddy, of Watseka, Illinois; B.A., Brown University.
Guan Wei Samuel Ow, of Singapore, M.B.,B.S. & M.D.,
Tehreem Rehman, of Queens, New York; B.A., Columbia
National University of Singapore.
University.
Brittany Delores Owens, of Terry, Mississippi; J.D., Harvard
Fatima Lourdes Reynolds, of Freehold, New Jersey; B.A.,
University; B.S., Hampton University.
University of Miami.
Eshan Uday Patel, of Linthicum, Maryland; B.S.,
Carolyn Nicole Rhodebeck, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; B.S. &
Washington College.
B.S., Indiana University.
Rashmi Vijay Patil, of Sterling Heights, Michigan; B.S.,
Hope Elizabeth Rhodes, of Laurel, Maryland; B.A. & M.D.,
Wayne State University.
Howard University.
Michele L. Pearson, of Atlanta, Georgia; M.D., Washington
Dahlia Rizk, of New York, New York; D.O., Kirksville College
University in St. Louis; B.A., Emory University. *
of Osteopathic Medicine.
Farhan Pervaiz, of Mississauga, Canada; M.D., McMaster
Jennifer Lynn Robinson, of Middletown, New Jersey; B.A.,
University.
University of Maryland.
Danielle Nicole Piccinini, of Oakland, California; B.A.,
Brad Roland, of Gainesville, Virginia; B.S., James Madison
University of California, Los Angeles.
University. *
Caroline Picher, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A.B., Vassar
Rachel Emma Rosen, of Washington, District of Columbia;
College.
B.A., Northwestern University.
Harry Joshua Posen, of Toronto, Canada; B.A., Duke
Leona Fitzgerald Rosenblum, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
University.
Brown University.
Apoorva Milind Pradhan, of Pune, India; B.A.M.S.,
Katherine Lee Rosettie, of Corning, New York; B.S., Cornell
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.
University.
Melinda Faye Segunda Pritchett, of Waterford, Connecticut;
Margo Hannah Rosner, of Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., Miami
M.S., The Johns Hopkins University.
University.
Pooja Pundhir, of Miami, Florida; M.D., Mt. Sinai Medical
Rayyan Saleh Rozzah, of Makkah, Saudi Arabia; M.B.,B.C.,
Center; M.B.,B.S., Sarojini Naidu Medical Center . **
King Abdulaziz University.
Genevieve Adelle Purcell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Kathleen Elizabeth Rubinger, of Arlington, Virginia; B.A.,
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Yale University.
University of Virginia.
Mohamud Ahmed Qadi, of San Diego, California; B.S.,
Jasma Joy Rucker, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
University California, San Diego.
of Pittsburgh. **
Mary Kathleen Quinn, of Boulder, Colorado; B.S., Rice
Jacqueline Marie Ryan, of Novato, California; B.A.,
University.
University of California, Berkeley.
Marc Rabner, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., University of
Sarah Tayeba Saleemi, of Diamond Bar, California; B.S.,
Pennsylvania; B.S., Emory University.
California State Polytechnic University.
Braveen Ragunanthan, of Canton, Ohio; A.B., Duke
Virna Liza Sales, of Brooklyn, New York; M.D., University of
University.
Heidelberg.
Tanuja Rajan, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., Bangalore
Maria Josefina Santelices Chadwick, of Santiago, Chile;
Medical College and Research Institute.
D.D.S., Universidad del Desarrollo.
Mahadevan Rajaram, of Chennai, India; M.B.,B.S., Manipal
Meera Sarathy, of Newton, Massachusetts; B.A., University
University. **
of Michigan.
Natalia M. Ramos Hernandez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico;
Lauryn Saxe, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University of
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., University of
Georgia; B.S., The Johns Hopkins University. **
Puerto Rico.

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Benjamin Daegun Schanker, of Portland, Oregon; B.A. &
B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., University of Oxford;
M.D., Harvard University. **
Andrea Noelle Schultz, of Green Bay, Wisconsin; B.A.,
University of Wisconsin.
David James Scordino, of Vestal, New York; M.D., State
University of New York, Upstate Medical University; B.S.,
Wilkes University.
Nicholas Edward Seeliger, of New Orleans, Louisiana; M.D.,
Florida State University.
Leah Derege Seifu, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.A., Harvard
University.
Daniello Vincenzo Sepe, of Jefferson, Maryland; B.A. & B.S.,
Pennsylvania State University.
Savyasachi Vismaybhai Shah, of Ahmedabad, India; D.D.S.,
Gujarat University.
Kriti Sharma, of New Delhi, India; M.D., Santosh Medical
College and Hospital; M.B.,B.S., Kasturba Medical
College.
Rashmi Shrestha, of Short Hills, New Jersey; M.S., New York
University; B.S., University of Houston.
Divya Shridharmurthy, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., M S
Ramaiah Medical College.
Raj Chandra Singaraju, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; B.S.,
University of Illinois; M.D., Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences.
Bhuchitra Singh, of Faridabad, India; M.B.,B.S., Manipal
University.
Dea Jini Sloan, of Pfafftown, North Carolina; M.D.,
University of Maryland.
Alexander Hobbes Sloboda, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
M.D., Drexel University; B.A., University of Michigan.
Eniolaoluwa Ifeoluwa Soremekun, of Lagos, Nigeria; M.D.,
Obafemi Awolowo University.
Andrew Ian Stolbach, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
University of Maryland.
Nicolette Charlotte Strauss, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Cornell University.
Mariel Lynn Stribling, of Dallas, Texas; B.S., Southwestern
University.
Vinita Subramanya, of Bangalore, India; M.B.,B.S., MS
Ramaiah Medical College and Teaching Hospital.
Jae Jin Suh, of Siheung, South Korea; M.S., Cornell
University; B.S., Duksung Womens University.
Michelle Jennifer Sun, of Irvine, California; B.A. Cornell
University.
Nadiya Azizeh Sunderji, of Toronto, Canada; M.D.,
University of Western Ontario; B.A., Williams College.
Eefa Tabassum, of Islamabad, Pakistan; B.D.S., Army
Medical College. *
Hiroshi Tamada, of Tokyo, Japan; Ph.D. & M.D., Jichi
Medical University; M.B.A., Kenichi Ohmae Graduate
School of Business.
Meghan Lorraine Tammaro, of Washington, District,
Columbia; B.A., Lehigh University.
Sangeeta Tandon, of Bettendorf, Iowa; PharmD., University
of Iowa.
Jennifer Wenjing Tao, of Stockholm, Sweden; M.D.,
Karolinska Institutet.
Shera Alayna Teitge, of Madison, Wisconsin; M.D., Drexel
University; M.A., Boston University; B.A., Claremont
McKenna College.
Gopinath Thirugnana Sambandam, of Chennai, India;
M.B.,B.S., Tianjin Medical University.
Guajira Piedad Thomas Caceres, of Chicago, Illinois; M.D.,
Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
Poorva Tomar, of Indore, India; M.D., M.G.M. Medical
College; M.B.,B.S., R.D.G. Medical College.
Kayla Nicole Tormohlen, of Brush, Colorado; B.A.,
University of Northern Colorado.
Elizabeth Anne Toure, of Saint Charles, Illinois; B.S.,
University of Wisconsin.
Annie P.A. Tran, of Honolulu, Hawaii; B.A., Occidental
College.
Sarah B. Trigilio, of Baltimore, Maryland; D.V.M., Virginia-
Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; B.A.,
College of William and Mary. *
Cynthia Tsien, of Toronto, Canada; M.D.C.M., McGill
University. *
David Ugai, of St. Paul, Minnesota; D.D.S., University of
Minnesota; B.S., University of Wisconsin.
Mark Bilinyi Ulanja, of Nayili-Saboba, Ghana; M.D.,
University of Ghana; B.Sc., St. Charles Minor Seminary
Secondary School.
Shani Kathleen Michele Venner, of Castries, St Lucia;
M.B.,B.S, University of the West Indies.
Cjloe Meg Racpan Vinoya, of West Orange, New Jersey; B.S.,
Messiah College.
Carrie Lynn Wade, of San Diego, California; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Jacqueline Martine Goldberg Wallace, of Catonsville,
Maryland; M.D., Hahnemann University; B.A., Cornell
University. **
Peiqi Wang, of Chongqing, Peoples Republic of China;
M.D., Sun Yat-Sen University.
Jite Tobore Wanogho, of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; M.B.,B.S.,
University of Lagos.
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Ricky M. Wat, of Quincy, Massachusetts; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Megan Anne Watson, of Overland Park, Kansas; B.A.,
University of Kansas.
Patricia R. Welch, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., Central Michigan University.
Anne Sullivan Wellde, of New York, New York; B.A.,
Georgetown University.
Cassia Anne Wells, of Grahamstown, South Africa; B.A.,
M.A. & M.D., Stanford University.
Nathan Jerome Whye, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. Hood
College.
Gretchen Marie Wilde, of Franklin, North Carolina; B.A.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mindy Willing, of Sydney, Australia; Clin.Psy.D. University
of Sydney.
Catherine Sweeney Wilson, of London, United Kingdom;
B.S., University of Florida.
Dual Degrees
M.P.H./J.D.
The following dual degree candidates have successfully completed
the course work for the Master of Public Health program. The
M.P.H. diploma will be awarded during the year in which the J.D.
degree is completed.
Christopher Edward Keith Conn, Boston, Massachusetts.
Elisabeth Flannery Gallagher, New York, New York.
M.P.H./M.S.W.
The following dual degree candidates have successfully com-
pleted the course work for the Master of Public Health program.
The M.P.H. diploma will be awarded during the year in which the
M.S.W. degree is completed.
Anna Maryam Alikhani, of Kensington, Maryland.
Lauren Beth Lowenstein, of New York, New York.
Katelyn Ely Riegger, of Pasadena, Maryland
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Hilary Anne Wiseman, of Skokie, Illinois; M.S.W., University
of Maryland; B.S., Illinois State University.
Douglas Bruce Woods, of Burlingame, California; Ph.D.,
University of London; B.Sc., University of Auckland. **
Elizabeth Anne Woolley, of Bethesda, Maryland; B.A.,
Kenyon College. *
Yeonhee Yang, of Seoul, South Korea; B.S., Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology.
Vivian Tsui-wen Yin, of Vancouver, Canada; M.D., University
of Toronto; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University. **
Sarah Yoosun Youn, of North Hills, California; B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley.
Yuanting Zha, of Seaside, California; B.S., The Johns
Hopkins University.
Alissa Michal Zingman, of Columbia, Maryland; B.A.,
Columbia University; M.D., University of Maryland.
M.S.N./M.P.H.
The following students participated in the M.S.N./M.P.H. pro-
gram offered by the School of Public Health and the School of
Nursing. Their joint Master of Science in Nursing and Master of
Public Health diplomas will be awarded at the Universitywide
Commencement Ceremony on May 18, 2016.
Fidela Tak-Yee Chiang, of Vancouver, Canada; B.A.,
Wheaton College; B.S., Emory University.*
Yoonkyuung Anna Chung, of Los Angeles, California;
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of
California, Los Angeles.**
Kathryn Helfrich, of Bemus Point, New York; B.S.N., Case
Western Reserve University.**
Lindsey Kathleen MacNeil, of Holderness, New Hampshire;
B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., College of the
Holy Cross.*
Liduina Ngwenyi Ngundam, of Bethesda, Maryland; B.S.N.,
University of Virginia. *
Carolyn Beth Summer, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A.,
University of Michigan. *
Doctoral Candidates
May 1, 2016
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Doctors of Philosophy
Hongfan Chen, of Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China;
B.S., Fudan University. Advisor: Scott Bailey, Ph.D.
Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Bacterial
RNA-guided DNA Targeting Systems.
Daisy del Carmen Coln Lpez, of Barranquitas, Puerto
Rico; B.S., Universidad De Puerto Rico. Advisor: Jurgen
Bosch, Ph.D. Targeting the Role of Subtilisin-like Protease
2 for Inhibition of Erythrocyte Invasion by the Malaria
Parasite, Plasmodium.
Biostatistics
Doctors of Philosophy
Shaojie Chen, of Shijiazhuang, Peoples Republic of China;
B.S., Tsinghua University; M.S.E., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Brian Caffo, Ph.D. Statistical Methods
to Analyze Massive High-dimensional Neuroimaging Data.*
Aaron J. Fisher, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A., University
of Rochester. Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov, Ph.D. Methods
for High Dimensional Analysis, Multiple Testing, and Visual
Exploration.
Jean-Philippe Fortin, of Montreal, Canada; B.S., McGill
University. Advisor: Kasper Hansen, Ph.D. Statistical
Methods for Epigenetic Data and Magnetic Resonance
Images.
Jonathan Evan Gellar, of Highland Park, Illinois; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of
Southern California. Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu,
Ph.D. Functional Regression Methods for Densely-sampled
Biomarkers in the ICU.*
Fang Han, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; M.S.,
University of Minnesota; B.S., Peking University.
Advisor: Han Liu Ph.D. Large-scale Nonparametric and
Semiparametric Inference for Large, Complex, and Noisy
Datasets.*
Lei Huang, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China;
B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University; M.A., Columbia
University. Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Statistical
Analysis in High Dimensional Structured Data.
*indicates students whose degrees were conferred on August 21, 2015
**indicates students whose degrees were conferred on December 30, 2015
Casey Marie Daniels, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; B.S.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Advisor: Kar
Lun Anthony Leung, Ph.D. Characterization of the ADP-
ribosylated Proteome by Mass Spectrometry.*
Michael Anthony Estrella, of Ridgewood, New York; B.S., St.
Francis College. Advisor: Scott Bailey, Ph.D. Nucleic Acid
Degradation by the CRISPR Type III-B Complex.
Katherine Hays Reiter, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S. &
B.A., Emory University. Advisor: Michael Matunis, Ph.D.
Characterizing SUMOylation in the Malaria Parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum.*
Amanda F. Mejia, of St. Francisville, Louisiana; B.S. &
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology. Advisor: Martin
Lindquist, Ph.D. Statistical Methods for Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data
John Muschelli, of Aston, Pennsylvania; Sc.M., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., The University of Scranton.
Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Computational
Methods for Neuroimaging in R: Stroke Hemorrhage in X-ray
Computed Tomography Scanning.
Parichoy Pal Choudhury, of Kolkata, India; B.Stat. &
M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute. Advisor: Daniel
Scharfstein, Ph.D. Statistical Inference with Multiple Data
Sources.
Prasad Patil, of Acton, Massachusetts; B.A., New York
University. Advisor: Jeffrey Leek, Ph.D. Assessing
Reproducibility and Value in Genomic Signatures
Huitong Qiu, of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Fudan University. Advisor: Brian Caffo Ph.D. Statistical
Methods and Theory for Analyzing High Dimensional Time
Series.
Yifei Sun, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S.,
Zhejiang University. Advisor: Mei Cheng Wang, Ph.D.
Statistical Methods for Recurent Marker Process in the
Presence of Terminal Events.*
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Elizabeth Margaret Sweeney, of Indianapolis, Indiana;
Sc.M., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Indiana
University Purdue University. Advisor: Ciprian
Crainiceanu, Ph.D. Statistical Methods for Analysis of
Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with
Multiple Sclerosis.
Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
Doctors of Philosophy
Matthew David Burkey, of Dorchester, Nebraska; M.P.H. &
M.D., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Bethel College.
Advisor: Lawrence Wissow, M.D. The Developmental Niche
and Child Behavior Problems in Rural Nepal: Description
and Implications for Definitions and Measurement.
Hiwot Hiruy, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; M.D., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., University of Maryland. Advisor:
Craig Hendrix, M.D. Utility of Quantitative Analysis in Drug
Development and Optimization of Anti-infective Therapy.
Environmental Health Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Patrick Anthony Baron, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Wesleyan University; M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Christopher Heaney, Ph.D. An
Integrative Methods Investigation of Microbial Food Safety
and Risk Management in the Maryland Direct-market
Poultry Supply Chain.*
Tyna Dao, of Murrieta, California; B.S., University of
California, Berkeley. Advisor: Wan-Yee Tang, Ph.D.
TET1-Mediated Hydroxymethylation and Airway Hyper-
Responsiveness. **
Doctor of Public Health
Dionne A. Williams, of Bowie, Maryland; M.P.H., Rutgers
University. Advisor: Jacqueline Agnew, Ph.D. Factors
Associated with Use of Safety-Engineered Needles and
Hands-Free Techniques: Current Practices among Operating
Room Nurses.
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Yenny Gabriela Webb Vargas, of Monterrey, Mexico;
B.S., Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. Advisor:
Elizabeth Stuart, Ph.D. Causal Inference Methods for
Measurement Error and Mediation.*
Chen Yue, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; B.S. &
M.S., Tsinghua University. Advisor: Brian Caffo, Ph.D.
Generalizations, Extensions and Applications for Principal
Component Analysis.
Tamorah R. Lewis, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D., The Johns
Hopkins University. Advisor: Estelle Gauda, M.D. Opiates
and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Towards a Better
Understanding of the Pharmacology.*
Esther Seunghee Oh, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.D.,
Chicago Medical School. Advisor: Constantine Lyketsos,
M.D. Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium after Hip
Fracture Repair.
Jennifer Cohen Price, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Stanford University.
Advisor: Chole Thio, M.D. The Effect of HAART on Liver
Disease Progression in HIV Infection.*
Pamela Jean Dopart, of Rahway, New Jersey; M.P.H.,
University of Michigan; B.S., James Madison University.
Advisor: Peter Lees, Ph.D. Improving Occupational
Exposure Estimates Through Multiple Imputation to Reduce
Exposure Misclassification.**
Cissy Xiyou Li, of Woodbury, Minnesota; B.S., Furman
University. Advisor: Valeria Culotta, Ph.D. Candida
Albicans Superoxide Dismutase as Part Of an Adaptive
Response to Copper During Infection. **
Nathachit Limjunyawong, of Bangkok, Thailand; B.Sc.,
Chulalongkorn University. Advisor: Wayne Mitzner,
Ph.D. Pulmonary Immune Environment Determines the
Manifestation of Experimental Emphysema.*
Epidemiology
Doctors of Philosophy
Megan Anne Clarke, of Oradell, New Jersey; B.A. & M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Gypsyamber
DSouza, Ph.D. Early-life Exposures and Adult Cancer Risk:
A Life Course Approach to Cancer Prevention.
Joseph Michael Collaco, of Silver Spring, Maryland; B.S.,
Yale University; M.D. & M.S., Case Western Reserve
University; M.B.A. & M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: Lawrence Appel, M.D. Temperature
and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis.
Amy Loren Gross, of Lynbrook, New York; B.A. & M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; Advisor: Kala Visvanathan,
M.D. The Effect of Adiposity on Disease Outcomes in Women
with Breast Cancer. **
Lauren Marie Kucirka, of Kernersville, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sc.M., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Dorry Segev, M.D. HIV
and End-stage Renal Disease: Disparities and Opportunities
to Improve Outcomes.*
Kristen Marie Little, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; M.P.H.,
Emory University; B.A., DePauw University. Advisor:
David Dowdy, M.D. Evaluating the Impact of Strategies for
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in High-burden, Low-
resource Settings: Data for Evidence-based Decision-making
in Local Contexts. **
Liza Bronner Murrison, of Louisville, Kentucky; M.P.H.,
Emory University; B.S., University of Georgia. Advisor:
David Dowdy, M.D. An Evaluation of Private Sector
Pathways to Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Chennai, India. **
Margaret Mary Parker, of Boston, Massachusetts; M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Tufts University.
Advisor: Terri Beaty, Ph.D. Exome Array Analysis of
Pulmonary Function in Smokers With and Without Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).*
Christina Marissa Parrinello, of New York, New York;
M.P.H., Columbia University; B.A., Cornell University.
Advisor: Elizabeth Selvin, Ph.D. The Epidemiology of
Nontraditional Biomarkers of Hyperglycemia and their
Prognostic Value.*
Doctor of Public Health
Kevin McCalmon Fain, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; J.D.,
University of Chicago; B.A., Duke University. Advisor:
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, M.D. Assessing the Appropriateness
of Opioid Prescribing in Elderly Nursing Home Residents.*
Andreea Monica Rawlings, of Beaverton, Oregon; M.S.,
Portland State University. Advisor: Elizabeth Selvin,
Ph.D. The Role of Diabetes, Glycemia, and Glucose Peaks
in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Among Community
-dwelling Adults.
Ian Jude Saldanha, of Mumbai, India; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.B.,B.S., Grant Medical College.
Advisor: Kay Dickersin, Ph.D. Outcomes in Clinical
Intervention Research: Selection, Specification, and
Reporting.*
Thing Rinda Soong, of Hong Kong; M.P.H. & M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S., University of California,
Berkeley. Advisor: Patti Gravitt, Ph.D. Evaluating the
Association of Hormonal Contraceptive Use with HPV
Detection in Pre-and Perimenopausal Women in the U.S.**
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, of Chiang Mai, Thailand; M.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.D., Chiang Mai University.
Advisor: David Celentano, Sc.D. Bone Health and Vitamin
D Status Among Perinatally HIV-infected Asian Children and
Adolescents with Virological Suppression.
Aracelis Z. Torres, of Bronx, New York; B.S. & M.P.H.,
Yale University. Advisor: Carlos Castillo-Salgado, M.D.
Evaluating Geographic Cancer Disparities in Baltimore City,
Maryland.
Vidya Venugopal, of New Delhi, India; Sc.M., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.Sc., Lady Shri Ram College for
Women. Advisor: Janet Holbrook, Ph.D. Association
between Visual Acuity and Vision Related Quality of Life in
Patients with Non-infectious Uveitis.*
Kari Ann Weber, of Bloomingdale, Illinois; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of Southern
California. Advisor: Elizabeth Platz, Sc.D. Influence of in
utero Maternal and Child Factors on Telomere Length and
Possible Differences by Race: Clues to the Racial Disparity in
Prostate Cancer Risk.
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Health, Behavior and Society
Doctors of Philosophy
Caryn Nicole Bell, of Raleigh, North Carolina; B.S.,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Advisor: Janice
Bowie, Ph.D. Hotspots of Preventable Hospitalizations:
The Role of Race, Racial Residential Segregation, and the
Local Health Resources Environment.*
Meredith Reilly Brantley, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.P.H., Emory University. Advisor: Deanna
Kerrigan, Ph.D. Structural Vulnerability and HIV/STI
Risk Behavior Among New Exotic Dancers in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Maria Augusta Carrasco, of Quito, Ecuador; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.P.P., Duke University; B.S.,
Truman State University. Advisor: Deanna Kerrigan, Ph.D.
No Estas Sola: Social Cohesion, HIV Stigma, and HIV/STI
Prevention Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in
Santo Domingo.
Victoria Chau, of Melbourne, Florida; B.A. & M.P.H.,
University of Florida. Advisor: Hee-Soon Juon, Ph.D.
Depressive Symptoms Among Foreign-born Chinese, Korean,
and Vietnamese Americans: The Influence of Perceived
Discrimination, Perceived Stress, and Perceived Social
Support.
Samantha Cukier, of Montreal, Canada; M.A. & M.B.A.,
Dalhousie University; B.Sc., Concordia University.
Advisor: David Jernigan, Ph.D. The New Normal? An
Examination of the Portrayal of Alcohol Use on TV Programs
Popular Among Youth, 2002-2012. **
Health Policy and Management
Doctors of Philosophy
Emily Richards Adrion, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; M.Sc.,
London School of Economics; B.A., Colorado College.
Advisor: Bradley Herring. Ph.D. Health Plan Participation
in the Medicare Managed Care Market*
Winnie Chia-Hsuan Chi, of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania; M.S.,
University of Minnesota; B.S., National Taiwan University.
Advisor: Sydney Dy, M.D. Individuals Preferences for
Decision-making and Experiences with Treatment Burden in
the Context of Multimorbidity and Dementia Among Older
Adults in the United States
Lauren Elizabeth Ellis, of Washington, District of
Columbia; M.A., New York University; B.A., Colgate
University. Advisor: Nancy Kass, Sc.D. Characterizing
Patient Engagement in Research Funded by the Patient-
centered Outcomes Research Institute and Exploring the
Moral Importance of Patient Engagement in Research.*
Trevor Ashton Ellison, of Nottingham, Maryland; M.D., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.B.A., Cambridge University.
Advisor: John Bridges, Ph.D. Economic Evaluation in
Kidney Transplantation. **
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Yue Guan, of Jiayuguan, Peoples Republic of China; Sc.M.,
The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Debra Roter,
Dr.PH. Disclosing Alzheimers Genomic Risk to Family
Accompanied Cognitively Impaired Patients.
Katherine Abowd Johnson, of Ithaca, New York; B.B.A.,
University of Notre Dame; M.S., Tufts University. Advisor:
Lawrence Cheskin, M.D. Neighborhood Influences on
Obesity Disparities in Early Childhood.
Melissa Anne King, of Buffalo, New York; M.P.Aff.,
University of Texas; B.A. & B.S., Boston University.
Advisor: Lawrence Wissow, M.D. The Role of
Organizational Context in the Implementation of Mental
Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care: Concepts,
Mechanisms, and Intervention.
Daniel Elliott Siconolfi, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; B.A.
& M.P.H., New York University. Advisor: Carl Latkin,
Ph.D. Longitudinal Analyses of Mental Health in a Cohort of
Emerging Adult Men Who have Sex with Men. **
Sarah Godby Vail, of Washington, District of Columbia;
B.S., The Ohio State University; M.A., American
University. Advisor: Ann Klassen, Ph.D. Executive Function
and Health Behavior. *
Desmond Dion Flagg, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Ph.D., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Sara N. Bleich, Ph.D.
Father Engagement, Residency Status and Child Well Being
Among Blacks and Hispanics in the United States.*
Alene Elizabeth Kennedy Hendricks, of Silver Spring,
Maryland; B.A., George Washington University. Advisor:
Colleen Barry, Ph.D. Framing, Stigma, and Policy
Approaches to Addressing Prescription Opioid Addiction.*
Carleigh Beth Krubiner, of Washington, District of
Columbia; B.A., University of Pennsylvania. Advisor:
Maria Merritt, Ph.D. Which Strings Attached? Toward
an Ethics Framework for Selecting Conditionalities in
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs.*
Meghan Dolan McGinty, of Brooklyn, New York; M.P.H. &
M.B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Georgetown
University. Advisor: Helaine Rutkow, J.D. Evacuate or
Shelter-in-place? Decision-making for Hospitals during
Hurricane Sandy.
Sarah OConor Rodman, of Topanga, California; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
Chicago. Advisor: Helaine Rutkow, J.D. Agricultural
Exceptionalism in U.S. Policies and Policy Debates: A Mixed
Methods Analysis.
Claudia Salzberg, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.S.E.,
University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Brown University.
Advisor: Jonathan Weiner, Dr.PH. Does the Patient
Centered Medical Home Improve the Care for the High Need,
High Cost Population? **
Molly MacMhathan Simmons, of Boston, Massachusetts;
A.B., Harvard University. Advisor: Shannon Frattaroli,
Ph.D. The Integrated Disability Evaluation System: The
Political Life Cycle of Health Policy from Concept to
Evaluation. **
Doctors of Public Health
Hoon Byun, of Alexandria, Virginia; B.A., College of
William and Mary; M.A., University of Virginia. Advisor:
Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Discharges Against Medical Advice:
Associations with Selected Outcomes and the Role of
Hospital-level Characteristics.
Anselmo Chung, of San Francisco, California; M.B.A.,
Loyola University, Chicago; B.S.E., Arizona State
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock Ph.D. Evaluating
the Applicability and Sustainability of Lean Six Sigma
Continuous Process Improvement Methodology to Improve
Health Care Quality.**
Yoonjin Kang, of Sejong-Si, South Korea; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; M.P.A., The Seoul National
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Predictors
of Healthcare Outcomes at the Local Community Level:
Variations in the Value of Healthcare Services under Koreas
Universal Health Insurance System.*
Hailun Liang, of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; M.S.,
Renmin University; B.A., Capital Medical University.
Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. The Impact of Patient-centered
Care on Older Adults with Chronic Conditions.
Yen-Ko Lin, of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; M.D., Kaohsiung
Medical College; M.S., National Taiwan University; M.BE.,
University of Pennsylvania. Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D.
Informed Consent for Trauma Patients: An Experiment to
Improve Taiwanese Patient Knowledge and Satisfaction after
Informed Consent for Debridement of Complicated Wounds.
**
An-Chi Lu, of Taichung, Taiwan; M.S., Texas Womans
University. Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Co-morbidity of
Tuberculosis with Mood Disorder: Prevalence, Risk Factors,
Incentives Effect and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in
Taiwan.*
Amber Elizabeth Willink, of Brisbane, Australia; B.Sc.
& M.I.P.H., University of Queensland. Advisor: Gerard
Anderson, Ph.D. Planning for the Future: Mid-life
Demographic, Economic, Health, and Lifestyle Risk Factors
Associated with Developing Disability and Using Long-term
Care Among Older Adults.*
Julia Alexandra Wolfson, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.P.P.,
University of Southern California; B.A., New York
University. Advisor: Stephen Teret, J.D. Whats cooking? A
Mixed Methods Analysis of Cooking Perceptions, Practices
and the Implications for Food Policy.
Susan Tung Yeh, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.A., Columbia
University; B.A., New York University. Advisor: Kevin
Frick, Ph.D. Essays on the Impact and Incentives of Federal
Funding in Medicare and Medicaid. **
Susan Carney Lynch, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; J.D., Indiana University;
B.A., Dartmouth College. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D.
Examination of the Effect of Corporate Integrity Agreements
on Skilled Nursing Facility Quality of Care, as Measured by
Rates of Pressure Ulcers and Indwelling Catheter Use.
Claro Montesa Pio Roda, Jr., of Lutherville, Maryland;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Tufts
University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D. Enhanced
Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital:
Blazing a Pathway towards Value.
Jacqueline R. Roche, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Laura Morlock, Ph.D.
Marketplace Income Verification and the Affordable Care Act.
Shu-Yun Tu, of Ping-Tung, Taiwan; M.P.H., The University
of Oklahoma; B.S., The University of Alabama. Advisor:
Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Preventive Screening Utilization in Nurses
and in the General Population: A Taiwan Study. **
Chung Wang, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins
University; M.D., China Medical University. Advisor:
Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. Hospital Merger: A Case Study of Taipei
City Hospital - Using a Mixed Method Approach to Examine
the Effect of Inter-hospital Links and Employee Reactions on
Quality of Health Care Services.**
Yu-Wen Yang, of Tainan, Taiwan; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.D., China Medical University.
Advisor: Leiyu Shi, Ph.D. The Determinants and the Effects
of Provider Continuity on Quality of Care, Clinical Outcomes
and Healthcare Costs in Adult Diabetes Patients of Taiwan.
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International Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Anjali Acharya, of Washington, District of Columbia;
M.E.M., Duke University; B.A., Delhi University. Advisor:
Louis Niessen, M.D. Environmental Health and Child
Survival in Nepal: Health Equity, Cost-effectiveness, and
Priority-setting.*
Jessica Erin Atwell, of Mount Airy, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S. & B.A., University of
California, Santa Barbara. Advisor: Ruth Karron, M.D.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines on the Horizon:
Data to Inform Clinical Trials and Implementation.
Nadine Suzanne Budd, of Deale, Maryland; M.S.,
University of Bridgeport; B.A., Goddard College.
Advisor: Joel Gittelsohn, Ph.D. Evaluation of a Pricing and
Communications Intervention with Food Wholesalers and
Small Stores to Improve Supply and Demand of Healthier
Foods in Baltimore City.
Rebecca Kramer Campbell, of New York, New York;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Brandeis
University. Advisor: Parul Christian Dr.PH. Environmental
Enteric Dysfunction in Early Childhood: Bridging the
Gap Between Diet and Stunting in a Randomized Trial of
Complementary Food Supplementation in Rural Bangladesh.
Jessica L. Elf, of Gainesville, Florida; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.S., University of Florida. Advisor:
Jonathan Golub, Ph.D. A Case-control Study of Household
Air Pollution and Tuberculosis in Women and Young Children
in Urban India.
Virginia Adair Fonner, of Durham, North Carolina;
M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Pepperdine
University. Advisor: Caitlin Kennedy, Ph.D. It Takes Two:
The Dyadic and Gendered Context of HIV Testing, Risk
Assessment, and Partner Communication in Kisarawe,
Tanzania.**
Tsega Araya Gebreyesus, of Aurora, Colorado; M.P.H.,
Columbia University; B.A., Bryn Mawr College. Advisor:
Pamela Surkan, Sc.D. Tsinaat Nay Iyob Yihabena: Direct
and Indirect Violence Faced by Eritrean Women Asylum
Seekers.*
Connie Hung-Lei Hoe, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.S.W., University
of Pennsylvania; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University.
Advisor: Adnan Hyder, M.D. Understanding Political
Priority Development for Public Health Issues in Turkey:
Lessons from Tobacco Control & Road Safety.*
Aisha Fatima Jafri, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; B.A. &
M.P.H., Columbia University. Advisor: Adnan Hyder, M.D.
Injuries and Socioeconomic Status in Iganga and Mayuge,
Uganda: Inequities, Consequences and Impacts.
Mufaro Kanyangarara, of Harare, Zimbabwe; M.Sc.,
Harvard University; B.A., Mount Holyoke College.
Advisor: Luke Mullany, Ph.D. Epidemiology of Resurgent
Malaria in Eastern Zimbabwe: Risk Factors, Spatio-temporal
Patterns and Prospects for Regaining Malaria Control. **
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Naoko Kozuki, of Bonita, California; B.A., Yale University;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Joanne
Katz, Sc.D. Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Care-seeking
Related to Risk Factors for Intrapartum-related Fetal and
Neonatal Death in Rural Nepal.
Jennifer Oi Yun Lam, of San Francisco, California; M.P.H.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
California, Berkeley. Advisor: Gypsyamber DSouza, Ph.D.
Risk Factors for Oral HPV Persistence and HPV-associated
Cancer.
Meng Hsuan Lin, of Plano, Texas; M.A., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: William Robinson, Ph.D. Stimulating
Demand: An Assessment of the Conditional Cash Transfer
Project in Afghanistan.
Suzanne Lee Pollard, of Arlington, Virginia; M.S.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of Virginia.
Advisor: William Checkley, M.D. Assessment of the
Relationship between Vitamin D Deficiency and Asthma
Outcomes in Peruvian Children. **
Robyn Dubrov Foreman Sagatov, of Columbia, Maryland;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., American
University. Advisor: Laura Caulfield, Ph.D. Dietary Intake,
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Nutrient Biomarkers, and
Chronic Disease Risk in United States Adolescents. **
Kerry Elizabeth Scott, of Toronto, Canada; M.S., London
School of Economics and Political Science. Advisor:
Steven Harvey, Ph.D. The Contexts and Complexities of
Community Participation: Strengthening Village Health,
Sanitation, and Nutrition Committees in Rural North India.
Pooja Sripad, of Andover, Massachusetts; M.P.H., Yale
University; B.A., University of Chicago. Advisor: Maria
Merritt, Ph.D. Trust in Maternity Care: A Contextual
Exploration of Meaning and Determinants in Peri-Urban
Kenya.*
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, of Maryville, Tennessee;
M.S., University of Tennessee; B.S., University of
Dayton. Advisor: Joel Gittelsohn, Ph.D. The Role of Social
Relationships in Diet Quality and Obesity among Urban,
Low-income, African American Adolescents.*
Elisa Mara Vidal Crdenas, of Lima, Peru; M.H.S., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia. Advisor: William Moss, M.D..
Asymptomatic P. vivax Malaria Burden and Naturally-
acquired Humoral Response to PvMSP1-19 in a Low Endemic
Malaria Area in the Peruvian Amazon Basin.
Manuela Villar Uribe, of Bogota, Colombia; M.P.H., Tulane
University; B.Sc., McGill University. Advisor: Sara Bennett,
Ph.D. As Good as Doctors? Task-shifting Primary Care to
Non-physician Clinicians in Nigeria.
Doctors of Public Health
Taufique Joarder, of Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.P.H., BRAC
University; M.B.,B.S., Rajshahi University. Advisor:
Asha George, D.Phil. Understanding and Measuring
Responsiveness of Human Resources for Health in Rural
Bangladesh. **
Olga Helena Joos, of Bethesda, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A. & B.S.N., Georgetown
University. Advisor: Luke Mullany, Ph.D. Evaluation
of Data Quality Improvement Interventions Focusing on
Pregnancy Outcome and Perinatal Mortality Documentation
by Health Surveillance Assistants in the Salima and Balaka
Districts of Malawi.
Diwakar Mohan, of Varagur, India; M.P.H., The Johns
Hopkins University; M.B.,B.S., Madras Medical College.
Advisor: Abdullah Baqui, M.B.,B.S. An Assessment of
the State of Maternal Continuum of Care in Morogoro,
Tanzania.*
Mental Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Michelle Colder Carras, of Ellicott City, Maryland; B.A., The
John Hopkins University. Advisor: Tamar Mendelson,
Ph.D. Video Game Play, Social Interactions and Friendship
Quality in Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis. **
Emily Edmunds Haroz, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.A.,
Columbia University; M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins
University; B.A., University of Puget Sound. Advisor:
Judith Bass, Ph.D. Depression Symptoms Across Settings:
Development and Validation of the International Depression
Symptom Scale.*
Jeremy Calvin Kane, of Portland, Maine; M.P.H., Emory
University; B.S., University of Pittsburgh. Advisor: Judith
Bass, Ph.D. Longitudinal Effects of Acculturation on Alcohol
Use Among Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Families
in the United States.*
Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann, of San Diego, California;
M.H.S., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University
of Southern California. Advisor: Ramin Mojtabai, M.D.
Sedative-hypnotic Prescribing in the United States from 1993
to 2010: Recent Trends and Outcomes.*
Angela Eunji Lee-Winn, of Seattle, Washington; M.A.,
Columbia University; B.A., University of Washington.
Advisor: Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D. Associations of
Sociodemographic and Psychological Factors with Binge
Eating Behavior in a Nationally Representative Sample of
U.S. Adolescents.*
Rohit Ramchandani, of Vaughan, Canada; B.S., University
of Waterloo; M.P.H., Boston University. Advisor: William
Brieger, Dr.PH. Emulating Commercial, Private-sector Value-
chains to Improve Access to ORS and Zinc in Rural Zambia:
Evaluation of the Colalife Trial.
Timothy J Roberton, of Swan View, Australia; M.P.H.,
University of West Australia. Advisor: Sara Bennett,
Ph.D. The Performance of Community Health Workers in
an Integrated Community Case Management Program in
Burkina Faso. **
Reena Sethi, of Ocean City, Maryland; M.H.S., The Johns
Hopkins University; B.A., Oberlin College. Advisor:
William Brieger, Dr.PH. The Measurement of the Quality
of Maternal and Newborn Care in Malawi: Comparative
Analyses of Health Worker Performance Measurement
Methods and an Exploration of Evidence of Respectful
Maternity Care.*
Kerry Lee Shannon, of Belle Mead, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Kenyon College. Advisor:
David Sack, M.D. Determinants of Malaria in the Chittagong
Hill Districts of Bangladesh.
Pia Maria Mauro, of Miami, Florida; B.A., University of
Notre Dame. Advisor: Ramin Mojtabai, M.D. Mental
Health and Peer Support Services Co-located in Substance
Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the United States.*
Sarah Sutherlin-McIvor Murray, of Charlottesville, Virginia;
M.S.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., The
College of William and Mary. Advisor: Judith Bass, Ph.D.
Caregiver Mental Health and Child Physical Health in HIV-
affected Families in Uganda.**
Katherine Louise Musliner, of Princeton, New Jersey;
M.P.H., Temple University; B.A., Haverford College.
Advisor: Peter Zandi, Ph.D. Heterogeneity in Long-term
Trajectories of Depression: A Review and Application of
Group-based Trajectory Modeling*
Vijay Ramesh Varma, of Ellicott City, Maryland; M.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Duke University. Advisor:
Michelle Carlson, Ph.D. The Association between Physical
Activity and Cognition: The Baltimore Experience Corps
Trial.*
Shao-cheng Wang, of Taipei, Taiwan; M.D., National Yang-
Ming University. Advisor: Brion Maher, Ph.D. Genetic
Influences on Injection Drug Use.
Alexandra Margaux Vaillancourt Wennberg, of Saint Paul,
Minnesota; B.A., Skidmore College. Advisor: Adam Spira,
Ph.D. Blood Glucose Levels and Genetic Factors as Predictors
of Neurocognitive Outcomes. *
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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Doctors of Philosophy
Peter Charles Dumoulin, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.Sc.,
McGill University. Advisor: Elena Levitskaia, M.D. Studies
on Exoerythrocytic Development of Plasmodium falciparum
in vitro: Detection and Isolation of Plasmodium Liver Stages
in Analysis of Circumsporozoite Protein Antigen Processing.*
Diego Alejandro Espinosa, of Lima, Peru; B.Sc., Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Advisor: Fidel Zavala, M.D.
Transgenic Rodent Malaria Parasites for the Evaluation of
Protective Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum.**
Andrea Hodgson, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S., University
of Rhode Island. Advisor: Andrew Pekosz, Ph.D.
Interference Mechanisms of Attaching/Effacing Pathogens
with the Host Inflammatory Response.**
Natapong Jupatanakul, of Bangkok, Thailand; B.S. &
M.S., Mahidol University; Sc.M., The Johns Hopkins
University. Advisor: George Dimopoulos, Ph.D. Molecular
Characterization of Dengue Virus Host and Restriction
Factors in Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes.
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Doctors of Philosophy
Meghan Ann Robinson Bohren, of Basking Ridge, New
Jersey; B.A., College of William and Mary; M.S.P.H., The
Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Michelle Hindin,
Ph.D. If I Did Not Slap You, You Would Not Have Given
Birth to your Baby: The Mistreatment of Women during
Childbirth
Stephanie Allison Guinosso, of Berkeley, California;
M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of
California, Santa Cruz. Advisor: Anne Riley, Ph.D. Multiple
Adverse Experiences and Child Cognitive Development.**
Huan He, of Chengdu, Peoples Republic of China; M.Mgt.,
Beijing Normal University. Advisor: Xiaobin Wang, Sc.D.
Preterm Birth and Childhood Asthma: A Life-course Analysis
in a Prospective Birth Cohort**
Amanda Kalamar, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.A.,
Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Michelle
Hindin, Ph.D. Measuring the Complexity of Mens Fertility
Preferences.**
Doctors of Public Health
Meredith Matone, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.H.S.,
The Johns Hopkins University; B.S., West Chester
University. Advisor: Cynthia Minkovitz, M.D. Young
Mothers with a History of Child Welfare Involvement:
Maternal Health, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Maltreatment
Perpetration.
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Kyle Alan Metz, of Ames, Iowa; B.A., Iowa State University.
Advisor: J. Marie Hardwick, Ph.D. The Clinical and
Molecular Consequences of Mutations in Epilepsy Gene
KCTD7.**
Sabrina Jane Nolan, of Brussels, Belgium; M.S., The
American University; B.S., Edinburgh University. Advisor:
Isabelle Coppens, Ph.D. Apicomplexan Parasite Interactions
with Host Organelles: Recruitment, Lipid Scavenging, and
Consequences.
Natalie Gail Robinett, of Baltimore, Maryland; B.S.,
Southwestern University. Advisor: David Sullivan, M.D.
Determining the Function of Plasmodium Hemolysin III and
Discovery of Novel Antimalarial Drugs.**
Stefanie A. Trop, of Riverside, Connecticut; B.S. & B. A.,
University of Rochester. Advisor: Elena Levitskaia, M.D.
Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein: Target
of Cellular Immunity against Traversed Hepatocytes and
Naturally Induced Memory Responses.*
Hannah Lynn Lantos, of Chicago, Illinois; M.P.A., Harvard
University; B.A., Brown University. Advisor: Caroline
Moreau, M.D. Associations between Community Violence
and Sexual Risk-taking in Baltimore and Johannesburg:
An Analysis of Two Sites of the Well-being of Adolescents in
Vulnerable Environments (WAVE) Study. **
Erin Elizabeth Pearson, of Belton, Texas; M.P.H., University
of North Carolina; B.A., University of Pennsylvania.
Advisor: Michele Decker, Sc.D. Contraceptive Use Among
Uterine Evacuation Clients in Bangladesh: The Role of
Individual, Family, and Service Delivery Factors. *
Lawrence De Jarnette Reid, of Baltimore, Maryland; M.P.H.,
University of Michigan. Advisor: Donna Strobino, Ph.D.
Neonatal Outcomes Related to School Readiness in an Urban
Kindergarten Population.*
Samira Soleimanpour, of Potomac, Maryland; M.P.H. &
B.A., George Washington University. Advisor: Cynthia
Minkovitz, M.D. The Connection between Elementary
School Students Mental Health Problems, Receipt of School-
based Mental Health Services, and Socio-emotional and
Academic Outcomes.
Michelle Athryn Taylor, of Memphis, Tennessee; M.D., East
Tennessee State University; M.S., University of Tennessee;
B.S., Howard University. Advisor: Cynthia Minkovitz, M.D.
School Context Matters: An Exploration for an Association
Between School Context and Early Adulthood Health
Outcomes. **
Candidates for the
Doctors of Philosophy
Anjali Acharya, Department of
International Health
Emily Richards Adrion, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Jessica Erin Atwell, Department of
International Health
Patrick Anthony Baron, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Caryn Nicole Bell, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Meghan Ann Robinson Bohren,
Department of Population, Family
and Reproductive Health
Meredith Reilly Brantley, Department
of Health, Behavior and Society
Nadine Suzanne Budd, Department of
International Health
Matthew David Burkey, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Rebecca Kramer Campbell,
Department of International Health
Michelle Colder Carras, Department of
Mental Health
Maria Augusta Carrasco, Department
of Health, Behavior and Society
Victoria Chau, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Shaojie Chen, Department of
Biostatistics
Winnie Chia-hsuan Chi, Department
of Health Policy and Management
Megan Anne Clarke, Department of
Epidemiology
Joseph Michael Collaco, Department
of Epidemiology
Daisy del Carmen Coln Lpez,
Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Samantha Cukier, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Casey Marie Daniels, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tyna Dao, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Pamela Jean Dopart, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Peter Charles Dumoulin, Department
of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Jessica L. Elf, Department of
International Health
Lauren Elizabeth Ellis, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Trevor Ashton Ellison, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Diego Alejandro Espinosa,
Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Anthony Estrella, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
Aaron J. Fisher, Department of
Biostatistics
Desmond Dion Flagg, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Virginia Adair Fonner, Department of
International Health
Jean-Philippe Fortin, Department of
Biostatistics
Tsega Araya Gebreyesus, Department
of International Health
Jonathan Evan Gellar, Department of
Biostatistics
Amy Loren Gross, Department of
Epidemiology
Yue Guan, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Stephanie Allison Guinosso,
Department of Population, Family
and Reproductive Health
Fang Han, Department of Biostatistics
Emily Edmunds Haroz, Department of
Mental Health
Huan He, Department of Population,
Family and Reproductive Health
Hiwot Hiruy, Department of Clinical
Investigation
Andrea Hodgson, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Connie Hung-Lei Hoe, Department of
International Health
Lei Huang, Department of Biostatistics
Aisha Fatima Jafri, Department of
International Health
Katherine Abowd Johnson,
Department of Health, Behavior and
Society
Natapong Jupatanakul, Department
of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
Amanda Kalamar, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Jeremy Calvin Kane, Department of
Mental Health
Mufaro Kanyangarara, Department of
International Health
Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann,
Department of Mental Health
Alene Elizabeth Kennedy Hendricks,
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Melissa Anne King, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Naoko Kozuki, Department of
International Health
Carleigh Beth Krubiner, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Lauren Marie Kucirka, Department of
Epidemiology
Jennifer Oi Yun Lam, Department of
International Health
Hannah Lynn Lantos, Department of
Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Angela Eunji Lee-Winn, Department of
Mental Health
Tamorah R. Lewis, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Cissy Xiyou Li, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
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Nathachit Limjunyawong, Department
of Environmental Health Sciences
Meng Hsuan Lin, Department of
International Health
Kristen Marie Little, Department of
Epidemiology
Pia Maria Mauro, Department of Mental
Health
Meghan Dolan McGinty, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Amanda F. Mejia, Department of
Biostatistics
Kyle Alan Metz, Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology
Sarah Sutherlin-McIvor Murray,
Department of Mental Health
Liza Bronner Murrison, Department of
Epidemiology
John Muschelli, Department of
Biostatistics
Katherine Louise Musliner, Department
of Mental Health
Sabrina Jane Nolan, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Esther Seunghee Oh, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Parichoy Pal Choudhury, Department of
Biostatistics
Margaret Mary Parker, Department of
Epidemiology
Christina Marissa Parrinello,
Department of Epidemiology
Prasad Patil, Department of Biostatistics
Erin Elizabeth Pearson, Department
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
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Suzanne Lee Pollard, Department of
International Health
Jennifer Cohen Price, Department of
Clinical Investigation
Huitong Qiu, Department of Biostatistics
Andreea Monica Rawlings, Department
of Epidemiology
Lawrence De Jarnette Reid, Department
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Katherine Hays Reiter, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Natalie Gail Robinett, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Sarah OConor Rodman, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Robyn Dubrov Foreman Sagatov,
Department of International Health
Ian Jude Saldanha, Department of
Epidemiology
Claudia Salzberg, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Kerry Elizabeth Scott, Department of
International Health
Daniel Elliott Siconolfi, Department of
Health, Behavior and Society
Molly MacMhathan Simmons,
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Samira Soleimanpour, Department
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health
Thing Rinda Soong, Department of
Epidemiology
Pooja Sripad, Department of
International Health
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves,
Department of International Health
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Department of
Epidemiology
Yifei Sun, Department of Biostatistics
Elizabeth Margaret Sweeney,
Department of Biostatistics
Aracelis Z. Torres, Department of
Epidemiology
Stefanie A. Trop, Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Sarah Godby Vail, Department of Health,
Behavior and Society
Vijay Ramesh Varma, Department of
Mental Health
Vidya Venugopal, Department of
Epidemiology
Elisa Mara Vidal Crdenas,
Department of International Health
Manuela Villar Uribe, Department of
International Health
Shao-cheng Wang, Department of
Mental Health
Yenny Gabriela Webb Vargas,
Department of Biostatistics
Kari Ann Weber, Department of
Epidemiology
Alexandra Margaux Vaillancourt
Wennberg, Department of Mental Health
Amber Elizabeth Willink, Department
of Health Policy and Management
Julia Alexandra Wolfson, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Susan Tung Yeh, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Chen Yue, Department of Biostatistics
Candidates for the
Doctor of Public Health
Hoon Byun, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Anselmo Chung, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Kevin McCalmon Fain, Department of
Epidemiology
Taufique Joarder, Department of
International Health
Olga Helena Joos, Department of
International Health
Yoonjin Kang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Hailun Liang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Yen-Ko Lin, Department of Health
Policy and Management
An-Chi Lu, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Susan Carney Lynch, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Meredith Matone, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Diwakar Mohan, Department of
International Health
Claro Montesa Pio Roda Jr.,
Department of Health Policy and
Management
Rohit Ramchandani, Department of
International Health
Timothy J Roberton, Department of
International Health
Jacqueline R. Roche, Department of
Health Policy and Management
Reena Sethi, Department of
International Health
Kerry Lee Shannon, Department of
International Health
Michelle Athryn Taylor, Department
of Population, Family and
Reproductive Health
Shu-Yun Tu, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Chung Wang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Dionne A. Williams, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences
Yu-Wen Yang, Department of Health
Policy and Management
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Certificate Awardees
May 2015-December 2015

Adolescent Health Mary Elizabeth Ross Burner Milli Jaydeep Desai

Elizabeth Jane Bayer Mallory Leigh Carellas
Himaja Gaddipati Joyce Chi-yi Chen
Fidela Tak-Yee Chiang
Bioethics and Health Policy
Mandy Sian David
Bella Rachel Nadler
Jemeh Marie Egwuagu
Hillary Samples
Maria Lucia Mendonca Escorcio
Community-Based Public Policy Ymayo
Adaora Ezike Maria Yolanda Giraldo-Jimenez
Allysha Camille Robinson Sara Hankin Goodman
Katie Odette Washington Cole Venkat Pradeep Gundareddy
Hilary Wiseman Rui Gutierrez
Diana-Lynne Yeh-ling Hsu
Demographic Methods
Sawsan Fouad Jabri
Andrea Margaret Rowan
Martin Lloyd Johnson
Environmental and Occupational Nobuhiro Koba
Health Oluwatosin Adeoti Momodu
Peter Joseph Anderson Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr.
Andrew James Belli Julia Hunter Moon
Wendi Da Edward Michieka Onyango
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio Pooja Pundhir
Zachary Keefe Eva Nancy-Marie Purkey
Brian Christopher Kurzeja Sr. Abbhirami Rajagopal
Anne E. Nigra Brad Roland
Shannon Lorraine Stallings Ahmed M. Saleh
Martin Tibuakuu Morgan Anne Schellenberg
Sarah B. Trigilio Mindy A. Scibilia
Nicholas Edward Seeliger
Epidemiology for Public Health
Shannon Andra Seopaul
Professionals
Nirupa Shah
Ahmad Adi
Yang Song
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu
Jun Sugihara
Raed Khalid Alotaibi
Sin Ae Suh
Adejare Adediwura Atanda
Shera Alayna Teitge
Eman Awad Eljack Ibrahim
Jacqueline Wallace
Andrew James Belli
Rebecca Yuen Shi Wong
Aamir Bharmal
Paul Edward Young
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Asma Eltigani Hamid Global Tobacco Control
Juwon Vann-Oliver Harris Angela Dimatulac Aherrera
Daniel P. Laucks
Health Communication
Molly Sauer
Kylie Danielle Abeson
Mariana Soares Puppin
Novia Afdhila
Xin Yi Soh
Razan Abdullah Basonbul
Jun Sugihara
Danielle Beth Garfinkel
Megan Elaine Vodzak
Alexandra Rachel Greenberg
Kelli Vos
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada
Nida Waheed
Hang Lu
Gerontology Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Robert Jasonhideo Quon Namratha Prakash Rao
Hanyuying Wang Jennifer Kao Tan
Tianyao Xiao
Global Health
AlJawhara Mohammad Al-Sabah Health Disparities and Health In-
Magaly Pilar Bailon equality
Marissa Ashleigh Boeck Sarah Beth Camitta
Adaora Ezike
Jacqueline Lavon Hollada
Elizabeth Anne Kelley
Dora Hungyu Lin
Tracy Lauren McClair
Allysha Camille Robinson
Christine Kay Williams
Hilary Wiseman
Health Education
Kylie Danielle Abeson
Christina Bischoff
Sarah Beth Camitta
Jacqueline LaVon Hollada
Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Health Finance and Management
Ahmed Omar B. Abdelbasit
Hauwa Abubakar
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu
Fares Abdulelah Alsaleh
Aamir Bharmal
Vanessa Cavallera
Jerome Brindesh Chelliah
Nathan Dunkin
Hiwote Kenfe Getaneh
Xiaoyu Guan
William Emery Hebert
Jacqueline Lavon Hollada
Fleur Huang
Peter A. Kahn
Hemjot Kaur
Charlene Renee Kemmerer
Ravinder Singh Khaira
Ankur Khanna
Sybil Ann Klaus
Yunru Lai
Benjamin Lazarus
Ismail Mbabali
Yuen Yie Ngeow
Jorge Ernesto Perez
Jennifer Michelle Peyton
Elizabeth Kathleen Ruiz
Ruba Salem Sahab
Joseph Adeiza Salami
Benjamin D. Schanker
Andrew Ian Stolbach
Ellen Farrell Sweeney
Nida Waheed
Ricky M. Wat
Justin Christopher Yang
Healthcare Epidemiology and Infec-
tion Prevention and Control
Maya A. Aleshnick
Darunee Chotiprasitsakul

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Yingqi Amanda Fu Geetha Sankar Narayanan Iyer Public Mental Health Research
Katherine Elizabeth Goodman Shiyin Jiao Ahmad Adi
Rebecca Anne Pierce Tinuade Olukemi Okoro Otis Sarpong Apau
Anna Watkin Roose Richard Scott Swain Victoria Chau
Xin Yi Soh Lijuan Zeng Naoaki Kuroda
Natalie Jean Tibbels Yuehan Zhang Christopher Eric Louie
Humane Sciences and Toxicology Population and Health Quality, Patient Safety and Outcomes
Policy Yingqi Fu Research
Shelly-Ann Ella Odwin-DaCosta Laura Suzanne Hinson Shareef Abdulrahman Alqahtani
Anna Elsa Marianne Kaagesten Timothy M. Bresnahan
Humanitarian Assistance
Katelyn Lairmore Ronald Chong-Yik
Adejare Atanda
Tina Atinuke Seidu Farouk O. Dako
Emily Elizabeth Buress
Xin Yi Soh Caryn Hayley Epstein
Injury and Violence Prevention Ross Graham Everett
Public Health Economics
Alia Tarik Albaghdadi Fleur Huang
Sara M. Brandenburg
Abdullah Solaiman Almuttawa Sybil Ann Klaus
Maryam Doroudi
Ross Graham Everett Kamal Maheshwari
Nathan Dunkin
Akadia Kachaochana Besma Jaafar Nejim
Yingqi Fu
Kelly Lynn Leddy Aki Shiozawa
Wenfeng Gong
Anthony Lamar Mitchell Darla Roye Shores
Eli Samuel Greenfield
David Norman Wolfgang
Maternal and Child Health Jaya Gupta
Cheryl Kay Zogg
Elizabeth Jane Bayer Junichi Ishigami
Daryl Ray Cheng Nobuhiro Koba Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Se Eun Jennifer Choi Pooja Jayprakash Kothari Joseph Andrew Acquaviva
Amanda Nicole Decker Jungwoo Lee Mansour Alrumayyan
Blessing Ejemen Enobun Cheryl R. Nelson Fares Abdulelah Alsaleh
Asma Eltigani Hamid Meghan Louise OConnell Sheriza Naseema Baksh
Leah Grambs Horton Brenna Rose Raines Samaneh Bolourchi
Katherine MacQuarrie Johnson Shaunt Emilia Ramsby Hannah Jude Braun
Anna Elsa Marianne Kaagesten Natalie Michele Reid Alexis Taylor Brown
Yu-Hsuan Lai Imara Roychowdhury Rui Chen
Joanna Kristin Mackenzie Joseph Adeiza Salami John Federico Di Capua Jr
Joseph Alphonsus Chantiwuni Nin- Andrew David Seiden Douglas Cameron Fallon
dow Dana Rose Silver Alison Marie Gauthier
Ofure Victoria Omokhodion Chunxiao Song Marla Dawn Hallacy
Samantha Whitney Pollack Ellen Farrell Sweeney Mike Zhongyu He
Radhika Raghunathan Ricky M. Wat Songhe Hu
Daesha Valli Ramachandran Jingnan Zhang Onyekachukwu Anwuli Illoh
Carina Marie Reichelt Rosado Ruili Zuo Rutendo G. Jokomo
Ahmed M. Saleh Daniel P. Laucks
Public Health Informatics
Katie Odette Washington Cole Allaa H. Mageid
Yashwant M. Deo
Elspeth Catherine Williams Hoda Samir Abdel Magid
Adaora Ezike
Amanda Catherine Wylie Ankita Mishra
Allyson Lynn Helmers
Ping Teresa Yeh Zada Charissa Marie Mohammed
Xi Li
Ashley N. Newton
Mental Health Policy, Economics and Lillian Hien Nguyen
Liduina Ngwenyi Ngundam
Services Chulwoo Park
Nicole Antoinette Parker
Rida Anmol Benjamin D. Schanker
Anthony Michael Schwegmann
Olga Yatsenko Ellen Farrell Sweeney
Tyler Joseph Stewart Smith
Alexander J. Vannoni
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Wisarut Srisintorn
Justin Christopher Yang
Safety Christian Armstrong Treat
Ogochukwu Nkechi Agajelu Public Health Preparedness
The Food System, Environment and
Maya A. Aleshnick Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio
Public Health
Oluwabunmi Maria Emidio Douglas Cameron Fallon
Jamie Lynne Dorsey
Marise Rosa Heerma Van Voss Brad Roland
Kelleigh E. Eastman
Ping Hu
Public Health Training for American Danielle M. Edwards
Simin Hua
Indian Health Professionals Kendra Michelle Harmon
Onyekachukwu Anwuli Illoh
Annie Rose Moon Sierra Amber Jeong

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 Sarah Louise Lange Vaccine Science and Policy Allyson Lindsay Russell Nelson
Daniel P. Laucks Weston Lee Buehring Sabrina Jane Nolan
Morgan Leigh McCloskey Olivia Grace Cohen Khafilat Oladeji Oloko
Allysan Paige Scatterday Sarah Nicole Cox Ryan Eduardo Rodriguez
Amanda Asha Stearns Nicola Laura Diny Thomas Edward Schmidt
Colleen Marie Synk Anne Marie Giangiulio Jessica Lynn Schue
Mary Elizabeth Treinen James Tristan Gordy Shterna Soiefer
Rui Gutierrez Prarthana Vasudevan
Training Certificate in Public Health
Andrea Hodgson Megan Elaine Vodzak
Jonathan Christopher Benjamin
Lynka Ineza Ruibin Wang
Meghan Crighton
Renuka Elizabeth Joseph Eric Yau
Agnieszka Anna Rucki
Tham Thi Le
Shadi Salehian
Xi Li
Tropical Medicine Anwesha Majumder
Edward Michieka Onyango Eric O. Mensah

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Student Assembly Officers

Executive Board
Nicolae Done Samuel Sarmiento
President Co-Vice President for Honors and Awards
Raul Saraiva Guarav Chaudhari
President-Elect Vice President for Quality of Life
Gabriel Brown Justin Jacob
Co-Vice President for Communications and External Vice President, Social and Cultural Affairs
Affairs
Lucas Buyon
Nicholas Wohlgemuth Vice President, Social and Cultural Affairs
Co-Vice President for Communications and External
Rosemary Lu
Affairs
Vice President, Student Groups
Nina Martin
Merricka Livingstone
Co-Vice President for Community Affairs and Public
Vice President, Finance, Treasurer
Health Promotion
Elsy Dumit
Yue Cao
Co-Vice President for Elections
Co-Vice President for Community Affairs and Public
Health Promotion Ricardo Millan
Co-Vice President for Elections
Ruthly Francois
Co-Vice President for Honors and Awards Katie Kuhn
Ex-Officio
Departmental Representatives
Jasvir Kaila Mitra Moazzami
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology International Health
Jean-Philippe Fortin Diana Rayes
Biostatistics Mental Health
Chris Zuidema Jane Xie
Environmental Health Sciences Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Cassie Ott Hannah Smith
Epidemiology Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Naira Kalra Malaika Turner
Health, Behavior and Society MPH Part-Time
Melissa Sherry
Health Policy and Management

Members-At-Large
Yewande Alimi Noor Hason Amy Poupore
Cory Bradley Seungyoung Hwang Savyasachi Shah
Adam Briskin-Limehouse Yury Kuzmichev Christina Vivelo
Joshua Cole Sonia Lee Stephen Wellard
Caitlin Cotter Manqing Liu Mindy Willing
Benjo Delarmente Ashley Nelson Adam Zoellner
Tara Dhingra Sabrina Nolan
Olivia Hall Marguerite OHara

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Student Assembly Recognition Awards
Student Assembly Recognition Awards The Spirit of Student Assembly Award
The following awards are bestowed by the student body This inaugural award is chosen by the Student Assembly
to acknowledge the recipients special contribution to President to recognize the top performing student
student life. assembly officers who have exemplified superior service
to the school, East Baltimore community, and who have
Staff also made meaningful contributions to bettering public
David Earle, Master of Public Health Program Office health.
George Marks, Custodial Services Adam Briskin-Limehouse
Jackie Ruffin, Custodial Services Tara Dhingra
Cristina Salazar, International Health Rosemary Lu
Mary Sewell, Health Policy and Management Mitra Moazzami
Ashley Nelson
Students
Corey Bradley, Health, Behavior and Society Amy Poupore
Matthew Castner, Health Policy and Management Mindy Willing
Deanna Cotsalas, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Calliope Holingue, Mental Health
Braveen Ragunanthan, Master of Public Health

Teaching Assistants
Jim Aizire, Epidemiology
Mo Zhou, Health Policy and Management

Teaching Assistants
Julia Raifman, Epidemiology
Sarah Short, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

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Centennial Convocation Speaker
Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D.

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP is director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Childrens
Hospital in Flint, Michigan and assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine. She is a courageous public health-trained pediatrician who sounded the alarm over the
lead contamination in Flints drinking water.
A Michigan native, Dr. Hanna-Attisha grew up in Royal Oak and first fell in love with Pediatrics while on
the Flint campus during her clinical years as a medical student at Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine. After completing her residency and chief residency at Childrens Hospital of Michigan,
she earned a masters degree in Public Health, concentrating in Health Management and Policy, at the
University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha was an assistant professor at Wayne State University Department of Pediatrics and an
associate director of the Childrens Hospital of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program prior to returning to
Hurley.
In addition to educating the next generation of physicians, Dr. Hanna-Attisha now directs the Michigan
State University and Hurley Childrens Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. This model initiative
provides the tools and resources for the assessment, continued research and monitoring, and interven-
tions necessary for improving the health and development of the children of Flint.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She
serves on the Boards of the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Oakland
Health Plan, and is Honorary Medical Director of the YMCA Camp Copneconic. She is the recipient of
multiple honors and awards including, the 2015 William B. Weil, Jr., MD Endowed Distinguished Pediatric
Faculty Award from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and faculty inductee of the
Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha.

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Society of Scholars
The Society of Scholars was created on the recommendation of then president Milton S. Eisenhower and approved by the
university board of trustees on May 1, 1967. The societythe first of its kind in the nationinducts former postdoctoral
fellows and junior or visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins who had formative experiences at Johns Hopkins and thereafter
gained marked distinction in their respective fields.
Each year, the Society of Scholars Selection Committee elects a limited number of scholars from among the candidates
nominated by Johns Hopkins University faculty. Since its inception, 642 individuals have been elected to membership
in the society, including 16 members elected in 2016. At an investment ceremony held in the spring of each year, newly
elected scholars are formally inducted into the society. Faculty members invest inductees with the Johns Hopkins Society
of Scholars medallion and present them with an official certificate of membership.

Alain G. Bertoni Gary L. Darmstadt

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Stanford, California
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Alain Bertoni is a professor and chair of the Department
of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest School of
Medicine, where he is also appointed in the Department of
Internal Medicines section on general medicine. He joined
the Wake Forest faculty in 2001 as an assistant professor
after earning degrees from the schools of Medicine and
Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in 1994 and
1999, respectively, and conducting postdoctoral training at
Johns Hopkins with the Osler Medical Service and in gener-
al internal medicine and epidemiology. Dr. Bertoni focuses
his epidemiological research on diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, and disparities in health and health care. He is cur-
rently the principal investigator or co-principal investigator
of several major research efforts and clinical trials related
to diabetes, heart failure, and atherosclerosis risk, includ-
ing the Lifestyle Intervention for Treatment of Diabetes
study, the Targeted Analyses of Diabetes and Obesity in
the Jackson Heart Study, and the MESA early heart failure
study. Dr. Bertoni is also a faculty member of the Maya
Angelou Center for Health Equity and the Translational
Science Institutes Program for Community Engagement.
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Gary Darmstadt is associate dean for maternal and child
health and a professor of pediatrics in the Division of
Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at the Stanford
University School of Medicine. Previously he was a senior
fellow in the Global Development Program at the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, where he developed initia-
tives to address gender inequalities, empower women and
girls, and improve health and development outcomes. At
the Gates Foundation, he also served as director of family
health, leading program development and implementation
across nutrition, family planning, and maternal, newborn,
and child health. Dr. Darmstadt also served as a senior
research adviser for the Saving Newborn Lives program
of Save the Children, where he led the development and
implementation of the global research strategy for new-
born health and survival. He began at Johns Hopkins in
1989 as a resident in pediatrics and continued through
2008 as an associate professor and founding director of the
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health in the
Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Maura L. Gillison
Columbus, Ohio New Orleans, Louisiana
Co-nominated by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Maura Gillison is a professor of medicine and holder of the
Jeg Coughlin Sr. Chair of Cancer Research at the Ohio State
University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her laboratory
established human papillomavirus to be a principal cause
of a subset of head and neck cancer and now studies the
pathogenesis of this malignancy, from risk factors for oral
HPV infection at the population level through the genomics
of HPV-positive head and neck cancer and the development
of targeted therapeutics. Dr. Gillison received the Clinical
Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer
Research Institute, is a member of the American Society
for Clinical Investigation and a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2012
received the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Award from
the American Association for Cancer Research. She has
published numerous articles in professional journals and
recently received the Muse Prize for Lifetime Achievement
in Otolaryngology or Ophthalmology. At Johns Hopkins, Dr.
Gillison earned an MD from the School of Medicine and a
PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.
Kung-Yee Liang
Taipei, Taiwan
Nominated by the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Since 2010, Kung-Yee Liang has been president of National
Yang-Ming University, the first university in Taiwan dedi-
cated to biomedical education and research, where he
also has an appointment at the Institute of Public Health,
School of Medicine. Dr. Liang served as vice president of
the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan from
July 2003 to August 2006 and was the acting president for
six months beginning in January 2006. At Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Liang was a fac-
ulty member in the Department of Biostatistics for 28
years, serving as the graduate program director from 1996
to 2003. His research interest has been developing new
statistical methods for analyzing correlated data derived
from longitudinal and genetic epidemiological studies and
developing statistical theory for inference in the presence
of nuisance parameters. Among many awards, Dr. Liang
shared twothe Snedecor Award and the Karl Pearson
Prizewith Scott Zeger, a colleague from Johns Hopkins.
He has been elected to the American Statistical Association,
the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, the Academy of Sciences
for the Developing World, and the National Academy of
Medicine.
Maureen Y. Lichtveld
Nominated by the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maureen Lichtveld has 35 years of experience in environ-
mental public health and is a professor in the Department
of Global Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane
Universitys School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
She holds the Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental
Policy and is chairman of the department. In 1986, after
earning her masters degree in public health from the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr.
Lichtveld began her 18-year tenure with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and its Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry. Dr. Lichtveld was one of
the highest-ranking environmental health scientists en-
gaged in national environmental health research and policy
at the CDC, where she designed research tools and science-
driven policies to guide national environmental health
studies in communities living near hazardous waste sites
nationwide. Dr. Lichtvelds protocols are now part of envi-
ronmental health programs in all 50 states. Her research
integrates environmental health, health disparities, and
disasters, with significant bridging expertise in community-
based participatory research, womens health, environmen-
tal policy, and health systems relevant to disaster prepared-
ness, recovery, and resilience.
Leslie E. Wolf
Atlanta, Georgia
Co-nominated by the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the
School of Public Health
Leslie Wolf is a professor of law and director of the Center
for Law, Health and Society at Georgia State Universitys
College of Law. She conducts research in health and public
health law and research ethics, and has taught courses on
medical liability, human subjects research, public health
law, HIV/AIDS and the law, and bioethics. Her research has
been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the
National Cancer Institute, the National Human Genome
Research Institute, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, and the Greenwall Foundation. She has served on
the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Ethics
Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director,
and as a peer reviewer for the Department of Defense.
Professor Wolf taught at the University of California, San
Francisco, where she served on the institutional review
board and advisory committee regarding stem cell re-
search. She earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1991,
and in 1996 was selected as one of the first Greenwall
Fellows in Bioethics and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins
and Georgetown universities. During her postdoctoral fel-
lowship, she earned a masters degree in public health from
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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The School Mace
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Mace carried by a Chief Marshal of the Society of Alumni, was first used in the
1986 Convocation Exercises. The head of the mace displays the names of individuals who have served as Dean of the School and their
dates of service. The symbols on the seal illustrate the Schools dedication to education, research and service in the diverse fields of
public health through the promotion of health preservation, control of disease and delivery of health and medical services.

The Regalia and Symbol

The history of the academic attire can be traced to the medieval period when scholars were also clerics and wore the costume of their
monastic order. The hood was originally a cowl attached to the gown, which could be slipped over the head for warmth in the unheated
buildings in which they worked. From this necessity evolved the tradition of academic regalia which today is used to identify members
of the academic institution by level of degree, academic field, and awarding institutions.

The distinguishing mark of the gown is the sleeve: masteran oblong sleeve open at the wrist; doctorbell-shaped sleeve with three
velvet bars. Academic subjects are identified by the color of the hood trimming. The lining of the hood signifies the colors of the grant-
ing institution. The Johns Hopkins University displays a hood lining of gold. The color of the tassel denotes the degree. It may be black
or gold thread or the same color as the hood trim. The colors associated with the different academic subjects are:

FIELD ROBE TRIM HOOD TRIM

Administration Black or Golden Yellow Peacock

Anatomy Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Bacteriology Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Biochemistry Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Biology Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Botany Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Chemistry Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Dentistry Black or Lilac Lilac

Engineering Black or Orange Orange

Law Black or Purple Purple

Mathematics Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Medicine Black or Green Green

Nursing Black or Apricot Apricot

Optometry Black or Seafoam Green Seafoam Green

Philosophy Black or Dark Blue Dark Blue

Physics Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Physiology Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Psychology Black or Dark Blue Dark Blue

Public Health Black or Salmon Pink Salmon Pink

Public Policy Black or Peacock Peacock

Science Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

Veterinary Medicine Black or Gray Gray

Zoology Black or Golden Yellow Golden Yellow

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International Declaration of Health Rights

Composed by faculty and students on the occasion of

The Johns Hopkins School of Public Healths 75th Anniversary

W
e as people concerned about health improvements
in the world, do hereby commit ourselves to advo-
cacy and action to promote the health rights of all
human beings.

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one

of the fundamental rights of every human being. It is not a
privilege for those with power, money or social standing.

Health is more than the absence of disease, but includes the pre-
vention of illness, development of individual potential, a posi-
tive sense of physical, mental and social well-being.

Health care should be based on dialogue and collaboration be-

tween citizens, professionals, communities and policy mak-
ers. Health services should be affordable, accessible, effective,
efficient and convenient.

Health begins with healthy development of the child and a positive

family environment. Health must be sustained by the active
role of men and women in health and development. The role of
women, and their welfare, must be recognized and addressed.

Health care for the elderly should preserve dignity, respect and
concern for quality of life and not merely extend life.

Health requires a sustainable environment with balanced human

population growth and preservation of cultural diversity.

Health depends on the availability to people of basic essentials;

food, safe water, housing, education, productive employment,
protection from pollution and prevention of social alienation.

Health depends on protection from exploitation without dis-

tinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social
condition.

Health Requires Peaceful and Equitable

Development and Collaboration of All Peoples

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