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DEPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
& BIOSTATISTICS

 

SECONDARY & ADJUNCT FACULTY

Divisions
Division of Biostatistics

Gerald J. Beck
Adjunct Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1975; M.S., Colorado State University, 1969. Design and analysis of clinical trials, repeated measures analysis, chronic disease epidemiology.

Roger Bielefeld

David Chou
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Laboratory Computers, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. M.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974; M.S., University of Minnesota, 1980. Computers in laboratory medicine, medical databases.

Jean-Eudes Dazard

Stephen Ganocy

H. Lester Kirchner
Assistant Professor. Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999. Biostatistical methods, categorical rater reliability.

Kenneth Loparo

Douglas Rowland

Jiayang Sun
Professor. Department of Statistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostistics. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989. Statistical methods, simultaneous inferences and multiple testing, biased sampling, bump hunting, images, mixtures, measurement error models, data mining, statistical computing and graphical methods, semiparametrics and nonparametrics.

Jiong Yang


Division of Epidemiology

Steven Bowlin
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D., 1994; M.P.H., 1988, Columbia University; D.O., Ohio University, 1983. Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, epidemiologic and clinical trial methodology. Preventive cardiology, preventive medicine. Survey research.

Gregory S. Cooper
Assistant Professor. M.D., 1986; MA 1982, University of Pennsylvania. Use of large databases, with or without additional primary data collection, for health care research; epidemiology of colorectal and other cancers using Medicare and SEER data; conducting a series of studies with the Cleveland Health Quality Choice database, which includes 30 regional hospitals.

Charles King
Associate Professor of International Health, Case-SOM Center for Global Health and Diseases. M.D., State University of New York, 1978; M.S. Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2000. Clinical epidemiology, ecology of infectious disease, and control strategies for vector-borne and parasitic infections

Carolyn Landis

Jonathan Lass

Michael Laurer

Li Li

Suchitra Shirley Nelson
Assistant Professor. Assistant Professor of Dentistry. Ph.D., 1992, M.S., 1988, Case Western Reserve University; M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1984; M.Sc., University of Madras, 1981.

Susan Redline
Associate Professor. Associate Professor of Pediatrics. Associate Professor of Medicine. M.P.H., Harvard University, 1985; M.D., Boston University, 1979. Epidemiology of chronic diseases with an emphasis on pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases; occupational/environmental lung diseases; clinical epidemiology, pediatric asthma; clinical trials; and the genetic epidemiology of sleep apnea.

Norman Robbins
Director. Center for the Environment. MD, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Neurosciences, School of Medicine. Columbia B.A. 1951-1955, Harvard Medical School MD 1955-1959, Rockefeller University, Ph.D., !960-1965. Environmental Health (Lead, Asthma).

Martha Sajatovic

Kurt C. Stange
Associate Professor. Associate Professor of Family Medicine. M.D., Albany Medical College, 1983; Ph.D., University of North Carolina School of Public Health, 1989. Clinical preventive service delivery; cancer prevention and control; primary care research methods; disability prevention in the elderly.

George D. Weiner
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D., 1976; M.R.P., 1968, Cornell University. Demography and epidemiology for health services management and planning; medical geography; socioeconomic determinants of health care access and utilization.

Stephen Wotman
Professor. Professor of Community Dentistry. Education Chair, Institute for Urban Health. D.D.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1956. Problems of urban populations, health promotion, health outcome evaluation, health policy, the changing health care system, public health education, academic preparation of the health professional. Current projects include: an observational study of prevention in 120 general dental practices, and studies concerning possible relationships between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease.

 

 

 

Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology

Jill Barnholtz-Sloan

Li Li

Lyle Palmer

J. Sunil Rao


Division of Health Services Research

David C. Aron
Professor. Professor of Medicine. M.D., Columbia University, 1975; M.S. (Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, University of Michigan, 1995. Clinical epidemiology of endocrine disorders; quality of care and quality improvement; medical decision making.

 

Randall D. Cebul
Professor. Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., Yale University,1976. Clinical epidemiology, medical decision making (health policy, clinical strategies, diagnostic technology assessment); screening, prevention, and primary care in populations; vascular disease, chronic illness, and common problems in primary care.

Neal V. Dawson
Associate Professor. Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1976. Human judgment in medical decision making; decision making in the care of seriously ill hospitalized adults; health services research.

Douglas Einstadter
Assistant Professor. M.P.H., University of Washington, 1992; M.D., University of Illinois, 1986. Clinical epidemiology, health services and outcomes research using large administrative and clinical datasets. Epidemiologic and clinical trial methodology.

Susan Flocke
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. MA Organizational Psychology, Cleveland State University, 1990. Ph.D. Health Services Research, Case Western Reserve University, 1997. Research interests: health promotion and health behavior change including smoking cessation, exercise, diet, weight management; patient-doctor communication; integrating quantitative and qualitative research methods; practice-based research networks; cancer prevention.

Mei-Po Kwan

David Litaker
Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., Duke University, 1984; M.S., Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University, 1992; Ph.D. Health Services Research, Case Western Reserve University, 2002. Research interests: Delivery and implementation of preventive services; factors within the health system and community context that influence the quantity and quality of care provided

Richard Matzen

Patrick Murray

Ashwini Sehgal
Assistant Professor. Assistant Professor of Medicine. M.D., Harvard University, 1986. Chronic and stage renal disease in the elderly; the prevalence of mental impairment among hemodialysis patients.

J.B. Silvers
Professor. Treuhaft Professor of Management. Professor of Finance. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1971; M.S., Purdue University, 1966. Evolution of the health care market, government policy; provider and strategy financing; hospital capital investment decisions; changes in the demand for nurses; following the decision making process on several levels regarding growth hormone utilization.

Joseph Sudano

 

Division of Public Health

Scott Frank, Director, Division of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Associate Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, M.D., M.S.; Director of Health, City of Shaker Heights, Ohio; Director, Division of Public Health and Master of Public Health Program in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Research areas include behavior change, smoking cessation, substance abuse, clinical assessment of stress and the role of spirituality and religion in the medical setting.

Terrence M. Allan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.P.H.

David Bruckman
Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Chief Biostatistician and Systems Analyst, City of Cleveland Department of Public Health. M.S., University of Michigan, 1996; B.Sc., Cleveland State University. M.T., Fairview School of Medical Technology, 1987; ASCP, American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Registry Certification, 1987. B.S. University of Cincinnati, 1985. Research interests include health services research related to access, delivery and quality of care for chronic diseases, peri-conceptional care, HIV/STD surveillance and SAS programming.

Nancy Callahan

Matthew P. Carroll
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. JD Director, Department of Public Health, City of Cleveland; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1989; A.B., Brown University, 1986; departmental areas of priority include reducing and preventing lead poisoning, addressing obesity and overweight, and improving access to health care; Co-Chair of Ryan White Title I Planning Council.

Sharon Danann

Kathleen Fagan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D.

Antonette Grahm

Timothy Horgan
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Cuyahoga County Health Department. M.P.H.

Kristina Knight

Joy Marshall
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine; Adjunct Senior Instructor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. MA, M.D.

Masahiro Morikawa
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D, M.P.H.

Robert Ronis
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D, M.P.H.

Susan Wentz
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D., M.S.

Carlyn Yanda