- Chloe Bennett, Northeastern University
- Qi Zhang, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
- Eskira Kahsay, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
- Mia Charifson, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- Lauren Giurini, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Victor Florez, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Tanya Libby, University of Washington
- Gina Nam, UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health
- Domonique M. Reed, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
- Bricia Trejo, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health
- Alessandra Andreacchi, University of Toronto
- Adoma Manful, Vanderbilt University
- Leah Neff Warner, University of Washington
- Tyler Smith, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthCatharine Chambers, University of Toronto
- Colleen Reynolds, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
- Elizabeth Williams, University of Montana
- Xing Gao, University of California Berkeley
- Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Drexel University
- Shalmali Bane, Stanford University
- Erika Meza, University of California, San Francisco
- Sarah-Truclinh Tran, Oregon Health & Science University/ Portland State University- School of Public Health
- Brooke Staley UNC-Chapel Hill
- Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye, University of Washington
- Ariel Beccia, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Clare Meernik, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Elleni Hailu, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
- Katie Labgold, Emory University, Department of Epidemiology
- Lauren Zell-Baran, Colorado School of Public Health
- Lydia Marcus, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Menolly Kaufman, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
- Nedghie Adrien, Boston University School of Public Health
- Renzo Calderon Anyosa, McGill University
- Sameera Nayak, Northeastern University
- Shadiya Moss, Columbia University
- Xiaoshuang Xun, University of Pittsburgh
- Kendra Sims, Oregon State University
- Wyatt Bensken, Case Western Reserve University
- Estela Blanco, University of Chile
- Ryan Saelee, Emory University
- Colleen MacCallum-Bridges, Michigan State University
- Timileyin Adediran, University of Maryland Baltimore
- Priscilla Lopez, CUNY
- Kristina Dang, University of California San Francisco
- Rachel Zmora, University of Minnesota
- Morgan Swanson, University of Iowa
- Kaylee Ramage, University of Calgary
- Brittney Butler, The Ohio State University
Claire Adam, University of Montana
Andi Camden, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Mabel Carabali, McGill University
Makella Coudray, Florida International University
Lan Doan, Oregon State University
Isaac Ergas, University of California, Berkeley
Joshua Freeman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Rennie Joshi, Drexel University
Basant Motawi, University of Maryland
Alexis Reeves, University of Michigan
Katherine Ross, Emory University
Arthur Sillah, University of Washington
Tiffany Fitzpatrick, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Helen Pitchik, University of California, Berkeley
Eva Graham, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology, McGill University
Marcy Schaeffer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Elizabeth Suarez, UNC Chapel Hill
Kaitlyn Stanhope, Emory University
Michael Garber, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Andreea Adelina, University of Montreal
Patrick Carry, Colorado School of Public Health
Catherine Duarte, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology
Luis Rodriguez, University of California, San Francisco
Jennifer Velloza, University of Washington
Sharia Ahmed, Oregon State University
Kristy Arthur, Loma Linda University
Nicole Austin, McGill University
Rebecca Barry, University of Toronto
Matthew Bozigar, University of South Carolina
Katherine Burgess Ziegler, University of Colorado, Denver
Kaitlyn Gam, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Lauren Hurwitz, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Florence Kanu, University of Georgia
Erica Lokken, University of Washington
Magha Mehrotra, University of California, San Francisco
Pam Phojanakong, Drexel University
Holly Stewart, University of California, Berkeley
Sarah Buchan, University of Toronto
Kunchok Dorjee, University of California, Berkeley
Cassandra Gibbs Pickens, Emory University
Megan Harvey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Randi Johnson, University of Colorado
Jessica Knight, Emory University
Matthew Levy, George Washington University
Marissa Seamans, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Marie Stoner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Caroline Tai, University of California, San Francisco
Christopher Tait, University of Toronto
Xiaoliang (Wendy) Wang, University of Washington
Anna Bauer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ebonee Nicole Butler, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Evan Carey, University of Colorado, Denver
Lu Chen, University of Washington
Jennifer Ersek, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Christine Harden, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scott Kelly, George Washington University
Nour Makarem, New York University
Sophia Newcomer, University of Colorado, Denver
Mary Playdon, Yale University
Diana Younan, University of Southern California
Chenan Zhang, University of Chicago
Erika Braithwaite, McGill University
Lorena Canales, Colorado State University
Lindsey Fernandez-Rhodes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Shannon Grabich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Laura Harrington, University of Washington
Christine Hockett, University of Colorado
Ashleigh McGirr, University of Toronto
Elizabeth Rogawski, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dinela Rushani, McGill University
Katherine Sapra, Columbia University
Rachel Savage, University of Toronto
Kirstine Sogaard, Aarhus University Hospital
Jillian Ashley-Martin, Dalhousie University
Monica D’Arcy, University of North Carolina
Megan Herr, University of Rochester
Kirstin Huiber, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jeremy Labrecque, McGill University
Lindsey Lesher, University of Minnesota
Irene Berita Murimi, University of Florida
Peter F. Rebeiro, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH
Sean Rundell, University of Washington, Seattle
Sonja Swanson, Harvard School of Public Health
Jessica Trimis, University of Southern California
Cindy Ke Zhou, George Washington University
Shaneda Andersen, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jessie Buckley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Benjamin Chaffee, University of California, Berkeley
Brittany Charlton, Harvard School of Public Health
Leila Family, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rebecca Graff, Harvard School of Public Health
Cassidy Henegar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kantor, University of Washington
Michael Passarelli, University of Washington
Alison Rustagi, University of Washington
Leah Smith, McGill University
Tasha (Nicole) Stehling-Ariza, Columbia University
Jennifer Albrecht, University of Maryland
Kathleen Clark, University of South Carolina
Serene Joseph, McGill University
Samira Kamrudin, University of Texas
Megan Lefebvre, University of Toronto
Se Li, Boston University SPH
Michael Lowe, University of Utah
Jennifer L. Lund, University of North Carolina
Jean McDougall, University of Washington
Shoshana Rosenberg, Harvard School of Public Health
Diana Withrow, University of Toronto
Leona Bessonova, University of California, Irvine
Yan Du, University of Pittsburgh
Noha Sharaf El-Din, University of Alberta
Abdulrahman El-Sayed, University of Oxford
Peter James, Harvard School of Public Health
Jessica Jensen, University of North Carolina
Gaia Pocobelli, University of Washington
Melinda Powers, Harvard School of Public Health
Kristen Rappazzo, University of North Carolina
Janie Shelton, University of California, Davis
Jonathan Snowden, University of California, Berkeley
Erica Warner, Harvard School of Public Health
Laura Anderson, University of Toronto
Erin Meyer Baker, University of Cincinnati Division of Environmental Health
Elisabeth Beaber, University of Washington
Christine Ekenga, New York University School of Medicine
Todd Gibson, Yale University
Simone Gray, Duke University
Flojaune Griffin, University of Michigan
Adina Hazzouri, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Erin Kent, University of California, Irvine
Kerry Keyes, Columbia University
Dawn Mackey, University of California, Berkeley
Hazel Nichols, Johns Hopkins
Karminder Gill, University of North Carolina
Susan Hutfless, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Rick Jansen, University of Minnesota
Sheri Lippman, University of California, Berkeley
Emily Martin, University of Washington
Tamra Meyer, University of Texas at Houston
Sarah Nechuta, Michigan State University
Zahinira Pietri, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Susan Puumala, University of Minnesota
Matt Walsh, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Nora Watson, University of Pittsburgh
Susan Wernimont, Cornell University
Kathryn Adeney, University of Washington
Jeannette Beasley, Johns Hopkins University
Mary Hearst, University of Minnesota
Tamara James-Todd, Columbia University
Sharon Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
Christina Mair, University of Michigan
Dana March, Columbia University
Tuhina Neogi, Boston University SPH
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, University of Washington
Lauren Teras, Emory University
Elizabeth Torrone, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Christine Walters, Medical University of South Carolina
Melinda Aldrich, University of California, Berkeley
Gabriella Andreotti, George Washington University
Cheryl Broussard, University of Texas School of Public Health
Lauren E. Cain, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tapashi Dalvi, University of California Berkeley
Kirstie Danielson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Margaret A. Gates, Harvard School of Public Health
Andrea Gruneir, Brown University
Erika Hagen, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kevin Urayama, University of California, Berkeley
Fei Xue, Harvard School of Public Health
Kelly Yu, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Jeffrey S. Chang, University of California, Berkeley
Jessica Chubak, University of Washington
Dominic J. Cirillo, University of Iowa
Amy B. Dailey, Yale University
Corinne Engelman, University of Colorado
Alexis J. Handal, University of Michigan
Mike Jackson, University of Washington
Christy Mckinney, University of Washington
Jaymie R. Meliker, University of Michigan
Nina Paynter, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Whitney R. Robinson, University of North Carolina
Brian W. Whitcomb, University of Maryland
“The 2018 Student Dissertation Workshop made me feel like I wanted to be a student again. Each student was so passionate about their dissertation research I really learned from each of their presentations. The interdisciplinary collaborative synergy at the workshop between the students and faculty was so inspiring and refreshing. Each student and faculty were able bring a different viewpoint to the workshop which allowed them to provide new feedback for all participants. I am truly honored to have been a part of such a constructive and productive workshop!”
“The 2015 workshop brought together twelve students from programs around the country and four distinguished faculty with diverse research expertise. It was very successful, and everyone I spoke with later enjoyed the workshop and thought it provided valuable suggestions for the students. Both students and faculty had carefully read and considered the proposals ahead of the workshop, and the discussions were thoughtful and insightful. The diversity of research areas and methodologic challenges kept everyone engaged through the day. The faculty brought tremendous breadth of research experience and accumulated wisdom to their comments. The students did not hesitate to jump into the discussions of each others’ work. I feel so lucky to have helped continue this great SER tradition.”
“This year’s annual SER Student Dissertation Workshop was held on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the Le Centre Sheraton, in Montreal, Canada, just prior to the opening of the 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. For this year’s workshop, we received 55 applications and had the difficult challenge of selecting 12 proposals for detailed discussion in Montreal. To assist with selection, as well as the workshop itself, we recruited four outstanding faculty members (three epidemiologists and one biostatistician) who collectively had expertise and experience in virtually every major area of the field. These faculty members reviewed the proposals and helped make final selections.The workshop began with a light dinner reception and presentation on the evening of June 20. This informal “meet-and-greet” helped everyone get to know each other better, thus facilitating the work ahead. The day of the workshop was action-packed for students and faculty. Proposals were assigned to one primary and one secondary faculty member, so each proposal was discussed extensively, offering the opportunity for students to learn in a positive, constructive environment. The workshop was viewed by all as a productive and enjoyable experience, allowing for an open exchange of ideas in a collegial and supportive context. Evaluations from students indicated that all would definitely recommend this workshop to other students.”
“The 2014 workshop was a great success, due primarily to the effort of students and faculty before the day began. Once we were all together, the diversity of research topics and methodologic challenges kept the energy high throughout the day. The students had so many interesting and important public health topics as their dissertation research, and had such great insights about the design and analysis aspects. Maybe the most rewarding part was to witness the interactions between students, with different perspectives brought from different institutions and shared with one another. The workshop faculty had widely varying expertise, so it seemed like between the students and the faculty there was no problem too large. I wish I could do this every year!”
