Population Health Sciences

Epidemiology

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The mission of the Division is to improve the public’s health by advancing knowledge as it relates to the causes and prevention of disease through innovative and multidisciplinary research. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health conditions in human populations. Our faculty have a diverse range of expertise including genetics, cancer, infectious disease, mental health, sports injury, and nutrition. Our Division embraces collaboration and has partners from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, WCM-Qatar, Cornell University in Ithaca, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Current Research Highlights

National Cancer Institute Grant Targets Cancer Disparities

June 26, 2023

Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University have been awarded a $9.8 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI),...

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A New Model for Optimizing Vaccine Distribution During Pandemics

June 24, 2023

A model for optimizing the dispensing of vaccines during pandemics that uses a new measure of success for such efforts has been developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Ithaca campus of Cornell University, Singapore University of Technology and Design and San Jose State University in California. The new model expands the concept of vaccine coverage to include 'vaccinated person-days' (VPDs), which prioritizes both the number of people vaccinated and the speed of getting shots...

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Commentary Outlines Steps to Strengthen U.S. Laboratory System and Pandemic Preparedness

March 6, 2023

Weaknesses in the United States laboratory system, which were illuminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscore a need for policy changes to improve the country’s infectious disease response, according to a new analysis by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator.

The analysis, published Mar. 6 in the March issue of Health Affairs, was co-authored by ...

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Population Health Sciences 402 E. 67th St. New York, NY 10065 Phone: (646) 962-8078

Faculty & Staff

Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad , PhD, MSc

Professor of population health sciences

lja2002@med.cornell.edu

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Shadi Azam , PhD, MsC

Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences

sha4015@med.cornell.edu

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Medha Goyal Barbhaiya

Assistant professor of population health sciences

Victoria Blinder

Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

Patricia Cassano

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

Sunday Clark , ScD, MPH

Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology Research in Emergency Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences

suc2010@med.cornell.edu

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Lewis Drusin , MD, MPH

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
Attending Physician
Director, Student Faculty Mentor Program

ldrusin@med.cornell.edu

(212) 746-1757

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Edward Gemson

Project Coordinator

edg4001@med.cornell.edu

(646) 962-7643

Nathaniel Hupert , MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine

nah2005@med.cornell.edu

(646) 962-8045

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Kevin Kensler , MHS, ScD

Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

kek4007@med.cornell.edu

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Monia Tannous Makhoul , PhD, MSc

Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences

mom2039@med.cornell.edu

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Stavros Memtsoudis , MD, PhD

Clinical Professor of Population Health Sciences

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Faith Morley

Senior Research Assistant

fam4014@med.cornell.edu

Lauren Mount , MD

Senior Research Program Manager

lem9092@med.cornell.edu

Kenneth Offit , MD, MPH

Professor of Population Health Sciences

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Laura Pinheiro , PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

lcp2003@med.cornell.edu

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Barbara Reissman , DrPH

Senior Lecturer in Population Health Sciences

blr2002@med.cornell.edu

(646) 962-8054

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Shoshana Rosenberg , ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

shr4009@med.cornell.edu

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Ravi Sharaf , MD, MS

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

ras9030@med.cornell.edu

(212) 746-4014

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Yiwey Shieh , MD, MAS

Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

yis4001@med.cornell.edu

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Rulla Tamimi , ScD

Chief of the Division of Epidemiology
Interim Chief of the Division of Biostatistics
Associate Director of Population Science, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Professor of Population Health Sciences

rmt4001@med.cornell.edu

646-962-3492

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Kate Whittemore , MPH

Senior Research Program Manager, Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response

kaw4017@med.cornell.edu

Recent Faculty Publications

Interactions Between Mammographic Density Phenotypes and Established Risk Factors on Breast Cancer Risk, by Tumor Subtype and Menopausal Status.

H. Chen; L. Yaghjyan; C. Li; U. Peters; B. Rosner; S. Lindström; R.M. Tamimi

2020

Public health insurance and cancer-specific mortality risk among patients with breast cancer: A prospective cohort study in China.

Y. Xie; U.A. Valdimarsdóttir; C. Wang; X.R. Zhong; Q. Gou; H. Zheng; L. Deng; P. He; K. Hu; K. Fall; F. Fang; R.M. Tamimi; T. Luo; D. Lu

2020

Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk.

J. Liu; W.J.C.Prager van der Smissen; M. Collée; M.K. Bolla; Q. Wang; K. Michailidou; J. Dennis; T.U. Ahearn; K. Aittomäki; C.B. Ambrosone; I.L. Andrulis; H. Anton-Culver; N.N. Antonenkova; V. Arndt; N. Arnold; K.J. Aronson; A. Augustinsson; P. Auvinen; H. Becher; M.W. Beckmann; S. Behrens; M. Bermisheva; L. Bernstein; N.V. Bogdanova; N. Bogdanova-Markov; S.E. Bojesen; H. Brauch; H. Brenner; I. Briceno; S.Y. Brucker; T. Brüning; B. Burwinkel; Q. Cai; H. Cai; D. Campa; F. Canzian; J.E. Castelao; J. Chang-Claude; S.J. Chanock; J.Y. Choi; M. Christiaens; C.L. Clarke; F.J. Couch; K. Czene; M.B. Daly; P. Devilee; I. Dos-Santos-Silva; M. Dwek; D.M. Eccles; H. Eliassen; P.A. Fasching; J. Figueroa; H. Flyger; L. Fritschi; M. Gago-Dominguez; S.M. Gapstur; M. García-Closas; J.A. García-Sáenz; M.M. Gaudet; G.G. Giles; M.S. Goldberg; D.E. Goldgar; P. Guénel; C.A. Haiman; N. Håkansson; P. Hall; P.A. Harrington; S.N. Hart; M. Hartman; P. Hillemanns; J.L. Hopper; M.F. Hou; D.J. Hunter; D. Huo; H. Ito; M. Iwasaki; M. Jakimovska; A. Jakubowska; E.M. John; R. Kaaks; D. Kang; R. Keeman; E. Khusnutdinova; S.W. Kim; P. Kraft; V.N. Kristensen; A.W. Kurian; L. Le Marchand; J. Li; A. Lindblom; A. Lophatananon; R.N. Luben; J. Lubiński; A. Mannermaa; M. Manoochehri; S. Manoukian; S. Margolin; S. Mariapun; K. Matsuo; T. Maurer; D. Mavroudis; A. Meindl; U. Menon; R.L. Milne; K. Muir; A.Marie Mulligan; S.L. Neuhausen; H. Nevanlinna; K. Offit; O.I. Olopade; J.E. Olson; H. Olsson; N. Orr; S.K. Park; P. Peterlongo; J. Peto; D. Plaseska-Karanfilska; N. Presneau; B. Rack; R. Rau-Murthy; G. Rennert; H.S. Rennert; V. Rhenius; A. Romero; M. Ruebner; E. Saloustros; R.K. Schmutzler; A. Schneeweiss; C. Scott; M. Shah; C.Y. Shen; X.O. Shu; J. Simard; C. Sohn; M.C. Southey; J.J. Spinelli; R.M. Tamimi; W.J. Tapper; S.H. Teo; M.Beth Terry; D. Torres; T. Truong; M. Untch; C.M. Vachon; C.J. van Asperen; A. Wolk; T. Yamaji; W. Zheng; A. Ziogas; E. Ziv; G. Torres-Mejía; T. Dörk; A.J. Swerdlow; U. Hamann; M.K. Schmidt; A.M. Dunning; P.D.P. Pharoah; D.F. Easton; M.J. Hooning; J.W.M. Martens; A. Hollestelle

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