Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH
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Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH, associate professor in Epidemiology, is an infectious disease epidemiologist with technical expertise in reproductive health and implementation science research. She leverages implementation research frameworks, user-centered work, and optimization to evaluate implementation strategies to improve uptake and adherence to evidence-based biomedical interventions in HIV prevention and treatment in Africa and the U.S.
Yiyang Cai
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Yiyang Cai is master’s degree student in the Department of Epidemiology's aging track) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on sensory and cognitive aging, hearing health, and digital health analytics. She is particularly interested in the interplay among sensory function, cognition, and mobility in older adults, leveraging large population-based cohorts and real-world data.
Yuetong (Toria) Liu
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Toria Liu is currently a second-year master of public health student in the Epidemiology department's aging track. Her research interest is the epidemiology of sensory loss. She is currently conducting research using the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
Wenjie Cai, MSc
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Wenjie Cai, MSc is a doctoral student in the Epidemiology Department of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She earned her bachelor's degree in medicine and completed a neurology residency in China. Cai earned a master of science degree in epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Gypsyamber D’Souza, PhD, MS, MPH
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Amber D'Souza, PhD, MPH, MS is an epidemiologist with expertise in head and neck conditions, infection, and aging. She is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Ian Saldanha, MBBS, PhD, MPH
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Ian Saldanha, MBBS, MPH, PhD is an associate professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and of Health Policy & Management. He earned his medical degree at Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India. He then earned his MPH and PhD in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Suzanna Arul, MSPH
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Suzanna Arul is the communications specialist for the Sense Network. She received her Master of Science in Public Health degree in health communications and health education from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to her role with the Sense Network, Arul was a communications intern for the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and a research assistant within the Epidemiology department at Johns Hopkins.
Amelia Wallace, PhD
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Amelia Wallace is an assistant scientist at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research. Her research focuses on chronic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, evidence-based medicine, and data science for public health. In addition to her primary research, she collaborates with faculty from the Cochlear Center to support Center-initiated academic training programs and other academic initiatives.
Madison Monlezun Saunders, AuD
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Madison Saunders, AuD, is a clinical audiologist with more than seven years of experience in hospital, private practice, Veterans Administration, and industry settings. In support of her husband’s career transition from operational military to foreign service, assigned to Latin America, she saw the need to expand her expertise beyond the clinic.
Xi (Sissi) Wang, MPH
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Xi (Sissi) Wang, MPH, is a PhD student in Epidemiology of Aging track. Wang earned her Master of Public Health degree in epidemiologic methods from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. From 2016 to 2022, she worked as an intermediate and senior research analyst at the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, where she researched kidney disease and statistical methods to profile healthcare quality. In 2023, Wang researched social determinants of health and causal inference as a research assistant at Boston University.