
Helen Chu
Areas of Interest:
- Maternal immunization- Influenza , RSV
- Virologic and immunologic correlates of protection
- Clinical trials of vaccine candidates in both domestic and international sites, including Nepal and Bangladesh

Sara Curran
Associate Professor, International Studies & Public Affairs, Jackson School Intl. Studies
scurran@uw.edu
scurran@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Sociology
- Demography

Burcu Darst
Areas of Interest:
- Genetic and multi-omic risk factors of prostate cancer in diverse populations
- Genetic Epidemiology

Beth Devine
Professor, The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy & Economics Institute, School of Pharmacy
bdevine@uw.edu
bdevine@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Pharmacogenomic-guided Medication Use using electronic clinical data
- Evidence Synthesis and (Network) Meta-Analysis
- Comparative Effectiveness Research

Daniel Enquobahrie
Areas of Interest:
- Perinatal Epidemiology
- Cardiovascular/ Metabolic Epidemiology
- Epigenetics

Carey Farquhar
Areas of Interest:
- HIV, Maternal child health
- Bioethics, Epidemiology
- Implementation Science

Alison Fohner
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
afohner@uw.edu
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
afohner@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health
- Pharmacoepidemiology

Mandy Fretts
Areas of Interest:
- Cardio-metabolic disease prevention
- Social epidemiology
- American Indian health
- Health disparities

Michael Gale Jr.
Areas of Interest:
- Innate immune regulation in infection, immunity, and autoimmunity
- Immunogenetics
- Viral genetics

Kelley Harris
Areas of Interest:
- Evolution of mutagenesis
- Evolutionary history of humans and other species
- Developing new statistical models

Vida Henderson
Assistant Professor, Cancer Prevention Program Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
vahender@fredhutch.org
vahender@fredhutch.org
Areas of Interest:
- Cancer disparities & health equity
- Qualitative and mixed methods research
- Community-engaged research

Nora Henrikson
Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Assistant Investigator Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
nhenriks@uw.edu
Assistant Investigator Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
nhenriks@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Social and behavioral science
- Behavioral epidemiology
- Cancer prevention and control

Gail Jarvik
Areas of Interest:
- Genomic and Precision Medicine
- Biomedical Ethics
- Complex Disease and Statistical Genetics

Grace John-Stewart
Areas of Interest:
- HIV Transmission Genetic Epidemiology
- HIV Progression Genetic Epidemiology
- Transmission of Sexually Treated Infections

Edward Kelly
Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Director, Pharmaceutical Bioengineering Program
edkelly@uw.edu
Director, Pharmaceutical Bioengineering Program
edkelly@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Drug and Xenobiotic-induced Toxicity
- 3D Microphysiological Systems aka Tissue Chips
- Ex vivo modeling of human physiology response to drugs

Sarah Knerr
Areas of Interest:
- Cancer prevention and control
- Translational genomics
- Stakeholder engagement
- Health and health care disparities

Su-In Lee
Areas of Interest:
- Computational biology approaches using AI and ML
- Precision medicine, systems biology, & genetics
- Explainable AI, interpretability, feature selection, & probabilistic graphical models

Harmit Malik
Areas of Interest:
- Evolutionary studies of genetic conflict
- Selective pressures drive the adaptive evolution

Ulrike (Riki) Peters
Areas of Interest:
- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
- Diverse Populations/Minority Research
- Complex Disease

Daniel Promislow
Professor, Pathology, School of Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
promislo@uw.edu
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
promislo@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Genetics of Aging
- Systems Biology
- Veterinary Epidemiology

Kenneth Rice
Areas of Interest:
- Statistical methods for complex disease epidemiology
- Cardiovascular disease and aging

Brian Shirts
Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Associate Director, Genetics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Assistant Director, Medical Informatics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
shirtsb@uw.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Associate Director, Genetics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Assistant Director, Medical Informatics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
shirtsb@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Diagnostic genetic testing
- Translational genomics
- Hereditary cancer prevention

Ali Shojaie
Areas of Interest:
- Statistical methods for analysis of large, complex systems
- ML/Big Data
- High-dimensional networks

Noah Simon
Areas of Interest:
- Biomolecular and imaging-based measurements
- ML/Big Data
- Clinical trial design

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
Areas of Interest:
- Data Integration
- Biomedical Informatics
- Pharmacogenetics
- Translational Bioinformatics

Luke Wander
Areas of Interest:
- Blood-based epigenetic biomarkers
- Diabetes biomarkers
- Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology

Ron J. Whitener
Areas of Interest:
- Jurisdictional and ethical issues in courts of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal courts
- Legal, ethical and societal implications of research among American Indian and Alaska Native communities
- The effect of fetal alcohol syndrome/effect, post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury

Ellen Wijsman
Areas of Interest:
- Statistical Genetics
- Population Genetics
- Genetic Basis of Complex Traits

Rachel Winer
Areas of Interest:
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health/Women's Health

Joon-Ho Yu
Research Assistant Professor, SOM: Pediatrics: Genetic Medicine: Genetic Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
joonhoyu@uw.edu
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
joonhoyu@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Ethical, legal, social implications (ELSI)
- Translation of genomics
- Race and ancestry in biomedical research