I am a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health. I have a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Texas, School of Public Health at Houston. My research area of expertise is occupational and environmental epidemiology. My current research interests include studying occupational risk factors of mental illnesses, occupational lung diseases, rare and orphan diseases, and spatial epidemiology. My research has been funded by NIH, NIOSH, and HRSA.Research Interest
Occupational and environmental epidemiology, Spatial epidemiology, Chronic disease epidemiology, Population-based health surveys, Neuromuscular disorders, Epidemiology of rare diseases, and health disparities.
Teaching Specialty
Epidemiology, Public Health Data Analysis, Health Surveys, Epidemiology Methods
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