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Principal Investigators<\/h1>\n

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\"Huimin<\/div>\n
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Huimin Cheng, PhD<\/a><\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics<\/p>\n

Boston University School of Public Health<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Nicole<\/div>\n
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Nicole Spartano, PhD<\/a><\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management<\/p>\n

Assistant Director, \u00a0Framingham Research Center<\/p>\n

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n

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\"Maura<\/div>\n
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Maura Walker, PhD<\/a><\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Medicine<\/p>\n

Programs in Nutrition, Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences<\/p>\n

Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n

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Current Trainees<\/h1>\n

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Postdoctoral Scholars<\/span>
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Kaylea Ward, ScD, MPH, RD, LDN<\/strong><\/div>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology<\/div>\n
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Boston University School of Medicine

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Albina Tskhay, PhD, MS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate, S<\/span>argent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences<\/span><\/div>\n
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Boston University

Ioanna Yiannakou, PhD, MS, RD<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology<\/div>\n
Boston University School of Medicine<\/div>\n

PhD Candidates<\/u>
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Bahar Bakhshi, MS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Graduate Research Assistant, Molecular & Translational Medicine PhD Candidate<\/div>\n
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/div>\n

Naznin Sultana, MS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Graduate Research Assistant, Biostatistics PhD Candidate<\/div>\n
Boston University School of Public Health

Jung Lee<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Graduate Research Assistant, Biostatistics PhD Candidate<\/div>\n
Boston University<\/div>\n

Visiting PhD Candidates<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Yeji Han, MS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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PhD Student, George Washington University
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Suheng Yao, MS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
PhD Student, University of Connecticut

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Graduate and Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nick Siegel<\/strong><\/div>\n
Graduate Research Assistant, Didactic Program in Dietetics\/Master of Science<\/div>\n
Boston University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Suheng Yao<\/strong><\/div>\n
Graduate Research Assistant, MS Statistical Practice (MSSP) Candidate<\/div>\n
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University<\/div>\n

Kimaya Gazula<\/strong><\/div>\n
Undergraduate Research Assistant, BA Biology Candidate<\/div>\n
College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University<\/div>\n

Faculty Collaborators<\/h1>\n

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Michael<\/span> C. Cheney, MS, NP, CDCES<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Ass<\/span>istant<\/span> Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management

<\/span><\/span>Kathryn Fantasia, MD MSc<\/span><\/b><\/a>
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Ass<\/span>istant<\/span> Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
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Honghuang Lin, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Division of Health Systems Science and Program in Digital Medicine

<\/span><\/span><\/span>N<\/strong>icola McKeown, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Research Professor, Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Programs in Nutrition, Department of Health Science

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Debarghya Mukherjee, PhD<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Assistant Professor<\/span>, Boston University Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

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Matthew Nayor, MD, MPH<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Cardiovascular Medicine, Preventive <\/span>Medicine<\/span> and Epidemiology
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Devin Steenkamp, MBChB<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management<\/span><\/span>

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Vanessa Xanthakis, PhD<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology<\/span><\/span>

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Debora Melo van Lent<\/span>, PhD<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Ass<\/span>istant<\/span> Prof<\/span>essor, <\/span>UT Health San Antonio<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative diseases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Principal Investigators Huimin Cheng, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health Nicole Spartano, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management Assistant Director, \u00a0Framingham Research Center Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Maura Walker, PhD Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Medicine Programs in Nutrition, Boston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}