Current Members

Collaborating groups and centers at BU

Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC) at BUPSH. Research services including data management, reporting, biostatistics and epidemiolgy, data science and more.
Center for Climate and Health at BUPSH. The climate and health center fosters a diverse and vibrant community of researchers passionate about informing and minimizing the impacts of climate change on the health of people and communities.
Initiative on Cities (IOC). Hub for urban related research and teaching across Boston University. We engage with urban leaders, policymakers, academics, and students from around the world to work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.
Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering. Incubator and convergence accelerator, Hariri initiates research convergence and accelerates integrated initiatives with social impact at the nexus of the computational and data sciences.
Master of Science in Statistical Practice (MSSP) Consulting. Group providing statistical expertise including problem solving sessions, statistical application consulting, and long-term collaborative projects.
BU SPARK. Technology incubator and experiential learning lab for student led computational and data driven projects.
BU Research Computing Services (RCS). High performance computing resources, with over 9,000 shared CPU cores, over 15,000 Buy-in CPU cores, 250 GPU cores, and 9 petabytes of storage for research data.
BU URBAN. Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health (“BU URBAN”) to prepare Ph.D. students to tackle urban environmental challenges using interdisciplinary methods and a co-production approach centered on partnerships with governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.

Former Doctoral Students & Postdocs

Matthew Bozigar, Postdoctoral Fellow
Co-advisor: J. Peters
Instructor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
Komal Peer, PhD Student
Epidemiologist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Kate Connolly, PhD Student
Specialist at Cadmus Group
Anna Rosofsky, PhD Student
Senior Scientist and Environmental Justice Program Lead at Health Effects Institute (HEI)
Raquel Jimenez, PhD Student
Assistant Professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
Koen Tieskens, Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Scientist
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Kevin Lane, Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor at Environmental Health Department, BUSPH
Lindsay Underhill, PhD Student
Co-advisor: J. Levy
Instructor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Chad Milando Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Scientist
Research Scientist, Boston University

Former Research and Academic Advisees

Research Assistants Masters’ Students Undergraduate Students Doctoral Students (Dissertation Committee or Independent Research Projects)
Flannery Black-Ingersoll Komal Basra, MS Julie Delange, BU UROP Brittany Chen, CHS (DrPH)
Paige Brochu Flannery Black-Ingersoll, MPH Hannah Levine, BU Health Sciences Internship Emerson Conrad-Rooney, Biology, URBAN (Advisor: Templer)
Fei Carnes Tiffany Canate, MPH Alina McIntyre, Tufts University Intern Claudia Diez-Martinez, Earth & Env., URBAN (Advisor: Short Gianotti)
Shane Hennessey Anna Christian, MS Lavya Midha, BU UROP Leigh Evans, HLPM (Advisor: Charns)
Caitlin Mathews Barbara Espinosa, MPH Leila Heidari, EH, URBAN (Advisor: Scammell)
Jessica Wilson Sarah Fashakin, MPH Alina McIntyre, EH, URBAN (Advisor: Scammell)
Yunke Zhang Kimberly Garcia, MPH David Reynolds, Math & Stats, URBAN (Advisor: Carvalho)
Mark Hernandez, MPH Andrew Roberts, CDS, URBAN (Advisor:Huggins/Dietze)
Madeline Isenberg, MPH Deirdre Rogers, GH (DrPH)
Laura Kalpas, MPH Nicolas Schneider, Earth & Env., URBAN (Advisor: Sue-Wing)
Erin Kennedy, MPH Ian Smith, Earth & Env. URBAN (Advisor: Hutyra)
Sharon Lee, MPH Amelia Wesselink, EPI (Advisor: Weiss)
Rakshitha Maggidiwar, MPH
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MPH
Ahsan Manji, MPH
Shobana Muthulingam, MPH
Kristen Nocka, MPH
Lauren Pratt, MPH
Johnny Rezendes, MPH
Alina Rossini, MPH
Claire Schollaert, MPH
Jade Tabony, MS
Julia Termine, MPH
Haley Trottier, MPH
Carmen Zhou, MS