BSHS Doctoral Alumni
2025
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Anna Alikhani Ph.D. '25
Dissertation Chair Michelle RogersDissertation: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors of Perinatal Women and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers
Current Position: Post Doc Fellow, Department of Family Medicine and Center for Health Equity, Georgetown University
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John Guigayoma Ph.D. ’25
Dissertation Chair Tyler WrayDissertation: Addressing Key Issues In HIV Self-Testing Implementation for Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States
Current Position: Post Doc fellow, Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University
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Mikey Mercedes Ph.D. ’25
Dissertation Chair Madina AgénorDissertation: Black Fat Interventions For and Against the Field of Weight Stigma Research
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, San Francisco
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Bill Nardi Ph.D. ’25
Dissertation Chair Judson BrewerDissertation: Treating Substance Use and Co-Occurring Anxiety: The Role of Reinforcement Learning and App-Based Interventions
Current Position: Post Doc Fellow
2024
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William Lodge II Ph.D. ’24
Dissertation Chair Katie BielloDissertation: Syndemic Barriers and Intersectionality: Understanding Multilevel Factors Impacting Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Transgender Women Living with HIV in Mumbai and New Delhi India.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Cornell
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Madeline Montgomery Ph.D. ’24
Dissertation Chair Madina AgénorDissertation: Multilevel determinants of sexual and reproductive health care access among LGBTQIA+ young adults with a cervix: implications for public health and health care practice
2023
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Anthony Surace Ph.D. ’23
Dissertation Chair Christopher KahlerDissertation: It’s About Time: A Temporal Analysis of Minority Strengths/Stress Effects on Drinking Behavior Among Sexual Minorities
Current Position: Associate Scientist, Alcohol Research Group at UC Berkeley
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Pablo K. Valente Ph.D. ’23
Dissertation Chair Katie BielloDissertation: Daily Oral and Next Generation Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Modalities for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Role of Health Services and Providers in Shaping Acceptability and Implementation
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Waterbury
2022
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Holly Boyle Ph.D. ’22
Dissertation Chair Jennifer MerrillDissertation: Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use among Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Determinants, Mechanisms, and Consequences
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
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Teresa DeAtley Ph.D. ’22
Dissertation Chair Jennifer TideyDissertation: Mechanisms Underlying High Rates of Tobacco-Related Disease in People with Psychiatric Disorders Who Smoke
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Utah -
Kira DiClemente Ph.D. ’22
Dissertation Chair Abigail HarrisonDissertation: Mental health experiences of women exposed to war and violence in Africa: a community-based approach
Current Position: Research Assistant professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago -
Ashley Gomez Ph.D. ’22
Dissertation Chair Jennifer NazarenoDissertation: “Work, Migration, Gender, and Place: Social Determinants of Latine Health in the United States”
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business
2021
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Alberto Edeza Ph.D. ’21
Dissertation Chair Kaite BielloDissertation: Sexualized substance use and HIV prevention among men who engage in transactional sex with men
Current Position: Health Scientist at Johnson and Johnson
2020
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Augustine Kang Ph.D. ’20
Dissertation Chair Patricia RisicaDissertation: Sleep and Physical Activity among Latinx Children: Formative Research for Obesity Prevention Intervention Development
Current Position: MD Candidate at Stanford University School of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist at Brown University School of Public Health
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Ashleigh LoVette Ph.D. ’20
Dissertation Chair Don OperarioDissertation: Resilience in the Context of HIV Risk: A Strengths-Based Perspective for HIV Prevention among South African Girls and Young Women
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, Ohio State University
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Adedotun Ogunbajo Ph.D. ’20
Dissertation Chair Matthew MimiagaDissertation: Substance use, mental health, and other psychosocial health problems in the context of HIV sexual risk behavior among Nigerian gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
Current Position: Director of Research at Us Helping Us, People into Living, Inc. -
Arjee Restar Ph.D. ’20
Dissertation Chair Don OperarioDissertation: Modeling the Socio-Ecological Factors of HIV Prevention Services among Filipinx Trans Women and Cis Men
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health -
Sylvia Shangani Ph.D. ’20
Dissertation Chair Don OperarioDissertation: Engagement in HIV Prevention and Treatment among Key Populations in Kenya
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University
2019
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Rachel Denlinger-Apte Ph.D. ’19
Dissertation Chair Jennifer TideyDissertation: The Effects of Menthol Flavoring in Cigarettes on Tobacco Product Selection, Use, and Perceptions of Harm: Implications for Tobacco Regulation
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Jessica Emerson Ph.D. ’19
Dissertation Chair David WilliamsDissertation: When Outcomes Matter: A Temporal Analysis of Beliefs in the Exercise and Smoking Domains
Current Position: Scientific Advisor at Clario (formerly ERT) -
Harold Lee Ph.D. ’19
Dissertation Chair David WilliamsDissertation: Genetic Underpinning of Physical Activity Adherence: Affective Response to Physical Activity as an Intermediate Phenotype
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University