Matthew Hirschey, PhD School of Medicine: Medicine School of Medicine: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Pronouns: He / Him / His Focuses on mitochondrial metabolism, with a particular interest in how cells use metabolites and chemical modifications to sense metabolism. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Neurological Environmental Health & Disease: […]
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Amy Herring, PhD Global Health Institute: Statistical Science Works to develop and apply statistical methodology for longitudinal or clustered data and applications of statistics in population health and medicine; particular focus global health issues, air pollution, cardiovascular, and neurological health. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Development & Children’s Health […]
Elizabeth Hauser, PhD School of Medicine: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Pronouns: She / Her / Hers Develops statistical methods for genetic and genomic models and software for the application of those statistical methods to gene discovery in complex human traits contributing to cardiovascular disease and aging, including gene x environment interactions. […]
Claudia Gunsch, PhD Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering Conducts research to improve the use of microorganisms in environmental engineering applications, such as water decontamination, and bioaugmentation Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Global Health Exposure Science Profile: https://cee.duke.edu/faculty/claudia-gunsch
P Lee Ferguson, PhD Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering Nicholas School of the Environment Development of technologies for the trace detection of carbon-based nanomaterials and hydrophilic organic contaminants in environmental samples, and mechanisms of xenoestrogen toxicity. Focus Areas: Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health & Disease: Development & Children’s […]
David B Dunson, PhD Statistical Science Methodologic research on nonparametric Bayes, latent structure learning, big data, scalable Bayesian inferences, machine learning, and high-dimensional low sample size problems. Applications in epidemiology, environmental health, neurosciences, genetics, and fertility. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Neurological Environmental Health & Disease: Cancer & the […]
Richard Di Giulio, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Toxicology Nicholas School of the Environment Studies mechanisms by which environmental contaminants, particularly PAHs, and other stressors affect vertebrate development using fish models. He also studies mechanisms by which free-living fish populations adapt to these stressors and alter evolution, including fitness costs. […]
David Carlson, PhD Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering Develops and applies machine learning algorithms to “Big Data” in the areas of population and environmental health, with recent research focusing in particular on brain development and signaling. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Neurological Environmental Health & Disease: […]
Michael H Bergin, PhD Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering Investigates the influence of air pollution (particularly PM2.5) on human health, and develops novel air sensors. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Global Health Exposure Science Profile: https://cee.duke.edu/faculty/michael-bergin