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Directory of current Ph.D. students and their research interests:
| Student | Interests |
|---|---|
| Albert Kofi Assogba | Health disparities, maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, migration, mental health |
| Igal Avshman | Mental health, migration and occupation |
| Samson Olowolaju | Demographic methods, mortality, population health, health disparities, population and development, spatial analysis |
| Lily Casura | Poverty, Domestic violence, women veterans and homelessness |
| Debarati Chakraborty | Family demography |
| Scott Craig | Urban renewal/gentrification and health |
| Adolph Joseph Delgado | HIV |
| Jairemy Edwards | Migration, Population Health, Spatial Demography |
| Brandon Flores | Family demography |
| Selene M. Gomez | Immigration, US/Mexico migration, immigration policy, racial justice, Latinx voter turnout, policy and inequalities impacting communities of color |
| Julie Gonzalez | Environmental risk factors and health |
| Elhakim Ibrahim | health disparities, demographic methods, population and development |
| Joseph Jaiyeola | Spatial demography, international migration |
| Candace Jennings | Health disparities, inequality, urban planning |
| William Kazanis | Opiod abuse, social determinants of health, healthcare access |
| Uriel Lomelí | Social demography, mortality, demography of conflict and violence |
| Ricardo Lowe | Race/ethnicity, urban sociology, education |
| Rebecca Luttinen | Fertility, Maternal and child health, Cultural Norms |
| Daniel Mamani | Biodemography, Health disparities, aging |
| Cristina Martinez | Racial and ethnic disparities, economic and health inequalities |
| Andrew McCracken | public health, health disparities, maternal morbidity and mortality |
| Alejandra Mora | TBD |
| Jyoti Nepal | Public health disparities, adverse childhood experiences, mental health |
| Lydia Okabe | Migration, race and ethnicity, mortality and health disparities and how they affect minorities/ immigrants/ African Americans |
| Christina G. Quintanilla-Munoz | Educational inequities and health disparities |
| Ricardo Ramirez | Poverty, inequality, labor force outcomes |
| Joshua Reyna | Mortality |
| Camerino Salazar | Health disparities, healthcare management |
| Drew Schaefer | Health disparities, infrastructure |
| Sarah Serpas | Inequality/segregation, spatial demography, housing values/displacement, social capital |
| Sarah Sharmin | Health disparities in maternal health, rural and urban health disparitiest |
| Bryan Solomon | Access to healthcare |
| Mahmuda Sultana | Maternal and child health, migration |
| Christine Thomas | Health disparities, mental health |
| Asya Validova | International migration, labor force, health inequality, mortality, fertility |
| Karina Vielma | TBD |
| Cynthia Villareal | Health disparities |
| Stephen Weeks | Sexual minority health, biomarkers, health disparities |
| Marissa Wilson | Suicide risk, health disparities |
| Jeffrey Wright | Political demography and U.S. electoral politics. |
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