Here are current and recent students I’ve had the privilege to mentor and who have contributed to this ongoing work.

Postdoctoral

Mohammad Alarifi (‘24) - Informatics Journal of the American College of Radiology

Doctoral | PhD in Health Sciences Primary Mentor

L. Raymond Guo (PhD ‘25) - Cancer disparities Preventing Chronic Disease

Christy Muasher-Kerwin (PhD ‘25) - Glioblastoma caregiving Digital Health

Alyssa Harris - Colorectal cancer screening JAMA Network Open

Alice Brewer - Hospital quality improvement Journal of Patient Safety

Nicole McCann-Davis - Safety of home-based care providers

Amanda Hughes LeFranc - Patient-reported outcomes in orthopaedic care

Neil Bahroos - Spatial analysis & health geography

Hanaa Shaheen - Healthy lifestyle & determinants of health

Master’s

Sammi Econie (MS ‘25) - Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Michelle Foster (MPH ‘24) - JMIR Formative Research

Olwatoyosi Afolabi (MPH ‘24) - PEC Innovation

Bolaji Elutilo (MPH ‘24) - Headphones in nursing homes (manuscript under review)

Chinenye Egwuonwu (MPH ‘24) - Critical Public Health

Uzma Khan (MS Management Information Systems (24) - BMC Public Health

Meredith Osias (MPH ‘23) - Preventing Chronic Disease

Sadia Afrin (MPH ‘23) - Journal of Cancer Education

Monica Kowalczyk (BA ‘19, MPH ‘22) - Social Science & Medicine

Abby Baumbach (MS Gerontology ‘22) - Research on Aging

Heather Graham (MPH ‘21) - Community Mental Health Journal

Ali Faghani (MS Engineering ‘21) - BMC Cancer

Undergraduate

Lily Derain (BS Nursing ‘22) - Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Ethan Spana (BS Public Health ‘21) - Community Mental Health Journal

Emma Hastings - Medical Education Online

Doctoral Committee Member

Tan Pham (‘25)

Marissa Beldon (‘24) - Health Sciences Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Makenna Green - Health Sciences Journal of Public Health Policy

Mitchell Voss - Health Sciences OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

Silvia Orsulic-Jeras - Health Sciences

Jordan Mize - Health Sciences

Jessica Conn - Health Sciences

Stefanie Gidmark - Health Sciences

Mariah Cheyney - Health Sciences

Syed Hyder - Biological Sciences

Anne Egbuche - Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

If you are interested in graduate school, I’d like to hear from you. Also, check out NIU’s PhD in Health Sciences hybrid program.