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.