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

Silvia Orsulic-Jeras - Health Sciences

Stefanie Gidmark - Health Sciences

Mariah Cheyney - Health Sciences

Syed Hyder - Biological Sciences

Anne Egbuche - Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Makenna Green (‘26) - Health Sciences Journal of Public Health Policy

Jessica Conn (‘26) - Health Sciences

Mitchell Voss (‘26) Health Sciences OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

Jordan Mize (‘26) - Health Sciences

Tan Pham (‘25)

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

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.