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Michael von Fricken
Associate Professor/Director
Michael von Fricken focuses on vector-borne disease surveillance, control, and pathogen discovery.
mvonf@ufl.edu
352-273-5245
Global Health Security
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vector-Borne Diseases
One Health
Epidemiology
Yan Wang
Assistant Professor
Yan Wang's research is focused on assessing/intervening substance use and health outcomes by leveraging mobile technologies.
ywang48@ufl.edu
352-294-5942
Ecological momentary assessment
Alcohol Abuse
Medical Cannabis
Alcohol use/misuse
Wearable Alcohol Biosensors
Sarah Westen
Clinical Assistant Professor/Director
Sarah Westen focuses on mental health disorders in children, adolescents and young adults with co-morbid medical illnesses.
westens@phhp.ufl.edu
352-273-6029
Disease
Adolescents
Coping
Chronic health conditions
Mental Health
Lusine Yaghjyan
Associate Professor
Lusine Yaghjyan's research focuses on the epidemiology of breast cancer.
lyaghjyan@ufl.edu
352-294-5940
Epidemiology
Benign Breast Disease
Molecular Breast Cancer Epidemiology
Breast Cancer
Enviornmental Contributors to Breast Cancer Etiology
Sai Zhang
Assistant Professor
Sai Zhang's research leverages machine learning and big biomedical data to decode complex human diseases and advance precision medicine.
sai.zhang@ufl.edu
352-273-5468
Computational Biology
Computational Genomics
Machine Learning
Precision Medicine
Statistical Genetics
Jinying Zhao
Deans Endowed Chair/Professor/Director/M.D.
Dr. Jinying Zhao’s interests lie in the fields of genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics and bioinformatics for human complex diseases
jzhao66@ufl.edu
352-273-5933
epigenomics
Bioinformatics for human complex diseases
Genetic Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Statistical Genetics
