Congratulations to Stephanie Melkonian
Stephanie Melkonian successfully defended her dissertation, "Genetic and Environmental Influences on Early-Onset Breast Cancer Prognosis: Using Genome-wide Association Data to Assess Gene-Environment Interaction.” Stephanie will next be moving onto a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Epidemiology.
Leadership Transition
The end of 2012 marked the end of a fruitful fourteen year term as Chair for Professor Ronald Thisted. Dean Polonsky recently addressed the department faculty noting the “outstanding leadership that Ron Thisted has provided as Chair. He continues to have the support and respect of both the faculty and the Dean and we are deeply grateful for his many contributions. I am delighted that he will continue to be an active member of our faculty.” This sentiment is unanimously echoed by the department faculty and staff. After careful consideration, Dean Polonsky has appointed Professor Diane S. Lauderdale as Interim Chair effective January 1, 2013.
Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology
Robert D. Gibbons was named the 2012 recipient of the Rema Lapouse Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding scientist for excellence in psychiatriac epidemiology by the American Public Health Association. Gibbons is the director of the Center for Health Statistics and is a professor of biostatistics in the Department of Health Studies, as well as the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry.
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The Department of Health Studies is a multidisciplinary department that includes the fields of biostatistics, epidemiology and health services research. Our research aims to understand and improve public health and health care from a population perspective and draws on methods from the disciplines of statistics, epidemiology, economics, psychology, sociology, and demography.
Diane Lauderdale, PhD, Interim Chair
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