Doctoral Students

Erin Annunziato, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2021 - present
Areas of interest: Substance use
Mentors:  Silvia Martins, PhD and Justin Knox, PhD

Cale Basaraba, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2022 - present
Areas of interest: Suicide contagion
Mentor: Katherine Keyes, PhD

Jenny Caruso, MA
EdD student, Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College – August 2021 - present
Areas of interest:  Health education
Mentor: Sonali Rajan, EdD

Cale Basaraba, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2022 - present
Areas of interest: Suicide contagion
Mentor: Katherine Keyes, PhD

Catherine Gimbrone, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - August 2021 - present
Areas of interest: Substance use, mental health, injury epidemiology, epidemiology methods
Mentor:  Katherine Keyes, PhD

Ariana N Gobaud, MPH
PhD Student, Epidemiology  - August 2019 - present
Areas of interest: Violence prevention, firearm violence, spatial epidemiology
Mentors: Christopher Morrison, PhD and Charles Branas, PhD

Sarah Gutkind, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2023 - present
Areas of interest: Substance Use
Mentors:  Silvia Martins, PhD and Debbie Hasin, PhD

Tameir Holder, MPH
DrPH Student, Epidemiology - July 2020- present
Areas of Interest: Child Rights, Implementation Science, Policy
Mentor: Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD

Erik Jorgenson, MS
PhD Student, Epidemiology - August 2017 - present
Areas of interest: Gun violence prevention
Mentor: Charles Branas, PhD

Megan Marziali, MPH
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2021 - present
Areas of interest: Substance use
Mentors:  Silvia Martins, PhD and Justin Knox, PhD

Dawn Myers
EdD student, Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College – August 2019 - present
Areas of interest:  Health education
Mentor: Sonali Rajan, EdD

Amy Pitts
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2023 - present
Areas of interest: Casual Inference and Substance Use
Mentors:  Kara Rudolph, PhD and Caleb Miles, PhD

Luis Segura, MD, MPH
DrPH student, Epidemiology - August 2014 - present
Areas of interest: Casual Inference, older adults, racial/ethnic differences, opioid and alcohol mortality and suicide
Mentor: Silvia Martins, PhD

Jacqueline Wallace
Second Year Medical Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine - April 2021-present
Areas of interest: Youth Participatory Action Research
Mentor: Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD

Siddhesh Zadey, MS
PhD student, Epidemiology - September 2023 - present
Areas of interest: Suicide and gun violence
Mentor:  Charles Branas, PhD

Past Predoctoral Students

Alexandra Restrepo Henao, MD, MSc
PhD student, Epidemiology - August 2016 - present
Areas of interest: Violence prevention, substance use, mental health
Mentors: Katherine Keyes, PhD and Ezra Susser, PhD

Christina A. Mehranbod, MPH
PhD Student, Epidemiology - August 2020 - present
Areas of interest: Spatial epidemiology, built environment, injury prevention, substance use
Mentors: Charles Branas, PhD, Pia Mauro, PhD, Christopher Morrison, PhD

Kira Riehm
PhD student, Epidemiology - August 2021 - present
Areas of interest: Suicide
Mentor:  Katherine Keyes, PhD

Zahra Ladhani, MEd
EdD student, Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College – August 2019 - present 
Areas of interest:  Health education, ACEs
Mentor: Sonali Rajan, EdD

Sarah McKetta
MD/PhD student, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons - 2019-present
Areas of interest: Substance use, mental health, injury epidemiology, epidemiology methods
Mentor:  Katherine Keyes, PhD

Michelle Nolan, DrPH, MPH
2019-present
Areas of interest: Substance use
Mentor: Katherine Keyes, PhD

Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, MD, MSc, MPhil
2020-present
Areas of interest: Substance use, mental health
Mentor:  Katherine Keyes, PhD

MPH Summer Practicum Students Supported by CCISP

Hsin Yi “Cindy” Tseng, MPH student in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: Substance use
Mentors: Lyna Schieber and Gery Guy, Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Andrew Kim, MPH student in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: Spatial analysis
Mentor: Christopher Morrison, PhD

Nivedha Mohan Kumar, MPH student in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: Traffic safety
Mentor: Thelma Mielenz, PhD

Shiqi Wu, MPH student in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: Gun suicide
Mentors: Charles Branas, PhD & Laura Jones, PhD (Bassett Research Institute)

Christopher Armbruster and Hannah Breeden, MPH students in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: Traffic safety and gun violence
Mentor:  Catherine Stayton, DrPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Hannah Williams, Temi Babaloa, and Olivia Isenberg, MPH students in Epidemiology
Areas of interest: School gun violence
Mentor:  Sonali Rajan, EdD and Charles Branas, PhD